Music

Fredonia’s violinist David Rose performs from the heart

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 14, 2024November 14, 2024

November 14, 2024November 14, 2024

Photo Via Fredonia.edu David Rose, an associate professor at SUNY Fredonia, brings his expertise to the Music Department. This expertise stems from many years of professional experience, along with a passion for teaching prior to coming to Fredonia. Before making his way to campus, Rose had quite the professional career.......

Opinion

A Playlist for Every Mood: A lifetime of best friends

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 11, 2024October 11, 2024

October 11, 2024October 11, 2024

MARISSA BURR Special to The Leader It’s been a rough start to the year. It’s been a rough couple of weeks. It’s really been a rough few days. I won’t get into it — I’m not ready — but I’ve had to cut a bunch of songs out of my......

Opinion

A Playlist for Every Mood: One Line Zingers

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 23, 2024September 23, 2024

September 23, 2024September 23, 2024

MARISSA BURROpinion Editor Graphic By JOHN LEAHY | Staff Artist I spend more than 40 hours a week surrounded by toddlers, and another 40 doing homework so I can finally earn my bachelor’s degree — I do not have the mental capacity to listen to songs all the way through.......

Life & Arts

A guide to the Fredonia music scene

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 8, 2024September 8, 2024

September 8, 2024September 8, 2024

ELENA FITZGERALD Staff Writer Magazine Beach performing at BJ’s bar in Fredonia. Photograph by Justin Hoock. Fredonia is home to a flourishing music scene, with both local and visiting bands bringing all kinds of live music to the campus and surrounding community. I myself have been an avid concert-goer my......

Life & Arts

Dr. Rob Deemer — Fredonia’s new faculty maestro

Drew PaluchAugust 29, 2024August 28, 2024

August 29, 2024August 28, 2024

DAN QUAGLIANA Managing Editor Dr. Rob Deemer is a name that most students have probably heard floating around campus, even if they don’t know exactly who he is. Finding out all that he does will take a long time, simply because he accomplishes so much around the university. Deemer is,......

Life & Arts

All about the upcoming Reverberation Music Festival

Contributor to The LeaderMay 15, 2024May 15, 2024

May 15, 2024May 15, 2024

LEE PYE Staff Writer Last year, a student-run, all-day music festival celebrated folk with folks, and the Reverberation Music Festival is coming back a lot bigger, and a lot louder. Jacob Kantner is a fourth-year English Adolescent Education BA/MA student at SUNY Fredonia, balancing his major, being a singer/songwriter and......

Opinion

[OPINION] A Playlist for Every Mood: Songs of the Rainbow

Contributor to The LeaderMay 15, 2024May 10, 2024

May 15, 2024May 10, 2024

MARISSA BURROpinion Editor As someone who spent 18 years of my life not accepting the fact that I was a bisexual woman, I heard plenty of songs that made me feel all sunshine and rainbows inside, without knowing why. I would gravitate towards openly queer anthems thinking it was just......

Life & Arts

A first for the Music Industry Club, Fredchella, a two-day festival

Contributor to The LeaderMay 11, 2024May 10, 2024

May 11, 2024May 10, 2024

ELENA FITZGERALD Staff Writer The Music Industry Club put a spin on their yearly spring event, which was known as Soulstice Jam, and is now Fredchella. Soulstice Jam was a Music Industry Club event that was primarily held during the spring semester for one day. The winning band of Battle......

Life & Arts

Touring band ‘Magazine Beach’ to headline BJ’s Fest

Chloe KowalykMay 8, 2024May 8, 2024

May 8, 2024May 8, 2024

CHLOE KOWALYK Editor in Chief Last Call Entertainment is ending off the semester with a bang with the upcoming BJ’s Fest. Last Call is an entertainment group that books local and touring bands at BJ’s, a local bar in downtown Fredonia, located at 51 W. Main St. Those working at......

Life & Arts

Fredonia experiences a total solar eclipse

Contributor to The LeaderApril 23, 2024April 23, 2024

April 23, 2024April 23, 2024

IZZIE INZINNA Staff Writer KRYSTYNA PORTUGUES-KLOS Staff Writer Western New York experienced a rare celestial event on April 8 — being in the path of totality for a total solar eclipse. The light in the sky faded into black, shocking engulfed towns across the nation. A solar eclipse can only......

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