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Events and news of what's happening around the Fredonia campus.
Events and news of what's happening around the Fredonia campus.
The College Symphony Orchestra of Fredonia School of Music will perform on Saturday, March 23 at 8 p.m., in a concert featuring student Concerto Competition winner Ché Dixon.
The Fredonia Guitar Society will host “The Guitar Style of Jimi Hendrix,” a lecture/demonstration devoted to the legendary musician who radically redefined the expressive potential of the electric guitar, by Dr. Thomas Millioto on Friday, March 22.
The talents of a new generation of musicians from around the globe will be center stage when the Western New York Chamber Orchestra hosts the Progressive Musicians Concerto winners for a concert at SUNY Fredonia.
James Burton III, who’s quickly earning a reputation as one of the most sought-after performers and educators within the jazz community, will conduct two master classes and perform with two student ensembles on Friday, March 22.
Improvisation will be center stage in a joint workshop and concert featuring guest artist Jiří Pazour, a master musician and improviser from the Czech Republic, and his piano partner, School of Music Adjunct Lecturer Ann Park-Rose.
Katherine Wynn, a senior Music Performance major, will present a research paper at the “Women in Music” conference at Hobart and William Smith Colleges.
School of Music Lecturer and alumnus Andrew Martin Smith and former adjunct lecturer Jamie Leigh Sampson were commissioned by the Toledo Alliance for the Performing Arts to collaborate in the creation of new musical compositions in celebration of the total solar eclipse crossing North America.
Mark Fewer, a violinist who’s performed around the world and is described as “genre-bending” by The National Post, a major Canadian newspaper, will visit SUNY Fredonia on March 20.
“The Music of Donald Bohlen: 90th Birthday Celebration,” a retrospective concert encapsulating the musical career of the SUNY Fredonia School of Music professor emeritus, will be presented on Saturday, March 23.
In recognition of the upcoming retirement of SUNY Distinguished Professor James Piorkowski of the SUNY Fredonia School of Music, two special concerts will be presented by students from the Fredonia guitar studio.