Crane School of Music Welcomes Celebrated Mezzo-Soprano Margaret Lattimore '91 for Alumni Recital

Related Media

Crane School of Music alumna Margaret Lattimore ’91 will present a recital at her alma mater on Oct. 20.

POTSDAM, NY (10/13/2016)(readMedia)-- SUNY Potsdam alumna Margaret Lattimore '91 will return to her alma mater for a special recital and masterclass at The Crane School of Music next week.

The world-renowned operatic artist will present an alumni recital on Thursday, Oct. 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the Sara M. Snell Music Theater. Lattimore will be joined by Crane faculty member Dr. Kirk Severtson, on the piano.

In addition to her performance, Lattimore will also lead a public masterclass with current Crane School of Music vocal students on Friday, Oct. 21 from 10 a.m. to noon, also in Snell Theater.

Both events are free, and the public is invited to attend.

About the performer:

Grammy-nominated mezzo-soprano Margaret Lattimore '91 has been praised for her "glorious instrument" and as an "undisputed star ... who has it all" by the Boston Globe. After winning the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions at the age of 24, Lattimore became a member of the Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. While she began her career singing the florid works of Handel, Rossini and Mozart, Lattimore has expanded her repertoire in recent seasons to include the works of Mahler, Verdi and Wagner, making her one of the most versatile mezzo-sopranos performing today. New music has been central to Lattimore's career, and she has been honored to work with some the most gifted American composers in the 20th and 21st centuries. In 2012, Lattimore returned to her alma mater as a guest artist for the inaugural Lougheed-Kofoed Festival of the Arts, and sang as a soloist alongside the Crane Chorus and Crane Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Verdi's "Requiem" at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center. She also performed in a special gala concert to benefit the Fall Island Vocal Arts Seminar at The Crane School of Music in 2014, alongside another celebrated mezzo-soprano and Crane alumna, Stephanie Blythe '92.

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.

###