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Saving ‘Opera Scenes’: From pirates to orphans, Horn fills roles in ‘Opera Scenes’

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 5, 2014

March 5, 2014

Reading Time: 3 minutesLucille Horn, far left, performs in the ensemble of “the Orphans in Autumn.” Photo courtesy of Andrea Adinolfe / Staff Photogrpaher COURTNEE CESTA Assistant Reverb Editor Sophomore music performance major Lucille Horn was in the final stages of learning her role in this year’s Opera Scenes production of “The Pirates......

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Robocop does a cybernetic face plant

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 28, 2014

February 28, 2014

Reading Time: 3 minutesPhoto courtesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. SCOTT DOWNEY Special to The Leader I often complain that Hollywood has let us down. Every new movie is an old idea. Nothing with imagination seems to come our way. In the long line of failure is the new Robocop movie. Robocop originally came out in......

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Opera Scenes 2014 presents something old, something new

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 26, 2014August 15, 2019

February 26, 2014August 15, 2019

Reading Time: 5 minutesSean Doyle, a theory professor and composer of “The Orphans in Autumn,” rehearses his original opera with cast members. Photo courtesy of Courtnee Cesta / Assistant Reverb Editor COURTNEE CESTA Assistant Reverb Editor SUNY Fredonia’s Student Opera Theatre Association will present its annual Opera Scenes production this weekend, featuring scenes......

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A table for many uses

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 26, 2014

February 26, 2014

Reading Time: < 1 minuteCast members of “The Dining Room” rehearse a scene. Photo courtesy of Melissa Rechin / Photo Editor KRISTEN SHULTIS Staff Writer Many plays are set in a world that we may or or may not know. “The Dining Room” is no exception. The play focuses on a dining room set,......

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10 Signs that it has been a long winter

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 26, 2014

February 26, 2014

Reading Time: 3 minutesPhoto courtesy of Melissa Rechin / Photo Editor MAGGIE GILROY AND SYLVANA DUSSAN Reverb Editor and Editor in Chief It’s becoming clear that even though there was a glimpse of warm weather (and by warm we mean 40 degrees) this past weekend, there is still no light at the end......

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Fredonia celebrates Valentine’s Day weekend with The Vagina Monologues

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 25, 2014September 2, 2019

February 25, 2014September 2, 2019

Reading Time: 3 minutesHanna Neumann and other members of the cast perform “My First Period.” Mary Laing / Special to The Leader CHRISTINA CONCEICAO Sports Editor This past weekend, SUNY Fredonia put on its 13th annual performance of “The Vagina Monologues,” a play written by Eve Ensler, a Tony Award winning playwright, performer......

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Fredonia gets Stucky on New Music

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 24, 2014August 15, 2019

February 24, 2014August 15, 2019

Reading Time: 3 minutesCOURTNEE CESTA Assistant Reverb Editor When Pulitzer Prize winner Steven Stucky held a series of workshops at the School of Music last weekend, many students learned they are much more similar to the accomplished composer than they realized. “When I have to compose a piece … I really put it......

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Less is more: WNYCO performs world premiere of Mahler chamber arrangement

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 12, 2014

February 12, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutesGlen Cortese conducts the WNYCO as they perform his arrangement of Mahler’s “Das Lied von der Erde.” Photo courtesy of Melissa Rechin / Photo Editor COURTNEE CESTA Assistant Reverb Editor More than 115 years after it was first composed, Mahler’s “Das Lied von der Erde” was given new......

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Five of the most anticipated books of 2014

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 6, 2014

February 6, 2014

Reading Time: 3 minutesKRISTEN SHULTIS Special to The Leader A new year means a whole list of new books. Every year there are tons of books that you hear about from people around you; recommendations such as “read this,” and “this is such a good book.” With the help of Goodreads.com, we chose......

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Interactive Theatre Society to put on murder mystery dinner

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 4, 2014

February 4, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutesREBECCA HALE Staff Writer This weekend, murder will run rampant in the Williams Center. In the Horizon Room, the Interactive Theatre Society will put on “Where There’s a Will,” a student-written and directed murder mystery. Co-written by Rachel Gregg, Sam Ploetz, Tiffany Conners and alumni Shawn Hallet, the event will......

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Saving ‘Opera Scenes’: From pirates to orphans, Horn fills roles in ‘Opera Scenes’

Robocop does a cybernetic face plant

Opera Scenes 2014 presents something old, something new

A table for many uses

10 Signs that it has been a long winter

Fredonia celebrates Valentine’s Day weekend with The Vagina Monologues

Fredonia gets Stucky on New Music

Less is more: WNYCO performs world premiere of Mahler chamber arrangement

Five of the most anticipated books of 2014

Interactive Theatre Society to put on murder mystery dinner