gibbonwj@potsdam.edu She has presented and given keynote speeches at national and international conferences. She is the recipient of the 2015-16 prestigious Brandon Fradd Fellowship in Music Composition. In addition to dozens of articles and book chapters on these and other topics, Gibbons is also co-editor of the essay collections Music in Video Games: Studying Play (Routledge, 2014) and Music in the Role-Playing Game: Heroes & Harmonies (Routledge, 2020). Dr. Skull currently teaches Applied Voice, Introduction to Diction, and Vocal Techniques at the Crane School. While studying at The University of Cincinnati Kathleen developed an interest in Russian music. You can complete these in any order. In 2010, Michelle joined the faculty of the Crane School of Music, State University of New York at Potsdam, where she has taught a wide variety of courses including Music Theory and Accelerated Music Theory for Non-Majors, Secondary Organ Lessons, History of Sacred Music, and Aural Skills I and II. He is the founder of the chamber wind ensemble, Bay State Winds, and served as their artistic director and conductor from 2016 until 2022. with Ann Howard Jones, and his Bachelor of Arts degree in Music and Classical Languages from Brian has participated in performances in France, Germany, Belgium, and throughout the United States. Jon has published articles in the Music Educators Journal and the Journal of Popular Music Education and book chapters in the edited volume Music Education on the Verge: Stories of Pandemic Teaching and Transformative Change and the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Gender and Queer Studies in Music Education. He previously held a position as a visiting assistant professor at the University of Arkansas school of music where he taught string music education courses, aural perception and graduate courses in curriculum design, testing and measurement and music psychology in addition to working with the University of Arkansas / Arkansas Philharmonic String Coalition Youth Orchestra. Dr. Tramposh has been performing with pianist Cullan Bryant for the last five years; in addition to the works featured on the CD, they have performed works by Hindemith, Shostakovich, Brahms, Enesco, Kiel, Clarke, and Milhaud. TEL: (315) 267-2411. He currently oversees the music program at the Shanti Bhavan Children's Project in Tamil-Nadu, India and has taught developing musicians at the Tomas de Berlanga School on the island of Santa Cruz, Galapagos, as a member of Broadway for Arts Education, an organization committed to providing quality arts education to communities in need around the world. Having collaborated with Lee Rothfarb and John Hajda on an extensive online music theory curriculum at UC Santa Barbara, Andre maintains an active interest researching online applications for music theory pedagogy. 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. Recent roles include the title roles of Ariadne, in Ariadne auf Naxos, Elle, in La Voix Humaine and Jenfa. Borden's wellness expertise is centered in the realms of performance anxiety, musculoskeletal health, trauma-informed mindfulness, and the practical application of yoga techniques. Dr. Doyle can be seen in the Vandoren ad campaign "With You Every Step. In 2019, he received the Helen Hosmer Excellence in Teaching Award from the Crane School of Music. Tracy S. Wanamaker, MT-BC is a Visiting Instructor at the Crane School of Music where she coordinates the Music in Special Education Program. Dr. Tramposh plays a copy of a 1780 Testore made by Al Stancel. Outside of music, he enjoys playing chess, learning languages, and exploring offbeat cinema. All actively enrolled undergraduates . TEL: (315) 267-2435. His In addition to her duties at Crane, she maintains a private practice in Northern New York, providing both individual and group music therapy sessions. Her work Memorial, for soprano, cello, and piano is scheduled to be released on a CD that will feature works composed by CINTAS Fellows. Now in its third century, SUNY Potsdam is distinguished by a legacy of pioneering programs and educational excellence. Steven is thrilled to be returning to SUNY Potsdam and the Crane School of Music as a Visiting Assistant Professor this year. An advocate of building collaborations across diverse intellectual communities, Dr. Levenson has presented her research at both national and international conferences, including the International Conference on Baroque Music, the annual meetings of the American Musicological Society, and the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies conference, among others. She has presented her research at conferences on Saint-Sans (Centro Luigi Boccherini, Lucca), The Music of War (British Library, London), and Music and Antiquity (Massenet Festival, Saint-tienne), as well as national and regional meetings of the American Musicological Society and the North American Conference on Nineteenth-Century Music. TEL: (315) 267-2812. The collections cover the heritage of Western music, from the ancient Greeks to the newest music, from jazz . As a soloist, Dr. Hernacki was the winner of the 2011 International Trombone Festival's Donald Yaxley Solo Competition and has been featured with the Los Angeles Symphonic Winds, the Grace Baptist Church Praise Orchestra, the Idyllwild Arts Summer Music Festival's Wind Ensemble, the Pokorny Low Brass Seminar faculty, and the Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings. Submit two or three original scores of contrasting character that best highlight your creativity and potential for compositional growth. He has performed extensively around the nation in prestigious venues and festivals, such as the Grand Teton Music Festival, where he is the collaborative pianist for Donald Runnicles Musical Arts Scholarship Competition. Kathleen is a past member of the Adirondack Voices, served as its Director, and is a past president of the organization. Pianist Dr. Keilor Kastella was born in Stony Brook, NY, and raised in southeast Michigan. graduated Phi Beta Kappa with distinction, was voted into the Rhodes College Hall of Fame, and yipth@potsdam.edu traditional Compline liturgy with original Latin translations, chant transcriptions, a catalog of ACCEPTANCE RATES OF TRADITIONAL CONSERVATORIES AND MUSIC COLLEGES Curtis Institute of Music - 3% Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Juilliard School - 5% New York, New York Colburn Conservatory of Music - 7% Los Angeles, California The fourth disc- American Discoveries-, released in July 2009-is "another winner from the Rawlins Triothey continue their work of bringing us American composers' music that is worth hearingTheir playing is artful, suave and pleasing." In February 2019, Ravello Records released his Imaginary Birds: Music for Oboe and English Horn, a CD recording project with longtime collaborators Oboe Duo Agosto. TEL: (315) 267-3216. As an opera pianist, Brock was a 2020 Finger Lakes Opera Tomita Young Artist, performing for aria and scenes concerts, as well as the children's opera, Pinocchio. TEL: (315) 267-3241, Liesl earned her Bachelor and Master of Music from Indiana University under the instruction of Mimi Zweig and Mauricio Fuks and an Artist Diploma from Yale University as a student of Ani Kavafian. By making your payment with Flywire you can: Track your payments from start to finish. TEL: (315) 267-3190, Assistant Professor: Vocal Coaching & Accompanying. For more information visit www.lukespencetrumpet.com. Previous faculty appointments include Dartmouth College, University of New Hampshire, Saint Anselm College and Southeast Missouri State University. Under his direction, the Radford University percussion ensemble performed internationally twice in 2012 and 2018 and made its debut at the Kennedy Center in 2015. Prof. Slywotzky is a prizewinner of the Atlantic Coast International Conducting Competition (Portugal, 2016) and the Audite International Conducting Competition (Poland, 2017). For more about the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM), contact She is featured on several compact disc releases of new-music compositions and is on the artist roster of Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour. As a full-time music teacher at Potsdam Central School, Jill conducts the high school and 7th-8th grade bands, jazz band, and teaches music theory and instrumental lessons from grades 4-12. People's Chorus of Erie to the national stage in performances at Carnegie Hall and in competition at Committed to teaching healthy, functional singing in any musical style (not just classical! He has presented on this and similar topics at national meetings of the American Musicological Society, the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (US Chapter), and the Society for American Music, among others. He is a past-president of the Putnam Chorale. Equally active in orchestral and recital repertoire, she has performed as a soloist in works including: Verdi's Requiem, Handel's Messiah, Bruckner's Mass in D minor, Beethoven's 9th Symphony and Mass in C, and Mahler's 2, 3, and 4th Symphonies. In 2015 he successfully competed on the television show Jeopardy!, winning one episode. She has received research funding from SUNY Potsdam, the West African Research Association, Brown University, and the U.S. Department of Education. Dr. Steven Groth, baritone, is a classical vocalist, teacher, and collaborative pianist who has relocated to upstate New York. TEL: (315) 267-3240. She was also invited as a guest scholar for the Performance and Analysis Graduate Seminar at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, where she performed Brahms's Violin Sonata in D minor, Op. 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. Much of her research is archival-based and has been supported by the American Musicological Society Jan LaRue Travel Fund and the Society for the Humanities at Cornell University. Over the past 34 years, Tim has conducted a number of All-District, All-County, and Area All-State Bands and Orchestras. During his time in Louisiana, Dr. Dunbar performed and premiered numerous works at the Marigny Opera Ballet as a member of the New Resonance Orchestra in New Orleans. Her dissertation "Brahms and The Uncanny" explores the musical uncanny in the piano chamber music of Johannes Brahms, utilizing the notion of the uncanny from the perspective of the German philosophers Ernest Jentsch and Sigmund Freud. Festival appearances include the Taos School of Music, the Spoleto Festival, and the National Repertory Orchestra. The Crane School of Music is SUNYs only All-Steinway institution and is one of only ten Yamaha Institution of Excellence programs nationally. She resides in the village of Fort Edward, NY. As a recording artist, Dr. Sierra can be heard on The Flower of Beauty (2009) with the Westminster Choir, Landscape: Choral Music of Gerald Custer (2008) with Anam Cara, and Teaching Music Through Performance in Choir, Volume 2 (2007) with the Grammy-nominated Westminster Williamson Voices. TEL: (315) 267-2424, Visiting Assistant Professor: Music Theory & Composition. Call us at 617-823-5442 or contact us today. Recordings should be submitted in MP3, WAV or AIFF formats. Previously, he served as an Adjunct Voice Faculty member at Colorado-Mesa University in Grand Junction, Colorado and has taught collegiately at the University of Colorado-Boulder and the University of Missouri-Columbia. TEL: (315) 267-2469. levensep@potsdam.edu The Crane School of Music faculty performance is available on the Crane YouTube channel. TEL: (315) 267-2839. Before joining Yamaha, Via was the manager of the Percussive Arts Society. Crane feels a bit like a lot of the students are still in high school- maturity is lacking, and students are coddled too much. Komara holds degrees from the State University of New York at Buffalo (M.A., Music History; M.L.S., Library and Information Science) and St. John's College, Annapolis, MD (B.A., Liberal Arts). Michelle Rae Martin-Atwood, originally from Unity, Saskatchewan, Canada, holds a Doctor of Musical Arts (2009) and a Master of Music (2001) in organ performance, and a Sacred Music Diploma (2009) from the Eastman School of Music, where she studied with David Higgs. LOCATION 44 Pierrepont Avenue Potsdam, NY 13676 www.potsdam.edu/academics/crane-school-music ADMISSIONS 315-267-2812 auditions@potsdam.edu He holds a pair of Master of Music degrees from the University of Missouri-Columbia in Vocal Performance and Collaborative piano. Rosemarie Suniga has taught at the Crane School of Music since 2012. If you are vocal student, and are unable to record with a live accompaniment, you can use a prerecorded piano part. TEL: (315) 267-2453. His ensemble works have also been performed by many universities in the U.S. including Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Florida State University, University of South Carolina, and Ithaca College among others. The ensemble also performed at the McCormick Marimba Festival in 2016/2020, the North Carolina Percussion Symposium 2018/2019, and appeared at numerous PAS Days of Percussion in both Virginia and North Carolina. TEL: (315) 267-2167, Professor: Bassoon/Chair of the Performance Department, lowecc@potsdam.edu in Music Theory (2008) from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and a dual B.A. legacy," and "Emigration, Integration and Creative Productivity: Alfred A native of New York City, Michael Scarola joins the Crane Opera Ensemble for the first time with this production of The Enchanted Pig. He has attended many of the top summer music festivals on full fellowship, including Music Academy of the West and the Aspen Music Festival and School, studying with Jonathan Feldman and Rita Sloan respectively. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 2,352 (fall 2021), its setting is rural, and the campus size is 240 acres. degree with Honors in Music from Hamilton College, a Masters degree from The Mannes College of Music, and a Doctorate from the University of Montreal. an overview of the historical evolution of Compline, along with complete source material for the In 2018, Dr. Hernacki co-founded and served as the artistic director and conductor of the Michigan Youth Trombone Ensemble, an Ann Arbor-based trombone ensemble for high school students. Michelle was a semifinalist in the 2002 Royal Bank Calgary International Organ Competition, a competitor in the National Young Artists Competition in Organ Performance (2003-04), and a finalist in the International Bach Organ Competition (2000). Dr. Tracy Lipke-Perry enjoys a notably invigorating and eclectic career as a versatile performer, collaborator, and coach; enthusiastic teaching artist; and researcher. At SUNY Potsdam, Hunter teaches music and liberal arts majors in a range of courses, supervises undergraduate ethnomusicology projects, and organizes global music events. SUNY Potsdam has two options allowing students to pay securely from any country and any bank, generally in your home currency. It is a small institution with an enrollment of 2,977 undergraduate students. TEL: (315) 267-2684. Recent performances include a recital of Nineteenth Century vocal music at the Instituto de Cultura de Baja California in Mexicali, Mexico. TEL: (315) 267-2611. ". Kathleen has performed as a soloist with the Richmond Symphony, the Champlain Valley Oratorio Society, Cleveland Bach and Handel Society, Cleveland Opera and Cleveland Ballet. Riki Braunstein earned both a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in Music from Brooklyn College. She specializes in minimalist music (especially that of Philip Glass) and has commissioned several new works for organ solo (such as Tremors of Nostalgia) by Aaron Travers and organ with other instruments and technology. His other teachers were Byung Woo Kim, Aaron Rosand, Anatoly Reznikovsky, and Alexander Kirov. 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. Drew serves as an applied lessons instructor, ensemble facilitator, and adjunct professor of music entrepreneurship at Teachers College, Columbia University. martinmr@potsdam.edu She is Level III certified in Somatic Voicework - The LoVetri Method. She has since appeared with numerous orchestras including the Roanoke, Lansing, North Arkansas, Imperial, Venice, Filharmonia Pomorska (Poland), Oltenia Philharmonic (Romania) and, in her native Korea, with the Seongnam, Busan, Ulsan, and the Korean Symphony Orchestra. Since 1927, it has been the music information center for our students, faculty, and local music-lovers. He has performed in many prestigious venues, such as Carnegie Hall with clarinetist Amy Humberd. Drew is also a co-founder of Pro Arts Management and Consulting LLC and serves as the Musical Director to the Metropolitan Players, an award-winning New York City-based wedding entertainment collective. Audition dates: Registration is now closed for auditions for fall 2023 entry. hunterje@potsdam.edu Colleen has performed with Canada's leading orchestras under such conductors as David Atherton, Richard Bradshaw, Martin Isepp, Julian Kovatchev, Nicola Luisotti, Julian Reynolds, and Timothy Vernon. Dr. D. Jason Bishop enjoys a national and international reputation as a conductor, music educator, It was founded in 1896 by Julia Etta Crane, and after her death in 1923 it was sold to the State of New York in 1926, wherein it was incorporated into the Potsdam Normal School. 315-267-2573. collegestore@potsdam.edu. Over the summer, Dr. Jeffrey Francom and 17 students embarked on an amazing 500-mile trek along the Camino de Santiago in Spain! He was also the principal keyboardist for the 2017 National Repertory Orchestra, where he was a soloist performing Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. This live recording will be heard on Spotify. Beyond the administrative duties of managing an ensemble, Christine is the filmmaker Faculty may need to review your video after your audition as they make decisions about music scholarships. Upon graduation she spent some time in New York City, (Studio of Marlena Malas) won several contests including first place in the prestigious Baltimore Opera Competition and then took a position on the voice faculty of SUNY at Fredonia. Last year, 2,623 out of 3,225 applicants were admitted. With students of Crane, he has obtained copies of the manuscripts from the Boulanger Foundation of Paris, which have been transcribed for performance. Borden completed her Doctoral studies at Arizona State University, where she served as Teaching Assistant to David Hickman and was recipient of Raphael Mendez Scholarship for Outstanding Graduate Student. Your will submit your video links as part of filling out the registration form. He received his master of music degree in sound recording from McGill University, where he engaged in research on techniques for evaluating the sound-quality of low-bit-rate audio. Contact. Desert Chorale, a professional vocal ensemble in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He held the position of Chief Engineer of Live Sound for the Tanglewood Festival for over 20 years, and continues to work for the Boston Symphony as an audio engineer at Tanglewood each summer. Jerod is a member of the International Computer Music Association (ICMA), Society for Electroacoustic Musicians in the United States (SEAMUS), the Electronic Music Foundation (EMF), the Wisconsin Alliance for Composers, the Society of Composers, the College Music Society, and ASCAP. While at the U of A he worked with undergraduates to build a school orchestra program in the Fayetteville public schools. Rubio has been a featured soloist with that group, with the St. Lawrence University Orchestra, and the St. Lawrence University Bach Marathon. The Crane School of Music is SUNY's only All-Steinway institution. In 2003 she completed a nationally acclaimed voice teaching internship sponsored by the National Association of Teachers of Singing. sullivly@potsdam.edu Mr. Struzik has conducted All-County and honor band festivals in several counties in New York State as well as the state of Virginia. TEL: (315) 267-3232, millerkl@potsdam.edu Yamaha is committed to working with The Crane School of Music in substantive ways for the long-term growth and benefit of its music students and faculty. TEL: (315) 267-2775. Founded in 1816, The State University of New York at Potsdam is one of America's first 50 collegesand the oldest institution within SUNY. Crane students regularly premiere new works, study with guest conductors and visiting artists, and perform in nationally televised concerts. Borden is honored to be an S.E. Prior to moving to upstate New York, Rubio directed a very successful guitar program at Illinois State University. FAX: (315) 267-2413, Program Coordinator / Visiting Assistant Professor: Music Business. He is a past recipient of the University of Rochester's Excellence in Secondary Education Award. Her work often explores the relationships (both constructive and damaging) between language, communication, and intended expression. Rubio is co-chair of Community Performance Series Advisory Board in Potsdam, served 6 years as Secretary of the New York State Band Directors Association, and is active in the National Flute Association. With degrees in music education and theatre educationand extensive student teaching experiences as an undergraduateshes well prepared for her new career as a music teacher in the Bronx, N.Y. From May 19 to 31, agroup of 16 current and former Crane students traveled to South America for anepic journey through the Andes in Peru with Dr. Jeffrey Francom, anassociate professor and coordinator of the choral area at SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music. lewispb@potsdam.edu millerka@potsdam.edu Upcoming commissions include a piece for Peabody Laptop Ensemble and a new work for cellist Iva Casin-Lako. 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. In April of 2018, Rob debuted his new duo with long-time friend and percussionist Tom Marceau, performing at the Crane School of Music. Christine has curated over 20 performances throughout Quebec, Ontario, and New York, which In addition to supervising library services and providing research assistance to students and faculty, he also teaches music research methods, and he gives lectures about American music including blues and jazz. Inspire. Create. His current research interests include technology use and access in the classroom for music creation, collaboration, and learning, and the use of digital badges as assessment and achievement tools. TEL: (315) 267-2419. Dr. Becker holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree and Performer's Certificate from the Eastman School of Music, where she was awarded the 2013 Teaching Assistant Prize for excellence in collegiate teaching. His responsibilities consist of setting up sound reinforcement for the school's many events, overseeing the recording of student recitals, and providing students with sound playback when requested for a recital. A native Canadian, she has given concerts there and in the United States. In addition to viola studio and chamber music, she teaches a course called "The Art of Practicing" and maintains a relationshiop with the Instituto Nacional de la Musica in Costa Rica, where several Crane performance majors have held internships with the Sinfonica Nacional. focusing on creation and improvisation. Gibbons also performs as a collaborative pianist, focusing primarily on contemporary American music. award-winning Texas Boys Choir; Associate Professor of Music, Director of Choral & Vocal Vocalists, for example,should be visible from head-to-toe. Dr. Brianne Borden joined the faculty at the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam in the Fall of 2020 and serves as Assistant Professor of Trumpet. Repertoire & Resources Chair for Student Activities. Michael has presented his research at the Centro Luigi Boccherini (2017), Music Theory Society of New York State (2016), Society of Music Theory (2015), Music Theory Society of the Mid-Atlantic (2013), and the West Coast Conference of Music Theory and Analysis (2011). Dr. Doyle is the New York State Chair for the International Clarinet Association also a member of the organizations College and Pre-Professional Engagement Committee. Her piece Sigue, for women's choir, became a bestseller in the year of its publication, selling over 5000 copies. While you can certainly record multiple takes of your audition pieces, please only provide us with one version of each one. Creative Music Ensemble, and was a member of trumpeter Ron Miless band 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. (703) 437-0700 Phone She has taught at Henderson State University, Ouachita Baptist University, McNeese State University, and SUNY Potsdam. She has developed an extensive repertoire playing for students, colleagues, and guest artists. Please keep your links active until April 1st. Michael serves as the director of the Crane Jazz Ensemble, Crane Jazz Band, Giroux Honors Combo, and the instructor for jazz theory, improvisation, and jazz-related history classes. The world premiere performance took place in December 2015 at the Musikhochschule Mnchen with soprano Christiane Iwen and mezzo Rachel Wilson. 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. Materials should arrive by the audition registration deadlines noted above. For each piece or movement, the recording should becontinuous. He is regularly heard on CBC broadcasts. 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. bordenbl@potsdam.edu Before coming to Crane, Dr. McKinnie has had full-time faculty positions: in the department of Recording Arts of the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, and in the department of Recording Industry at Middle Tennessee State University. games about judging others, how to change keyboard color on msi gf63, how did tyler and ashley get a cabin permit,