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Laura Koepke and friends to perform concert of chamber music for bassoon
The Fredonia School of Music presents a faculty recital featuring bassoonist Laura Koepke, with special guests, on Tuesday, Sept. 11 at 8 p.m. in Rosch Recital Hall.
Patrick Fay and Skylar Pratt toured with the Drum Corps International this summer
Patrick Fay and Skylar Pratt, music education majors, spent 82 days of the summer performing around the United States with The Glassmen in Drum Corps International. Lengthy practices were held every day and students often slept on gym floors and on buses. The world finals were held in Indianapolis in Lucas Oil Stadium, site of the 2012 Super Bowl.
Concert will celebrate the 100th birthday of John Cage, influential 20th century composer
Professors Rob Deemer and Sean Doyle and Graduate Student Robin Morace welcome all to a free concert featuring three unique styles of Cage’s work. The celebration will take place Wednesday, Sept. 5 at 8 p.m.
Register by Sept. 14 for Double Reed Day
The SUNY Fredonia School of Music is pleased to announce the 7th Annual Double Reed Day on Sunday, September 30: a day of master classes designed exclusively for high school double reed players.
Student quintet earns second in Tennessee event honoring Calvin Smith, '72
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.
New Horizons Band to perform in Fredonia and Brocton parks this summer
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.
Marimba virtuoso to give week-long workshop June 18-22
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...
High school instrumentalists can register by June 1 for popular Summer Music Festival
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.
SUNY Fredonia grad Helen Williams co-writes Vanessa Williams biography
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.
Concert version of "Guys and Dolls" celebrates Commencement
“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>>