sierracp@potsdam.edu For more information and recordings, see keithgates.com. Spence earned his DMA and MM at the University of Maryland where he studied with Chris Gekker and holds a BM with a minor in musicology from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music where he studied with Roy Poper and was the recipient of the 2014 James Stamp Award. zolnerrr@potsdam.edu Michael J. Sanderl has presented clinics around the country and in Europe on various instruments including drum set, marimba, snare drum, and Basel Drumming. As a clinician, Tim has presented at NYSSMA and NYSBDA statewide conferences. His teachers include Charles Guy and Jay Krush. TEL: (315) 267-2466. TEL: (315) 267-2411. Dr. Bishop has received several awards and honors for his work, Her most recent performance of Russkaya Tetrad' was in Honolulu, Hawaii. 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. 2016-2017: 71.8%; 2017-2018: 66.6% Separately, in 2015, Mr. Button was appointed to the Alumni Board of Directors of the Western New England University School of Law where, in 2016, Mr. Button was elected to serve as president of the Alumni Board of Directors. martinmr@potsdam.edu Outside of music, you can find her exploring the outdoors, caring for her many plants, cooking, or making pottery. Michael has studied theory with several outstanding scholars including Lee Rothfarb, Pieter van den Toorn, Gary Karpinski, Brent Auerbach, and Aleksandra Vojcic. Borden is honored to be an S.E. Steven also worked with the University of Colorado's Composer Fellows' Initiative, helping student composers learn to write operatic literature and then performing these works' premieres. Emma Trevena, "Crane School of Music," SUNY Potsdam College Archives & Special Collections Digital Collections, accessed February 23, 2023, https://omeka.potsdam.edu . 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) 267-2453. TEL: (315) 267-2103. Lauren Becker is Associate Professor of Horn at the Crane School of Music at the State University of New York at Potsdam. A native from Cuba, Ivette Herryman Rodriguez holds a B.M in Music Composition from the Instituto Superior de Artes (Higher Institute of Arts), in Havana, a M.M in Music Composition from Baylor University, and a M.M in Music Theory and D.M.A in Music Composition from Michigan State University. As an active Repertoire & Resources Chair for Student Activities. He serves on the faculty of Crane Youth Music and was previously the director of the Potsdam Community Chorus. She was associate professor of cello and chamber music at the University of South Dakota since 2007. TEL: (315) 267-2416, grevct@potsdam.edu millerjw@potsdam.edu Miller's other principal interest is editing, publishing, and performing the music of Keith Gates (1948-2007). Dr. Hernacki's most recent solo performance was with the Crane Wind Ensemble in 2022 performing Anthony Barfield's Red Sky. Additionally, he served as Guest Lecturer and Entrepreneurship Advisor at the Manhattan School of Music, Center for Music Entrepreneurship. Timothy Mount, pianist, singer, and choral conductor, is Professor Emeritus of conducting at Stony Brook University, one of the leading graduate music programs in the country. SUNY College at Potsdam is an easy school to get into with a very good chance of acceptance if you meet the admission requirements. Audition dates: Registration is now closed for auditions for fall 2023 entry. Mr. Lewis's teachers have included Michael Burritt, Bruce Gertz, Kai Eckhardt de Carmargo, Wayne Gorder, Malcolm W. Rowell, Jr., and has studied with Shanti Simon, Mark Scatterday, Craig Kirkhhoff, and H. Robert Reynolds. Douglas has been an audio engineer for the Cleveland Institute of Music and a staff engineer at Cleveland's Commercial Recording Studios Inc. His recording credits include compact discs for Telarc and McGill Records, radio production and demonstration recordings for the BBC, as well as many live radio broadcasts. He has served as Associate Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras, as teaching fellow for the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra, and on the faculty of the Conductors Retreat at Medomak. She lives in Potsdam, New York with her composer/theorist husband, Tim Sullivan, and their dog, Sisko. Crane students Zian Taylor, Lindsay Hebert, Noah Unser, and Matthew Bahr discuss the transformative experience, a trip was made possible, in part, by the Gail and Richard Stradling Travel Endowment. TEL: (315) 267-2406. dissertation, entitled Omnes Compleant: A Conductor's Resource Guide to the Office of Compline, provides Registration is now closed for auditions for fall 2023 entry. Dr. Sherman earned a DMA in piano performance with an emphasis in piano pedagogy from the University of Oklahoma, where she was awarded a prestigious campus-wide Graduate Teaching Award through the Office of the Provost. College Store Barrington Student Union 44 Pierrepont Ave. Potsdam, NY 13676. His primary teachers include Susan McQuinn, Amy Porter, and Katherine Kemler. Dr. Francom has been the guest conductor of many county and regional all-state choirs, and has conducted opera and musical theater productions with Stony Brook Opera, the Lynn Clark Summertime Players and Bellport High School. In winter 2018, his article, Preparing for the First Rehearsal: A Guide for Choral Conductors, appeared in the online journal, Chorteach. Under his direction, the Crane Chorus and Crane Symphony Orchestra appear annually on public television stations in over 25 states. www.fiddlingliesl.com, dotyls@potsdam.edu While you can certainly record multiple takes of your audition pieces, please only provide us with one version of each one. During her two years in Fredonia her performance career continued to blossom as she sang with the orchestras and/or opera companies of Seattle, Buffalo, Syracuse, Erie, Columbus, El Paso, and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. Since 1927, it has been the music information center for our students, faculty, and local music-lovers. He published 5 articles concerning choral music and a video, Refine Your Conducting Technique, available from Santa Barbara Music. In 2020, he received the Excellence in Music Education Award from the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. wanamats@potsdam.edu The Crane School of Music is one of three schools which make up SUNY Potsdam, and is primarily focused on the education of music teachers. Percussion students can only audition on Long Island (on February 23 or 24) or on campus. He started his music products career working for the multi-national Yamaha Corporation in the areas of artist relations, district sales, and product management and marketing. By making your payment with Flywire you can: Track your payments from start to finish. for several years. Just as a painter fills space, a composer fills time, and it is Heuser's goal to lead the listener through the time his music occupies in a way that is compelling and moving. His works have been performed on four continents and recorded abroad. In addition to his business accomplishments, Via is a sought after speaker at conventions, conferences, and universities in the United States and abroad. Listen. TEL: (315) 267-2448. A devoted teacher, Dr. Kastella has taught pianists aged 5 years to 75 years old, including as adjunct instructor at Southern University and Agricultural & Mechanical College in Baton Rouge, LA, from 2019-2020. Prior to joining Crane in July of 2016, Miles has held the following positions: General Manager of Bridgepoint Music in Menlo Park, CA; Shop Foreman at Maytan Music Center in Reno, NV; and Band Director in The Baltimore City Public School System. Founded in 1886, SUNY Potsdams Crane School of Music has a long legacy of excellence in music education and performance. It ranks #112 in New York for lowest rate of acceptance. While at Illinois, Jon was a teaching assistant for music education courses in technology, differentiation, adolescent music-making, and choral and instrumental teaching methods. Professor: Music Education/Chair of Music Education, mccoypm@potsdam.edu She holds a MM in music theory from Temple University, a MM in piano performance at Indiana University South Bend, and a baccalaureate degree from the Toho Gakuen School of Music in Japan. She has worked with noted conductors including Julius Rudel, Lukas Foss, Michel Corboz, Ren Jacobs and Will Crutchfield, and stage directors Peter Ustinov, Herbert Wernicke, and John Neumeier. Other roles include, Dido, Queen of Carthage in Dido and Aeneas, Mrs. Grosse in The Turn of the Screw, Wellgunde in Gotterdmmerung, Alice Ford in Falstaff, Fiordiligi in Cos fan tutte, Agatha in Der Freischtz, Jocasta in Oedipus Rex, Lisa in Pique Dame, Liu in Turandot, Marina in Boris Godunov, Waltraute, Rossweise, and Siegrune in Die Walkre, Zulma in L'Italiana in Algeri, and Mre Marie de l'Incarnation in Dialogues des Carmlites. Reston, VA 20190-5248 Please keep your links active until April 1st. In recent years he has performed at the Kennedy Center and Lincoln Center, toured throughout the U.S., Europe, and China, and was a featured soloist with the Washington Sinfonietta. She was selected to participate in the 2009 NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing) Intern Program, where she worked with master teacher Carmen Balthrop. Ms. Rubio is principal flutist and Personnel Manager of the Orchestra of Northern New York. His teaching history includes courses in music theory and analysis, composition, aural skills, music technology, and jazz theory and improvisation, among other topics. She earned a Bachelor of Music (1999) in organ from the University of Alberta, under the tutelage of Dr. Marnie Giesbrecht. The Crane School of Music requires prospective students who wish to major in any musicdegree program to complete auditions, in addition to completing an application through SUNY Potsdams regular College admissions process. Audio files larger than 5 MB may be submitted via Dropbox or posted to a site like SoundCloud. The video should be framed so we can see your entire body. Erin has published articles on the operas of Camille Saint-Saens and the relationship between theater music and early film; she is currently completing works on memory and performance in Tosca and stage music and trauma during World War I. In May 2022, he served as trumpet judge chair of the inaugural Marie Speziale Mock Orchestra Competition and judge for the Susan Slaughter Solo Competition at the International Women's Brass Conference in Denton, TX. Return to: Programs of Study General Education Requirements Heuser is a storyteller, crafting emotional journeys for listeners, but his stories go beyond words to things only music can speak to. Other notable performances by Dr. Tak have taken place at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, Kimmel Center's Perelman Theater in Philadelphia, Seoul Arts Center, Jordan Hall in Boston, Columbia University, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series, Ravinia Festival and Music@Menlo. Other chamber music affiliations include The Perron Trio, the Potsdam Piano Quartet, and the Ariel Chamber Players. He is a skilled administrator and served at the Division of Diversity at UW-Madison, where he was awarded the Diversity Innovation Award for his exploration and performance of music by Black composers. As founder and artistic director of the interdisciplinary chamber music collective Verisimo, In addition to the distinguished faculty at UM, she studied with voice teachers Melissa Malde and Barbara Dalheim. He has also presented clinics and research at state music education conferences in Delaware, Illinois, New York, and Pennsylvania. Crane students regularly premiere new works, study with guest conductors and visiting artists, and perform in nationally televised concerts. He lives in Poughkeepsie, NY with his wife Janet and three daughters, Karina, Kimberly and Alexis. TEL: (315) 267-2775 TEL: (315) 267-3227. millerka@potsdam.edu He taught at two Suffolk County Community College campuses, and conducted performances with the Suffolk Singers and College Choir. Listen. 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