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GRAMMY win brings Fredonia alumnus praise, swag and Twitter trends

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Reading Time: 5 minutesMAGGIE GILROY Reverb Editor The cafeteria of Westfield Secondary School added a new addition to its decor Friday evening: a red carpet fit for a GRAMMY winner. Members of the Westfield community filled the quaint school’s cafeteria eager to greet Kent Knappenberger, recent winner of the first ever GRAMMY Music......
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‘Sound of Music’ telecast garners huge ratings and mixed reviews

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Reading Time: 5 minutesMAGGIE GILROY Reverb Editor The hills are alive with … a former American Idol? As soon as the casting was announced for NBC’s live telecast of “The Sound of Music,” with former American Idol winner and country superstar Carrie Underwood in the leading role of Maria, fans of the beloved......
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‘A cap’ on improv: American Choral Directors Association features a capella workshop

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Reading Time: 2 minutesKRISTEN SHULTIS Special to The Leader The stage in Diers hosted some of the campus’ best a cappella groups during a workshop put on by the American Choral Directors Association and Dr.Huff. Featured groups included Premium Blend and Vocal Jazz Ensemble. Both got their chance to show the audience their......
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Fairytale took King in the form of an opera

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Reading Time: 3 minutesKRISTEN SHULTIS and MAGGIE GILROY Special to The Leader and Reverb Editor On Friday night, King concert hall erupted with sounds of idle chatter and the warming up of an orchestra. On the stage in front of that orchestra sat a lonely fireplace just waiting for the singers to arrive......
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Arturo Sandoval, Cuban Jazz trumpeter, supplies soul to SUNY Fredonia

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Reading Time: 4 minutesCOURTNEE CESTA Staff Writer Nine-time Grammy winner and protégé of Dizzy Gillespie Arturo Sandoval will join SUNY Fredonia students and faculty on Monday, Nov. 11 at 8 p.m. in Rosch Recital Hall. Sandoval is a distinguished musician in both the jazz and classical worlds, and performs regularly with some of......
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Adjunct Spotlight: Musically and technically speaking, Yuen has it all

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Reading Time: 6 minutesCARL LAM Staff Writer Many who are not familiar with Mason Hall could attest that all that can be seen are doors. Gray doors, green doors, wooden doors — any type of door, really. And then there are the red doors, often filled with reminders, lesson schedules, concert information and......
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The Lone Bellow

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Reading Time: 2 minutesEILEEN MOWREY Assistant Reverb Editor One morning at Dizzy’s Diner in Park Slope, Brooklyn, three musicians, Zach Williams, Brian Elmquist and Kanene Pipkin, made music together for the first time. They were, respectively, a solo artist, a diner employee and a girl who had recently returned from Beijing. Today they......
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The best three music apps you (probably) don’t have

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Reading Time: 5 minutesPJ GERLACH Special to The Leader In the era of the Smartphone, music is the cornerstone. The stylish mini-computers we carry around with us everyday evolved out of a growing desire to always be plugged in to our music. It all started with the Sony Walkman, the first product (besides......
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The iPad ensemble; music reinvented

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Reading Time: 4 minutesEILEEN MOWREY Assistant Reverb Editor “As a researcher, you’re always saying, ‘I wonder what would happen if … ’” said Jill Reese, an assistant professor of music education and recent recipient of a two-semester grant for an “iPads for Music Making and Music Teaching” program. Reese, along with co-investigator Matthew......
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