Crane School of Music Piano Area Presents 'Brahms Semester' Concerts

POTSDAM, NY (03/10/2015)(readMedia)-- The piano faculty and students at SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music are marking Spring 2015 as the Brahms Semester, with a series of concerts and events honoring the composer.

There are two upcoming Brahms Semester performances. On Tuesday, March 17, piano students and professors will present a concert at 7:30 p.m. in the Sara M. Snell Music Theater. Following an introduction by Dr. Gary Busch, there will be performances of works for solo piano and for four hands by Johannes Brahms.

On Thursday, March 26, the Crane Faculty Recital Series will feature a performance by Paul Wyse and François Germain, piano, at 7:30 p.m. in the Helen M. Hosmer Concert Hall. This performance will include Brahms compositions for solo piano and for two pianos.

The Brahms Semester will culminate in the Crane School of Music performance of Brahms' "German Requiem" during the Lougheed-Kofoed Festival of the Arts in April. To learn more, visit www.potsdam.edu/artsfestival.

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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