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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.
Paul Mockovak, a SUNY Fredonia alumnus on the cusp of a quarter-century of faculty service in the Department of Theatre and Dance at the university, has been promoted to the rank of SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor.
After having stepped out and made a mark in the professional world as performers, two distinguished alumni will return to SUNY Fredonia as special guest artists for Rockefeller Arts Center’s traditional Commencement Eve concert.
The Wind Ensemble will conclude its spring season with an exciting concert, featuring the premiere of a work by student composition major Wolfgang Scheitinger and graduate wind conducting assistant Benjamin Kohn at the podium, at King Concert Hall.
Amber Nellett, a candidate for a Master of Music degree in Music Education, presented a research poster, "Identity, Belonging, And Agency in a Vernacular Music Club," at the Eastern Division National Association for Music Education Conference.
The Fredonia Chamber Choir, conducted by Dr. Vernon Huff, was selected as one of four semi-finalists for the 2023 American Prize for Choral Performance (university division, large program).
As the culminating event to the Sunday, April 16 Fredonia Day of Percussion, the Ghanaian dance troupe, SAAKUMU, will return to SUNY Fredonia.
The Buffalo Philharmonic and SUNY Fredonia’s Hillman Opera program are joining to celebrate Mozart’s beautiful fairy tale opera, “The Magic Flute,” in a semi-staged performance of the cherished, lighthearted masterpiece.
“Dragonfly,” a composition for four guitars, written by SUNY Distinguished Professor James Piorkowski, was recently published by Guitar Chamber Music Press.
The SUNY Fredonia Music Therapy Club is hosting several events to celebrate Music Therapy Awareness Week from March 27 to April 1.
The Fredonia School of Music will present Academy Week: Festival Music of Japan, on June 19-23, with expert instruction in the Wakayama-Shachu style of Edo Bayashi festival music and Shishimai, a Japanese traditional lion dance that is performed at many ritual events to bring good luck to communities and chase away evil.