Welcoming Students, Families, Teachers, and Community Members!
At Fredonia, music is for everyone.
The SUNY Fredonia School of Music is excited to partner with WBFO/WNED to support Section VI student-athletes. You can listen to the games live on WBFO radio Friday evenings at 7PM, or watch them live on WNED Create!
Stay on beat! Start your music career at Fredonia while playing the sports you love. Here, you can pursue both passions—music and athletics. With over 120 student clubs and organizations, including many music-related groups, you’ll find a variety of performing opportunities in our School of Music, both auditioned and non-auditioned. Plus, we offer 19 NCAA Division III sports teams along with a wide range of intramural and club sports.
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Fredonia Fast Facts:
- Fredonia School of Music has produced many GRAMMY-winning alumni, including Randy Merrill ('97) who won a 2024 GRAMMY as mastering engineer for his work on “Midnights” by Taylor Swift for Album of the Year. Merrill also received nominations for Album of the Year as mastering engineer for “GUTS,” by Olivia Rodrigo, as mastering engineer for “What Was I Made For?” [From The Motion Picture "Barbie"] by Billie Eilish, for “Vampire” by Rodrigo, and for Swift’s “Anti-Hero.”
- Last year's New York State Teacher of the Year was music alum, Zach Arenz ('10, '12).
- Fredonia School of Music alumnus Steve “Major” Giammaria (ʼ06) received multiple 2024 Emmy awards for his work on the popular show, “The Bear.”
- Fredonia is home to over 120 collegiate Division III All-Americans (including national champions) and team championships.
Find Your Place at Fredonia
Music at FredoniaAthletics at Fredonia
- Music Education
- Music Performance
- Sound Recording Technology
- Music Therapy
- Music Composition
- BA Music
SUNY Fredonia has 120+ student clubs and organizations, and MANY of them are connected to music. Here is just a glimpse:
American Choral Directors Association (ACDA)
American String Teachers Association (ASTA)
Conductor's Guild
Dynamic Intonation
Ethos New Music Society
Fredonia Bass Society
Fredonia Brass Association
Fredonia Clarinet Association
Fredonia’s Divine Sound Gospel Choir
Fredonia Guitar Society
Fredonia Improv. Collective
Fredonia Jazz Workshop
Fredonia Renaissance Choir
Fredonia Student Keyboard Association
Fredonia Trombone Workshop
The Guerrillas
Video Game Orchestra (VGO)
Pops! Orchestra
Media Jazz Ensemble
Music Therapy Club
National Association of Music Education (NAfME)
New York State Band Directors Association (NYSBDA)
Noteworthy
Percussion Guild
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
Premium Blend
The Riveters
Sigma Alpha Iota (SAI)
Some Like It Hot
Student Opera Theatre Association (SOTA)
Tonmeisters
- 3 orchestras
- 3 bands
- 4 choirs
- Percussion Ensemble
- Flute Ensemble
- Bassoon Ensemble
- Clarinet Ensemble
- Piano Ensemble
- Chamber ensembles
- African Drumming Ensemble
- DownBeat Award-winning jazz ensembles (many of them!)
- Hillman Opera
- and more!
- Club Baseball
- Club Hockey
- Club Ultimate Frisbee
- Extreme Sports of Fredonia
- Fredonia Blackhorse Rugby
- Fredonia Club Lacrosse
- Fredonia Men's Club Soccer
- Fredonia Quidditch
- Fredonia Tennis
- Fredonia Women's Club Soccer
- Men's Club Volleyball
- Women's Club Volleyball
- Dodgeball
- Flag Football
- Indoor Volleyball
- Pickleball
Celebrating Music Educators
For each Friday Night Lights football game, we're sending a special shoutout to all the dedicated music teachers (and Fredonia music alumni!) who are doing amazing things with our students every day. Thank you for all that you do!
Note: SUNY Fredonia music alumni are indicated in BOLD
Are we missing someone? Please let us know! music@fredonia.edu
10/25 Bennett at Orchard Park
Bennett Music Teachers:
Eric Crittenden
Orchard Park Music Teachers:
Scott Bean
Adam Brignone
Mr. Carson
Ms. Comerford-Dorman
Mrs. Feldman
Mrs. Filsinger
Ms. Greetham
Mrs. Glasgow
Ms. Greetham
Mrs. Holden
Mrs. Kelleran
Mr. Kontrabecki
Sarah LaPaglia
Alex Safford
Mrs. Smith
Ms. Strohmeier
Marcella Wentland
10/18: Fredonia at Southwestern
Fredonia Music Teachers:
Andrew Bennett
Michelle Russ
Ryan Shanahan
Kevin Way
April Hartung
Kristen Terreri
Alexandra Goff
Molly Williams
Southwestern Music Teachers:
Elizabeth Christensen
Cody Hiller
Sue Huther
Janice Johnson
Jamie Sigler
10/11: Jamestown at Lancaster
Jamestown Music Teachers:
Kristen Brunacini
Kathleen Brunco
Sai Ceng
Katherine Derrenbacher
Marie Karbacka
Marc Lentsch
Meghan Murray
Carrie Pawelski
Lauren Scharf
Catherine South
Gina Wakefield
Matthew Antalek
Helen Smit
Ethan Wile
Lancaster Music Teachers:
Megan Bemb
Marybeth Conlon
Allison Costanzo-Metcalfe
Kailey Czyz
Daniel DeAngelis
Arianna Durkin
Ariana Giordano
Richard Goss
Erin Rush
Carrie Hillery
Angela Marino
Bethany McKernan
Michael Morrissey
Michelle Nagy
Lynne Ruda
Jacob Seymour
Amanda Shamrock
Mike Shamrock
Alicia Struckmann
Shannon Zolnowski
10/4: Iroquois at Pioneer
Iroqouis Music Teachers:
Lauren Fox
Timothy Gastle
Lucyanne Gordon
John Iocco
Chelsea Miller
Emma Schutt
Madison Szablewski
Lucia Swarts
Pioneer Music Teachers:
David Chatterton
Victoria Tomasulo
April Woolley
Bridgette Brooks
Jared Burch
Donna Catalano
Kimberly Higgins
Ceresa Kozlowski
John Reagan
Jeremy Wilton
Onna Hacker
9/27: Clymer/Sherman/Panama at Franklinville/Ellicottville
Clymer Music Teachers:
Daland Perry
Christopher Wakefield
Sherman Music Teachers:
Sally Berg
Andrew Minton
Panama Music Teachers:
Jennie Caruso
Jenna Devereaux
Victoria Mazurkiewicz
Franklinville Music Teachers:
Alfred Angeleri
Derek Briggs
Kate Chatterton
Pat Waldron
Ellicottville Music Teachers:
Wendy Burch
Kathleen Weller
Crystal Wilder
9/20: Frontier at Clarence
Frontier Music Teachers:
Miquela Cerrone
Emma Clinton
Shannon Connors
James DesJardins
Alison Dubel
Jacqueline Dubill
John Kresse
Kelsey Lamancuso
Alicia Macon
Todd Macon
Abigail Mastrodomenico
Patricia Miraglia
Scott Panfil
Richard Riederer
Beth Salzman
Louis Shafer
Laura Sullivan
Cristina Voto
Daryl Warren
Clarence Music Teachers:
Dana Bennett
Andrew Bodemer
Thomas Furminger
Chryste Mallory
Andrea Runfola
Thomas Stroth
Louis Vitello
James Ieda
Daniel Polino
Douglas Shaw
Amanda Witherell
Valerie Acee
Erin Alexander
Daniel Denecke
Marissa Devoe
Amy Fetterly
Kristen Grajek
Heidi Kohler
9/13: St. Joe's at Jamestown
St. Joe’s Music Teachers:
Michael Hooker
Jeff Walling
Jamestown Music Teachers:
Kristen Brunacini
Kathleen Brunco
Sai Ceng
Katherine Derrenbacher
Marie Karbacka
Marc Lentsch
Meghan Murray
Carrie Pawelski
Lauren Scharf
Catherine South
Gina Wakefield
Matthew Antalek
Helen Smit
Ethan Wile