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Crane School of Music Opens Spring Semester with Faculty Showcase

Professors Take Center Stage to Open Spring 2025 Semester at SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music

Potsdam, NY (01/28/2025) — SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music will officially open the Spring 2025 semester with the annual Faculty Showcase, on Friday, Jan. 31 at 7:30 p.m., in the Sara M. Snell Music Theater.

The performance will highlight members of Crane's illustrious faculty of scholars and artists. The evening will include works from a diverse array of composers and eras.

Saxophonist Casey Grev will open the concert with "The Obvious Place," a 2020 piece by Travis LaPlante. A quartet comprised of Jennifer Kessler (violin), Timothy Yip (violin), Shelly Tramposh (viola) and Marie-Elaine Gagnon (cello) will present an arrangement of Jerome Kerr's "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes."

Julianne Kirk Doyle will present the U.S. premiere of a new work for solo clarinet by Crane School of Music alumnus Tyler Mazone '21, titled "Always Here." Brian Dunbar (flute) and Keilor Kastella (piano) will perform "Nocturne et Allegro Scherzando" by Philippe Gaubert.

Charles Guy (tuba) will join Andrew Voelker (piano) to present a movement from "The Legend of Heimdall" by Elizabeth Raum. Christine Hoerning (clarinet) will then take the stage alongside Kastella for a performance of "Blues Nocturne," a movement from Steven Harnois' "Benniana."

To close out the concert, vocalists Katie Burnham-Sinclair (soprano) and Voelker (tenor) will present the comedic duet, "Stay, Frederic, Stay," from Gilbert and Sullivan's "Pirates of Penzance," alongside Julie Miller on piano. Finally, Christoper Hernacki (trombone) and Risa Okina (piano) will perform a movement from "Eastern Folk Dances" by Etienne Crausaz to conclude the showcase.

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

This performance will be broadcast live on the Crane School of Music YouTube channel at the concert time. To view the program and see other upcoming streaming performances, visit www.potsdam.edu/cranelive.

About The Crane School of Music:

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 and was one of the first Yamaha Institutions of Excellence. For more information, please visit www.potsdam.edu/crane.

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Dr. Brian Dunbar, an assistant professor of flute, performs at SUNY Potsdam’s Crane School of Music. Crane will host a Faculty Showcase on Jan. 31 at 7:30 p.m. in Snell Theater.

Seen here, Associate Professor of Saxophone Dr. Casey Grev performs at a past faculty gala at Crane. SUNY Potsdam’s Crane School of Music will open the Spring 2025 concert season with the Faculty Showcase, on Friday, Jan. 31 at 7:30 p.m. in Snell Theater. The concert will also stream live online. For more, see www.potsdam.edu/cranelive.

Dr. Julianne Kirk Doyle, a professor of clarinet at The Crane School of Music, will present the U.S. premiere of a work by Crane graduate Tyler Mazone ’21, titled “Always Here,” during the Faculty Showcase on Jan. 31.

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