A brief history of the Crane School of Music

"ONE CANNOT DEAL WITH THE HISTORY OF MUSIC INSTRUCTION IN THE STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE AT POTSDAM WITHOUT AT LEAST A GLANCE AT THE FORERUNNERS OF TODAY'S MUSIC PROGRAMS. JULIA CRANE, WHOSE NAME THE SCHOOL OF MUSIC BEARS, DID NOT EMERGE FROM A VACUUM. SHE WAS A PRODUCT OF A RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE IN THE NORTH COUNTRY AND A PARTICIPANT IN IMPORTANT EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS OF THE LATE NINETEENTH AND EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURIES. FOLLOW THE HISTORY OF THE CRANE SCHOOL OF MUSIC FROM ITS FOUNDING, THROUGH ITS MANY YEARS, TO THE 1980 WINTER OLYMPICS IN LAKE PLACID NEW YORK; ENDING WITH THE CRANE CHORUS AND MUSICIANS PERFORMING AT THE STATUE OF LIBERTY JULY 4, 1986. DR. RALPH WAKEFIELD, AUTHOR.