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Concerts for kids start Saturday
Selected student ensembles from the Fredonia School of Music will perform four, half-hour Children’s Concerts on Saturday mornings at 10:30 a.m. starting Oct. 28 in the multi-purpose room of the Chautauqua County Home in Dunkirk. Planned with the help of Fredonia faculty who are experts in music and education, the concerts will introduce very young audiences (from infants to 6 year-olds) to musical instruments.
Spoof on the Bard opens Walter Gloor Mainstage Season
The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged) opened with a wild, laugh-filled ride on October 13. For over a quarter of a century, this show has delighted and surprised audiences with its un-Shakespeare-like references to hip-hop, football, TV cooking shows and psychology. Director Paul Mockovak puts his own stamp on the production by adding three women to the traditional cast of three men and, in his words, “doubling the fun.” Viewers are sure to enjoy this fast-paced, madcap version of the Bard’s classic texts.
Funnyman Lawrence Smythe plays “The Caretaker”
Canadian family entertainer Lawrence Smythe will bring his hilarious new one-man show, “Mr. Smythe: The Caretaker” on Friday, Oct. 13.
Art Gallery highlighting university collections
An original exhibition featuring works from SUNY Fredonia permanent collection and the private collections of area art collectors, will open with a free public reception on Friday, Oct. 13 at 7 p.m. in the Art Gallery.
School of Music giving Prism Concert this Saturday
Free and open to all, the concert will feature a variety of samplings from the Fredonia School of Music student body and distinguished faculty.
Fredonia Chamber Singers to open convention
To open the Classical Guitar Convention in Columbus, Ga., Oct. 10, the Fredonia Chamber Singers have been invited to perform with Guitar Professor James Piorkowski, under the direction of Dr. Donald P. Lang. The concert will be recorded and broadcast on public radio on Oct. 12.
James Marron to appear in Rosch
SUNY Fredonia’s School of Music will host special guest guitarist James Marron in a performance at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 28 in Rosch Recital Hall. The renowned guitarist/composer will perform his original works from his recording “Six Poems for the Angels,” which has been called “an impeccable CD of classical and neoclassical guitar music” by 20th Century Guitar Magazine.
Concert caps "String Experience" Oct. 15
Special guest is violist Amadi Hummings The Fredonia School of Music's annual “String Experience,” a special event for high school violinists, violists, cellists, and bassists...
Dalai Lama interview on World Travel Series
Filmmaker Rick Ray will screen and discuss his award-winning documentary “10 Questions for the Dalai Lama” at the State University of New York at Fredonia on Saturday, Sept. 16 at 7:30 p.m. in King Concert Hall.
Boston Brass to open pops series on Sept. 15
Music for the evening will include such selections as “Largo” from Dvorak’s “Symphony to the New World,” Franz Liszt’s “Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2,” Dizzy Gillespie and Gil Fuller’s “Manteca” and Duke Ellington and Juan Tizol’s “Caravan,” among many others.