Crane Jazz Band Presents Fall Concert at SUNY Potsdam Next Week

POTSDAM, NY (10/17/2014)(readMedia)-- SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music will present a fall concert featuring the Crane Jazz Band on Thursday, Oct. 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the Sara M. Snell Music Theater.

The Crane Jazz Band will present a selection of works by Quincy Jones, Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Michael Philip Mossman, Bob Mintzer, Diane Schuur, Jeff Coffin, Neal Hefti and Milt Jackson, as well as two compositions by director Bret Zvacek.

Directed by Zvacek, along with student director Cody Chamberlin, the Crane Jazz Band consists of 20 students on saxophone, trumpet, trombone and rhythm section.

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

This concert will be broadcast live on the SUNY Potsdam website at the performance time. To view the program and see other upcoming streaming performances, visit www.potsdam.edu/academics/Crane/streaming.

A passion for music can be seen through every Crane program. For more information about jazz at SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music, 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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