Crane Symphonic Band Presents Final Concert of Year April 17

POTSDAM, NY (04/11/2014)(readMedia)-- SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music will present the Crane Symphonic Band's final concert of the academic year, on Thursday, April 17 at 7:30 p.m. in the Helen M. Hosmer Hall.

The performance will open with "American Overture for Band" by Joseph Willcox Jenkins, followed by "The Leaves are Falling" by Warren Benson and "Armenian Dances" by Alfred Reed. Following a short intermission, the Crane Symphonic Band will present Frank Ticheli's "Postcard," as well as an arrangement of Johann Sebastian Bach's "Fantasia in G-Major," concluding the concert with Robert Russell Bennett's "Suite of Old American Dances."

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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