The Crane School of Music Opens New Academic Year with Faculty Gala
SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music Opens Concert Season with Faculty Gala on Sept. 2 in Hosmer Hall
Potsdam, NY (08/26/2025) — SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music will officially open the 2025-26 academic year with the annual Faculty Gala, on Tuesday, Sept. 2 at 7:30 p.m. in the Helen M. Hosmer Concert Hall. The performance will also stream live online, at potsdam.edu/cranelive.
The Crane Faculty Gala highlights members of Crane's illustrious and world-renowned faculty of scholars and artists, and serve as a welcome to all new and returning Crane students.
This year's varied gala program will take listeners on a journey through many genres and time periods, with 13 faculty members taking to the stage throughout the evening. Works will span from classic operatic arias, chamber music, sonatas and contemporary works.
The performance will include works by Claude Debussy, Gabriel Faure, George Gershwin, Maria Thompson Corley, Charles-Marie Widor, Charles Griffes, Jacob Nance and Daijana Wallace, among others.
This concert is free, and the public is invited to attend.
Performers include:
- Brass faculty: Charles Guy (tuba), Christopher Keach (trumpet), Luke Spence (trumpet)
- Piano faculty: Jeanne-Minette Cilliers, Keilor Kastella, Risa Okina and Rosemarie Suniga
- String faculty: Marie-Elaine Gagnon (cello)
- Voice faculty: Shantelle Przybylo (soprano), Andrew Richards (tenor)
- Woodwind faculty: Julianne Kirk Doyle (clarinet), Brian Dunbar (flute), Jacob Nance (saxophone)
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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SUNY Potsdam’s Crane School of Music will open the 2025-26 concert season with the Faculty Gala, on Tuesday, Sept. 2 at 7:30 p.m. in Hosmer Hall. The concert will also stream live online. For more, see www.potsdam.edu/cranelive.
Dr. Charles Guy, tuba, is one of 13 performers set to take the stage at the Faculty Gala at SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music.
SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music
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