POTSDAM -- SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music welcomes an accomplished graduate back to campus as an artist-in-residence. Composer Barton McLean, class of 1960, will return to his alma mater from Wednesday, Nov. 16 through Monday, Nov. 21.

McLean is set to work with the Crane Wind Ensemble and the Crane Symphonic Band during his visit, as well as leading discussions with computer music and electronic composition classes.

During his residency, the Crane Symphonic Band will present McLean's composition, "Rondo," during its concert on Thursday, Nov. 17 at 7:30 p.m. in the Helen M. Hosmer Concert Hall.

McLean's visit will culminate with the world premiere of his work, "Legend No. 2," in concert by the Crane Wind Ensemble, which will also perform his earlier piece, "Legend." The concert will be held on Monday, Nov. 21 at 7:30 p.m., also in Hosmer Hall.

Both concerts are free, and the public is invited to attend. The concerts will broadcast live at www.potsdam.edu/academics/Crane/streaming.

All three of the works that the ensembles will present were composed by McLean during the decade he spent at Crane, first as a student and later as an instructor.

"My tenure at Crane lasted 10 years, and I shall always be grateful for the fine and talented teachers who saw something in me and afforded me every chance to succeed," McLean said.

Barton McLean will be joined during his visit by his wife, Priscilla, a composer and performer in her own right. The duo performs together as the McLean Mix, employing an unusual combination of audience interactive installations, virtuosic and evocative concerts and lecture/performances, extensive use of visual media and thematic content drawing from sources such as experimental techniques, world music and sounds of nature.

After graduating with his bachelor's degree in music education with a concentration in composition from The Crane School of Music, McLean remained at the College to teach at the Campus School and later to lead instruction in double bass and music theory.

At the same time, he completed his master's in music theory at the Eastman School of Music, and later went on to earn his doctorate in music composition from Indiana University. McLean has held faculty positions at Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana University South Bend, the University of Texas at Austin and at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

He is the recipient of a number of grants and fellowships, has written extensively and has a large discography of recordings. McLean has served on the New York Foundation for the Arts Artist Advisory Board, and is a member of the Society of Composers, Inc.

For more information visit www.potsdam.edu/crane.