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100

This faculty member just returned from paternity leave.

Who is Dr. Grev?

100

In 1816, this person rejected their vocal professor job offer and instead founded The Crane School of Music.

Who is Julia E. Crane?

100

NAfME is an acronym for this association.

What is the National Association for Music Education?

100

This major rehearsal space is where CSO, Concert Band, Crane Chorus, Jazz Ensemble, Latin Ensemble, and many more groups rehearse.

What is C143/Washburn?

100

This E-Board member is a triplet.

Who is Julia?

200

This faculty member has a singing fish that he uses in class.

Who is Dr. Roy?

200

This Potsdam native founded the Crane Chorus in 1931 and served on the Crane faculty through 1966.

Who is Helen M. Hosmer?

200

The Crane collegiate chapter of NAfME sends students to this conference in December each year.

What is the NYSSMA Winter Conference?

200

These three buildings make up the Crane Complex.

What are Bishop hall, the Crane Center, and Schuette Hall?

200

This E-Board member almost drove themself and their sibling off a cliff in a golf cart in Maui when they were 18 months old.

Who is Stephen?

300

This faculty member recently joined the Crane family and plays the tuba.

Who is Dean Mast?

300

This summer music camp was founded in 1973.

What is Crane Youth Music (CYM)?

300

This secondary school music honor society, run by NAfME, offers students opportunities for performance, leadership, and service.

What is Tri-M?

300

The NAfME office is in this room right across from the Crane Commons.

What is B116?

300

This E-Board member has a Chicken.

Who is Bella?

400

This faculty member from St. Augustine, FL is currently the ONNY Librarian.

Who is Dr. Dunbar?

400

Crane provided all of the music for this 1980 event in Lake Placid.

What is The Winter Olympics?

400

This summit during the summer brings together music educators and collegiate members in D.C. to advocate for music education.

What is NAfME Hill Day?

400

This room on the third floor of Schuette houses many resources that can be used for teaching including curriculum plans and classroom instruments.

What is the Curriculum Lab?

400

This E-Board member has two extra ribs.

Who is Aster?

500

This faculty member composed a piece that the Wind Ensemble is performing this semester.

Who is Dr. Herryman-Rodriguez?

500

In this year, the Crane School of Music placed the largest piano order in Steinway & Sons history for the second time.

What is 2007?

500

NAfME was founded in 1907 in this Midwest state.

What is Iowa?

500

This large concert hall is the subject of haunting stories and was featured on a 2009 segment of a local PBS ghost-hunting show called Shadow Casters.

What is Hosmer Hall?

500

This E-Board member has needed crutches on three separate occasions.

Who is Andrew?