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Meeting to explore Russia study abroad learning experience
An informational meeting that explores SUNY Fredonia’s Study Abroad to Russia summer course will be offered to interested students on Thursday, Feb. 13, at 6:30 p.m. at W231 Thompson Hall. Jack Croxton, director of the Office of Student Creative Activity and Research, and Anton Agafonov of Modern Languages and Literatures, will conduct a presentation highlighted by a slide show.
WNY Chamber Orchestra to premiere new work Feb. 9
The Western New York Chamber Orchestra will present the third program in its classics series, “Song of the Earth,” featuring a world premier arrangement of Mahler’s beloved work, “Das Lied Von Der Erde, on Sunday, Feb. 9 at 4 p.m. in Rosch Recital Hall at SUNY Fredonia. Guest vocal soloists will include Canadian mezzo soprano Lynne McMurtry and American Heldentenor Marc Deaton. The new truly “chamber” arrangement of the Mahler is the second arrangement of the work created by WNYCO Music Director and Conductor Glen Cortese.
Opera composer Jake Heggie featured in Ethos New Music Society concert
World-renowned opera and art song composer Jake Heggie, whose residency at SUNY Fredonia opens the Ethos New Music Society’s 14th annual NewSound Festival, will be the guest conductor at a concert of his works performed by School of Music students and faculty at Rosch Recital Hall on Friday, Feb. 7, at 8 p.m.
Music Industry junior Savannah King sets her sights on Buffalo music royalty
Savannah King, a junior Music Industry major, is an up-and-coming artist in Western New York. By collaborating with other Fredonia students and dedicating herself to her personal Youtube project, King has begun to make a name for herself in the Buffalo music scene.
School of Music singers shine at Buffalo Met Opera auditions
Two SUNY Fredonia students earned high praise at the Buffalo/Toronto District division of the Metropolitan Opera’s National Council auditions, winning Encouragement Awards, and a third gained praise from the Buffalo News music critic, on Jan. 4 at Nichols School’s Flickinger Performing Arts Center in Buffalo.
New Horizons Band holiday concert is cancelled
The New Horizons Band of Western New York has cancelled its winter concert at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 13, in the Dunkirk High School auditorium, due to weather.
Music faculty member receives prestigious NYFA Fellowship
John Bacon, an adjunct instructor of percussion and alumnus of the Fredonia School of Music, has received a New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Fellowship in Music/Sound. Only 3 percent of the applicants receive the prestigious honor.
Student group, Whitachoir, invited to perform in Avery Fisher Hall
The student group, Whitachoir, directed by graduate student Arthur Lewis, will join other choruses from around the world in a special residency program in New York City next March, culminating in special concert in Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall featuring the music of Eric Whitacre.
Madrigal Feaste will be a grand-scale musical experience Dec. 6
This traditional 15th-century royal banquet and musical program is truly a feast for the senses, with authentic food, costumed performers, rousing music and merriment on a grand scale.
Hillman Opera presents new take on 'Cinderella' this weekend
The Hillman Opera will present two performances of Gioachino Rossini’s famous work “La Cenerentola” (Cinderella) in November at SUNY Fredonia. It will be a staged concert version of the classic opera, sung in the original Italian with English supertitles projected above the stage. Performances will be presented at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 15 and Saturday, Nov. 16 in King Concert Hall.