Julianne Kirk Doyle

Professor: Clarinet

kirkj@potsdam.edu

TEL: (315) 267-2419

https://www.jkdoyle.org/

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Dr. Julianne Kirk Doyle joined the faculty of the Crane School of Music in 2006 and serves as Professor of Clarinet and Admissions/Auditions Coordinator. She was Director of the Crane Youth Music Camp from 2009-2023. Dr. Doyle is the New York State Chair and served as Pedagogy Coordinator for the International Clarinet Association from 2022-2024.

Dr. Doyle's debut CD "Dante Dances" premiered in 2019, including works by Crane composers Arthur Frackenpohl and Elliot DelBorgo. She joined saxophonist Robert Young and pianist David Heinick on Young's 2018 album "Hybrid," performing Heinick's "four letter words," which she and Young commissioned for premiere at the 2016 International Clarinet Association Conference in Baton Rouge, LA.

An active soloist and chamber musician, she is a founding member of the Aria Reed Trio and serves as Principal Clarinet with the Orchestra of Northern New York and Northern Symphonic Winds. She has also performed with the Lake Placid Sinfonietta, Richmond Symphony Orchestra, Amici Orchestra, Light Opera Oklahoma, Tulsa Philharmonic, Oklahoma City Philharmonic, Eastman Wind Ensemble (including a tour to Japan, Taiwan, and Macau), Eastman Philharmonia, and Eastman Opera Orchestra.

Passionate about the music of our time, Julianne has joined numerous commission consortiums for new works by Stacy Garrop, Reena Esmail, Jenni Brandon, Paul Schoenfeld, Margaret Brower, Jim Stephenson, Erich Stem, and Tyler Mazone ('21), as well as Crane colleagues Ivette Herryman-Rodriguez, Timothy Sullivan, Jerod Sommerfeldt, and David Heinick. She looks forward to participating in many more consortiums and commission projects to continue to grow the 21st-century clarinet repertoire.

Dr. Doyle specializes in solutions to Stress Velopharyngeal Insufficiency (SVPI/soft palatal air leak) in wind playing. She has published articles and given conference presentations on pathways to alleviation and prevention. She regularly assists professionals and students in minimizing and correcting soft palate air leak.

Dr. Doyle has performed and presented at numerous conferences, including the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, International Clarinet Association ClarinetFest, International Double Reed Society Conference, New York State School Music Association Conference, New York State Band Directors Association, Mid-America Center for Contemporary Music, and the Oklahoma Clarinet Symposium. She has given master classes for Juilliard Summerwinds, Southeast Asian Youth Orchestra and Wind Ensemble, Aria Summer Music Academy, Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, University of Michigan, University of North Carolina Greensboro, Louisiana State University, University of Arkansas Ft. Smith, Bowling Green State University, Oakland University, and Nazareth College.

Prior to joining the faculty at Crane, she held teaching positions at Ball State University, University of Rochester, Eastman School of Music, Eastman Community Music School, Hochstein School of Music, and Nazareth College.

She holds the Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees in Performance and Literature, an Arts Leadership Certificate from the Eastman School of Music, and a Bachelor of Music from the University of Oklahoma. Her primary teachers include Jon Manasse, David Etheridge, and Bradford Behn. Dr. Doyle is honored to be an artist with Backun Musical Services and DANSR/Vandoren.

She resides in Potsdam with her family. For more information, please visit www.jkdoyle.org.

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Michael Struzik

Adjunct Instructor, Off-Campus Teaching Supervisor and Director Crane Youth Music

struzimj@potsdam.edu

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Michael Struzik is a 1988 graduate of the Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam. He is currently a teacher at Brighton High School in Rochester, New York. He has been at Brighton High School for the past 26 years. His current responsibilities include directing the Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, and Jazz Band, as well as teaching brass and percussion lessons to students in grades nine through twelve. He also teaches music theory and advanced placement music theory. In addition, he directs the pit orchestra for the annual spring musical. Mr. Struzik also serves as a music facilitator for the district.

Mr. Struzik has conducted All-County and honor band festivals in several counties in New York State as well as the state of Virginia. He is a past recipient of the University of Rochester's Excellence in Secondary Education Award. He is also the 2011 recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the New York State Band Directors Association. In 2019, he received the Helen Hosmer Excellence in Teaching Award from the Crane School of Music. In 2020, he received the Excellence in Music Education Award from the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Mr. Struzik is an All-State certified adjudicator, and is also an adjudicator for major organization festivals.

During the summer, he teaches at Crane Youth Music in Potsdam, New York. 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. He is a member of NYSSMA, NAFME, the International Trombone Association and has served on the executive board of the New York State Band Director's Association in a variety of positions, currently as their Executive Director. He is also a Past-President of the Monroe County School Music Association.

Mr. Struzik lives in Webster, New York with his wife Katie and enjoys spending time with his two grown sons Christopher 24, and Matthew 22.

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