Crane Candlelight Concerts to be Broadcast on Public TV Across U.S. and Canada Again this Year

WPBS TV Syndicates Concerts from SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music Again this Holiday Season

POTSDAM, NY (11/21/2014)(readMedia)-- Audiences across the U.S. and Canada will be able to enjoy traditional holiday concerts from The Crane School of Music stage, from the comfort of their homes again this year. WPBS Digital Television has syndicated three Crane Candlelight Concerts to present this holiday season.

Each year in early December, the Crane Chorus and the Crane Symphony Orchestra come together to present a very special holiday concert. Featuring more than 300 carolers and musicians from the renowned Crane School of Music at The State University of New York at Potsdam, the concert includes traditional Christmas and seasonal hymns, along with popular favorites.

In the North Country, WPBS TV, which produces the broadcasts, will present past Crane Candlelight Concerts on Monday nights and on Christmas Eve this December.

All WPBS TV broadcasts will be at 10 p.m. Eastern Time. The local schedule is as follows:

  • 2013 Crane Candlelight Concert, "Around the World": Monday, Dec. 8
  • 2011 Crane Candlelight Concert, "Yuletide Joy": Monday, Dec. 15
  • 2012 Crane Candlelight Concert, "Shimmering Light": Monday, Dec. 22
  • 2013 Crane Candlelight Concert, "Around the World": Wednesday, Dec. 24

To see past Crane Candlelight Concerts online, visit watch.wpbstv.org/program/crane-candlelight-concert.

Don't miss the chance to hear the magic in person! The 2014 Crane Candlelight Concerts will be offered on Sunday, Dec. 7, at 3 p.m. and at 7:30 p.m., in the Helen M. Hosmer Concert Hall at SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music.

While both concerts are free, donations to support musical programming at Crane will be accepted at the door. SUNY Potsdam and The Crane School of Music invite you and your family to join us.

The 2014 Crane Candlelight Concert will also be broadcast live on The Crane School of Music YouTube channel at the performance times on Dec. 7.

To watch these and other Crane concerts live online, visit www.potsdam.edu/academics/Crane/streaming.

For more information about SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music, please visit www.potsdam.edu/crane.

Founded in 1886, SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music has a long legacy of excellence in music education and performance. Life at Crane includes an incredible array of more than 300 recitals, lectures and concerts presented by faculty, students and guests each year. The Crane School of Music is the State University of New York's only All-Steinway institution.

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