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Retro Special leaves audience amused

Contributor to The LeaderApril 9, 2014September 1, 2019

April 9, 2014September 1, 2019

KORI BARKLEY Special to The Leader Each semester Retro, the Fredonia School of Music’s faculty chamber music group, puts on a concert presenting music of the 20th century. Last Tuesday’s Retro Special was not one to be missed. Held on April Fool’s day, School of Music professors Sinobu Takagi, Karolyn......

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Special message for the cast and crew of ‘RENT’

Contributor to The LeaderApril 8, 2014

April 8, 2014

Special message for the cast and crew of ‘RENT’ from Fredonia Leader on Vimeo. This video of Adam Pascal, actor of “Roger” in the Original Broadway Cast and movie adaptation of “RENT,” was recorded by associate professor Ray Stewart in the Spring of 2013. The video was recently distributed to......

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A remix on Battle of the Bands

Contributor to The LeaderApril 2, 2014

April 2, 2014

Albert The fish performs at the Battle of the Bands competition. Photos courtesy of Melissa Rechin / Photo Editor. MARSHA COHEN Staff Writer The Battle of the Bands has graced the SUNY Fredonia campus once again, but with some changes. The competition was split between three days with three bands......

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Student stars on new MTV reality show

Contributor to The LeaderApril 2, 2014August 16, 2019

April 2, 2014August 16, 2019

Photo courtesy of MTV Press. COURTNEE CESTA Assistant Reverb Editor When Harrison Bader, a former SUNY Fredonia junior, came across an application for MTV’s “House of Food,” he applied on a whim. Bader was a few weeks into the spring semester of his junior year, taking classes like any other......

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Wild Wild Fest announces musical lineup

Contributor to The LeaderApril 2, 2014August 15, 2019

April 2, 2014August 15, 2019

Photo courtesy of Matt Wisnewski. MAGGIE GILROY Reverb Editor August marks the expansion of Silver Creek’s Wild Wild Fest from a one-day event to a two-day festival. The musical lineup was announced Monday and will feature Baby Gramps, Armcannon, Well Worn Boot and Smackdab amongst others. The expansion of the......

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Street style: the casual prepster

Contributor to The LeaderApril 2, 2014

April 2, 2014

ALEXIS FORES Staff Writer Name: Cody Castro Year: Junior Hometown: Brooklyn, NY Major: Media management Cody Castro was an individual whose style I’ve admired from afar for awhile. I was always fascinated in what inspires him to dress the way he dresses everyday since he is one of the few......

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WNYCO features a familiar face in an unfamiliar way

Contributor to The LeaderApril 2, 2014August 15, 2019

April 2, 2014August 15, 2019

COURTNEE CESTA Special to The Leader and Assistant Reverb Editor SUNY Fredonia Professor Casey Gray teaches voice diction class in the School of Music, but is better known to many as a very active pianist — he accompanies dozens of students in the School of Music and was even featured......

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No day but today: the making of ‘RENT’

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 27, 2014August 15, 2019

March 27, 2014August 15, 2019

Cast members Steven Saelzler and Ilana Lieberman rehearse with the pit for the upcoming production of “RENT.” Photo courtesy of Melissa Rechin / Photo Editor. MAGGIE GILROY Reverb Editor Tucked beneath the three story set of “RENT” will be a five piece rock band. While it will be located behind......

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Adjunct Spotlight: Two passions, two different routes for Detenbeck

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 26, 2014February 6, 2020

March 26, 2014February 6, 2020

Adjunct professor of Italian, Laurie Detenbeck is currently in her first semester of teaching at Fredonia. Photo courtesy of Melissa Rechin / Photo Editor . CARL LAM Staff Writer Graduation is around the corner for many and perhaps there are some students that are preparing to go back and study......

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Relay’s honorary survivor organizes ‘Cabaret for a Cure’

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 26, 2014

March 26, 2014

MAGGIE GILROY Reverb Editor While most two-year-olds spend their time in daycare or on play dates, Tanner Jubert spent his in hospitals amongst radiologists and surgeons. A few weeks after his second birthday Jubert was diagnosed with Leukemia, a disease he battled for four years until he went into remission......

Theater kids are taking over Fredonia

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Retro Special leaves audience amused

Special message for the cast and crew of ‘RENT’

A remix on Battle of the Bands

Student stars on new MTV reality show

Wild Wild Fest announces musical lineup

Street style: the casual prepster

WNYCO features a familiar face in an unfamiliar way

No day but today: the making of ‘RENT’

Adjunct Spotlight: Two passions, two different routes for Detenbeck

Relay’s honorary survivor organizes ‘Cabaret for a Cure’