FREDONIA, NY -- The gift of music is one that should be shared with anyone who has interest in performing or listening. That's why the New Horizons band of Western New York (NHWNY) was formed seven years ago and has consistently held free concerts throughout their time in Chautauqua County. The NHWNY will continue that tradition on April 19 with a ... Read More

FREDONIA, NY -- The Student Opera Theatre Association of SUNY Fredonia will offer its annual Opera Scenes production on Friday, March 2, at 8:00 p.m.; and Saturday, March 3 and Sunday, March 4, at 2:00 p.m., at the 1891 Fredonia Opera House in the village of Fredonia. Scenes directed by members of the Fredonia voice faculty Dr. Angela Haas, Joe ... Read More

Chris Celiz AKA NYCbeatbox's Chris Celiz and Risen at the International Beatboxing Competition in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Dusten Rader) SUNY Fredonia is well known for producing talented musicians who go on to make careers out of their art. But, the school currently has a music student whose talent goes ... Read More

On today's radar, Yesterday I spoke about Bon Iver's boniver.org appearance on NBC's Saturday Night Live. Today, I'll be talking about a good friend of mine named Chris Celiz AKA NYCbeatbox who is an internationally competing beat boxer. NYCbeatbox SUNY Fredonia is well known for producing talented musicians ... Read More

FREDONIA, NY — Yo-Yo Ma, one of the most recognizable names in classical music today, will call SUNY Fredonia home for the next two days. Arguably the most recognized name in classical music today, and clearly the foremost cellist in the world, he will perform with the Fredonia College Symphony Orchestra on Thursday, Dec. 8 at 8 p.m. The event, ... Read More

The Hillman Opera will continue its tradition of staging one of the most anticipated performing arts events of the season at SUNY Fredonia with its production of “The Merry Wives of Windsor” (“Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor”) from November 10 to 13 in Marvel Theatre at Rockefeller Arts ... Read More

FREDONIA, NY — This summer proved more eventful than restful for SUNY Fredonia Associate Professor of Trumpet Roderick MacDonald, who conducted a performance in Germany with the world's largest violin that will make it into the 2012 Guinness Book of World Records. Each summer, the School of Music’s MacDonald heads across the pond to Leipzig, ... Read More

FREDONIA — The SUNY Fredonia School of Music will welcome back jazz trumpeter and vocalist Joe Gransden, a former SUNY Fredonia student, to perform on Sunday, March, 27 at 7 p.m. in Juliet Rosch Recital Hall. The concert is free and open to public. Joe Gransden got his start in jazz at SUNY Fredonia and now ... Read More

On March 5, the College Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. David Rudge will perform in King Concert Hall at 8 PM. The program begins with the powerful Corlolan Overture by Beethoven, and features voice faculty member Lynne McMurtry (mezzo) in The Songs of the Wayfarer by Gustav Mahler. She will also sing Ich bin der Welt abhanden ... Read More

On Tuesday, March 1 at 8pm in King Concert Hall, the Concert Band will take the stage under the direction of Erin Otto Meissner. The program will feature the beautifully exotic Symphony No. 4 by Alan Hovhaness and conclude with John Hart's entertaining Cartoon. Guest conductor and alumnus, Staff Sergeant Benjamin Albright, ... Read More