ROCKEFELLER ARTS CENTER / THEATRE AND DANCE EVENTS
The Western New York Chamber Orchestra
“Miraculous Miniatures II”
Sunday, Feb. 8, 4 p.m.
King Concert Hall
Tickets: $20 (Fredonia students with ID, free; other students/children $5).
Features the world premiere of a work by Conductor Glen Cortese, “Nocturne.” Also works by Bizet, Copland and Mahler.
The Vocal Illusions of Lynn Trefzger, Comedy Ventriloquist
Friday, Feb. 20, 7 p.m.
Marvel Theatre
Tickets: $12
The 2006 “Funniest Female Performer of the Year” by Campus Activities magazine. The show is sure to delight young and old alike. A Kaleidoscope Family Series event.
Balm in Gilead
Feb. 27 and 28, March 5 to 7, 7:30 p.m.; March 1, 2 p.m.
Bartlett Theatre
Tickets: $20 (Fredonia students,
$12; other students, $18).
$12; other students, $18).
Lanford Wilson’s first full-length play depicts the denizens of Frank’s Café in the sleaze of N.Y.C. in the early 1960s. Recommended for mature audiences only. A Walter Gloor Mainstage Series event.
Western New York Chamber Orchestra
Don Giovanni
Sunday, March 29, 4 p.m.
King Concert Hall
Tickets: $20 (Fredonia students with ID, free; other students/children, $5).
Considered one of Mozart’s greatest works, a staged concert production.
HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical
April 10 and 11, 16 to 18, 7:30 p.m.;
April 12, 2 p.m.
April 12, 2 p.m.
Marvel Theatre
Tickets: $25 (Fredonia students,
$14; other students, $22).
$14; other students, $22).
The “Age of Aquarius” explodes onstage in this classic original rock musical. Recommended for mature audiences only. A Walter Gloor Mainstage Series event.
“China Rising”
with Dale Johnson
Saturday, April 11, 7:30 p.m.
King Concert Hall
Tickets: $8
Dale Johnson visits the Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, the Great Wall, the Terra Cotta soldiers, and rides the High Speed Bullet train to Shanghai. A World Travel Series event.
Fredonia Dance Ensemble
May 1 and 2, 7:30 p.m.; May 3, 2 p.m.
Marvel Theatre
Tickets: $20 (Fredonia students, $12; other students/children, $18).
Original, diverse works choreographed by faculty members and guest artists are featured with Fredonia’s talented dance students. A Walter Gloor Mainstage Series event.
Commencement Eve Pops
South Pacific in Concert
Friday, May 15, 7:30 p.m.
King Concert Hall
Tickets: $35, $30, $25, $20
A concert version of the classic musical from Rodgers and Hammerstein set in an island paradise during World War II. Student vocalists with the Western New York Chamber Orchestra. A DFT Communications Pops Series event.
ART EXHIBITS
Cathy and Jessie Marion Art Gallery, Michael C. Rockefeller Arts Center
Hours: Tuesday through Thursday, noon to 4 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, noon to 6 p.m.; and Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. Free.
“Fredonia Showcase”
Jan. 30 to Feb. 20. Opening reception: Jan. 30, 7 p.m.
Features works by faculty members of the Department of Visual Arts and New Media.
“These are a Few of My Favorite Things”
Feb. 27 to April 8. Opening reception: Feb. 27 at 7 p.m.
Select group of artists and mediums curated by Tina Hastings.
Senior Show I
April 17 to 23. Opening reception April 17, 7 p.m.
Works by graduating Visual Arts and New Media students.
Senior Show II
May 1 to 7. Opening reception
May 1, 7 p.m.
May 1, 7 p.m.
Works by graduating Visual Arts and New Media students.
SCHOOL OF MUSIC
To learn more, visit www.fredonia.edu/music
Faculty/Student and Guest Artist Recitals
All are free, open to the public, at 8 p.m., and in Rosch Recital Hall unless otherwise noted.
Saturday, Jan. 24, 4 p.m.
Faculty Recital: ANA Trio
Tuesday, Jan. 27
Faculty Recital: Sean Duggan, piano
Tuesday, Feb. 3
Guest Artist: Ken Thompkins, trombone, with Fredonia Trombone Choir
Monday, Feb. 9
Faculty Recital: Joe Dan Harper, tenor, and Dr. Anne Kissel, piano
Tuesday, Feb. 10
Guest Artist: Ian Clarke, flute
Friday, Feb. 13
Faculty Recital: Andrew Seigel, clarinet; I-Fei Chen, clarinet; Elizabeth Widzinski, clarinet; Laura Koepke, bassoon, and James Welch, piano.
Diers Hall
Saturday, Feb. 14
Guest Artist: Hans de Jong, saxophone
Tuesday, Feb. 17
Guest Artist: Dr. Joseph Kneer, violin, and Shirley Yoo, piano
Friday, Feb. 20, Noon
Guest Lecture: William Weinert, director of Choral Studies, Eastman School of Music
Monday, Feb. 23
Fredonia Faculty Showcase
Tuesday, Feb. 24
Guest Artist: Amy Glidden, violin
Sunday, March 1, 4 p.m.
Faculty Recital: Casey Gray, tenor
Monday, March 9, 2 p.m.
Master Class: Professor Emeritus Robert Jordan, piano
Monday, March 9
Guest Artist: Dr. David Leung, violin
Wednesday, March 11
Faculty Recital: David Rose, viola, and Dr. Dmitri Novgorodsky, piano
Monday, March 23
Faculty Recital: Dr. Anne Kissel, piano, and friends
Wednesday, April 1
Faculty Recital: Retro Special
Thursday, April 16, 5 p.m.
Master Class: Dr. Ernest Salem, violin
ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCES
Free, open to the public, and all at 8 p.m. unless noted.
King Concert Hall
Wednesday, Feb. 25 and April 22
Wind Symphony
Thursday, Feb. 26 and April 23
All College Band
Thursday, March 5 and Tuesday, April 14
Concert Band
Saturday, March 7 and Friday, May 1
College Symphony
Saturday, March 28 and April 25
Wind Ensemble
Friday, April 3, 4 p.m.
Organ Recital
Sunday, April 19, 4 p.m.
University Chorus/Women’s Choir
Sunday, May 3, 1 p.m.
Annual Concerto Competition
Rosch Recital Hall
Friday, April 10
World Mallets Ensemble
Saturday, April 11, 4 p.m.
College Choir/Chamber Choir
Monday, April 13
Flutasia Flute Ensemble
Wednesday, April 15
Saxophone Ensemble/Quartets
Monday, April 20
Student Composers
Tuesday, April 21
Guitar Ensemble/Quartets
Friday, April 24
Latin Jazz Ensemble
Monday, April 27
Percussion Ensemble
Tuesday, April 28
Free Improvisation
Wednesday, April 29
Curricular Jazz Ensemble
Thursday, April 30
Chamber Made Guitar
Friday, May 1, 6 p.m.
African Drumming Ensemble
SPECIAL EVENTS
Fifth Annual Intercollegiate Choral Festival
Saturday, Feb. 21, 4 p.m.
Rosch Recital Hall (general seating)
$10 general/Free for students with ID
Rosch Recital Hall (general seating)
$10 general/Free for students with ID
Chamber, College and Women’s choirs will be joined by the Eastman Chorale.
College Symphony Orchestra with Rachel Lee Priday, violin
Saturday, March 7, 8 p.m.
King Concert Hall (general seating)
$15 general/$8 students with ID
King Concert Hall (general seating)
$15 general/$8 students with ID
Priday joins forces with the Fredonia College Symphony, directed by Dr. David Rudge, for the Tchiakovsky
Violin Concerto in D major, op. 35. Other works by Glinka and Sibelius.
Violin Concerto in D major, op. 35. Other works by Glinka and Sibelius.
“Lord Nelson Mass”
Sunday, April 26, 4 p.m.
Rosch Recital Hall (reserved seating)
$15 general/$8 students with ID
Rosch Recital Hall (reserved seating)
$15 general/$8 students with ID
Chamber Orchestra and Masterworks Chorus with soloists Janet Brown, Laurie Tramuta, Dr. Gerald Gray and Jan Opalach. Program also includes the U.S. premiere of Robert Moran’s “Eclipse,” and works by Arthur Foote and Schubert.
