From left are Lucas West, SUNY Fredonia senior, Syd Millevoi, John Legend, and KJ Willis. Photo courtesy of NBC

Lucas West, a State University of New York at Fredonia senior, is in the semifinals of NBC’s “The Voice.” It will be televised tonight on WGRZ-TV.

West, a senior majoring in Music with a concentration in Jazz Studies from Fairport, is part of Team Legend, which includes West, Syd Millevoi, John Legend, and KJ Willis.

According to NBC, The Voice’s two-night Finale event, the Semi-Final and Finale episodes will air on back-to-back nights.

The Semi-Finals, featuring the Top 9 performances, kick off the line-up at 9 tonight. The Finale, featuring performances from the Top 4 and the reveal of the 29th winner of The Voice (thanks to the live, in-house voting), will air at 9 p.m. on Tuesday on NBC. Both episodes will be available to stream the day after they air on Peacock.

The Finale episode is the only Tuesday episode of the entire season.

While at SUNY Fredonia, West has immersed himself in the College of Music, Theatre, and Dance. He plays trombone and piano in the Fredonia Jazz Orchestra and New Jazz Flextet, and sings in multiple ensembles in the vocal jazz program. He studied classical piano during his first year at Fredonia with Fr. Sean Duggan, jazz piano his second year with Dr. Nick Weiser and now studies jazz voice with Professor James Harrington. Their guidance, he said, helped shape both his technical skills and artistic identity.

“I always say Fredonia is conservatory training for the price of a state school,” West said. “You just can’t find that anywhere else.”