Fall Events and Performances

For tickets to all events,
contact the Ticket Office at
716-673-3501 (1-866-441-4928), www.fredonia.edu/tickets, or in person. For a full list of campus events, visit department
websites at www.fredonia.edu

ROCKEFELLER ARTS
CENTER/THEATRE AND DANCE EVENTS

Presidio Brass
“Sounds of the Cinema”

Friday, Sept. 26, 7:30 p.m.
King Concert Hall

Tickets: $20, $25, $30, $35

The group presents film music with a good dose of wit and humor. A DFT Communications Pops Series event.

Western New York Chamber Orchestra, “All Amadeus”

Sunday, Sept. 21, 4 p.m.
King Concert Hall

Tickets: $22 (Fredonia students, free; other students, $5)

Dr. Dmitri Novgorodsky joins the orchestra for Mozart’s Piano Concerto in A major K. 127 and the Fredonia Chamber Choir performs.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Oct. 17-18, 23-25, 7:30 p.m.;

Oct. 19, 2 p.m. Marvel Theatre

Tickets: $20 (Fredonia students, $12; other students and
children, $18).

Shakespeare’s most famous comedy follows a pair of lovers as they venture into the forest. A Walter Gloor Mainstage Series Event.

Western New York Chamber Orchestra, “Music About Music”

Sunday, Oct. 26, 4 p.m.   

King Concert Hall

Tickets: $20 (Fredonia students, free; other students, $5)

A world premiere composition for orchestra by internationally regarded American opera composer John Musto.

“Volcanic Planet”
with Peter Rowe

Saturday, Nov. 1, 7:30 p.m.

King Concert Hall

Tickets: $8

Producer of the well-known TV series, “Angry Planet,” his film brings together footage he has gathered during his explorations. A World Travel Series event.

Susannah
The Hillman Opera

Nov. 7 and 8, 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 9,
2 p.m., Marvel Theatre

Tickets: $25 (Students, $10)
The opera by Carlisle Floyd combines Appalachian folk music with grand operatic drama in a tale of an innocent girl who is maligned as a sinner by those who are jealous of her.

Rumplestiltskin with DuffleBag Theatre

Friday, Nov. 14, 7 p.m.

Marvel Theatre

Tickets: $12

A slightly askew take on the Brothers Grimm tale will be an interactive one. A Kaleidoscope Family Series event.

It’s A Wonderful Life –
The Radio Play

Dec. 3-6, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 6-7,
2 p.m., Bartlett Theatre

Tickets: $20 (Fredonia students, $12; other students and
children, $18).

George Bailey learns the meaning of his life and of Christmas in this stage adaptation set in a 1940s radio station. A Walter Gloor Mainstage Series Event.

Big Band Christmas
Spectacular

Thursday, Dec. 11, 7:30 p.m.

King Concert Hall

Tickets: $25, $30, $35, $40

Beloved Christmas classics will come to life in big band style. Fredonia’s talented student vocalists join Bruce Johnstone and the 17-piece Little Apple Big Band. A DFT Communications Pops Series event.

ART EXHIBITS

Cathy and Jesse Marion Art Gallery, Michael C. Rockefeller Arts Center

Hours: Sunday to Thursday, noon to 4 p.m.; Friday and
Saturday, noon to 6 p.m. Free.

“Place & Space”

Sept. 5-Oct. 5. Closing
reception: Oct. 3, 7 p.m.

Features the works of nationally exhibited artist Jan Nagle.

“We Were All –
Endi Poskovic: Printworks”

Oct. 17-Nov. 19. Opening
reception, Oct. 17, 7 p.m.

Features black and white and color woodblock prints. 

Senior Show

Dec. 5-11. Opening reception, Dec. 5, 7 p.m.

Features works by graduating students.

SCHOOL OF MUSIC

To learn more, visit
www.fredonia.edu/music

Faculty/Student and
Guest Artist Recitals

All are free, open to the public, at 8 p.m. and in Rosch Recital Hall unless otherwise noted.

Saturday, Sept. 13, 9:30 a.m.

Guest Presentation: A Morning with Kent Knappenberger

Monday, Sept. 15

Faculty Recital: String Faculty Showpiece

Saturday, Sept. 20, 4 p.m.

Faculty Recital: James Welch, piano with Dr. Angela Haas, soprano; Daniel Ihasz, baritone; Jannis Peterson, piano; Dr. Robert Strauss, tenor; Laurie Tramuta, mezzo-soprano; Kimberly Upcraft, soprano.

Saturday, Sept. 20

Guest Artist Recital: Scott Kluksdahl, cello

Monday, Sept. 22

Fredonia Faculty Showcase 

Monday, Sept. 29

Faculty Recital: Laura Koepke, bassoon

Tuesday, Sept. 30

Guest Artist Recital: Dr. Charis Demaras, piano

Wednesday, Oct. 1, 4 p.m.

Master Class: Dr. Charis Dimaras, piano

Sunday, Oct. 5, 2 p.m.

Guest Artist Recital: Meridian Arts Ensemble

Sunday, Oct. 5, 4 p.m.

Faculty Recital: Retro presents - Bartok

Tuesday, Oct. 7

Faculty Recital: James
Piorkowski, guitar

Thursday, Oct. 16

Fredonia Wind Quintet

Friday, Oct. 17

1970s FJE Alumni Reunion Concert and Fredonia Jazz Ensemble (FJE)

Saturday, Oct. 18, 4 p.m.

Homecoming Choral Showcase

Sunday, Oct. 19

Faculty Recital: Complete Beethoven Sonatas for Violin and Piano, Part 1 of 3.

Dr. David Colwell, violin;
Maureen Yuen, violin; Sean Duggan, piano; and Dr. Dmitri Novgorodsky, piano

Sunday, Oct. 26

Faculty Recital: Complete Beethoven Sonatas for Violin and Piano, Part 2 of 3.

Saturday, Nov. 1

Faculty Recital: ANA Trio

Sunday, Nov. 2

Faculty Recital: Complete Beethoven Sonatas for Violin and Piano, Part 3 of 3.

ENSEMBLE CONCERTS

Free, open to the public,

and all at 8 p.m. unless noted.

King Concert Hall

Tuesday, Sept. 30 and
Nov. 4

Concert Band

Thursday, Oct. 2 and
Tuesday, Nov. 18

All College Band

Monday, Oct. 6 and Nov. 17

Wind Symphony

Saturday, Oct. 18

College Symphony

Saturday, Oct. 25 and Thursday, Nov. 20

Wind Ensemble

Monday, Nov. 10, 7:30 p.m.

New Horizons Band

Wednesday, Dec. 3

University Chorus and
Women’s Choir

Rosch Recital Hall

Monday, Oct. 27 and
Wednesday, Oct. 29

Curricular Jazz Ensemble

Thursday, Oct. 30

Flutasia Flute Ensemble

Monday, Nov. 3

World Mallets Ensemble

Thursday, Nov. 6

Saxophone Ensemble and Quartets

Monday, Nov. 10

Percussion Ensemble

Thursday, Nov. 13

Guitar Ensemble and Quartets

Friday, Nov. 14

Latin Jazz Ensemble

Monday, Dec. 1

Chamber Orchestra 

Friday, Dec. 5

African Drumming Ensemble

Tuesday, Dec. 9

Free Improv

SPECIAL EVENTS

Quartetto Gelato

Friday, Oct. 3, 8 p.m.

Rosch Recital Hall

Reserved seating tickets: $20 general (students with ID, $8)

The performance will fuse classical masterworks, operatic arias and the sizzling energy of tangos, gypsy and folk songs with a taste of acrobatics. 

Fredonia Madrigal Feast 

Saturday, Dec. 6, 5:30 p.m.

Williams Center
Tickets: $65 per person with a ticket deadline of Nov. 24.
To reserve a table of 8 (9 max.) contact Jennifer Darrell-Sterbak, 716-673-3686 or
sterbajd@fredonia.edu.

The Madrigal Feast will feature an all-new production with music by the Fredonia Chamber Choir under the direction of Dr. Gerald Gray, Professor James Ivey and his Acting Troupe.