Crane School of Music Opens Spring Semester with Faculty Showcase

Professors Take Center Stage to Open Spring 2023 Semester at SUNY Potsdam’s Crane School of Music  

SUNY Potsdam’s Crane School of Music will host a faculty showcase concert to open the Spring 2023 semester on Friday, Jan. 27 at 7:30 p.m., in the Sara M. Snell Music Theater. The concert will also stream live at www.potsdam.edu/cranelive.

SUNY Potsdam’s Crane School of Music will officially open the Spring 2023 semester with the annual Faculty Showcase, on Friday, Jan. 27 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 21st century works from an excitingly diverse array of composers including Paquito d’Rivera, Gabriela Lena Frank, Ryo Noda, Amanda Harberg and Steven Verhelst, as well as favorites by Fritz Kreisler, Edvard Grieg and Franz Schubert. 

Performers include:  

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

• Woodwind faculty: Casey Grev (saxophone), Anna Hendrickson (oboe), Julianne Kirk Doyle (clarinet) and Carol Lowe (bassoon) 

• String faculty: Liesl Schoenberger Doty (violin), Marie-Elaine Gagnon (cello), Shelly Tramposh (viola) and Timothy Yip (violin) 

• Pianists: Keilor Kastella, Julie Miller, Young-Ah Tak and Brock Tjosvold 

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.