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In review: Perfect tone for Bach event

The 26th Bach & Beyond Baroque Music Festival continued on Saturday with Maestro Grant Cooper leading the International Baroque Soloists in concert at the 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center. The program included a symphony and two concertos, which continued the thematic threads of this year’s festival, exploring composer connections between Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, and the development of the clarinet. Cheryl Bishkoff, a longtime Festival favorite, set the tone for the second concert with a featured performance of Oboe Concerto in ...

Chautauqua Institution to host annual Spring Gala Performance of CRYB

By ANDREW MARTIN SMITH The 26th Bach & Beyond Baroque Music Festival continued on Saturday with Maestro Grant Cooper leading the International Baroque Soloists in concert at the 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center. The program included a symphony and two concertos, which ...

In review: Magic continues at Bach event

During the weekend of June 9 to 11, I had the privilege of attending the Bach & Beyond Baroque Music Festival at the 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center. Maestro Grant Cooper, who has provided the artistic vision of this festival for the past 26 years, directed the International Baroque Soloists through a delightful program of Baroque, Classical, and 20th-century musical offerings, resulting in great acclaim from an enthusiastic audience. The programming of this year’s festival served three laudable goals: showcasing the talents of young, emerging musicians, exploring ...

Collage to be at SUNY

Collage Performing Arts Center Presents its annual dance production “A Show to Remember” at SUNY Fredonia’s Marvel Theater on Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 2 and 7 p.m. Tickets are $15 and will be available at the door or by calling (716) 673-3501. Participants include, row one: ...

Fundraiser supports Bach Festival

The 1891 Fredonia Opera House will hold a special Bach & Brats fund-raiser on Saturday, in Fredonia’s West Barker Common near the Gazebo. A Bake Sale and Basket Auction also will be a part of the event. All proceeds benefit the Opera House’s annual Bach & Beyond Baroque Music ...

Jazz ensembles win astounding third DownBeat award in five years

New category/new year, but the same award-winning outcome. A jazz ensemble at the State University of New York at Fredonia has captured yet another award in DownBeat Magazine’s Student Music Award competition. The Fredonia Jazz Flextet, under the direction of School of Music Assistant Professor Nick Weiser, received the magazine’s Outstanding Performance Award in the Undergraduate Division of the Blues/Pop/Rock Group Category. The 2023 award – the third Outstanding Performance Award won by a SUNY Fredonia ensemble in the last five years – comes on the heels of the flextet’s ...