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Barry Kilpatrick giving President's Award lecture Sept. 28 in Rosch
Barry Kilpatrick of the School of Music will give the annual President's Award for Excellence on Tuesday, Sep. 28. A member of the faculty in the School of Music since 1979, Professor Kilpatrick has taught studio trombone and euphonium, along with classroom courses in brass pedagogy and trombone for Music Education majors, among other courses
PAC performing heart-warming "The Spitfire Grill" in Bartlett
The heart-warming musical “The Spitfire Grill,” an adaptation of the 1996 film that won a Sundance Film Festival Audience Award, will launch the Performing Arts...
Children invited to "Sound of Music" audition
The Department of Theatre and Dance is seeking three children for its spring production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic. The three roles to be cast are: Kurt (age 9 to 12), Marta (age 7 to 9) and Gretl (age 5 to 7). All girls auditioning must be between the ages of 5 and 10 and be less than 4’9” tall. All boys auditioning must be between the ages of 9 and 13 and be less than 5’2” tall.
Mexico is first destination for Rockefeller Arts Center travel-adventure series
Rockefeller Arts Center will present the film film, "The Other Side of Mexico," on Saturday, Sept. 25 at 7:30 p.m. in King Concert Hall. It is the first of three offerings in the 2010-11 World Travel Series, which is sponsored by Fredonia Place as part of the Lake Shore Savings Season. Beauty and promise are abundant in the central highlands, as evidenced by the travel-adventure film by Fran and Brooke Reidelberger.
Sale of watercolors by Kris Beal will enable low-income citizens to attend arts events
Elizabeth "Kris" Beal, wife of the late Dallas K. Beal, former SUNY Fredonia President, is keeping her husband's legacy alive by donating her watercolors to SUNY Fredonia to benefit the Dallas K. Beal Community Access Fund.
Visiting Writers Series opens with slam poet O'Keefe Aptowicz
The SUNY Fredonia English Department’s Visiting Writers Series will welcome New York City-based poet and author Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz to campus on Thursday, Sept. 30 for a craft talk and reading of her work. After the reading there will be a pie-raffle with baked goods provided by Fredonia’s Uppercrust Bakehouse as well as a book giveaway made possible by The Book Nook, also of Fredonia.
Children's Concerts Series to kick off with Woodwind Quintet Oct. 2
The Musical Journeys Program of the Fredonia School of Music will kick off its fifth season of free concerts designed to appeal to very young...
Master classes for high school pianists planned Oct. 16
The SUNY Fredonia School of Music welcomes high school pianists to campus for a day of master classes, technique workshops, chamber music and more on...
Two-day residency of composer Lee Hoiby includes concert Sept. 24
The two largest student music organizations at SUNY Fredonia, Ethos New Music Society and the Student Opera Theatre Association (SOTA), are joining forces to bring renowned composer Lee Hoiby to campus for a two-day residency, featuring a concert Friday, Sept. 24.
Andrew Seigel performing clarinet recital Sept. 13
Andrew Seigel Faculty Recital Monday, Sept. 13 8 p.m., Rosch Recital Hall Free and open to the public Faculty Accompanists: I-Fei Chen-Markham (piano) and David...