Overview
The SUNY Oneonta Music Department’s 14:1 student-faculty ratio fosters meaningful mentorship and creative collaboration. As a Music or Music Industry major, you’ll gain hands-on experience through independent studies, faculty-led trips, and a variety of student clubs and ensembles. Both liberal arts programs are accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music and offer ethical, real-world preparation for evolving careers in music.
Explore Music Programs
Choose from two distinct liberal arts programs, Music or Music Industry.
Focus your studies by adding one of several music-related minors.
We offer microcredentials that focus on the music and entertainment industries.
Choose from two distinct liberal arts programs, Music or Music Industry.
Focus your studies by adding one of several music-related minors.
We offer microcredentials that focus on the music and entertainment industries.
Facilities
As a Music or Music Industry student, you’ll have access to specialized studios and rehearsal rooms in the Fine Arts Center with microphones, synthesizers, controllers, consoles, interfaces and more.
Student Opportunities
Gain real-world experience through ensembles, lessons, student clubs, faculty-led trips and internships that expand your musical skills beyond the classroom.
Department Goals
SUNY Oneonta’s Music Department supports students’ artistic, intellectual, personal and civic growth in the field of music, reflective of National Association of Schools of Music standards.
Visit Us
Prospective music students are invited to visit campus and tour our performance, production and recording facilities. The Music Department is vibrant and alive with the energy of creating, performing, producing and recording music!
Visits can be scheduled Monday through Thursday beginning at 11 a.m. If you are interested in visiting the Music Department, please schedule an appointment with Moira Rouggly at (607) 436- 3415 or moira.rouggly@oneonta.edu.
Billboard Magazine Recognition
SUNY Oneonta is one of 45 colleges and universities in the United States, England and Spain featured in Billboard magazine’s 2025 list of “Top Music Business Schools,” which recognizes programs whose graduates "will be solidly positioned to pursue careers in an increasingly complex music industry." Billboard has included Oneonta on the list for six consecutive years.
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108 Ravine Parkway
Oneonta, NY 13820
United States