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Fredonia alumnus spotlight: ‘The Merch Gremlin’

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 5 minutesDOMINICK CORSI Staff Writer Friendly, passionate, enthusiastic, inspirational, silly. The list goes on. These are just a few characteristics that Alex Erwin’s collaborators and friends would use to describe the former Fredonia Radio Systems personality. Erwin’s legacy at Fredonia Radio Systems is well-versed through his involvement in a plethora of......
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Battle of the New Bands brings another three acts into the music scene 

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Reading Time: 4 minutesELENA FITZGERALD Special to The Leader The Music Industry Club is back at it with another Battle of the New Bands.  This event exists as a tradition that has brought many bands together that are now integral to the Buffalo music scene.  The event was planned mainly by Ahmani McKoy,......
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Cornflake Car: A student thriving in the music industry

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesNYELA RENNIE Special to The Leader Asia Toyryla is making waves in the national and international music scenes from the little Western New York town of Fredonia. Toyryla is a student here at SUNY Fredonia. She is currently majoring in music industry and minoring in economics. Her artist name is......
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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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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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The art of being two people at once: Saint Blind artist profile

Contributor to The Leader
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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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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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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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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