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Cleveland Jazz Orchestra to open the DFT Communication Pop Series

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Reading Time: 2 minutesCARLY KNASZAK Assistant Reverb Editor   The Cleveland Jazz Orchestra will make its Fredonia debut with “An Evening of Ella and Ellington” this Saturday opening for the DFT Communication Pops Series. The performance will pay tribute to jazz legends Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington.   The jazz orchestra is led......
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LehrerDance premieres new works

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Reading Time: 4 minutesLINDSAY TOMAKA Special to The Leader   The LehreDance Company, which was founded in July 2007 by Jon Lehrer, is a small dance company consisting of only eight dancers that is focused on modern dance. The group’s style of dance is based on three main elements of movement: circularity, three-dimensionality......
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Grammy winner as keynote speaker at music education summit

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Reading Time: 3 minutes[metaslider id=3227] HOLLY BURDICK Special to The Leader “I’m really excited about this,” Dr. Vernon Huff, a professor in the School of Music, stated, talking about the Music Education Summit that occurred last Saturday. The ultimate goal, or the the goal “in the lights,” was to invite students to experience......
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Canadaway house hosts first basement show

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Reading Time: 3 minutes[metaslider id=3237] VALERIE MUSSON Special to The Leader   While most students were waking up Saturday morning feeling nothing but the consequences of their bad decisions from the night before, those who attended the intimate basement show at a house on Canadaway Street awoke with much more than that —......
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Breaking Stereotypes National Beat Poetry Festival begins this week

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCHARLES PRITCHARD Staff Writer   What comes to mind with the phrase “Beat poetry?” More likely than not, the first thing one might imagine is “Beatnik;” someone with a black turtleneck and bad facial hair, snapping their fingers while stringing together words he or she think makes him or her......
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Professor involved in debate over literary scandal

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Reading Time: 3 minutesRIANNA SEELIG Special to The Leader   Cultural appropriation is not a new phenomenon. The sociological concept has developed for centuries, and continues to influence and negatively impact various cultures. For those who do not know, cultural appropriation occurs when an individual attempts to take on various elements of a......
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New music pianist captivates audience Ethos presents Brianna Matzke

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Reading Time: 2 minutesAMBER MATTICE Special to The Leader   On Sept. 18, student-run Ethos New Music Society presented the Stockhausen Response Project, a commissioning project compiled and performed by Brianna Matzke on piano. This project is particularly interesting because it combined two very different styles of music into one coherent and beautiful......
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Visiting Artist Program welcomes Albert Paley

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Reading Time: 2 minutes[metaslider id=3059] VERONICA PENOYER Layout Editor   This past week was important for the artists of Fredonia who welcomed metal and steel artist, Albert Paley. McEwen Hall was filled with eager students waiting to hear Paley speak of his numerous successes and to offer advice and understanding on his creative......
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