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Adjunct music faculty featured as guest composers at Hillsdale College residency
Jamie Leigh Sampson and Andrew Martin Smith, contingent faculty members of the Fredonia School of Music since 2015, were featured guest composers at a two-day residency at Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Mich., on April 11 and 12.
Adjunct faculty Sampson, Smith guest artists in residency at BGSU
Jamie Leigh Sampson and Andrew Martin Smith were featured guest artists at the first New Music Mini-Festival hosted by Praecepta, a student-run organization at Bowling Green State University’s College of Musical Arts.
Sampson compositions to be performed at faculty recital
Jamie Leigh Sampson, an instructor in composition in the SUNY Fredonia School of Music, will present a recital of her works in “Uncommon Ground, Faculty Recital: Jamie Leigh Sampson, Composition" at Rosch Recital Hall on April 5.
Acclaimed pianist Longendyke to premiere student compositions in Rosch concert
New works by student composers will be premiered by pianist Clare Longendyke at a concert that serves as the capstone event to a year-long creative entrepreneurship residency with the ETHOS New Music Society on Saturday, March 26.
Smith appointed GM of international composers society
Senior Adjunct Lecturer Andrew Martin Smith of the School of Music has been named the new general manager of the Society of Composers, Inc. (SCI).
Incubator business competition winner launches music lesson service
Two Fredonia seniors, Olivia Soto and Niklas Dahlen, who won the Fredonia Technology Incubator’s fifth annual Student Business Competition, officially formed a new business, Lessons Learned, LLC., during the summer through the support and services provided by the incubator.
Deemer receives SUNY Chancellor's Award for Faculty Service
Dr. Rob Deemer, head of Music Composition in the School of Music, has been selected to receive the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Service.
Miss America Nia Franklin to give talk, master class at Fredonia
Nia Franklin, the 2019 Miss America who’s also an accomplished composer, classically trained opera singer and promoter of the arts, will lead a master class and give a lecture at Fredonia on Tuesday, Jan. 28.
Composition student wins New Voices essay contest
John Carroll, a Music Composition student at Fredonia, was awarded first place in New Voices, a national essay contest hosted by I Care If You Listen, an award-winning blog and digital magazine devoted to contemporary classical music, and 21CM.com. Sierra Wojtczack, also a Music Composition student, won second place.
Expect the unexpected at Fredonia Improv Collective concert
An evening of improvisation in many styles will be presented by the Improv Collective, a collection of musicians who are dedicated to self-expression through free improvisation, on Tuesday, Dec. 10, at 8 p.m., in Rosch Recital Hall.