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Faculty, students and alumni to perform at jazz festival in late September
The first Fredonia Jazz Festival, sponsored by the Fredonia Jazz Society, will feature faculty, alumni and students.
Reese receives fellowship to advance ‘modern band’ instruction
Dr. Jill Reese, who is an associate professor of Music Education at SUNY Fredonia, was recently awarded the 2021 Modern Band Higher Education Fellowship by the nonprofit Little Kids Rock.
Scholarship to be awarded during Piano Fellows program
A student attending the 2021 Fredonia Piano Fellows program, to be held in conjunction with the Claudette Sorel Piano Competition, will be awarded the inaugural James Horbett Memorial Piano Fellow Scholarship.
Music Education Summit planned for Sept. 11
The Fredonia School of Music, with funding from the Carnahan Jackson Fund for the Humanities of the Fredonia College Foundation, will present “Music Education for Social Change,” a Music Education Summit event.
Faculty, staff receive SUNY Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence
Seven faculty and staff members in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, School of Music, Information Technology Services, Counseling Services and Human Resources have received the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence, an honor that recognizes superior professional achievement.
Fredonia graduate elevates worldwide audience with daily Facebook piano concerts
Amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Gershon Wachtel – whose music career spans six decades – is still connecting with music lovers everywhere. The 1972 SUNY Fredonia graduate is no longer on the road, but he’s bonding with audiences from his home in Israel through daily Facebook Live concerts.
Reese lead author of new book for music teachers
School of Music Associate Professor Jill Reese is the principal author of a new book, “Q&A for MLT,” which presents general music perspectives on music learning theory that focuses on teaching how learning takes place when music is learned.
Sorel Piano Competition, Fellows Program accepting student applications
Talented young pianists are invited to apply to the sixth annual Claudette Sorel Piano Competition and Piano Fellows Program at the Fredonia’s School of Music.
Fredonia School of Music to offer free summer workshops for middle and high school students and teachers
A series of free, online workshops and master classes for middle school and high school students and teachers will be hosted by the SUNY Fredonia School of Music in late June and July.
Alumnus to appear with Buffalo Philharmonic
Tenor Kyle van Schoonhoven, a 2011 graduate of the Fredonia School of Music, will perform Gustav Mahler’s song cycle of lost love and despair, “Songs of the Wayfarer,” arranged by Arnold Schoenberg, with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra on June 4, 5 and 6.