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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!

Friday Night Lights

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

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