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Loss of Student: Passing of Stephanie Handschu brings new tragedy to Fredonia

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Reading Time: 2 minutesMACI COSMORE Special to The Leader   As holiday and new year festivities wrapped up and students and staff began to return back to campus for the Spring semester, heartbreak struck the Fredonia campus. Stephanie Handschu, 21, of Plainview, Long Island and a Fredonia student, passed away suddenly on Jan.......
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Fredonia club highlight: Much More Chill

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Reading Time: 2 minutesELYSE GRIECO Life & Arts Editor   With more than 170 student organizations offered on campus, Fredonia has a club for every student with every interest. Much More Chill is one of the many a capella groups open to the student body. The club has been performing together for the......
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Fredonia School of Music and Hillman Opera present ‘Don Giovanni’

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Reading Time: 2 minutesGIOVANINA VANCHERI Special to The Leader   Fredonia’s School of Music and The Hillman Opera are collaborating to put on a production of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.” “Don Giovanni” is an opera based on the legend of Don Juan. It tells the classic story of a young nobleman who is sexually......
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Remembering Bernard Woma

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Reading Time: 3 minutesERIKETA COST Staff Writer   Fredonia’s own Ghanaian xylophone player, performer and mentor recently passed away on April 27 after battling cancer. A memorial service will be held for Bernard Woma Saturday, Sept. 29 at 1 p.m. in Mason Hall. It will begin with prayers and an unveiling of the......
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Fredonia Radio Systems rocks the Commons

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Reading Time: 2 minutesGIOVANINA VANCHERI Special to The Leader   It was music that helped warm downtown Fredonia on the chilly first day of fall. Fredonia students, community members and musicians came together to listen to music, play games and enjoy barbecue at Rockin’ the Commons last Saturday. The annual event, hosted by......
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Grammy Award Winners, The Harlem Quartet, comes to Fredonia

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Reading Time: 2 minutesCASSIDY HERMAN Special to The Leader A quartet that has thrilled audiences in 47 states as well as in the U.K., France, Belgium, Brazil, Canada and South Africa is coming to a concert hall near you. Rosch Recital Hall, that is. The Harlem Quartet will make an appearance in Fredonia,......
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Canadian Brass Quintet: Preview

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Reading Time: 2 minutesERIKETA COST Special to The Leader   From 1600s Baroque music to 1940s Dixieland, the Canadian Brass Quintet has all kinds of decades to transport Fredonia students back to for their upcoming concert. The internationally known group is coming to Fredonia on Sept. 21. Their story starts in 1970 with......
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Making a difference through music: ‘It’s On Us’ concert brings awareness to sexual violence

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Reading Time: 2 minutesERIKETA COST Special to The Leader   Bringing the community together with music is one way to start a conversation about sexual assault. Fredonia’s musical fraternity, Phi Mu Alpha, and STEPs (Students Teaching Equals Positive Sexuality) held their “It’s On Us” concert last Friday. A capella groups, jazz groups and......
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‘He was one of the greatest musicians who had a lot of love for his craft of drumming’ : In memory of Bernard Woma

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Reading Time: 3 minutesELYSE GRIECO Assistant Life & Arts Editor   On April 27, 2018, the Fredonia community lost a teacher, friend and amazingly talented musician. Bernard Woma was only 51 years old when he lost his battle to cancer. Woma hailed from Hiineteng, a village located in Northwestern Ghana. By the age......
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