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Events and news of what's happening around the Fredonia campus.
Events and news of what's happening around the Fredonia campus.
School of Music voice and piano faculty and staff will present a recital of German Lieder – songs by Johannes Brahms, Richard Strauss and Hugo Wolf with piano accompaniment – in Rosch Recital Hall on Saturday, Feb. 25, at 8 p.m.
Members of the saxophone studio have been chosen to participate in two Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra events in early December.
The 2019-20 Walter Gloor Mainstage Series continues in December with a work that was a finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize in Drama.
"Musical Journeys," a rare chance for audiences to experience a recital for piano duo and four-hand duet, will be presented by pianist and School of Music Assistant Professor Leonidas F. Lagrimas and guest artist Dr. Brendan Jacklin, a Canadian pianist currently based in Nashville, Tenn., on Saturday, Oct. 5, at 8 p.m.
Double Reed Day, a day designed specifically for oboists and bassoonists of all ages and levels, will return to Fredonia on Sunday, Oct. 27, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The annual Fall String Festival will feature two guest artists, violinist Sibbi Bernhardsson and violist Masumi Per Rostad, formerly of the internationally renowned Pacifica Quartet, for a master class and public recital on Saturday, Sept. 28.
Some have starred on Broadway, others have toured the world with award-winning musical acts and some have found success on television. What they all have in common is they got their start at Fredonia – and they are all returning for Rockefeller Arts Center’s 50th anniversary celebration.
“Women’s Voices,” a program featuring ground-breaking music for cello and piano written by women, will be performed by The Ekstasis Duo, two members of the Fredonia School of Music, on Friday, Sept. 20, at 8 p.m.
Applications are now being accepted for the Claudette Sorel Piano Competition, open to young artists ages 15 to 18 and offering a top cash award of $2,500, at Fredonia. New to the annual competition, now in its fourth year at the Fredonia School of Music, is the Piano Fellows program, designed for talented pianists, ages 15 to 18.
The Castleman Quartet Program, a summertime fixture at Fredonia for over a decade, is attracting to an ever-growing number of international students to campus. What’s notable about this year’s class are five international students who are in the United States for the first time. The program had no international students when it arrived at Fredonia 12 years ago.