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Life & Arts

The Local Lo-Down’s Beachfest brings sunshine amidst snowstorm

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesISABELLA INZINNA Staff Writer The weather might be cold and windy, but that didn’t stop the Local Lo-Down from picking a beach theme for their last concert of the semester. Nov. 11’s Beachfest was the last concert of the Fall 2023 semester hosted by The Local Lo-Down.  Many students were......
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Life & Arts

The silence between, before and after: A concert analysis

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Reading Time: 7 minutesLUKE VILLAVICENCIO Special to The Leader  “Music is the silence between the notes.”          – Claude Debussy Rosch Recital Hall, Oct. 22—You could hear a pin drop.  The crowd is quiet and the Ekstasis Duo, made up of Fredonia’s own Dr. Natasha Farny (cello) and Dr. Eliran Avni (piano), has taken......
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Life & Arts

The art of being two people at once: Saint Blind artist profile

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Reading Time: 8 minutesJORDAN BUDD Staff Writer Aaron Schapiro, also known as A.W. Schapiro, started his musical project SAINT BLIND in Igoe Hall 311A by trying to be two people at once. Shapiro emulated a method done by Johnny Marr and Morrissey of the band The Smiths. SAINT BLIND’s origin was inspired by......
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Life & Arts

Women in music: Wise words for the next generation

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesLUKE VILLAVICENCIO Special to The Leader  If someone asked you about classical music and composers, chances are you’ll likely think of “the greats”: Ludwig van Beethoven, Johann Sebastian Bach, Felix Mendelssohn — the list goes on.  But how many of those who come to mind are women?  Many people will......
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Life & Arts

Ethos New Music Society offers student composers a platform to perform

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Reading Time: 3 minutesDAN QUAGLIANA News Editor As a university with a high population of music students, it comes as no surprise that there are a multitude of music-focused clubs on campus. One of the most prolific of such clubs is the Ethos New Music Society (Ethos, for short). Ethos is a student-run......
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Life & Arts

A student’s dedication to keep the music flowing

Chloe Kowalyk
Reading Time: 5 minutesCHLOE KOWALYK Editor in Chief  CHLOE KOWALYK | Editor in Chief The Fredonia music scene is taking on a new face.  Elena Fitzgerald, a junior music industry major with minors in music and communication, is paving her way in the local music scene.  Fitzgerald is 20 years old and is......
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Opinion

A playlist for every mood: Main character energy

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Reading Time: 6 minutesMARISSA BURR Opinion Editor We’ve all had those moments where we can imagine we are the main characters in the movie being made around us. It’s hard to describe exactly how it feels, and when it happens is different for everyone, but overall, it’s just this overwhelming feeling of warmth......
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Life & Arts

Looking ahead: Fredonia alumnus gives advice to break into the music industry

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Reading Time: 3 minutesROSEMARIE RAPISARDA Special to The Leader It’s a new school year and the class of 2024 will soon have to prepare for their post-Fredonia path.  Just weeks after graduating, alumnus Anthony Casuccio went from wearing a tie-dye tee and riding a mountain bike to wearing a three-piece suit on his......
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Opinion

[OPINION] Going hardcore at BJ’s: A review

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Reading Time: 3 minutesHUNTER HALTERMAN  Staff Writer Bodies were flying.  That’s the best way to describe the BJ’s concert on Sept. 14. With the hardcore lineup of Zero Again, Besta Quadrada and Science Man, moshing was inevitable.  That being said, the night started off as quite the opposite. With Zero Again performing first,......
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