By Hayden Wentworth

The SUNY Oswego State Singers are getting a chance to perform original compositions created by Instructor Caryn Patterson based on poems by Robert Frost.

“So it’s three short little Robert Frost poems that I set to short little pieces of music and we’re going to perform all three of them, one right after the other,” Patterson said. 

The group will be working alongside an advanced recording class in order to have the songs professionally recorded.

“We’ll be working and collaborating with the advanced recording class,” Patterson said. “So they will be the ones that are doing the recording.”

The State Singers group will be recording the compositions in Tyler Hall in April. An in person debut will follow in early May.

“May 1 will be our official world premiere performance. Super exciting,” Patterson said. 

Mackenzie Shields, a member of State Singers, is excited to perform the songs during her time being in the group.

“I think it’s really cool that we’re taking compositions that have never been sung before,” Shields said. “They’ve never been performed, they’ve never been recorded.”

Along with the May 1 perforance, State Singers will be performing the compositions on May 5 as well. 

Hayden Wentworth | The Oswegonian