MICHAEL SITTON (DMA '91) APPOINTED DEAN AT SUNY POTSDAM

Michael Sitton (DMA '91), who has served as Dean of the College of Fine Arts at Eastern New Mexico University since 2005, has been appointed Dean of the Crane School of Music at the State University of New York at Potsdam, beginning in July 2009. In his continuing work as a composer, one of Sitton's recent premieres was a choral anthem, O quam metuendus est, commissioned by the Episcopal Chapel of St. John the Divine in Champaign and sung during a fall 2008 reunion of alumni in celebration of the Chapel's recent completion project. Michael also continues to be active as a solo and collaborative pianist.