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School of Music honors students with awards and scholarships

The Fredonia School of Music has announced 2020 student awards/scholarships, made possible through endowments established with the Fredonia College Foundation.

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Rockefeller Arts Center opens performance archives to fill void

While current events brought an unexpected early end to Rockefeller Arts Center’s 50th Anniversary Season, the center’s staff has not forgotten about their valued donors...

Anthony Colon

Ticket Office practicum gives students a leg up in their careers

A recent Arts Administration alumnus reflects on how his Fredonia Campus Ticket Office practicum led to success in the field.

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Fredonia Summer Music Festival cancelled; options being explored

The annual music festival offered the Middle School Band Camp, High School Band Camp, Honors Solo Vocal Camp and a String Camp. Options are being...

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Alumni transition puppet theatre business in face of pandemic

With the entertainment industry in New York City grinding to a halt due to the coronavirus pandemic, a pair of Fredonia graduates, Chad Williams, ’03...

Miriami Bekauri (front right) works with singers working on a scene from "Carmen."

Alumni put on ‘Opera Scenes’ director hats to enhance credentials 

They were never seen on stage at the 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center, as more than two dozen undergraduate students were when the...

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Students receive scholarships to American Dance Festival summer instruction

Five Fredonia students majoring in Dance or Acting have been awarded Leadership Scholarships to attend the American Dance Festival’s (ADF) Summer Dance Intensive program in...

Allison DiMauro, with guitar professor James Piorkowski, during a lesson in Mason Hall.

Oasis Guitar scholarship awarded to Music Education major

Allison DiMauro, a senior Music Education major from Long Island, has been awarded the Oasis Guitar Jury Prize, a $500 cash award that recognizes the...

Phil Aguglia

Baton for history-making Oscar conductor crafted by Fredonia alumnus

When Eimear Noone made history at the Oscars Sunday night, becoming the event's first female conductor, she used a baton made by Fredonia alumnus Phil...

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College Symphony to perform Saturday

The Fredonia College Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. David Rudge, will present two of the great masterworks of the orchestral literature on Saturday...