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Alumnus named front-of-house coordinator for arts center

Joining the staff of the Michael C. Rockefeller Arts Center at the State University of New York at Fredonia in January was a full-circle moment...

Mary Ramsey (left) and Leigh Nash

Ramsey, Nash to appear in ‘Women in Music Industry’ symposium

SUNY Fredonia alumna Mary Ramsey, lead vocalist of 10,000 Maniacs, and Leigh Nash, of Sixpence None the Richer will speak at the Women in Music...

Randy Merrill and Charlie Post

SUNY Fredonia alumni among 2024 GRAMMY winners

SUNY Fredonia School of Music alumni Randy Merrill, ’97, won a GRAMMY as mastering engineer for his work on “Midnights” by Taylor Swift for Album...

Steve Giammaria with Emmys by Stephanie Pfingsten

We’re just as proud as we can be…alumnus wins Emmys

SUNY Fredonia alumnus Steve “Major” Giammaria, ’06, received two Emmy awards on Jan. 6 at the first of two 75th Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremonies.

Lauren Sturm Sclafani at the Steinway Spirio

Alumni return for Jordan Piano Festival

The 2024 Robert Jordan Piano Festival will bring Fredonia School of Music piano alumni back to campus in February for workshops and lectures.

Hannah Barden delivers her presentation at the National Communication Association’s annual conference in National Harbor, MD.

Communication Studies graduate Barden presents paper at annual NCA conference

Hannah Barden, a 2023 Communication Studies graduate, presented her paper, “Museum Exhibition Consumerism Critique through the Lens of Burke’s Pentad and Ratios,” at the National...

SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor Paul Mockovak (left) and Dr. Robert Strauss

Alumni, faculty in key roles in Buffalo production of ‘La Bohéme’

SUNY Fredonia alumni and faculty figure quite prominently – both on stage and behind the scenes – in the Buffalo Opera Unlimited (BOU) production of...

SUNY Fredonia alumnus Henry Zelenak, ’23, with his poster at the IEEE Western New York Signal Processing Workshop.

Alumnus Zelenak gives poster presentation at IEEE workshop

SUNY Fredonia alumnus Henry Zelenak delivered a poster presentation, "Choosing the Best Image Classification Model: A Comparative Analysis of Model Architectures for Low-Context Learning,” at...

Alumni Randy Merrill (left) and Charlie Post at the 2023 GRAMMYs

SUNY Fredonia alumni among 2024 GRAMMY nominees; faculty perform on nominated works

​Several Fredonia School of Music alumni were nominated for GRAMMYs and faculty members were performers on recordings nominated for the 2024 awards.

Dr. Angela McGowan-Kirsch (left) and Grace Quinlivan.

Recent graduate, Communication professor co-author media literacy article published in journal

An article exploring media literacy, co-written by 2023 SUNY Fredonia graduate Grace Quinlivan and Department of Communication Associate Professor Angela McGowan-Kirsch, has been published in...