Crane Phoenix Club will Perform at Syracuse University Women's Choir Festival

Phoenix Club from SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music Invited for Guest Performance at Syracuse University

POTSDAM, NY (10/17/2014)(readMedia)-- The Phoenix Club at SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music has been invited to participate in the twelfth annual Women's Choir Festival at Syracuse University.

Guest choirs have been invited to join in the festival and concert at SU's Setnor School of Music, on Sunday, Oct. 25. Titled "Here, in Love and Majesty," the culminating concert will be offered on Saturday, Oct. 25 at 4 p.m. in the Rose and Jules R. Setnor Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.

Under the direction of Dr. Rebecca Reames, the Phoenix Club will perform "I Am Only One" by Adolphus Hailstork. Its members will also join the other participants for the festival choir, which will sing a trio of challenging works. Distinguished guest conductor Rebecca Rottsolk of Seattle will lead the festival choir.

The festival is hosted by the Syracuse University Women's Choir. Other guest choirs include: Vox Caeciliae from Immaculata Academy, Hamburg, N.Y.; Jamesville-DeWitt High School Women's Choir, DeWitt, N.Y., and Spencerport High School Treble Choir, Spencerport, N.Y.

About the performers:

SUNY Potsdam's Phoenix Club is the oldest choral ensemble on campus. It is a curricular women's choir comprised of SUNY Potsdam students who are involved in a variety of educational majors and concentrations. First-year female voice students from The Crane School of Music are an essential part of this group. The Phoenix Club provides women with the opportunity to perform treble choir literature, learn about women's voicing and blending, and to grow musically and professionally with colleagues.

To learn more about 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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