Crane School of Music Kicks Off College's Bicentennial Year with Faculty Gala

POTSDAM, NY (08/27/2015)(readMedia)-- SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music is set to kick off the opening of the 2015-16 academic year in song, with the annual Faculty Gala concert. The upcoming performance will kick off the year's bicentennial celebrations at Crane, on Tuesday, Sept. 8 at 7:30 p.m. in the Helen M. Hosmer Concert Hall.

The performance will highlight members of Crane's illustrious faculty of scholars and artist teachers. The list of faculty and ensembles scheduled to perform includes: baritone Jonathan Stinson; cellist Mathias Wexler; clarinetist Julianne Kirk-Doyle; flutists Kenneth Andrews and Jill Rubio; harpist Jessica Suchy-Pilalis; pianists François Germain, Kirk Severtson, Michael Sitton and Rosemarie Suniga; soprani Colleen Skull and guest artist Samantha Stinson; tenors Donald George and Lonel Woods; violinist John Lindsay, and The Potsdam Brass Quintet.

The performance will include works by Debussy, Rossini, Verdi, Wagner, Korngold, Lehár, Tull, Bacewicz, Corigliano and Crane School of Music Professor Emeritus Arthur Frackenpohl. Dean Sitton will also offer special opening remarks.

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.

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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