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The Department of Music at Schenectady County Community College offers an array of career training possibilities for the serious musician in an exciting atmosphere of performance and music scholarship that is widely recognized both regionally and nationally. Graduates of SCCC Music degree and certificate programs have transferred to many of the nation's finest music schools and have succeeded in careers in all facets of the profession.

Schenectady County Community College is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music.

The Empire Jazz Orchestra is a professional jazz ensemble in residence at Schenectady County Community College. Founded in 1992, the EJO is dedicated to the performance of quality ensemble music from all eras of jazz. The orchestra is comprised of many of the Capital Region's finest professional musicians.

SCCC is also home to The Capital Region Wind Ensemble, the resident Wind Ensemble. The CRWE was founded in 1994, with the intent of providing a vehicle for professional wind and percussion players to perform concert band and wind ensemble literature at a high level. While the group is comprised of musicians from all walks of life, the majority of the members are current or retired music educators, teaching in local school districts throughout the Capital Region. Brett Wery is Principal Concductor of the CRWE. Mr. Wery is a professor at SCCC where he was recently awarded the SUNY Chancellor's Award for excellence in Teaching. Mr. Wery also conducts the SCCC Wind Ensemble and the University Symphony Orchestra at the University at Albany. For more information about the CRWE, please visit their website: The Capital Region Wind Ensemble.

The Department of Music offers the Associate of Science degree in Performing Arts - Music, designed for transfer to four-year programs in music education, performance, jazz studies, or theory/composition. Also offered is the Associate in Applied Science in Music / Business, designed to prepare students for careers in music marketing, retail, management and other fields. The Music Certificate program permits students to develop the skills necessary for success in college-level music study. Both degree programs require a successful audition. No audition is necessary for admission to the certificate program.