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Life & Arts

A conversation with Savannah King

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 7 minutesCLAIRE WOODCOCK Special to The Leader I met up with Savannah in Starbucks on a grey, Wednesday afternoon. We briefly bonded over the colds we were getting over before settling into the interview. She told me about her experience touring with the 10,000 Maniacs, working with her own band, an......
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Life & Arts

Hillman Opera features ‘Susannah’ Opera set in McCarthy period focuses on contemporary issues

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesPhoto taken by Gabbie Lee / Assistant Photo Editor REBECCA HALE Assistant Reverb Editor Over the weekend, Marvel Theatre was alive with the sounds of opera, as the Hillman Opera presented this year’s musical drama, “Susannah.” “Susannah” is a work by Carlisle Floyd that is set in 20th century Evangelist......
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Life & Arts

Student vocalists to be featured with BPO

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesKORI BARKLEY Staff Writer Eight students from Fredonia have been given the extraordinary opportunity to perform with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra during its “Glorious Gershwin” Pops Concert this Saturday, Nov. 8, at 8 p.m. at Kleinhans Music Hall. Under the direction of Matt Catingub, featured artist and guest conductor, the......
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Life & Arts

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

Contributor to The Leader
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

Contributor to The Leader
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

Contributor to The Leader
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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News

Fredonia alumni inducted into Buffalo Music Hall of Fame

Contributor to The Leader
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

Contributor to The Leader
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

Contributor to The Leader
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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