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Life & Arts

‘Ordinary Days’ kicks of PAC season Fredonia First United Methodist Church hosts intimate musical

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Reading Time: 3 minutesREBECCA HALE and MO SADEK Assistant Reverb Editor and Staff Writer Over the weekend, the Performing Arts Company opened their first show of the semester — “Ordinary Days,” written by Adam Gwon. The production played in the basement of the Fredonia First United Methodist Church and was directed by Cassandra......
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Life & Arts

Humor and music fill King

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Reading Time: 3 minutesKRISTEN SHULTIS Staff Writer On Friday night, California-based brass quintet Presidio Brass took over King Concert Hall. They brought with them some of their favorite pieces of music from famous movies. The day started with a special concert for about 500 kindergarten-through-sixth-graders, and then moved to a lecture on musicianship......
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Life & Arts

Quartetto Gelato to bring an amusing twist on traditional music

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Reading Time: 3 minutesKORI BARKLEY Staff Writer Described on their website as “supremely talented, deliciously smart, endlessly creative, refreshingly funny and totally surprising,” Quartetto Gelato, a virtuosic, classically trained, multi-genre group from Toronto, will bring its theatrical style and a taste of acrobatics to the Fredonia campus this week. Formed nearly 20 years......
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Fredonia alumni inducted into Buffalo Music Hall of Fame

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Reading Time: 5 minutesJORIAN HOLKA Special to The Leader Each year at its annual induction gala, the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame recognizes and honors natives and residents of Western New York who have proven invaluable to the local music scene. This year’s event will take place on Oct. 2, when 18 new......
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Life & Arts

Spotlight: Mr. Boneless at Music Is Art Festival

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Reading Time: 2 minutesCLAIRE WOODCOCK Staff Writer Buffalo was bursting with ‘Buffalove’ as over one hundred local bands and artists performed and showcased their work this past Saturday. On the west side of Delaware Park, locals celebrated the 12th annual Music is Art festival, originally founded by the Goo Goo Dolls’ Robby Takac......
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Life & Arts

GRAMMY winner Kent Knappenberger to visit Fredonia campus

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Reading Time: 3 minutesJORDYN HOLKA Reverb Editor How many music educators think for even one minute that a national award, maybe even a GRAMMY, is in their future? Probably not many. But for one, Kent Knappenberger, national recognition by way of a GRAMMY award is already a part of his accomplished past. Knappenberger......
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Life & Arts

The sound of Italy in Rosch

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Reading Time: 2 minutesKRISTEN SHULTIS Staff Writer Thursday night brought musicians, community members and students together in Rosch recital hall to hear the sounds of Italy. This concert included two faculty members from the School of Music, Julie Newell and Daniel Ihasz, as well as three native Italians, Stefani Donzelli, Sandra Buongrazio and......
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Life & Arts

School of Music presents Easter-related masterwork

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Reading Time: 3 minutesDr. Gerald Gray prepares musicians for the performance of “Saint John Passion” by Johann Sebastian Bach. Photo courtesy of Melissa Rechin / Photo Editor COURTNEE CESTA Assistant Reverb Editor The Fredonia Chamber Choir and Fredonia College Choir will collaborate with School of Music faculty and alumni to present the “Saint......
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