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Life & Arts

Quartet Conversations Shanghai Quartet gives lectures and master classes

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MARIA MELCHIORRE Special to The Leader   Over the course of the past week, Sep. 30 – Oct. 3, Fredonia has been honored to host the world-renowned Shanghai Quartet for a series of lectures, master classes and a performance. Joining the quartet was music education expert Roberta Guaspari-Tzavaras. The residency......
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Planned Parenthood funding reattributed to defense spending

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PHYLLIS T. CUPP Lampoonist   Much controversy has recently surrounded the decision to defund Planned Parenthood. The organization is well-known for its abortion services — though those services are only 3 percent of all that Planned Parenthood offers. Now that the almost $600 million organization has been defunded by the......
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Life & Arts

Fredonia Radio Systems Rocks The Commons

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[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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Life & Arts

Shanghai Quartet in Residency

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MARIA 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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Life & Arts

Cleveland Jazz Orchestra to open the DFT Communication Pop Series

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CARLY 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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Life & Arts

Grammy winner as keynote speaker at music education summit

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[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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