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Fredonia Chamber Choir named National Finalist for the 2024 American Prize

The Fredonia Chamber Choir at the State University of New York at Fredonia, under the direction of Dr. Vernon Huff, was named a National Finalist for the second consecutive year for the American Prize. The choir was tapped as a 2024 National Finalist in the category of Choral Performance - ...

Fired Up For Summer Kickoff starts Thursday, June 6

Band opener Grungebox and headliner Walk of Shame will perform for Dunkirk’s no-cost Music on the Pier Summer Concert Series on the Dunkirk Pier stage on Thursday to welcome Dunkirk Festivals’ Fired Up For Summer Kickoff. The concert series is presented by DFT Communications with ...

Buffalo firm to sponsor live stream of Jazz Studies ensembles

Paramax Corporation, an investment bank based in Buffalo, NY, has signed on to become the sponsor of all live stream performances of student ensembles in the highly acclaimed Jazz Studies program at the State University of New York at Fredonia. At the Diamond sponsorship level, the Paramax logo and verbal message are set to appear at the beginning and the end of all live streamed events of the DownBeat Magazine award-winning Jazz Flextet, as well as of the Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Orchestra, Faculty Jazz Collective and other jazz combo performances in the School of Music during the ...

Art Discovery Program debuts at village church

The Art Discovery Program is officially opening their exhibit at their new home at the Fredonia Presbyterian Church. On Monday, the church hosted the official opening exhibit and community reception, with the theme of the exhibit being “Telling our stories through art.” The program’s ...

Opera House screening pair of Bach Fest movies

The 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center will screen two movies as a preview to the 27th Bach & Beyond Baroque Music Festival. The movies support the theme of this year’s Festival; and both will be screened on Saturday, June 8. “Amadeus” will be screened at 2 p.m.; and ...

Signing set for book on adoption struggles

LAKEWOOD — Writing and publishing a book was not something originally in the plan for Wayne Carlsson and his husband Jonathan Courtis. Their book “Overcoming the Sadness: Dealing with the Loss of a Child We Never Had”, details the couple’s journey into trying to adopt a child and ...