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100

This professor just had a baby boy.

Who is Dr. Yip?

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 National Association for Music Education?

100

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

What is C143?

100

Don’t get in a car with this e-board member - they crashed their car during their first driving test.

Who is Zoe?

200

This professor of education and director of the Latin Ensemble plays trombone.

Who is Dr. McCoy?

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 NYSSMA?

200

These three buildings make up the Crane Complex.

What are Bishop Hall, Schuette Hall, Crane Center?

200

These two e-board members are roommates! This one is the messy one and this one is the clean one.

Who are Sarah and Elsie?

300

This piano professor, who recently stepped up as the Head of the Music Education Department, is a huge Green Bay Packers fan.

Who is Dr. Lipke-Perry (or Dr. Perry)?

300

The Crane School of Music was bought by the State of New York in this year, shortly after Julia Crane’s death.

What is 1926?

300

This 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 physical copy of every single game in the Super Smash Bros series.

Who is Ethan?

400

This professor from St. Augustine, Florida is on the Diversity & Inclusion Committee of the national association for the instrument he teaches.

Who is Dr. Dunbar?

400

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

What is The Winter Olympics?

400

The NAfME defines the association as this type of community that supports music educators and advocates for equitable access to music education.

What is Collaborative?

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 a black belt in taekwondo.

Who is Molly?

500

This professor did drag in college.

Who is Dr. Spence?

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 100+ snakes in their home…as pets.

Who is Charli?