entitled Filmprov screens original and repurposed silent films accompanied by a live Tracy S. Wanamaker, MT-BC is a Visiting Instructor at the Crane School of Music where she coordinates the Music in Special Education Program. The hands-on practicum has allowed her to oversee professional audio recordings for bands like the Rapidgrass, a Colorado-based bluegrass quintet, and work with jazz drummer Jerry Granelli, best known for recording the Charlie Brown Christmas album with the Vince Guaraldi Trio. 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 The Crane School of Music requires prospective students who wish to major in any music degree program to complete auditions, in addition to completing an application through SUNY Potsdam's regular College admissions process. His experience as a pit orchestra conductor includes the CPS productions of Annie in 2010 and Beauty and the Beast in 2012 and the St. Lawrence University productions of Legally Blonde in Fall 2016 and Spring Awakening in Fall 2018. In 2003 she completed a nationally acclaimed voice teaching internship sponsored by the National Association of Teachers of Singing. He is currently collaborating with English author Ian Priston on a book about the early recordings of Pink Floyd. TEL: (315) 267-3210. An active performer as both soloist and collaborator in interactive digital music and live video, he is Assistant Professor of Electronic Music Composition and Theory at the State University of New York at Potsdam Crane School of Music and director of the SUNY-Potsdam Electronic Music Studios (PoEMS). In the summer of 2013, in order to settle close to her daughter and family, Margaret Chalker moved to Massena, NY from Zrich, Switzerland where she was a soprano soloist with the world renowned Opernhaus Zrich for 25 years, singing roles ranging from Pamina to Donna Elvira to Sophie to Agatha, Gilda to Elizabetta, including operas of the 20th century (Henze's "der Prinz Von Homburg",(Prinzessin Natalie) with Thomas Hampson as well as Frank Martin's "le vin herb" as Iseut to Piotr Beczala's Tristan in the marvelous Marco Marelli production and the world premiere of "Harley" by Edward Rushton as well as Ligetti's "Le Grande Macabre". View the full auditions day schedule here. His recording of the songs of Margaret Lang Love is Everywhere was Music Web International's CD of the Year and together with Volume 2 New Love Must Rise nominated for a Grammy in the first round. Materials should arrive by the audition registration deadlines noted above. In addition to teaching, she regularly performs with Crane colleagues and guest artists. A frequent chamber music collaborator, Jill is half of the Rubio Flute and Guitar Duo, with her husband, Doug. Please keep your links active until April 1st. She has appeared on many other recordings, including the Eastman Wind Ensemble's collaboration with the Canadian Brass entitled Manhattan Music (Opening Day Entertainment Group) and the Buffalo Philharmonic's recording of selected works of Bartk (Naxos Records). She co-organized an African Music Festival at Brown University with Kwaku Kwaakye Obeng, and edited an extensive digital collection of African field recordings by James Koetting which highlights Kasena music and culture of Northern Ghana in collaboration with the Brown University Library. On the concert stage, Dr. Sierra has performed works such as Bernstein's Songfest, Schumann's Spanisches Liederspiel, Britten's Les Illuminations, Bach's Weihnachts-Oratorium, Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass, Brahms's Liebeslieder Walzer, Vaughan Williams's Serenade to Music, and Schubert's Mass in G. Most recently, he was invited to sing the tenor solo in Beethoven's Symphony No.9 with the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia and was a featured soloist in Peter Bjerring's Song of the Salish Chief at Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center. At Crane, students can choose from a wide variety of programs and majors. 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. Dr. Levenson teaches courses on a wide range of topics, including global music studies, historical performance practice, musical borrowing, and music, gender, and sexuality. A native of New York City, Michael Scarola joins the Crane Opera Ensemble for the first time with this production of The Enchanted Pig. Our undergraduate programs are designed to provide a strong and comprehensive foundation across all areas of study, whereas our graduate programs bring greater depth and focus within these areas. received the Rhodes College Kinney Leadership Award for outstanding service to his community. He is a Kathleen is a frequent recitalist, often focusing on Twentieth Century music and has worked with many composers including Witold Lutoslawski and John Corigliano and with vocal coaches such as Mary Dibbern, Warren Jones and Mitsuko Shirai. She has performed to prestigious music conferences such as the Chamber Music Society in New York and the College Music Society National conference in San Diego. This will either be the overall high school GPA, the overall GPA from another college (two- or four-year) for transfer students, or overall SUNY Potsdam GPA for current SUNY Potsdam students. In fact, Crane has made the largest piano order in Steinway & Sons historytwice. Colleen is a past member of the prestigious COC Ensemble and has won many awards and prizes including the Metropolitan Opera District Competition, a Chalmers Award and a Professional Artist Grant from the Canada Council for the Arts. Crane students and alumni are a distinguished community of musician-educators, artists, scholars, and advocates performing, collaborating, and teaching . Described by the Erie Times News as "energetic, vital, and innovative," Dr. Bishop has numerous Flywire. He has received grants from organizations such as the Artist Foundation of San Antonio and the American Music Center. Prior to her arrival at Potsdam, she has served as Instructor for a weekly class titled Movement for Musicians at Arizona State University, as well as Instructor of Yoga for Musicians at the University of Colorado. Next, the "acceptance rate" you find for a school is the average rate for all students. Timothy has a comprehensive background as a pedagogue, having been involved in the instruction of students at all levels over many years. She holds a B.A. TEL: (315) 267-3244. He has also appeared at the Ljubljana Conservatory, Conservatorio Profesionalde Musica MarcosRedondo Ciudad Real, Escuela se Musica de La Eliana, Conservatorio Profesionalde Musica Valencia, and in Basel Switzerland twice. He was also responsible for designing and installing sound systems for clubs, restaurants, and in consumer's homes. spencelj@potsdam.edu 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. Please check back in April for December 2023 and 2024 audition dates. For more information visit www.lukespencetrumpet.com. Prior to joining the Crane School faculty in 2016, she taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, The Colburn School (Los Angeles), and UCLA. brooksem@potsdam.edu She is a featured soloist on the Delos recording All the Heart of Me! He earned dual bachelor's degrees in performance (percussion) and music education at Kent State University, and his MM in music education with an emphasis in wind conducting from UMass Amherst. martinmr@potsdam.edu 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. Festival appearances include the Taos School of Music, the Spoleto Festival, and the National Repertory Orchestra. 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. A Nationally Certified Teacher of Music through the Music Teachers National Association, she also serves as Co-Director of the biennial Crane Piano Pedagogy Conference. She joined Robert Young and David Heinick on Young's album Hybrid which released in 2018, performing Heinick's four letter words which she and Young commissioned for premiere at the 2016 International Clarinet Association Conference in Baton Rouge, LA. mixed choirs, with selections published by Colla Voce Music and Hal Leonard Corporation. 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. Highlights of her performing career include recitals with artists such as renowned flutist, Amy Porter; Alicia McQuerrey of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Yamaha artist, Mary Karen Clardy; international bass trombonist, Jonathan Warburton; and Canadian Brass trombonist, Achilles Liarmakopoulos. geggiejd@potsdam.edu Dr. Perry previously served as a faculty member at the University of Idaho and at the University of Minnesota Duluth where she chaired the piano area and was a fellow of the University of Minnesota Institute on the Environment. Kathleen's other performance experience includes opera, drama and oratorio. An active orchestral keyboardist, Brock has performed in professional orchestras such as the Albany Symphony Orchestra, New World Symphony, and Battle Creek Symphony Orchestra, in addition to the large ensembles at Eastman. He has attended every national conference since becoming a member in 2007, presented and hosted clinics at the regional, national, and international level, and has served on the finance committee. Brock began his primary musical training at the age of six with Patricia Randolph, later earning a bachelor's degree in piano performance from the University of Wyoming, magna cum laude, under the tutelage of Dr. Theresa Bogard. Cathedral, Sanders Theater at Harvard University, and the Chautauqua Institution. Rubio has been a featured soloist with that group, with the St. Lawrence University Orchestra, and the St. Lawrence University Bach Marathon. skullce@potsdam.edu 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. After 25 years as a classroom teacher, she left the classroom to become a Middle School Principal and finally retired in 2009. Mr. Button is licensed to practice law in the State of New York, State of Connecticut, before the Supreme Court of the United States and before various lower federal courts. As Board member for Performance for CMS NE, he hosted the College Music Society Regional Conference at The Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam April 4-5, 2014. rehearsal, serving diverse populations through music, and developing artistically cohesive 108 and discussed how our analysis and hauntological reading of the piece could shape our interpretations and performance. arrangements of Schubert and Schumann Lieder have been performed by men's, women's, and TEL: (315) 267-2759, burgessj@potsdam.edu Previously he served as the Music Librarian/Blues Archivist at the University of Mississippi (1993-2001). Your will submit your video links as part of filling out the registration form. 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. TEL: (315) 267-2775, Visiting Assistant Professor: Music Theory & Accompanying. Dr. Becker frequently performs as member of the Potsdam Brass Quintet and has presented at many conferences, including the International Brass Festival at the University of Florida School of Music at Gainesville, the Northeast Regional Tuba and Euphonium Conference, the Erie County Music Educators Association Western New York Conference Day, NAfME Eastern Division Conference, and NYSSMA Winter Conference. This work was composed with her eclectic musical background in mind, including elements of rock, jazz and extended flute technique. Mr. Biczo's public school teaching contributions involved high school and middle school bands in the Chandler District (Chandler, AZ) and high school instrumental, choral, and general music in the Madison District (Phoenix, AZ). Your Full Name (required) Your Email Address (required) Your Department (Optional) Location (Optional) Room Number (Optional) (Potsdam, N.Y.) 1861-1989, July 01, 1959, Page 3, Image 3, brought to you by Northern NY Library Network, and the National Digital Newspaper Program. During his tenure as a public high school music educator, his ensembles performed at Boston Symphony Hall (2014), Chicago Symphony Center (2014, 2018), and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. (2015). In addition to his duties teaching and performing at Crane, Spence serves as second trumpet of the Washington Chamber Orchestra and is a member of the award-winning chamber group Anima Brass. Admissions is somewhat competitive as the SUNY Potsdam acceptance rate is 68%. An advocate for wellness within the classical music community, Borden teaches a Musicians' Wellness class at Crane and has researched heavily in the field. TEL: (315) 267-2611. 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. 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. Crane will provide an accompanist for all vocal auditions for a $30 non-refundable fee. mayettma@potsdam.edu Dr. D. 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