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Dr. Jill Reese and students playing instruments

Music Education students provide lessons to area teachers

During the Fall 2020 semester, SUNY Fredonia preservice music teachers enrolled in MUED 301, General Music in Elementary School, created listening lessons for grades K-5...

Fredonia to host Day of Percussion for area students

The Fredonia Percussion Guild at Fredonia’s School of Music will host a free virtual Day of Percussion for middle school, high school and college students...

Lauren Henning and Allison Dana

Concerto Competition winners to perform

Fredonia will present live streamed performances by Lauren Henning (bassoon) and Allison Dana (oboe), winners of the School of Music’s Concerto Competition held last fall...

Dr. Andrew Martin Smith

Smith appointed GM of international composers society

Senior Adjunct Lecturer Andrew Martin Smith of the School of Music has been named the new general manager of the Society of Composers, Inc. (SCI).

Amy Schmitt receives the Poummit Secretarial Award certificate from Associate Provost Judith Horowitz

Fredonia presents Poummit Secretarial Award to Amy Schmitt

Amy Schmitt, an office assistant in the School of Music, has received the Poummit Secretarial Award, established through the Fredonia College Foundation and named in...

Professor James Piorkowski

French music publisher adds Piorkowski composition to catalogue 

SUNY Distinguished Professor James Piorkowski's composition, “Mila Rose,” written for solo classical guitar, has been published by IMD (International Music Diffusion), a music score publisher...

bass players featured during festival

Bass Fest expands master classes, goes virtual

Bass Fest is going virtual at Fredonia and expanding with three master classes, with each session on a separate day and led by a special...

Dr. Eliran Avni and Fr. Sean Duggan

School of Music to host informal talk for high school pianists

An informal virtual Sorel Fellows meet-up, an opportunity for all high school pianists to discuss “all things piano” with School of Music faculty, will be...

Michael Hawk

Alumnus - minus one appendix - wins at the Los Angeles District’s Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions

Fredonia alumnus Michael Hawk, '16, (Music Performance) was a winner in the 2020-2021 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in the Los Angeles District of the...

Bernhard a contributor to article in Teaching Music Magazine

School of Music Professor Christian Bernhard contributed to an article about student mental health in the January issue of the National Association for Music Education's...