Saxophonist Robert Young Presents World Premiere in Crane Faculty Recital Oct. 17

SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music Presents Faculty Recital Featuring Composition by Gregory Wanamaker Next Week

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Saxophonist Robert Young will present a faculty recital at SUNY Potsdam’s Crane School of Music on Oct. 17.

POTSDAM, NY (10/09/2014)(readMedia)-- The Crane School of Music Faculty Recital Series will continue on Friday, Oct. 17, with a performance highlighting Robert Young, saxophone. The concert will be offered at 7:30 p.m. in the Sara M. Snell Music Theater at SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music.

The concert program will feature an exciting saxophone repertoire, including the world premiere of a piece by Crane School of Music Professor Gregory Wanamaker. Titled "...unsettled, unphased...," Young will present the new work along with Timothy Sullivan on percussion, John Geggie on electric bass and Kirk Severtson on piano.

In addition, the program will also include works by Bill Ryan, Andrew Norman, Ethan Cypress, Madeleine Klouda and Bright Sheng. Pianist David Heinick will also join Young for a piece by Alfred Desenclos.

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

About the performer:

Dr. Robert Young joined the faculty of The Crane School of Music in 2012. Young earned his Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees in saxophone performance from the University of Michigan. He received his Bachelor of Music degree in saxophone performance from the University of South Carolina.

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.