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Fr. Sean Duggan

Fr. Sean Duggan to celebrate Beethoven's 250th birthday with piano performance

School of Music faculty member Fr. Sean Duggan will celebrate Beethoven's 250th birthday with a streamed performance of three of the composer’s late sonatas, on...

Lynne Ruda

SUNY Fredonia alumna again named a Finalist for the Music Educator Award from the Recording Academy and GRAMMY Museum

Fredonia School of Music alumna Lynne (Bona) Ruda has again been named one of 10 Finalists nationwide for the Music Educator Award presented by the...

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School of Music has much to celebrate this GRAMMY season

Faculty and alumni from the Fredonia School of Music were recognized with nominations for 2021 GRAMMYs.

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Hillman Opera ‘Beatrice and Benedict’ slated for late November release on YouTube

The Hillman Opera, produced each year by the Fredonia School of Music in conjunction with the Hillman Memorial Music Association, is breaking new ground this...

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2019 Hillman Opera a winner in NOA national competition

The National Opera Association announced that Fredonia’s 2019 Hillman Opera production of “Cendrillion” by Jules Massenet, with the libretto by Henri Cain, has earned First...

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Significant grant awarded to Fredonia institute to increase visibility of Black, Latinx composers

The Institute for Composer Diversity (ICD), based at the Fredonia School of Music, has been chosen as a recipient of a $100,000 Sphinx Venture Fund...

Dr. Natasha Farny

Farny to present paper on female composers at international conference

School of Music Professor Natasha Farny will present a paper on three women composers for cello at the “Women are Not Born to Compose” virtual...

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Virtual performances by Fredonia string musicians connecting with students, seniors

String musicians at Fredonia have created an ever-growing series of community outreach initiatives that are connecting with aspiring musicians in the Fredonia Central School district...

pianist Eric Guo

Guo winner of Sorel Piano Competition

Eric Guo, 18, from Toronto, is First Prize Winner of the Fifth Claudette Sorel Piano Competition, conducted by the Fredonia School of Music on Sunday...

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Fredonia Jazz Society resumes performances virtually

Three of the Fredonia School of Music’s jazz faculty, including the head of Jazz Studies, Dr. Nick Weiser, John Bacon on drums, and Elliott Scozzaro...