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Dawn Upshaw will perform concert during residency on campus in April
During her four-day residency at the Fredonia School of Music next semester, renowned soprano, Dawn Upshaw, will perform one night only in the intimate Rosch...
Madrigal Feaste, a dinner theatre event, planned on grand scale
A new holiday tradition for the School of Music will be initiated with the Madrigal Feaste dinner theater on Friday, Dec. 7, at the Williams Center. This traditional 15th century royal feast and musical program promises to be a feast for the senses.
Christmas classics get big band treatment in Dec. 6 concert
After more than six years of planning, research and preparation, Rockefeller Arts Center is looking to give audience members a night to remember when it presents “Big Band Christmas Spectacular."
Hillman Memorial Music Association honored in Buffalo
The Hillman Memorial Music Association at SUNY Fredonia was one of 15 individuals and organizations honored by the Western New York chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals at its Distinguished Honoree Program held at the National Philanthropy Day luncheon on Nov. 14 at Salvatore’s Italian Gardens in Buffalo.
New bands will battle it out Thursday night for annual competition and concert
Four bands, all created and managed by SUNY Fredonia students in the Music Industry Club, will compete to win 10 hours of studio recording time at GCR Audio in Buffalo during the fourth annual Battle of the New Bands on Thursday, Nov. 15 at 7 p.m. The bands are La Vida Mia (acoustic folk), Boss Tweed (Rock), The Shockers (female rock), and I Thought I was Taller (punk rock).
Annual Hillman Opera to present pair of Puccini works
The Hillman Opera, overseen by Producer and Distinguished Teaching Professor Julie Newell, above, will present two works from Italian composer Giacomo Puccini in what will again be a production on a “truly grand scale.”
Frank and Sallie Pullano to receive Jessie Hillman Award for Excellence
Dr. Frank and Sallie (Shapley) Pullano will receive the Jessie Hillman Award for Excellence at the Saturday, Nov. 10, Hillman Opera performance in Marvel Theatre. Specially designed medals will be presented to the couple at 7:30 p.m. before the curtain rises on this year’s Hillman Opera. The Hillman Memorial Music Association bestows the honor to recognize dedicated and respected musicians or educators.
SUNY Fredonia welcomes Vanessa and Helen (Class of '60) Williams back to campus for presentation and book signing
Internationally acclaimed entertainer Vanessa Williams and her mother, Helen Tinch Williams, a member of the Class of 1960, will appear on SUNY Fredonia’s campus Saturday, Nov. 10 at 2 p.m. in Diers Recital Hall. The two have recently co-authored a collective autobiography, You Have No Idea, that characterizes the enduring relationship that aided Vanessa through a series of challenges which arose after she was crowned the first African-American Miss America in 1983.