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Reese pens book that enhances the teaching of music education
Jill Reese, associate professor of Music Education at Fredonia, has released her book, “Navigating Music Learning Theory: A Guide for General Music Teachers,” through GIA Publications, one of the top publishers for resources in music education.
String quartet program brings first-time international students to campus
The Castleman Quartet Program, a summertime fixture at Fredonia for over a decade, is attracting to an ever-growing number of international students to campus. What’s notable about this year’s class are five international students who are in the United States for the first time. The program had no international students when it arrived at Fredonia 12 years ago.
Sorel piano competition now open to young musicians
Applications are now being accepted for the Claudette Sorel Piano Competition, open to young artists ages 15 to 18 and offering a top cash award of $2,500, at Fredonia. New to the annual competition, now in its fourth year at the Fredonia School of Music, is the Piano Fellows program, designed for talented pianists, ages 15 to 18
School of Music student receives Oasis Guitar prize
William Jenney, a junior Music Education major from Elma, was awarded the Oasis Guitar Jury Prize, a $500 cash award that recognizes the guitar student who exhibits the greatest improvement over the course of a semester, at Fredonia.
Fredonia School of Music alumni and faculty to shine at Kleinhans in 'Carmen in Concert'
It’s all in the Fredonia family as the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra presents “Carmen in Concert” on June 1 and 2 at Kleinhans Music Hall, as part of the M&T Bank Classics Series.
Commencement eve concert offers Broadway classic ‘My Fair Lady’
The Commencement-eve Pops tradition continues at Fredonia with a musical considered “the standard by which all other musicals are measured.” Rockefeller Arts Center presents Lerner and Loewe’s “My Fair Lady in Concert” on Friday, May 17 at 7:30 p.m., in King Concert Hall.
School of Music appoints new head of Violin area
Jessica Tong, a violinist whose performances have taken her to Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, les Invalides in Paris and the Gewandhaus, in Leipzig, Germany, and led to collaborations with artists such as Pamela Frank and Leon Fleisher and members of the Cleveland, Vogler and Brentano Quartets, has been named head of the Violin area at the School of Music.
6th Masterworks Scholarship Benefit Concert to feature distinguished guest, alumni and faculty
The dynamic sounds of Fredonians past and present will fill King Concert Hall in the return of a powerful and meaningful musical performance. The Fredonia School of Music will present its Masterworks Scholarship Benefit Concert on May 4 with a performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s “Messa da Requiem.”
Fredonia New Jazz Ensemble wins prestigious DownBeat magazine award
Rarely, if ever, does an unheralded student music ensemble win a major award from a prestigious international publication, but that’s exactly what the Fredonia New Jazz Ensemble did when it received DownBeat magazine’s Student Music Award for Outstanding Performance by a College Large Jazz Ensemble - Undergraduate College division, for 2019.
Fredonia Wind Ensemble to give N.Y. premiere of ‘Made in America’ at season’s final concert
The Fredonia Wind Ensemble will close its year with an exciting program showcasing the New York premiere of Joan Tower’s “Made In America,” transcribed by Master Gunnery Sgt. Don Patterson of “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band, at a concert on Sunday, April 28, at 4 p.m.