SUNY Potsdam

• Band Series
  May 2, 2012, 7:30 p.m., Crane Alumnus Rick Regan conducted the Crane Concert Band in Hosmer Hall.
  Prof. Emeritus Rebecca Covell conducted during programs by the Crane Concert Band, May 2, 2012, and Crane Symphonic Band, May 3, 2012.
  
  This series showcased 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.

• Spring 2012 Verdi Messa da Requiem Performances
  As part of the 2012 Lougheed-Kofoed Festival of the Arts, The Crane Chorus and Crane Symphony Orchestra performed Verdi’s monumental Messa da Requiem under the baton of Ann Howard Jones, the 2012 Dorothy Albrecht Gregory Visiting Conductor.  The guest soloists were Kelly Kaduce and Charles Temkey, and Crane School of Music alumni Margaret Lattimore ’91 and Dimitri Pittas ’99. The Requiem was 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 were open to the public. It was then be performed in New York City at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, on May 1.  The New York City performance was 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.

• Outstanding Alumni Performance Series - Tuesday evening performances throughout the year
  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

• Symposium - New Music and the Academy in North America
  April 13, 2012

  This symposium explored the roles played by institutions of higher learning in the production of contemporary music.  More Information

• Outstanding Alumni Performance Series
  April 14, 2012 - Hosmer Hall, 7:30 p.m.

  Christopher Still ('93), trumpet
  Soloist with Orchestra of Northern New York
  
• Composition Series
  March 5 - 6, 2012
  
  This event included performance of pieces by Roger Ames, BS (music) 1967, David Dies, MM 2001, Paul Riker, BM 2002, Bill Ryan, BM 1990, Rob Smith, BM 1990, Doug Van Nort, BA/MA (mathematics) 2001, Brian Vlasak, BM 2003, MM 2004

• Outstanding Alumni Performance Series: "Rising Stars" (recent alumni)

  February 21, 2012

     Rob Sanderl ('99), percussion; Jessica Thoman ('97), horn; Marcel Rominger ('02), piano;
     Megan Weikleenget ('05), soprano; Jeremy Reger ('04), piano

• Outstanding Alumni Performance Series
  January 31, 2012
  Christopher Weait ('62), bassoon, and Robert Pruzin ('69), horn

• Crane Candlelight Concerts

  December 4, 2011
  

• US Army Field Band
  

  October 30, 2011
  
  This concert was conducted by Crane alumnus Colonel Tom Palmatier.

• Music Education Symposium: Celebrating our History, Charting our Future
  

  October 20 - 22, 2011

  Students, faculty, alumni, and emeriti celebrated the history of music education at Crane and imagined its future during this three-day event. Presentations included the keynote address, "Imagining 150:  Crafting a Vision for the Next 25 years of Music Education at The Crane School of Music" by Dr. Carol Richardson, "Concert Tour of Crane Historical Sites featuring original works by Harriet Crane Bryant" and "Messengers of Music: The Legacy of Julia Crane" by Dr. Caron Collins, "A History of The Crane School of Music Part V: 1986 - 2011" by Dr. Robyn Hosley, and "Music Technology at The Crane School of Music" by Dr. Peter McCoy and Mr. Scott LaVine. Discussion forums were also held.
  
• Outstanding Alumni Performance Series

  October 18, 2011
  
  Mario Gaetano, Percussion, and Ruth Bennett, Harp, performed in recital.

• Outstanding Alumni Performance Series
  September 27, 2011
  
  Linda Nagy Johnston, Violin, and Hannah Gruber, Piano, performed in recital.
  

• Rhythms of the Game: The Link Between Musical and Athletic Performance
  September 27, 2011
  

  David Gluck, percussionist and professor at SUNY Purchase, gave a one hour presentation on the book he co-authored with four-time World Series Champion and former New York Yankee Centerfielder Bernie Williams.

• Crane Clarinet Summit
  

  September 23 - 24, 2011

  This event featured outstanding Crane clarinet alumni, faculty and students.
  

• Faculty performance at Steinway Hall, New York
  Thursday, September 22, 2011
  

  Members of SUNY Potsdam’s Crane School of Music faculty will performed in the Rotunda at Steinway Hall.  Performers included Paul Wyse, Eugenia Tsarov, and François Germain, piano; David Pittman-Jennings, baritone; Christopher Creviston, saxophone; Julianne Kirk, clarinet; and Carol Lowe, bassoon.

• Sandy Feldstein Music Business Roundtable
  September 17, 2011
  

  This roundtable featured outstanding Crane alumni in prominent music business careers.
  
• Jerry Schwiebert, a master movement specialist, was in residence at the Crane School of Music September 14-17. He worked with a host of students in the wind, percussion, voice, string and conducting areas, as well as host "open sessions."
• John O'Reilly conducted the Crane Wind Ensemble on his work "Spirit of Flight" for the Family Weekend Concert, Friday, September 16 in Hosmer Hall. Additionally, the Crane Bands hosted a reading session of John O'Reilly's band works on Saturday, September 17.
• Outstanding Alumni Performance Series
  September 13, 2011
  
  Michelle Normandeau Shoemaker, Clarinet, and Vanessa Breault Mulvey, Flute, performed in recital.
  
• Faculty Gala and Reception

  September 6, 2011
  

  This performance event featured Crane faculty.
• Jerry Blackstone
  August 8-13, 2011
  
  This conducting symposium was devoted to the discussion and advancement of conducting and rehearsal technique. Participants conducted their peers and were coached by Dr. Blackstone. 
  

• Helmuth Rilling
  The Dorothy Albrecht Gregory Visiting Conductor*
  April 25-30, 2011
  
  * The partnership of the Dorothy Albrecht Gregory Visiting Conductor Fund, established by Dorothy Albrecht Gregory ’61, and the Adeline Maltzan Crane Chorus Performance Tour Fund, established by Dr. Gary C. Jaquay ’67, brings distinguished conductors to The Crane School of Music for festival performances by the Crane Chorus and Orchestra, and funds travel for major Crane Chorus performances to venues outside of Potsdam.