Dr. Valerie Coleman, an internationally renowned composer and flutist, has been named the second Claudette Sorel Visiting Artist at the State University of New York at Fredonia. A fall semester residency was slated for this week with Dr. Coleman, with a spring portion slated for April 25 to ...
The next film in the Cinema Series at the 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center is the latest in Kenneth Branagh’s series of films based on Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot novels, “A Haunting in Venice.” It will be screened on Saturday and Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. In ...
Jamestown residents Boaz Mecham and Aaron Mecham will be playing a piano duet on Saturday at 8 p.m. in King Concert Hall at SUNY Fredonia. The duo will play two movements from the Poulenc Concerto for Two Pianos alongside the full College Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Dr. Emily ...
The 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center continues the fall installment of its Chautauqua County History Lecture Series on Thursday at 7 p.m., with Gleanings From the Ellis/Rowley Home in Laona. The former Ellis home on Route 60 just outside of Laona was a well-known and highly ...
World-renowned hornist, Froydis Ree Wekre, will give a workshop with State University of New York at Fredonia students on Monday, Oct. 9 at 3 p.m., in King Concert Hall. She will hear French horn students play and give feedback. The session is free and the public is invited to attend. Earlier this month, Wekre was appointed Knight of the 1st class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav. The order is awarded as a “reward for excellent services to Norway and humanity.” The professor received the award “for her contribution to Norwegian musical life,” noted the Royal Palace on ...
Lake Shore Savings Bank has renewed its support for the performing arts at the State University of New York at Fredonia by returning as the season-wide sponsor for the Michael C. Rockefeller Arts Center. The Dunkirk-based financial institution has made a $12,000 commitment to support ...
