POTSDAM, N.Y. — More than 200 students from The Crane School of Music at The State University of New York at Potsdam will make their collective Lincoln Center debut on May 1 in a performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s monumental Messa da Requiem under the baton of Ann Howard Jones.

In celebration of the 125th anniversary of SUNY Potsdam’s Crane School of Music, the entire Crane Chorus and members of the Crane Symphony Orchestra will travel to New York City for the Avery Fisher Hall concert.

The Crane Chorus roster includes Ashley Gallagher, a sophomore from Auburn, Maine, who sings alto, and Derrick Lacasse, a sophomore from Lewiston, Maine, who sings bass.

Leading up to the concert, the students will have an intensive weeklong musical immersion experience culminating in a packed performance at the Potsdam, N.Y., campus, before they depart for New York City.