As a recording artist, Dr. Sierra can be heard on The Flower of Beauty (2009) with the Westminster Choir, Landscape: Choral Music of Gerald Custer (2008) with Anam Cara, and Teaching Music Through Performance in Choir, Volume 2 (2007) with the Grammy-nominated Westminster Williamson Voices. The soloists-mostly voice teachers at the school-are very good. While at Marion Center, Jon taught band and instrumental lessons to grades 7-12 as well as elementary instrumental lessons and chorus to students in grades 4-6. As a conductor of Yale's New Music New Haven concert series and the University of Michigan's Contemporary Directions Ensemble, he has led countless performances of contemporary chamber orchestra works, as well as premieres of numerous works by graduate student composers. Her current book project, Playful Enemies: French Song, Satire, and Spectacle in Early Eighteenth-Century England, examines the Anglo-French political and socio-economic landscape of the 1710s-1740s through the lens of the French musical and theatrical invasion of the London stage. Founded in 1886, SUNY Potsdams Crane School of Music has a long legacy of excellence in music education and performance. geggiejd@potsdam.edu David Heuser began composing almost immediately after his first piano lessons at the age of seven, writing short tunes in imitation of the exercises he was studying. vitalima@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-3190, Assistant Professor: Vocal Coaching & Accompanying. SUNY Potsdam has two options allowing students to pay securely from any country and any bank, generally in your home currency. He has sung with conductors Leonard Bernstein, Kurt Masur, Yehudi Menuhin, Jeffry Tate, Steven White, Vladimir Jurowski, Simone Young and recorded for CD and DVD with Sony, Naxos, Phillips Classic, Teldec, Discover International, and Bavarian Radio, among others, including: Mendelsohn's Elijah, Verdi's Requiem, Rossini's Aurelieano in Palmira, Le Nozze di Teti e Peleo (the world premiere recording) and Bernstein's Candide. Dr. Erica Levenson is a musicologist whose primary research focuses on baroque music, with an emphasis on the transnational circulation of opera, popular songs, and musical theater. Among other scholarly affiliations, Drew is a board member of the Society for Arts Entrepreneurship Education. The Crane School of Music provides a video audition option for students who cannot otherwise attend a live audition at one of our audition sites. from the Florida International University and finally her D.M.A from the University of Miami. TEL: (315) 267-2458, campbemr@potsdam.edu Most recently, session titles have included Twenty Top Titles for Jazz Ensemble and Jamming with Your Students and On-The-Spot Arranging. Her research focuses on musics of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with interests in transnational reception history, memory, gesture, the voice, embodiment, and gender. He earned a PhD in Musicology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, an MA in Musicology from UNC Chapel Hill, and a BA in Music (magna cum laude) from Emory & Henry College. including "Outstanding Young Conductor of the Year" by the American Choral Directors The globally televised event draws over 100 million viewers and kicks off with a rendition of the patriotic tune. klykkenh@potsdam.edu An advocate of building collaborations across diverse intellectual communities, Dr. Levenson has presented her research at both national and international conferences, including the International Conference on Baroque Music, the annual meetings of the American Musicological Society, and the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies conference, among others. For over ten years, he taught violin in the San Francisco Bay Area, and coached strings for regional student orchestras. He has also contributed to projects intended for general readership including The Encyclopedia of American Music and Culture. He has recorded or performed with a who's who of creative improvised music: Bela Fleck, Donny McCaslin, Ben Monder, Craig Taborn, Sheila Jordan, David Murray, Matt Brubeck, Marilyn Crispell, Cuong Vu and Mark Dresser. For each piece or movement, the recording should becontinuous. She was the recipient of the Teacher of the Year award and the Arts Teacher of the Year award in Brooklyn Community School District 21. 2023 SUNY Potsdam The State University of New York at Potsdam, all rights reserved. He recently performed at the 2022 Newport Jazz Festival with the Maria Schneider Orchestra as well as with his own group. TEL: (315) 267-2428. She is principal flutist and a founding member of the Northern Symphonic Winds. In 2018, he received First Prize in the Inaugural International Low Flutes Festival Alto Flute Competition held in Reston, VA. Dr. Suniga holds degrees from the University of South Carolina (D.M.A, Piano Pedagogy), Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh (M.M., Piano Performance, with Certificate in Piano Pedagogy) and the University of Manitoba (B.Mus., Piano Performance). He has also been a member of directing staff of The Metropolitan Opera during which time he worked on such varied operas as The Ghosts of Versailles, Die Meistersinger von Nrnberg, Andrea Chnier (PBS Telecast with Luciano Pavarotti, conducted by James Levine and released on DVD by Decca) and the Met Premieres of Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, A Midsummer Night's Dreamand La Cenerentola (PBS Telecast with Cecilia Bartoli). As a performer, Michael has sung with several ensembles including the Adelfos Ensemble, All Saints-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, the UCSB Chamber Choir, First Presbyterian Church of Santa Barbara, and Summerland Presbyterian Church. . mayettma@potsdam.edu Together the pair premiered a new concerto for two percussionists by Adam Silverman with the Radford Wind Ensemble and served as guest artists at the Heartland Marimba Festival. Via is currently on the NAMM Board of Directors. He has presented on this and similar topics at national meetings of the American Musicological Society, the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (US Chapter), and the Society for American Music, among others. A strong supporter of Creative Commons Licenses, albums of his music have been released on Petcord, HAZE, Don't Be a Stranger, Bohn Media, and can be found on SoundCloud, last.fm, YouTube, and Vimeo. Before you fill out the Technology Request Form, please visit the Network & Systems Status blog to see if your issue is currently known or is a planned maintenance event. where he was an invited guest conductor teaching in the city's public and international schools. Dr. Tak is a Steinway Artist. During his time at Crane, Matthew was a member of the Frackenpohl Honors Brass Quintet and a winner of the 2009 Crane Concerto Competition. There is a $50 non-refundable registration fee for off-campus auditions. Other chamber music affiliations include The Perron Trio, the Potsdam Piano Quartet, and the Ariel Chamber Players. herrymi@potsdam.edu award-winning Texas Boys Choir; Associate Professor of Music, Director of Choral & Vocal Create. He sang with the University of Colorado's CU Now program as a guest artist to perform new music where he was coached by Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer. As a researcher, Gibbons investigates the past's role in shaping how we interpret and value music today, from the history of classical music as an idea, to how music impacts contemporary media. TEL: (315) 267-3222. History of The Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam Chapter 9: State University Teachers College at Potsdam (1954-1958) Return to Index Page Longy School of Music, both in Cambridge, MA; and as Director of Music at St. Stephen's United An active freelancer with classical background, Christine fills clarinet positions in numerous A native of Los Angeles, Christopher Hernacki is an international award winning freelance musician/educator and has served as the bass trombonist of the San Antonio Symphony, the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Phoenix Symphony, and Symphony Silicon Valley. Percussion students can only audition on Long Island (on February 23 or 24) or on campus. Dr. Sullivan has a special interest in the intimate collaborations of chamber music and art song. Chief among the honors awarded to him for his scholarship are the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Scholarship and Creative Activities (2011) and the Music Library Association's Richard S. Hill Award (2009). The music of Phil Salathe ranges widely in scale and scope, from multi-movement orchestral pieces to hand-programmed "chiptunes" for independent video game publishers. You can complete these in any order. He also worked on many spoken word and radio advertising productions. Admissions offices may enroll students more or less for certain instruments, music styles, and majors. TEL: (315) 267-2452, Assistant Professor: Music Theory, Composition. She also taught at Schroon Lake Central School and the Granville Jr./Sr. TEL: (315) 267-2446. For more information and recordings, see keithgates.com. Dr. Sullivan specializes in turn of the 20th century music and contemporary American music. An article on John Cage's televised performances appears in the Fall 2011 issue of Music and the Moving Image. Dr. Docker earned a Ph.D. from Penn State University where he held a University Fellowship. sullivly@potsdam.edu Chief among her awards and prizes in teaching are the MTNA 'StAR' award (2004), and paid residency at the Heifetz International Music Institute (New Hampshire) as a Piano Pedagogy Fellow, sponsored by the Surdna Foundation (2008). now plays piano chamber music in the Adirondacks and others when he isn't captaining School of Education & Professional Studies, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging, All auditioning students will be considered for, If you need to cancel or change your audition date, please, Following eachaudition day, audition results typically arrive within two to three weeks following the audition. TEL: (315) 267-2009, Adjunct Instructor: Student Teaching Supervisor. Return Policy an overview of the historical evolution of Compline, along with complete source material for the Ms. Wanamaker is active as a consultant and clinician for professionals, teachers and parents across the United States, and has presented her research at many local, state, and national conferences including the American Music Therapy Association National Conference, and the Mid-Atlantic AMTA Regional Conference. Recent roles include the title roles of Ariadne, in Ariadne auf Naxos, Elle, in La Voix Humaine and Jenfa. suchyjr@potsdam.edu As a cellist he has extensive orchestral experience having previously played with the Arkansas Philharmonic Orchestra, the Lynchburg (Virginia) Symphony Orchestra and serving as principal cello of the Altoona (Pennsylvania) Symphony and the Fayetteville (Arkansas) Opera Company, in addition to performances with chamber groups and professional and amateur theatre companies. As an alumnus of SUNY Potsdams Crane School of Music,Drew Coles 12, has come full circle, and is now leading Cranes music business program as an assistant professor and program director. While completing her doctorate, Colleen taught Song Interpretation as a sessional instructor at the University of Toronto. His interest in collaboration has also taken him to Costa Rica, where he gave a series of concerts of vocal music by Black American composers commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as part of the Centro Cultural Costarricense-Norteamericano's Promising Artists of the 21st Century program. hernaccf@potsdam.edu Scope of Collection Lorraine Yaros Sullivan, mezzo-soprano, is an active and versatile performer, enjoying success in a variety of genres and styles including opera, oratorio, chamber music, and art song. She has performed as recitalist in venues across the United States and Canada and in Central America and Europe, including the American Viola Society national conference. She has directed the Music Education since 2005 where she has overseen the training of new music teachers. Her piece Sigue, for women's choir, became a bestseller in the year of its publication, selling over 5000 copies. She was the recipient of a Manitoba Arts Council Grant for graduate study in piano performance (2002). Since 2020 he has been a collaborative pianist at the Crane School of Music. He is the recipient of a SUNY Potsdam Presidential Award for Research and Creativity, in addition to the Award for Research Mentorship from The Center for Student Research. Recent performances include a recital of Nineteenth Century vocal music at the Instituto de Cultura de Baja California in Mexicali, Mexico. Flywire. She is currently Assistant Professor of Violin at the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam. Her research interests include Sonata Theory, Musical Semiotics, Musical Narrative, Psychoanalysis, Schenkerian Analysis, and Hermeneutic Analysis of the music of Johannes Brahms and other 19th-century composers. Currently, she is a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Crane School of Music teaching courses in theory, aural skills, and upper-level analysis. Positions he has held include Artistic Director of the world-renowned, Grammy His works have been performed in the United States, Canada, South America, Europe, and Asia, and at festivals and conferences including the Wintergreen Festival, the Sebago-Long Lake Festival, the Cape May Music Festival, the Charlotte New Music Festival, the nief-norf Summer Music Festival, the Ncounters conference in Edmonton, the Festival Eleazar de Carvalho in Fortaleza, the Asian Double Reed Association Conference in Mahidol, the International Double Reed Society Conference, the European Biennial Double Bass Congress & Festival, and the College Music Society's International and Regional Conferences. Michael R. Dudley Jr. is a trumpet player, composer, producer, educator, and photographer. Associate Professor: Music Theory, Composition, Electronic Music/Co-Chair of Music Theory, History & Composition Dept. As a composer, Rob has pieces available from Tapspace, C. Alan and Honeyrock Publications. Currently, Ivette is an Assistant Professor of Theory and Composition at the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam, NY. Described by the Erie Times News as "energetic, vital, and innovative," Dr. Bishop has numerous He has also appeared as a guest lecturer and performer at the Initiatives Meetings and Publications on Artistic Research "Hands on Flute" conference in Aveiro, Portugal (2017, 2018). ), Dr. Sullivan attended the Contemporary Commercial Music Vocal Pedagogy Institute at Shenandoah University. komaraem@potsdam.edu While a master's student in Syracuse, Margaret gained experience with the Syracuse Opera Company and conducted the church choir at North Presbyterian Church in Geneva, N.Y. graduated Phi Beta Kappa with distinction, was voted into the Rhodes College Hall of Fame, and He 11250 Roger Bacon Drive, Suite 21 Komara holds degrees from the State University of New York at Buffalo (M.A., Music History; M.L.S., Library and Information Science) and St. John's College, Annapolis, MD (B.A., Liberal Arts). Timothy has a comprehensive background as a pedagogue, having been involved in the instruction of students at all levels over many years. SUNY College at Potsdam is an easy school to get into with a very good chance of acceptance if you meet the admission requirements. In the spring of 2014, Michelle was awarded a Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching by the State University of New York and has three times in seven years been awarded the SUNY Potsdam Emerging Leaders "Favorite Professor in the Theory/History Department." He was conductor of the Greater New Haven Youth Orchestra for 2008-2010. Owing to its expertise, the ensemble has recorded four CDs of these works on the Albany Records label. Crane will provide an accompanist for all vocal auditions for a $30 non-refundable fee. Dr. Tak currently serves as an Associate Professor of Piano and Head of the Piano Area at the Crane School of Music of the State University of New York at Potsdam, and is the Founding Artistic Director of the Crane International Piano Festival. SUNY Potsdam Crane School of Music Graduate School POTSDAM, NY Add Your Review School Within SUNY Potsdam See Other Graduate Schools in New York Address 44 PIERREPONT AVENUE POTSDAM, NY 13676 Website potsdam.edu/academics/crane-school-music Telephone (315) 267-2000 Work Here? TEL: (315) 267-2167, Professor: Bassoon/Chair of the Performance Department, lowecc@potsdam.edu Drew also teaches music entrepreneurship at the Manhattan School of Music, and will be serving as a visiting faculty member and program coordinator for the Music Business Program at the Crane School of Music at the State University of New York at Potsdam. In opera Miss Skull has worked with directors Tim Albery, Tom Diamond, Atom Egoyan, Franois Girard, Colin Graham, Christopher Newton, and James Robinson. A native of Burns, Tennessee, Dr. Bishop earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in choral He is also a member of several dynamic music organizations, including The National Flute Association; where he serves on the Diversity & Inclusion Committee, Florida Flute Association, Music Teachers National Association, and is a member of the globally recognized Sphinx Organization; which aims to promote inclusion and diversity in the arts. In fact, Crane has made the largest piano order in Steinway & Sons historytwice. She is a member of the Potsdam Brass Quintet and Principal Trumpet of the Orchestra of Northern New York. Previously he served as the Music Librarian/Blues Archivist at the University of Mississippi (1993-2001). Hunter has been fortunate to study from expert artists in West Africa and the United States including Kwaku Kwaakye Obeng, Manavi Deku, Kwabena Boateng, Daniel Atiso, Stephen Atiso, and Kwasi Dunyo with a focus on Ewe, Akan, and Ga music traditions from southern Ghana. ", sullivtr@potsdam.edu During her tenure as a classroom teacher, Riki Braunstein served as associate conductor of the Brooklyn Borough-wide Orchestra and created several inter-visitation programs to introduce the musical ensemble experience to young school musicians. After two and a half years in the Dsseldorf ensemble she was asked to join the company of the Zrich Opera. In 2013, he attended SongFest, where he studied with Martin Katz and Margo Garrett. He was the founding conductor of the Yale Medical Symphony Orchestra, and from 2007 to 2010 music director of the New Haven Chamber Orchestra. Crane will provide an accompanist for all vocal auditions for a $30 non-refundable fee. Drew is also a co-founder of Pro Arts Management and Consulting LLC and serves as the Musical Director to the Metropolitan Players, an award-winning New York City-based wedding entertainment collective. released in 2020 under the Divine Record label. In addition to the distinguished faculty at UM, she studied with voice teachers Melissa Malde and Barbara Dalheim. biczorj@potsdam.edu The Crane School of Music is SUNYs only All-Steinway institution and is one of only ten Yamaha Institution of Excellence programs nationally. She pursued this interest at the Britten-Pears School for Advanced Musical Studies in Aldeburgh, England with Sergei Leiferkus. His publications include articles for Die Tonkunst, American Music Teacher, Society of American Music Bulletin,NOA Opera Journal and Classical Singer Magazine. Opera News wrote that this CD makes a "strong case for Lang'smusic," and that "George is the accomplished soloist on two tracks.". the World Choir Games (the "Choir Olympics"), for which they won two gold medals and one Dr. Bishop has received several awards and honors for his work, He has sung under the baton of Pierre Boulez, Leon Botstein, Christoph Eschenbach, Ton Koopman, Lorin Maazel, Kurt Masur, David Robertson, John Rutter, Emmanuel Villaume, John Adams, and Welser--Mst Franz during his tenure with the Westminster Symphonic Choir, MidAmerica Productions, and the New York City MasterVoices. solo clarinet and bass clarinet. She teaches collegiate class piano and piano pedagogy; she also performs as recitalist and accompanist in Bach and 20th-century music. His ensembles have also had the privilege to work with composers/conductors John Mackey, Frank Ticheli, Brian Balmages, Robert Spittal, Anthony Maiello, Malcolm W. Rowell, Jr., and Lt. Col. Arnold Gabriel. In 2018, he presented with his husband and musical partner, flutist Dr. Brian Dunbar, at IMPAR: Hands on Research in Aveiro, Portugal. Outside of music, he enjoys playing chess, learning languages, and exploring offbeat cinema. in Choral Conducting (2013) from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Shires Artist. Mr. Struzik is a free-lance musician in the Rochester area, and performs regularly with the Orchestra of Northern New York, Northern Symphonic Winds, and the Penfield Symphony Orchestra. Under his direction, the Radford University percussion ensemble performed internationally twice in 2012 and 2018 and made its debut at the Kennedy Center in 2015. Originally from the Dallas, Texas area, and a Baylor University graduate of both their undergraduate and graduate schools, Mr. Button has been a practicing litigator for the past eleven years. Kathleen is the wife of R. Paul McCarty (retired teacher/administrator of Saratoga Springs City School District), Town & Village Historian of Fort Edward, NY and the Executive Director of the Old Fort House Museum, the mother of Robert P. McCarty, Esq., and the grandmother of Sydney Mae McCarty. With degrees in music education and theatre educationand extensive student teaching experiences as an undergraduateshes well prepared for her new career as a music teacher in the Bronx, N.Y. From May 19 to 31, agroup of 16 current and former Crane students traveled to South America for anepic journey through the Andes in Peru with Dr. Jeffrey Francom, anassociate professor and coordinator of the choral area at SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music. His jazz studies included work with David Baker, Gary Peacock, Palle Danielsson and Anders Jormin. Beyond the administrative duties of managing an ensemble, Christine is the filmmaker Interested in State University of New York College at Potsdam? Michael serves as the director of the Crane Jazz Ensemble, Crane Jazz Band, Giroux Honors Combo, and the instructor for jazz theory, improvisation, and jazz-related history classes. Michael can be heard as a lead trumpet player on multiple GRAMMY-winning recordings by the John Daversa Big Band and Brian Lynch Big Band in addition to his self-produced single ("Another Star") featuring vocalist Makayla Forgione and saxophonist Melvin Butler, having recorded with numerous groups while completing his masters and doctoral degrees at the University of Miami's Frost School of Music. Vocalists, for example,should be visible from head-to-toe. In Zrich alone, she sang nearly 900 performances of over 60 different roles and she sang many guest performances in Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne, Leipzig, Dortmund, Munich, Prague, Bratislava, Belgrade, Graz and Salzburg, St. Gallen, and Le Grande Thtre de Genve among others. Upon graduation she spent some time in New York City, (Studio of Marlena Malas) won several contests including first place in the prestigious Baltimore Opera Competition and then took a position on the voice faculty of SUNY at Fredonia. Ivette's most recent commissions include a second piece for the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, a new work for the Michigan State University Symphony Band, which will be premiered to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the MSU Band's program, and a new composition commissioned by the Illinois State Music Teachers Association (ISMTA). Crossing the spectrum of racial, religious, and socioeconomic backgrounds, Dr. She has served as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music Theory at Temple University, a pianist for the Villanova Singers and the Main Line Singers, as well as Rowan University, and West Chester University, and an organist for Trinity Reformed UCC in Collegeville, PA, and Emanuel UCC in Philadelphia, PA. okinar@potsdam.edu A native of New York City, Michael Scarola joins the Crane Opera Ensemble for the first time with this production of The Enchanted Pig. By making your payment with Flywire you can: Track your payments from start to finish.