May 27, 2026
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Fredonia Radio Systems Rocks The Commons

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Reading Time: 4 minutes[metaslider id=3356] SCOTT DOWNEY Special to The Leader   It was a beautiful day in Barker Commons this past Sunday, where Fredonia Radio Systems (FRS) presented its 25th annual Rockin’ The Commons. The event ran from 11 a.m. until after 9 p.m. and all proceeds, which totaled over $4,500, benefited......
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Review: Making A Difference Through Music

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Reading Time: 3 minutesAMBER MATTICE Special to The Leader   There was an extremely successful turnout this year for Fredonia Radio Systems’ Rockin’ The Commons. Barker Commons was alive with the strumming of various acoustic guitars and the overall energetic air of the bands and the people watching them. Saying that the bands......
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Shanghai Quartet in Residency

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Reading Time: 3 minutesMARIA MELCHIORRE Special to The Leader   “The music is a language itself,” said Lily Li, International Recruiting Assistant for the School of Music. “It’s really a dual-lingual sound,” she continued, explaining the expressional and tonal differences between the Chinese and English languages and how these manifest in the quartet’s......
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A night of poetry Beat Poetry Festival showcases variety of topics

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Reading Time: 3 minutes[metaslider id=3323] CHARLES PRITCHARD Staff Writer The National Beat Poetry Festival at Fredonia kicked off this past weekend; a number of poets from out-of-state came, shared their work and interacted with the young poets on campus. The Festival, which, as one of the poets pointed out, is actually an international......
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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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