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Life & Arts

Musical theatre students prepare to work with Jason Robert Brown Tony-winning composer to hold lecture, master class and recital

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesMAGGIE GILROY Editor in Chief “When I was little, my oldest sister had all these musical CDs, and I remember the first one was ‘RENT’ and then another one that she got was ‘The Last Five Years,’ and that was when it first came out,” said Alanna Henriquez, a senior......
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Life & Arts

Keyboardist of Snarky Puppy shares his talents with Fredonia

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesKORI BARKLEY Staff Writer The once Texas, now New York-based, collective of musicians known as Snarky Puppy play an infectious fusion of jazz, funk, soul and world music, or “music to move the brain and booty,” as the band describes it. Snarky Puppy features a collective of at least 40......
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Mainstage theater review: “Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical”

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesREBECCA HALE Reverb Editor “Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical” opened on April 10 in Marvel Theatre, and those who have seen it have been blown away. “Hair” is a theatrical beast that the Department of Theatre and Dance tackled full-force, and the result was a show that was powerful,......
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News

Singers take the spotlight in SOTA master class

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesS. L. FULLER News Editor There’s a vocal technique that baritone David Small got from his wife, which she calls “caboosing.” “A trick for if you ever find yourself tripping over words is to start from the last syllable and … work your way back,” Small told senior Ashley Cappelli......
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Life & Arts

Music Industry Club hosts another successful Life is Art festival

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesKORI BARKLEY Staff Writer Mother Nature was on Music Industry Club’s side last Saturday as they held their sixth annual Life is Art festival in Barker Commons. Though the air was cold, what looked to be a rainy day turned into a sunshine filled afternoon, allowing Fredonia’s local musicians, vendors......
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Into The ‘Jungle’ New Masons, X Ambassadors & Hellogoodbye dominate Fredonia’s Spring Headliner Concert

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Reading Time: 7 minutesNAOMI LYNCH Staff Writer “Follow me — into the jungle!” X Ambassadors’ lead singer Sam Harris growled into the microphone. The audience sure did. New Masons, X Ambassadors and Hellogoodbye shut down the house for the return of Spectrum’s Spring Headliner. Sunday evening might sound like an odd time for......
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Life & Arts

RETRO Special held on April Fools’ day Music faculty to poke fun at serious musical repertoire

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesKORI BARKLEY Staff Writer   Fredonia is known for its matchless creativity and amazing endeavors in all aspects of the university; it is only fitting that faculty in the School of Music would create a way to put an exciting twist on performing traditional music.   Tonight at 8 p.m.......
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