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Concerto Competition winner featured soloist for Homecoming weekend
The Fredonia School of Music will present two major concerts during Homecoming Weekend. The SUNY Fredonia College Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. David Rudge and assistant conductor Eric Mahl, with Concerto Competition winner Amanda Bottoms, will perform on Saturday, Oct. 12 at 8 p.m. in King Concert Hall. A Choral Showcase will be held on Saturday at 2 p.m. in Rosch Recital Hall featuring the College Choir, Chamber Choir and Women’s Choir. Both events are free and the public is invited to attend.
Bassoonist Nadina Mackie Jackson Gives Recital October 2
The SUNY Fredonia School of Music presents a guest artist recital featuring bassoonist Nadina Mackie Jackson on Wednesday, Oct. 2 at 8 p.m. in Rosch Recital Hall. The recital is free and open to the public.
BPO Concert Master Michael Ludwig to perform on Sunday with the Western New York Chamber Orchestra
The Western New York Chamber Orchestra, a professional ensemble-in-residence at SUNY Fredonia, opens its 2013 -2014 concert season on Sunday, Sept. 29, at 4 p.m. in King Concert Hall with a stunning program featuring world renowned guest violinist Michael Ludwig, who Western New York audiences may know better as the Concert Master of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.
DFT Communications marks seventh season as pops sponsor at SUNY Fredonia
The 2013-14 pop music series at SUNY Fredonia’s Michael C. Rockefeller Arts will be sponsored by DFT Communications for the seventh consecutive season. The DFT...
Elton John tribute show opens pops series at SUNY Fredonia on Sept. 21
“Almost Elton John and the Rocket Band: Remember When Rock Was Young starring Craig A. Meyer” will be presented on Saturday, Sept. 21 at 7:30 p.m. in King Concert Hall. This is the opening event in the DFT Communications Pops Series.
Charles Castleman brings noted quartet program to campus
Charles Castleman Weekend Concerts during the Castleman Quartet Program Wednesday, June 19, 7:30 p.m. in Diers Recital Hall: ALLYSON DAWKINS, viola – Works of Prokofiev...
Two state arts schools for high school students open this month
Nearly 200 artistically gifted high school students from across New York State will gather at SUNY Fredonia to participate in two programs – Choral Studies and Visual Arts – offered by the New York State Summer School for the Arts program.
Songs of Irving Berlin, Cole Porter and Rodgers and Hammerstein will highlight talent Commencement Eve
Some of the greatest songs from Irving Berlin, Cole Porter and Rodgers and Hammerstein will be in the spotlight on Friday, May 17 when Rockefeller Arts Center presents, “The Great American Songbook, Part One,” at 7:30 p.m. in King Concert Hall. The annual Commencement Eve Pops concert highlights eight talented student vocalists, backed by the Western New York Chamber Orchestra conducted by Maestro Glen Cortese.
Fredonia Dance Ensemble program to feature variety of styles
Directed by Helen Myers, director of dance at SUNY Fredonia, the May 3-5 concert brings together the work of six choreographers, 20 student performers and a host of faculty and student designers and technicians.
Terry Beck, Samantha Kenney performing original dance event in Fredonia Opera House
“WAITERS,” an original ballroom dance tour de force choreographed and directed by Terry Beck, voice and movement teacher in the Theatre and Dance Department, will be performed by faculty, alumni and students of SUNY Fredonia along with professionals from the Buffalo arts community on Thursday, May 16, through Sunday, May 19 at 7:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. at the 1891 Fredonia Opera House.