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Piano competition announced by School of Music
The Fredonia School of Music announces the third annual Claudette Sorel Piano Competition, open to young pianists ages 15 to 18. The deadline to apply is Sept. 20.
Fredonia concert to feature French chamber music
French chamber music, featuring contemporary violinist Yuki Numata Resnick and School of Music faculty – pianist Eliran Avni and cellist Natasha Farny – will be presented on Saturday, Sept. 15, at 8 p.m., in Rosch Recital Hall.
Marion Art Gallery exhibition to feature iconic photographs
Visitors will have the opportunity to travel through time with the opening exhibition of the 2018-19 season at the Cathy and Jesse Marion Art Gallery, “Exploring Photography," organized by the Louisiana State University Museum of Art from its permanent art collection. It will open Aug. 28 and run through Oct. 7.
Rockefeller Arts Center addition given prestigious architecture award
The major addition to and dramatic reconceiving of the Michael C. Rockefeller Arts Center, designed by New York City-based Deborah Berke & Partners received a 2018 American Architecture Award, a nationwide honor that recognizes new cutting-edge works of architecture, urban planning and landscape architecture.
Harpist Falcao to receive Lifetime Achievement Award
Mario Falcao, professor emeritus of harp in the Fredonia School of Music, former chair of the board of directors of the American Harp Society, and a founding member of the World Harp Congress, will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the harp society. The presentation will be on June 27 at the American Harp Society national conference at the University of Redlands in California.
Music major awarded scholarship to study at German conservatory
Evan Kirshen, a dual Music major from East Northport has been awarded a prestigious DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) scholarship to support his study abroad program at the Weimar Conservatory in Weimar, Germany, in the 2018-2019 academic year.
Fredonia faculty to give piano/cello recital at New York City church
Drs. Natasha Farny and Eliran Avni of the School of Music will perform a recital of Romantic music for cello and piano in New York City at the Good Shepherd-Faith Presbyterian Church on Sunday, June 3, at 6:30 p.m.
University of Colorado professor awarded 2018-2019 Marion International Fellowship
The 2018-2019 Marion International Fellowship for the Visual and Performing Arts has been awarded to University of Colorado professor Daniel Kellogg for “Mao’s China,” a multimedia composition that will explore the lasting legacy and trauma of Chinese immigrants and their American experience across generations.
Fredonia adds a new outdoor sculpture to campus
“Thunder Cloud,” a 1,500-pound cast iron sculpture by Coral Lambert, was installed in the Dennis R., '72 and Kathryn L. Costello South Plaza adjacent to the Rockefeller Arts Center Studio Complex by Fredonia’s Facilities Services crew on May 10. The 8-by-9-by-6-foot sculpture is part of the In Sight/On Site outdoor sculpture program initiated by the Department of Visual Arts and New Media
Summer Music Festival for band, voice and string students
The 28th annual Fredonia Summer Music Festival in the School of Music continues its tradition of excellence with four summer music camps. The registration deadline has been extended until Friday, June 1.