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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 first Calvin Smith Festival & Brass Quintet Competition was created in Oak Ridge, Tenn., to honor the late 1972 Fredonia alumnus who passed away from a sudden heart attack at just 61 years of age, and SUNY Fredonia’s Fireside Brass Quintet, an all-student musical group, won second place — and $1,000 — at the inaugural event.
The New Horizons Band of Western New York will present free Summer Concerts at 6:30 p.m .on Wednesday, July 25 at the Barker Common Gazebo in the Village of Fredonia and at 7 p.m. on Thursday, July 26, at the Ryckman Park Gazebo in the Village of Brocton.
Japanese marimba virtuoso, Keiko Abe, will give a weeklong residency at SUNY Fredonia including public performances on June 18 and 22. Two concerts will be...
The deadline to register for the 22nd annual Fredonia Summer Music Festival is June 1. Set on the beautiful campus of SUNY Fredonia and housed in the university’s School of Music, the Fredonia Summer Music Festival will teach instrumental students from grades 9 through 12 starting Sunday, June 24 and ending with a concert Saturday, June 30, taking advantage of Fredonia's first-rate facilities and world-class teachers.
Helen Williams, a SUNY Fredonia graduate and mother of actress Vanessa Williams, shares the spotlight in an enduring photograph on the front cover of a new biography, “You Have No Idea,” that she helped her famous daughter write. SUNY Fredonia will host a book-signing for both authors on Nov. 10. The widely anticipated book is the first by Vanessa, whose career includes starring roles on “The Right Stuff,” “Ugly Betty” and “Desperate Housewives.
“Guys and Dolls in Concert,” the university’s 21st annual Commencement Eve Pops Concert, will be presented on Friday, May 11 at 8 p.m. in King Concert Hall. Maestro Glen Cortese will lead the Western New York Chamber Orchestra and a cast of talented student performers in a concert version of this oddball romantic comedy. More than 20 student vocalists will take part, including 11 in featured roles. Watch a preview here>>
The Time Traveling Jazz Duo will feature the guitar, accordion, harmonica, bass, etc. in two performances at 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 am on Saturday, April 21, in the Dunkirk Free Library.
The New Horizons Band of Western New York will present a Spring Concert of “Songs, Dances & Marches” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 19, in King Concert Hall.
"The overwhelming sentiment from audience members in both Germany and France was that their performances belied the fact that they are indeed a student ensemble," James Piorkowski said.
Fredonia's all-female a cappella group, Some Like it Hot, host their annual ACAFEST March 23, welcoming groups from around Western New York, and highlighting all Fredonia a cappella singers.