Evening Concert Series Continues with Crane Symphony Orchestra Performance

POTSDAM, NY (09/30/2010)(readMedia)-- The Crane Symphony Orchestra will present works by Shostakovich and Dvorak in an Evening Concert Series performance at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 6, in Helen M. Hosmer Concert Hall.

Conducted by Kenneth Andrews, the orchestra will perform "Festive Overture, Op. 96," a 1954 work by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, as well as "Lollapalooza," a 1995 piece by John Adams. Finally, the talented student musicians will present the four movements of Antonin Dvorak's 1889 "Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88."

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. Founded in 1839, the Crane Symphony Orchestra is the second oldest college orchestra in the country.

This concert is free, and the public is invited to attend. For more information about the many events on the campus calendar at SUNY Potsdam, visit www.potsdam.edu/newsandevents.

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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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