CYM Concert Series
Helen M. Hosmer Concert Hall
Summer 2023
Saturday, July 1st at 1 PM
Crane Youth Music Final Concert #3
Wind Symphony
Chamber Choir
All-Camp Choir
CYM Wind Symphony
Brian Doyle, conductor
Sky Dance (2010) Richard Saucedo (b. 1957)
Riften Wed (2013)
Julie Giroux (b. 1961)
Rocketship! (2017) Kevin Day (b. 1996)
Prelude, Siciliano and Rondo (1963)
MalcolmArnold (1921-2006)
arr. John Paynter
CYM Chamber Choir
Shawn Hebert, conductor
Keilor Kastella, piano
Riversong (ACeltic Celebration) (2010) Roger Emerson (b. 1950)
Homeward Bound (2012)
Marta Keen (b. 1953)
Modimo (2019) Traditional Sesotho arr. Michael Barrett (b. 1983)
Anthem (Chess) (2009) arr. John Purifoy (b. 1952)
CYMAll-Camp Choir
Shawn Hebert, conductor
Keilor Kastella, piano
Come to the Music (2001)
Make Them Hear You (Ragtime the Musical) (1996)
Joseph M. Martin (b. 1959)
LynnAhrens (b. 1948) Stephen Flaherty (b. 1960)
Kuimba Nafsi Yangu (2017) Jacob Narverud (b. 1986)
Wind Symphony
Flute
Savannah Romano
Benjamin Simonds
Becky Neikens
Christina Zhang
Amaya Salvador
Addison Ragan
Lily Dimas
Ella Stark
Hope Johnson
Madisyn Marilley
Sofie (Siyi) Guo
Autumn Tresidder
Abigail Tiskowitz
Sarah Susice
Emma Freed
Bella Slate
Emery Monnat
Oboe
Reese Rowland
Ashlyn Gabel
Bassoon
Hikaru Matsue
Spencer Galfunt
Clarinet
Julia Ellison
Karalina Hastings
Earl Sweeney
Savannah Corrow
Hunter Bowman
Alexis Labrake
Lyra Batich
Elenor Stevens
Caitlyn St. Louis
PERSONNEL
Bass Clarinet
John Ryan Chaplin
Cali Bonville
Alto Saxophone
Bernard Creedon
Samantha Yozzo
Anthony Romano
TajadeAmisano
Andrew Young
Evan Galea
Heidi Chung
Eli Fenton Strauss
Tessa Carlson
Eric Rock
Tenor Saxophone
Elijah Williams
Sigourney Batch
Abigail Trimm
Alana Correa
Baritone Saxophone
Trent Howland
Tallan Ronk
Horn
Jaden Rudnicki
Joseph Velez
Delia Spiegelman
Finn Chase
Macks Hollis
Zebulon Brooks
Lillian Morris
Trumpet
Heartly Phipps
Ryan Rivera
IsaacAllen
Edward Karron
AJ (Alexander) Martin
Harlow Kung
Bailey McShane
Ethan Filippelli
Emery D’Arcy
Caitlin Donahue
Graham Scull
Elliana Shipman
Trombone
Isabella Garey
Daniel Pipitone
Nadia Horowitz
Thomas Burkum
Aaron Oslin
Ollie Cutler
Parker Shippee
Tuba
William Ball III
Lucas Kent
Percussion
Eric Bunzey
John Carola
Drew Cotterill
Jackson Duprey
Sophie Freed
Tazio Helmig
Lydian Hunkins
Ivy Niles
Max Zheng
Harp
Harper Foley
Anastasia Spicer
Chamber Choir
OliviaAshley
Sean Beatty
Noah Bushnoe
Alice Byrnes
Harrison Candelario
Graci Chase
Camren Derby-Lynch
Kiah-Lily Duger
Aidan Echeandia
Lindsey Engheben
Bricia Escobar
Glendy HernandezAlmendarez
Matthew Kilfeather-Bonello
Alyson Kingsley
Avory Lamoy
Paige Maitland
Vincent Marcantonio
Addison Miner
Gabriella Pecola
Nadia Phillip
Madelyn Rowley
Kwynn Russell
Echo Staves
Cali Washington
Kaden Worthley
Carlos Zelaya
Brian Doyle
BIOGRAPHIES
BRIAN K. DOYLE (Director of Bands) joined the Crane faculty in 2006. He conducts the Crane Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band, and also teaches courses in conducting.A Michigan native, he received all of his degrees in his home state.At Michigan State University, he received a BME and two MM (saxophone and wind conducting) degrees. His principal teachers included John Whitwell, Joseph Lulloff and James Forger. At the University of Michigan, he received theAMusD in Wind Conducting under the mentorship of Michael Haithcock. Dr. Doyle's former teaching posts include faculty positions at Indiana University, The University of North CarolinaChapel Hill, Duke University, and as a public school music educator in Imlay City, MI. While in North Carolina, Dr. Doyle served as the resident conductor of the Triangle British Brass Band from 1999 until 2002. Dr. Doyle has also served on the summer conducting faculty of the renowned Interlochen Arts Camp, as well as the New England Music Camp. Dr. Doyle now spends his summer as the conductor of the Crane Youth Music Wind Ensemble.
Shawn Hebert holds a Bachelor of Music in Music Education degree from the Crane School of Music and a Master of Music in Music Performance from Miami University. Mr. Hebert is on the vocal faculty at Fayetteville-Manlius High School where he directs the Chorale, Concert Choir, Jazz Choir, Men’sACappella, and teaches Voice Class. He is also the artistic director and music director for the Spring Musical at F-M High School. This December will mark the second time he has had a choir perform as a featured ensemble at the New York State School MusicAssociation Winter Conference. Mr. Hebert has been a guest conductor for Zone 15’sAreaAll-State choir, as well as Nassau, Sullivan, Dutchess, Madison, Wayne, Cortland, Chenango, Jefferson and Lewis
Shawn Hebert
Counties and the Syracuse CityAll-City Chorus. He was honored with theAbel Award for Outstanding Contribution to theArt of Choral Performance by Civic Morning Musicals (2011), as Outstanding Music Director by the Syracuse High School TheaterAwards (2016), and as Educator of the Year by the Greater Manlius Chamber of Commerce (2016). For the past 19 summers, Mr. Hebert has been the vocal music director at Bristol Hills Music Camp in Canandaigua, NY. This year also marks his tenth stint on the music faculty at Crane Youth Music at Potsdam College. Favorite stage credits include Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls,Archie Craven in The Secret Garden, and Jean Valjean in Les Misérables. He resides in Manlius, NY with his wife and three children.
Keilor Kastella
Pianist Dr. Keilor Kastella was born in Stony Brook, NY, and raised in southeast Michigan. Exposed to the Taubman approach to piano technique from an early age, he developed a passion for both solo and chamber music, and later attended the Interlochen Summer Arts Camp, where he studied composition and piano. He earned a Bachelor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Michigan, studying piano with Dr. Louis Nagel, Martin Katz, and Christopher Harding, as well as organ with Dr. James Kibbie. Dr. Kastella continued his education at Louisiana State University, earning a MM with Dr. Willis Delony and a DMA with Gregory Sioles.
While at LSU, Keilor was a founding member of the Red Stick Trio (with Dr. Hannah Urdea, violin and viola, and Dr. Samuel Schreiber, clarinet), which medaled in the New Orleans Chamber Fest Competition and later was the ensemble-in-residence at the Zodiac Festival and Academy in Valdeblore, France. His interest in collaboration has also taken him to Costa Rica, where he gave a series of concerts of vocal music by Black American composers commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as part of the Centro Cultural CostarricenseNorteamericano's Promising Artists of the 21st Century program. In 2018, he presented with his husband and musical partner, flutist Dr. Brian Dunbar, at IMPAR: Hands on Research in Aveiro, Portugal. Since 2020 he has been a collaborative pianist at the Crane School of Music.
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. At Crane, he has taught Vocal Repertoire: German Lieder, and is currently adjunct instructor of piano and an active collaborative pianist.
He has a special interest in this music of Bach and Chopin, as well as in new works and those by historically underrepresented minority composers. He is currently involved in several forthcoming commissions.
In his free time, he enjoys running, composing, and managing his small farm.
Learn more about SUNY Potsdam and the Crane School of Music
Thank you to the following organizations for supporting camper scholarships for CYM 2023:
Norwood-Norfolk Central School Potsdam Music Friends
Ramona’s Gift to Music
Saint Lawrence Music EducatorsAssociation
Franklin County Music Educators Association Mark Hartman Scholarship – In Honor of CYM’s 3rd Director from 2004–2008
Scott Lavine Scholarship – In Honor of CYM’s 2nd Director from 1998–2003
Jefferson Lewis Music TeachersAssociation
St. Regis Falls Music Educators Association Roy Schaberg Scholarship – In Honor of CYM’s Founding Director 1973–1997
Washington County Music EducatorsAssociation
