Crane Symphony Orchestra Presents First Concert of Fall Semester

POTSDAM, NY (10/02/2014)(readMedia)-- SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music will present a concert featuring the Crane Symphony Orchestra in its first concert of the semester, on Thursday, Oct. 9 at 7:30 p.m. in the Helen M. Hosmer Concert Hall.

The performance will include "Les Préludes" by Franz Liszt, "The Swan of Tuonela" by Jean Sibelius, and Symphony No. 5 by Piotr Ilyrich Tchaikovsky.

This event is free, and the public is invited to attend.

About the performers:

The Crane Symphony Orchestra is a premier, 90-member performing ensemble at The Crane School of Music. The ensemble performs great orchestral masterworks from the standard and contemporary orchestral literature. The Crane Symphony Orchestra has traveled to perform at Lincoln Center, and in tours across New York State, in addition to working with major guest conductors from around the world each year.

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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