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Orchestra and choruses to perform "Carmina Burana" for scholarship benefit
The SUNY Fredonia College Symphony Orchestra will join forces April 25 with the Masterworks Chorus and the Chautauqua Children’s Chorale to perform Carmina Burana by German composer Carl Orff, under the direction of Dr. David Rudge.
Children’s Concerts Series concludes season with Guitar Quartet
The Musical Journeys Program of the Fredonia School of Music concludes its third season of free concerts designed to appeal to very young children on Saturday, April 25 at 10:30 a.m. in the Dunkirk Free Library. The Fredonia Guitar Quartet will introduce their music and instruments to children.
Mark Hodges presenting percussion master class
The SUNY Fredonia School of Music will host a percussion master class featuring guest artist Mark Hodges from the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO) on Monday, April 27 at 4 p.m. in Room 1051 of Mason Hall. Hodges will work with current percussion students and interested community members are invited to observe.
Guest artist Ravi Padmanabha to give tabla drumming clinic
The SUNY Fredonia School of Music will host Ravi Padmanabha on April 20 for a discussion and performance on the use of traditional elements of drumming and musical structure in more current styles of music making.
Julie Newell and Percussion Ensemble offer a little Tax Day relief with April 15 concert
The Fredonia Percussion Ensemble will perform selections from their recent concert at Alfred University. For the Fredonia concert, the group is joined by Ms. Julie...
Fredonia Guitar Quartet will preview Spain Tour concerts in Art of Guitar Series
The Fredonia Guitar Quartet will be performing "The Spain Concert" for the Art of the Guitar Series - Composer's Alive! on Thursday, April 16 at 7 p.m. in Rosch Recital Hall.
Women's Choir performs with Chamber Orchestra in concert April 22
The College Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Dr. David Rudge and Fredonia Women’s Chorus under the direction of Dr. Gwen Coleman Detwiler will perform together Wednesday, April 22, at 8 p.m. in Rosch Recital Hall.
New composition by Rob Deemer to be performed in choir and orchestra concert
Fredonia music professor Dr. Rob Deemer will have a 30-minute long composition for women’s chorus, orchestra and soloists premiered on the College Chamber Orchestra concert on April 22 at 8 p.m. in Rosch Recital Hall
Jazz artist and Fredonia alum Marcus Goldhaber returns for performance
Marcus Goldhaber, ’00, a Buffalo native whose vocal tone and style are reminiscent of a young Frank Sinatra, returns to Western New York for a concert at the 1891 Fredonia Opera House on Friday, April 17, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 for general admission, $13 for Opera House members.
Concert violinist Livia Sohn joins Janet Sung to premiere eight new works by student composers
On April 6, guest artist, concert violinist Livia Sohn and faculty at Stanford University, will join Janet Sung in a unique collaboration, performing an entire program of music for two violins, including works by Leclair, Prokofiev and the popular Navarra by Sarasate.The concert will also feature eight world premieres of violin duos written expressly for them by student composers from both Stanford University and SUNY Fredonia