Crane Concert Band to Present Spring Concert on April 13

POTSDAM, NY (03/31/2011)(readMedia)-- The talented student musicians from the Crane Concert Band will present a concert on Wednesday, April 13 at 7:30 p.m. in the Helen M. Hosmer Concert Hall at SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music.

Directed by Michael Schaff, professor of instrumental conducting and music education, the concert band will perform "Profanation," a movement from Leonard Bernstein's work "Jeremiah, Symphony #1," arranged by Frank Bencriscutto, as well as six movements from Vincent Persichetti's piece, "Divertimento for Band Op. 42."

The program will also include, "Nocturne" from Paul Fauchet's "Symphony in B Flat," six movements from Percy Grainger's "Lincolnshire Posy," John Barnes Chance's "Incantation and Dance," and Leonard Bernstein's "West Side Story."

This event is free, and the public is invited to attend.

For more information about the many events on the campus calendar at SUNY Potsdam, visit www.potsdam.edu/newsandevents.

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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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