SUNY Potsdam’s Crane School of Music Welcomes Audiences for Upcoming Concerts & Recitals
Dr. Julianne Kirk Doyle, clarinet, will perform alongside other Crane School of Music faculty artists in a recital of music composed by women on Sunday, Oct. 6 at 3 p.m., in the Sara M. Snell Music Theater.
SUNY Potsdam’s Crane School of Music will feature its talented students and world-renowned faculty artists in a series of upcoming live performances this month.
All performances are free, and the public is invited to attend.
The Crane Symphony Orchestra will present its first concert of the semester tonight, Wednesday, Oct. 2, at 7:30 p.m., in the Helen M. Hosmer Concert Hall. The performance will transport listeners with songs inspired by the Scottish countryside, epic folklore and sometimes both at the same time. Two pieces on the program, Niels Gade’s “Efterklänge af Ossian (Echoes of Ossian)” and the famous concert overture from Felix Mendelssohn’s “Die Hebriden (The Hebrides),” were inspired by Gaelic epic poetry and the Scottish Highlands. Thea Musgrave’s “Song of the Enchanter” is based on an episode from the great Finnish epic tale, Kalevala. To close the program, William Alwyn’s “Suite of Scottish Dances” draws from 18th century fiddle music and folk tunes. Featuring 85 premier student performers, the Crane Symphony Orchestra is the second-oldest college orchestra in the United States.
The Crane Symphonic Band and Crane Concert Band will take the stage for a joint performance on Thursday, Oct. 3 at 7:30 p.m. in Hosmer Hall. The performance will include works by Kevin Day, Carol Brittin Chambers, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Chen Yi, Arthur Frackenpohl, Bob Margolis, Alfred Reed, Frank Ticheli, Joni Greene, Vincent Persichetti, Jennifer Jolley and Omar Thomas. Conducted by Dr. Brian K. Doyle, the Crane Symphonic Band is SUNY Potsdam’s oldest wind band. The Crane Concert Band is conducted by Jill Nelson Roberts, and dates back to the earliest days of the Potsdam Normal School’s Special Music Department.
A special faculty recital, titled “‘Her’story: Music by Women of the 19th and 20th Century,” will be offered on Sunday, Oct. 6 at 3 p.m., in the Sara M. Snell Music Theater. The concert will feature clarinetists Dr. Julianne Kirk Doyle and Christine Hoerning, and pianists Julie Miller and Dr. Keilor Kastella. The recital includes pieces by Elisabeth Sachs von Meinengen, Caroline Schleicher-Kraemer, Clara Schumann, Ida Gotkovsky, Fernande Breilh Decruck and Sarah Feigin.
“Many of these works are not often programmed or considered in our standard musical diets, but should be,” said Julianne Kirk Doyle, who created the program. “The lives of these women were rich, brilliant, and they did it all—from being mothers, to running the household, to performing and writing beautiful music. Often overlooked for male composers of the day, they shouldn’t have been!”
Dr. Carol Lowe, bassoon, and Julie Miller, piano, will present a faculty recital on Monday, Oct. 7 at 7:30 p.m., also in Snell Theater. The concert will include works by Jean-Baptiste Senaillé, Vladimir Bakaleinikoff and Eugène Bozza. The Aria Reed Trio, including Lowe, Kirk Doyle and Anna Hendrickson, oboe, will join for a piece by Fernande Breilh-Decruck. The concert will close with Barbara York’s “Sonata for Bassoon and Piano.”
The Potsdam Brass Quintet will present its fall concert on Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 7:30 p.m. in Snell Theater.
The Crane Mariachi Ensemble will lead a lively performance on Wednesday, Oct. 9 at 7:30 p.m., also in Snell.
The Student Composers Forum will feature an evening of works composed by current Crane School of Music students, on Thursday, Oct. 10 at 7:30 p.m. in Snell Theater. In all, six up-and-coming composers will have their newest works performed, including pieces for a variety of small ensembles and fixed media.
Dr. Brian Dunbar, flute, will offer a faculty recital on Wednesday, Oct. 16 at 7:30 p.m., in Snell Theater.
The Crane School of Music will welcome guest artist Robert Levinger, piano, performing alongside violinist Chihiro Kakishima on Thursday, Oct. 17 at 7:30 p.m. in Snell Theater. Kakishima is a visiting assistant professor of violin, and Levinger is an award-winning pianist who has had solo engagements with orchestras across the country.
The events are a community benefit of being home to one of the premier schools of music in the nation—and thanks to livestreaming, anyone anywhere can watch and enjoy. For program details and more information on these and other upcoming performances, please 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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