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3304 Staller Center
SUNY Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY 11794-5475
631.632.7330
fax 631.632.7404

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Friends of Music at Stony Brook

Stony Brook's Music Department has grown out of an unusual partnership between the academy and the conservatory. In addition to its overall excellence and broad training in music of various sorts, the Music Department is noted for:


    A Philosophy of Musical Integration
          The curriculum is built on the belief that the proper education for any musician or musical scholar must involve three things: a solid theoretical grasp of musical structure; an understanding of the historical and cultural forces that shape music; and practical experience with music-making on a professional level. The Department has a faculty equally distinguished in musicology, composition, and performance. Students are either required or encouraged to participate in musical study from all of these disciplinary perspectives.
    Emphasis on the Study and Performance of Contemporary Music
          Based in the belief that the vitality of our present musical culture must entail an ongoing engagement with the music of our time, the emphasis on contemporary music affects all components of the program, from curricular offerings in history, theory, and ethnomusicology, to recital programming, and to regularly scheduled concerts of student and faculty works.
The Department of Music at Stony Brook is pleased to announce the "Friends of Music at Stony Brook." As one of the premiere music programs in the United States, the Department looks to its friends and colleagues to help provide financial support for the numerous and various musical events that it presents at Stony Brook’s Staller Center for the Arts and in New York City. In addition to concerts and recitals--many of which are free to the public--the Department sponsors various master classes and colloquia that are open to interested people.

Donations to the “Friends of Music” will support such events as:

    Masterclasses by visiting artists such as Dawn Upshaw

    Workshops in Baroque Dance and Baroque Music

    Guest conductors such as Leon Fleisher, Gunther Schuller, David Stern, Kevin Noe

    Lectures by Michael Beckerman, Lydia Goehr, Gary Tomlinson, Timothy Taylor, Susan McClary

    Composition Workshops by Tristan Murail, Elliott Schwartz, Ross Bauer, Fred Lerdahl,

    The Premieres Concert Series: an annual concert of premiers presented by the Stony Brook Contemporary Chamber Players

    Composer Showcase concerts: recent concerts have focused on the music Ralph Shapey, Earl Kim, Arthur Berger.

    Children’s Concerts

    Pre-College and Community Music Programs—Commissioning Project, Instruments, Masterclasses



Members of the “Friends of Music at Stony Brook” will receive the following:

    “Friends of Music at Stony Brook ” newsletter

    Email notification of upcoming Departmental events, including concerts, master classes, colloquia

    Opportunities to meet with faculty



Further information about the Music Department is available at: www.stonybrook.edu/music. For more information about the "Friends of Music at Stony Brook", please contact the Department of Music in any of the following ways:

Phone: 631-632-7330
Email: music[at]notes.sunysb.edu
Mail: Department of Music, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5475


I am pleased to support the Music Programs at Stony Brook. My donation is included:

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Please make checks payable to “Stony Brook Foundation" and send to:
Department of Music
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY 11794-5475
Please write "Friends of Music - SBF Acct# 298670" in the memo line of the check