September is a time of rebirth and renewal on campus. The quiet days of summer are past and the halls of Crouse College are now buzzing with students and faculty conversing, rehearsing, and being the engaging community that is the Setnor School of Music! We welcomed our largest class in history and three new full-time faculty members this fall. We are also starting new minors in Jazz Studies and Private Music Study this semester. And, we will unveil our new marching band uniforms on October 5 when SU takes on Clemson in our first ACC regular season game. Thank you to the many generous donors who contributed to outfitting the band!

We owe special thanks to the following three families who have helped us launch major new initiatives:

The Taishoff Family Foundation (Rob Taishoff BA '86 Policy Studies and Laurie Taishoff BS '84 Broadcast Journalism) funded our Music Technology Access Project for the second time this year. This unique program provides opportunities for music education graduate students to develop and offer a summer camp in recording technology for local special needs students. 

The Dexter F. & Dorothy H. Baker Foundation (Dorothy Hess Baker, BM '49 and Ellen Baker Ghelardi, BS '73 Drama) have generously funded a scholarship for years. This year they have added a new Baker Artists Program to bring top talent to Setnor for master classes and public performances. We will welcome the inaugural group of Baker Artists this season. Ann Baltz Opera Works will be here October 2-3, the Boston Brass will join us October 31-November 2, and opera singer Jon Frederic West will be on campus in the spring semester. Please check our calendar for dates and times of performances and join us!