Mason Hall

[Opinion] Rosch Wrapped 2023

Contributor to The LeaderDecember 10, 2023December 6, 2023

December 10, 2023December 6, 2023

LUKE VILLAVICENCIO Special to The Leader Here we are, another semester nearly finished. While I’d love nothing more than to move on to the potentially restful break, I figured it would be nice to take a second to reminisce about this concert-filled fall. After seeing everyone and their mother’s dog’s......

Life & Arts

The Return of the Safe Halloween event

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 6, 2023November 6, 2023

November 6, 2023November 6, 2023

ROSEMARIE RAPISARDA Special to the Leader Halloween is often celebrated by children going door-to-door and trick-or-treating in their neighborhoods. However, the SUNY Fredonia community wanted to offer an alternative. This year, Safe Halloween was brought back to the SUNY Fredonia campus for the first time since 2019, with the largest......

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Women in music: Wise words for the next generation

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 17, 2023October 15, 2023

October 17, 2023October 15, 2023

LUKE VILLAVICENCIO Special to The Leader If someone asked you about classical music and composers, chances are you’ll likely think of “the greats”: Ludwig van Beethoven, Johann Sebastian Bach, Felix Mendelssohn — the list goes on. But how many of those who come to mind are women? Many people will......

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[SATIRE] Fenton Hall from a music major’s perspective

Contributor to The LeaderMay 8, 2022May 8, 2022

May 8, 2022May 8, 2022

MEGAN KIDBY Guest Scallywag The following is a parody of the article “Mason Hall from an outsider’s perspective,” previously published March 30, 2022 in Issue 10. As I approached the book building with the bricks I only had one thing on my mind: how was I going to survive in......

Life & Arts

The winds are back: Importance of live ensemble performances

Contributor to The LeaderApril 25, 2022April 24, 2022

April 25, 2022April 24, 2022

AUSTIN YOUNGS Special to The Leader As a musician who has been playing the bassoon for nine years, I’ve seen the importance of the wind band in American music education. That importance remains the same here at the Fredonia School of Music. At Fredonia, there are several large wind band......

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Mason Hall from an outsider’s perspective

Contributor to The LeaderApril 5, 2022April 4, 2022

April 5, 2022April 4, 2022

ANDREA VÉLEZ-DAVIS Special to The Leader As I approach the red brick building where only some of the most talented people go, I stare at the oldest building of the Fredonia Normal School campus that marked the beginning of the music program in 1941. It is famously known as Mason......

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[Opinion] Rosch Wrapped 2023

The Return of the Safe Halloween event

Women in music: Wise words for the next generation

[SATIRE] Fenton Hall from a music major’s perspective

The winds are back: Importance of live ensemble performances

Mason Hall from an outsider’s perspective