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Dawn Upshaw will perform concert during residency on campus in April
During her four-day residency at the Fredonia School of Music next semester, renowned soprano, Dawn Upshaw, will perform one night only in the intimate Rosch...
Madrigal Feaste, a dinner theatre event, planned on grand scale
A new holiday tradition for the School of Music will be initiated with the Madrigal Feaste dinner theater on Friday, Dec. 7, at the Williams Center. This traditional 15th century royal feast and musical program promises to be a feast for the senses.
Christmas classics get big band treatment in Dec. 6 concert
After more than six years of planning, research and preparation, Rockefeller Arts Center is looking to give audience members a night to remember when it presents “Big Band Christmas Spectacular."
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Mainstage makes college history with all-Black cast in "The Piano Lesson"
Boy Willie (Daniel Astacio), left, and his sister, Berneice (Siobhan Hunter), debate what to do with a family heirloom as their uncle, Doaker (David Quiñones)...
Graduating students share artwork in Senior Show Nov. 30 through Dec. 6
Five graduating students from the Department of Visual Arts at New Media will have their creations displayed in the Cathy and Jesse Marion Art Gallery. Entitled “The End,” the show opens with a reception on Friday, Nov. 30 from 7 to 9 p.m.
New bands will battle it out Thursday night for annual competition and concert
Four bands, all created and managed by SUNY Fredonia students in the Music Industry Club, will compete to win 10 hours of studio recording time at GCR Audio in Buffalo during the fourth annual Battle of the New Bands on Thursday, Nov. 15 at 7 p.m. The bands are La Vida Mia (acoustic folk), Boss Tweed (Rock), The Shockers (female rock), and I Thought I was Taller (punk rock).
Interactive production of "Robin Hood" opens family theatre series
The Kaleidoscope Family Series at SUNY Fredonia’s Rockefeller Arts Center opens its season with an interactive production of “Robin Hood” on Friday, Nov. 16 at 7 p.m. in Marvel Theatre. The players of DuffleBag Theatre will take audience members into Sherwood Forest for an unforgettable adventure with a band of merry men (and women).
Annual Hillman Opera to present pair of Puccini works
The Hillman Opera, overseen by Producer and Distinguished Teaching Professor Julie Newell, above, will present two works from Italian composer Giacomo Puccini in what will again be a production on a “truly grand scale.”