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. 6 in Hosmer Hall 

Assistant Professor of Flute Dr. Brian Dunbar is among the performers for the Crane Faculty Gala at SUNY Potsdam’s Crane School of Music, to be held on Tuesday, Sept. 6 at 7:30 p.m. in Hosmer Hall. The concert will also stream live online. For more, see www.potsdam.edu/cranelive.

SUNY Potsdam’s Crane School of Music will officially open the 2022-23 academic year with the annual Faculty Gala, on Tuesday, Sept. 6 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 24 faculty members taking to the stage throughout the evening. Works will span from classic operatic arias, sonatas and art songs to musical theatre selections and jazz standards. 

The performance will include works by masters of the classical repertoire including Bach, Debussy, Puccini, Rossini and Tchaikovsky, as well as works by Stephen Sondheim, Astor Piazzolla, Ian Krouse, Robert Muczunski, Alonso Malik and Ornette Coleman. 

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

Performers include: 

• Brass faculty: Brianne Borden (trumpet), Charles Guy (tuba), Christopher Hernacki (trombone), Anna Marshall (horn), Luke Spence (trumpet) 

• Composition faculty: Tim Sullivan (drums) 

• Guitar faculty: Doug Rubio 

• Jazz faculty: Michael Dudley Jr. (trumpet) 

• Piano and keyboard faculty: Julie Miller, Rosemarie Suniga  

• String faculty: Marie-Élaine Gagnon (cello), John Geggie (double bass), Jessica Suchy-Pilalis (harp), Shelly Tramposh (viola) 

• Voice faculty: Donald George (tenor), Steven Groth (baritone), Kathleen Miller (soprano), Christopher Sierra (tenor), Colleen Skull (soprano), Brock Tjosvold (piano) 

• Woodwind faculty: Julianne Kirk Doyle (clarinet), Brian Dunbar (flute), Carol Lowe (bassoon), Jill Rubio (flute) 

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.