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Upcoming Events

Spring 2012 Verdi Messa da Requiem Performances

As part of the 2012 Lougheed-Kofoed Festival of the Arts (click here for the complete Festival schedule), The Crane Chorus and Crane Symphony Orchestra will perform Verdi’s monumental Messa da Requiem under the baton of Ann Howard Jones, the 2012 Dorothy Albrecht Gregory Visiting Conductor.  The guest soloists are Kelly Kaduce and Charles Temkey, and Crane School of Music alumni Margaret Lattimore ’91 and Dimitri Pittas ’99. The Requiem will be performed at SUNY Potsdam’s Helen M. Hosmer Concert Hall on April 28, 2012, as part of a week of masterclasses, lectures, and workshops in Potsdam, which are open to the public. It will then be performed in New York City at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, on May 1.  The New York City performance is made possible by the Adeline Maltzan Crane Chorus Performance Tour Fund, funded by Dr. Gary C. Jaquay ’67, with additional support from the bequest of Brock and Janie McElheran.

• For more information, see the full week's Schedule of Events.

• To view the lesson curriculum, see the Verdi Requiem Study Guide.
• For more information, media can view the Digital Press Kit.

In Potsdam

• Friday, April 27, 2012
  7:30 p.m.
  Crane Chorus and Crane Symphony Orchestra
  Dress Rehearsal for the performance of Verdi’s Messa da Requiem
  Helen M. Hosmer Concert Hall, The Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam
  Free and open to the public
• Saturday, April 28, 2012
  7:30 p.m.
  Crane Chorus and Crane Symphony Orchestra
  Performance of Verdi’s Messa da Requiem
  Helen M. Hosmer Concert Hall, The Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam
  To reserve free tickets, please call the CPS Box Office at (315) 267-2277.
  
  View Performance Program (PDF)
  

In New York City

• Tuesday, May 1, 2012
  5 p.m.
  Potsdam Alumni Gathering
  The Lobby Bar in Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center
  This event is sold out!
• Tuesday, May 1, 2012
  7:30 p.m.
  Crane Chorus and Crane Symphony Orchestra
  Performance of Verdi’s Messa da Requiem
  Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center
  Purchase tickets ($35 general/$30 senior/$15 student) online or by calling CenterCharge at (212) 721-6500.
  
  View Performance Program (PDF)
  

Band Series

May 2, 2012, 7:30 PM, Crane Alumnus Rick Regan conducts the Crane Concert Band in Hosmer Hall.

Prof. Emeritus Rebecca Covell conducts during programs by the Crane Concert Band, May 2, 2012, and Crane Symphonic Band, May 3, 2012; both concerts are at 7:30 PM in Hosmer Hall.

This series showcases Crane emeriti and alumni as guest conductors, featured composers and clinicians including Rebecca Covell, John O'Reilly, Timothy Topolewski, Anthony Maiello, Arthur Frackenpohl, Can Welcher, Elliot Del Borgo and others.

Outstanding Alumni Performance Series

Tuesday evening performances throughout the year.

Roster:

• Mario Gaetano, '77, Percussion
• Linda Nagy Johnston, '88, Violin
• Vanessa Mulvey, '90, Flute
• Robert Pruzin, '69, French Horn
• Jeremy Reger, '04, piano
• Marcel Rominger, '02, piano
• Rob Sanderl, '99, percussion
• Michelle Shoemaker, '95, Clarinet
• Christopher Still, '93, trumpet
• Jessica Thoman, '97, horn
• Christopher Weait, '62, Bassoon
• Megan Weikleenget, '05, soprano

For more information about these upcoming events contact us at (315) 267-2812 or e-mail us a note.

For a list of past performances, see Past Events.