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Life & Arts

‘Harmony across the arts’: New WM Art Installation debuting soon

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Reading Time: 2 minutesSHENECA SHARPE Staff Writer   With a new semester taking place, it’s time to get back into the college routine, whether that be classes, clubs and maybe even work. Despite all of the things boggling every college student’s brain, an idea can spring up  in the most stressful of situations.......
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Life & Arts

All that jazz at EBC Fredonia Jazz Ensemble and Weapons of Jazz Destruction host big band bash

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Reading Time: 3 minutesMARIA MELCHIORRE Staff Writer   On April 29, EBC West was transformed into a jazz-age speakeasy through the jazz big band stylings of the Fredonia Jazz Ensemble and Weapons of Jazz Destruction. The Fredonia Jazz Ensemble started as a dance band at the Fredonia Normal School in 1934. The University......
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Life & Arts

Music Industry Club breaks records Life is Art garners highest fundraising total to date

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Reading Time: 3 minutesAMBER MATTICE and CLAIRE O’REILLY Assistant Reverb Editor and Staff Writer   It was a gloomy day for most in Fredonia, but that didn’t stop the high energy in Steele Hall last Sunday afternoon. Music Industry Club’s Life is Art event brought in a great deal of local talent from......
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Life & Arts

A Premium Blend-ing of voices Seniors sing in last Spring Showcase

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Reading Time: 2 minutes[metaslider id=6551] SHENECA SHARPE Staff Writer   Premium Blend rocked the stage once again with its Spring Showcase featuring Call4Backup. Premium Blend, doing what it does best, started off with slow melodies then went into strong vocals emulating popular songs, while giving them a slight Premium Blend twist. The group’s......
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Life & Arts

10th annual BJ’s Fest brings a barrage of bands

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Reading Time: 3 minutesMARIA MELCHIORRE Staff Writer   Today and tomorrow will see the 10th annual BJ’s Fest. BJ’s, the Fredonia downtown staple, has been slinging drinks, serving greasy food and hosting great local bands since 1933. This 10th anniversary event will feature seven bands from the western and central New York areas.......
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Life & Arts

A Pulitzer well-deserved All about the hit musical, ‘Hamilton’

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Reading Time: 3 minutesRIANNA SEELIG Staff Writer   For those who don’t know — Alexander Hamilton was kind of a big deal. He was a Founding Father, a big player in the drafting and writing of the Constitution, the founder of the Federalist Party, the first Secretary of the Treasury, part of George......
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Life & Arts

Seniors signoff singing Vocal Point presents semi-annual showcase

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Reading Time: 2 minutesSHENECA SHARPE Staff Writer   Once again Vocal Point came back with a killer performance this semester. Vocal Point performed its semi-annual showcase with choreography by Liana Kaplan. It was a wonderfully displayed show in which the audience was enthralled. The songs varied from classics, such as “Somewhere Out There”......
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When a hearing is failed Senior music major arrested for emotional breakdown

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Reading Time: 2 minutesRAVIOLI Staff Lampoonist   It’s that time of the year again for the beloved music majors. Thousands of hours of practicing, sleepless nights and steady diets of Starbucks and … whatever else they have time for … culminates into brilliant recitals and temporary imaginary relief from the year’s stresses.    ......
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