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Oboe Day to feature in-person, online options

Oboe Day, an annual tradition at the SUNY Fredonia School of Music geared to middle and high school students with a recital, master class, repair...

student playing saxophone

School of Music to host ‘Day of Jazz’ for high school instrumentalists

Fredonia Day of Jazz, a one-day workshop for intermediate to advanced high school instrumentalists interested in jazz improvisation, will be held at the SUNY Fredonia...

Fredonia Wind Ensemble practicing

Fredonia Wind Ensemble returns to live performances

Music composed by Leonard Bernstein for “West Side Story” along with “Lincolnshire Posy,” considered the masterwork for wind band by Percy Grainger, will highlight the...

Brent Weber

WNYCO going ‘Bach to Basics’ for Sept. 26 concert

The Western New York Chamber Orchestra will open its 2021-22 Classics Series on Sunday, Sept. 26 at 4 p.m. in King Concert Hall with the...

Dr. Natasha Farny

Farny to give 2021 Kasling lecture; Reese, Weiser to receive Hagan award

Professor Natasha Farny, who will give the 2021 Robert W. Kasling Memorial Lecture, and Associate Professor of Music Education Jill Reese and Assistant Professor and...

Lynn McMurtry

Music recital to celebrate diverse voices

School of Music Senior Lecturer Lynne McMurtry, contralto, and Alison d’Amato, guest pianist, will present a recital program that celebrates the rich history of art...

Dr. Christian Bernhard

Bernhard to serve as mentor at music teacher education symposium

Music Education Professor Christian Bernhard will serve as a mentor to graduate students and junior faculty at the upcoming National Symposium of the Society for...

SUNY Distinguished Professor James Piorkowski

Piorkowski tabbed board president of NYC music education program

SUNY Distinguished Professor James Piorkowski of the School of Music is serving as president of the board of directors of Internal Creations, a New York...

Dr. Nick Weiser with New Jazz Ensemble

Faculty, students and alumni to perform at jazz festival in late September

The first Fredonia Jazz Festival, sponsored by the Fredonia Jazz Society, will feature faculty, alumni and students.

Dr. Jill Reese playing guitar with other musicians

Reese receives fellowship to advance ‘modern band’ instruction

Dr. Jill Reese, who is an associate professor of Music Education at SUNY Fredonia, was recently awarded the 2021 Modern Band Higher Education Fellowship by...