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'Stuff of Dreams' art exhibition continues
An exhibition designed to offer a glimpse inside the human mind and into other worlds continues in the Marion Art Gallery through March 30. However, it will be closed the week of March 17 during the campus spring break.
Wind Ensemble plans March tour
The Wind Ensemble at SUNY Fredonia, one of the School of Music’s premier ensembles, will perform in high schools across New York State during its spring tour. Buffalo, Brockport, Hilton, Schenectady and Guilderland Center are among destinations of the 44-student ensemble directed by Dr. Paula Holcomb.
Sculptor tells stories through images in art exhibition
When walking through the collection of totem pole-style sculptures in the current Marion Art Gallery exhibition, one is bombarded by a variety of interesting images. They are the work of Chuck Johnson, a ceramics professor at Erie, Pa.'s Edinboro University.
Rockefeller Arts Center named to list of 'amazing' venues
The Michael C. Rockefeller Arts Center has been named one of the “25 Most Amazing College Campus Theatres” by Best College Reviews. Coming in at No. 19, Rockefeller is in prestigious company. Other universities whose venues appear on the list include Yale, Penn, Rutgers, Michigan and Syracuse.
NewSound festival to host music notables
As part of the annual NewSound Festival, SUNY Fredonia’s Ethos New Music Society will be presenting a concert with saxophonist Tim McAllister and composer Roshanne Etezady on Friday, Feb. 14, and an evening of discussion with Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Steven Stucky on Monday, Feb. 17. Both events are in Rosch Recital Hall at 8 p.m., and admission is free and open to the public.
WNY Chamber Orchestra to premiere new work Feb. 9
The Western New York Chamber Orchestra will present the third program in its classics series, “Song of the Earth,” featuring a world premier arrangement of Mahler’s beloved work, “Das Lied Von Der Erde, on Sunday, Feb. 9 at 4 p.m. in Rosch Recital Hall at SUNY Fredonia. Guest vocal soloists will include Canadian mezzo soprano Lynne McMurtry and American Heldentenor Marc Deaton. The new truly “chamber” arrangement of the Mahler is the second arrangement of the work created by WNYCO Music Director and Conductor Glen Cortese.
Faculty members to present 'Love Letters' at the 1891 Fredonia Opera House
The theatrical talents of two SUNY Fredonia theatre faculty members will be in the spotlight, both on and off stage, in the 1891 Fredonia Opera House production of A.R. Gurney's “Love Letters” on Saturday, Feb. 15, at 7:30 p.m.
Opera composer Jake Heggie featured in Ethos New Music Society concert
World-renowned opera and art song composer Jake Heggie, whose residency at SUNY Fredonia opens the Ethos New Music Society’s 14th annual NewSound Festival, will be the guest conductor at a concert of his works performed by School of Music students and faculty at Rosch Recital Hall on Friday, Feb. 7, at 8 p.m.
Interactive Theatre Society to present murder mystery
The Interactive Theatre Society invites students, faculty and staff, and members of the community to uncover a murder mystery at, “Where There Is A Will.” The interactive show will be presented Feb. 8 at 7 p.m. and Feb. 9 at 3 p.m., in the Williams Center Horizon Room.
Overture begins on the Rockefeller Arts Center expansion
The curtain is expected to rise this spring on the next major act of the Rockefeller Arts Center expansion project. That’s when ground will be broken on the 40,000 square-foot addition to the iconic building which opened in 1969.