COURNTEE CESTA
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Students in Mason Hall are being presented with some amazing opportunities this semester and are preparing an outstanding line-up for the spring. Check out what’s in store for Mason this semester!
Western New York Chamber Orchestra performs world premiere of Mahler’s “Song of the Earth”
Feb. 9 at 4 pm in Rosch Recital Hall – WNYCO continues its 2013-14 season performing a world premiere arrangement of “Das Lied Von Der Erde” (“The Song of the Earth”) composed by Austrian composer Gustav Mahler and arranged by WNYCO Music Director and Conductor Glen Cortese. The concert features guest soloists Lynne McMurtry, mezzo soprano and SUNY Fredonia voice professor, and Marc Deaton, tenor and active American performer, as well as highlights many other SUNY Fredonia instrumental faculty members. The event is free for all SUNY students.
Student Opera Theatre Association annual Opera Scenes performance
Feb. 27 – March 1 at the Fredonia Opera House – SUNY Fredonia’s student group SOTA traditionally performs individual scenes from popular operas for their annual performance of Opera Scenes. This year, the group is preparing a brand new opera, “The Orphans in Autumn” composed by SUNY Fredonia music theory professor Sean Doyle. Other numbers are from operas and operettas “the Pirates of Penzance,” “Albert Herring” and “The Merry Widow.” Tickets are available the night of each performance at the door at the opera house.
Western New York Chamber Orchestra presents “Die Fledermaus” in concert
March 30 at 4pm in King Concert Hall – WNYCO concludes their “Classics Series” with an English-version concert performance of Johann Strauss’ “Die Fledermaus,” featuring special guests from the School of Music and from the community. Tickets can be purchased at the SUNY Fredonia ticket office. All SUNY Fredonia student tickets are free.
Festival Chorale Concert at Carnegie Hall
Feb. 16 at 2pm in Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage – SUNY Fredonia’s Director of Choral Activities, Gerald Gray, is preparing the newly formed SUNY Fredonia Festival Chorale to perform at Carnegie Hall in mid-February as part of the MidAmerica Productions’ Ensemble Spotlight Series. The festival showcases choral and orchestral ensembles from Tennessee, Wisconsin and New York, and features Gray as a guest conductor for the Vaughan Williams “Dona nobis pacem.” Tickets for the concert are available through Carnegie Hall. For complete details visitwww.midamerica-music.com/concerts.
Grammy-winning Los Angeles Guitar Quartet performs with Fredonia Guitar Ensemble
April 4 at 8pm in Rosch Recital Hall – Referred to as “The world’s hottest classical ensemble or its tightest pop band” by the Los Angeles Times, the LAGQ is coming to SUNY Fredonia in early April. Members John Dearman, Matthew Greif, William Kanengiser and Scott Tennant will perform a wide array of pieces ranging from Latin, African and Far East, to Irish, Folk and American Classics. Together, LAGQ and the Fredonia Guitar Ensemble will perform “SHIKI: Seasons of Japan,” written specifically for the LAGQ plus guitar orchestra by Japanese composer Shingo Fujii.
Be sure to check out the full calendar of events on Fredonia’s website!