SUNY Fredonia’s a cappella groups Much More Chill (all-male) and Some Like it Hot (all-female) will open for alternative rock singer-songwriter Ben Folds, who will perform with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO) during a concert on Oct. 8 at Kleinhan’s Music Hall in Buffalo.

Jazz bassoonist, Michael Rabinowitz, and his Quartet, “Bassoons in the Wild” will present an informal concert and master class with fellow musicians Diana Herold,  Grisha Alexiev and Joe Fonda on Friday, Oct. 9 at 3 p.m. in Diers.

The Ethos New Music Society at SUNY Fredonia will host classical guitarists in a guitar-controlled video game battle. The “battle” will take place on Wednesday, Sept. 23, at 8 p.m. in the Juliet J. Rosch Recital Hall on campus.

The SUNY Fredonia School of Music will hold the first annual “Piano Experience” on Saturday, September 26 in Mason Hall on the SUNY Fredonia campus. Fredonia’s piano faculty invites all young pianists to join them for an intensive day of master classes, concerts and workshops.

Students and faculty of the Fredonia School of Music Cello Studio will be traveling to Suffolk County, Long Island for performances at seven different schools from Sept. 14 through Sept. 17. The tour culminates with a recital back in Fredonia on Sunday, Sept. 20 at 1 p.m. in Rosch Recital Hall, featuring Spanish-inspired music for cello and mixed ensemble.

As part of a unique musical exchange, SUNY Fredonia will host members of the professional Orchestra da Camera delle Marche of Italy during the next week. The musicians will perform at various Western New York and New York City locations.

Fredonia music alumnus Bud Lowery is coordinating a benefit concert to aid Silver Creek and Gowanda flood victims and to honor emergency responders (r...
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School of Music Professor James Piorkowski will perform his own compositions among others during a guitar recital on Friday, Sept. 11 at Ashland Unive...
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The school year begins with the annual Concerto Competition on Sunday, September 13 at 1 p.m. in King Concert Hall on the SUNY Fredonia campus. This event is free and open to the public.  This year, fourteen music majors vie for the honor of performing a solo with one of the School’s premiere ensembles.

The Fredonia School of Music’s first recital of the year takes place Saturday, Sept. 12 and features guest artists William Wolfram (piano) and Richard Hawkins (clarinet), with Fredonia’s violin professor Janet Sung in an evening of chamber music entitled, "Beethoven to Bartok- and Beyond."  On Sunday, Sept. 13, guest artist and Baroque specialist Pablo Mahave-Veglia will perform three Bach suites on Baroque cello.

Guest artist and Baroque specialist Pablo Mahave-Veglia will perform three Bach suites on Baroque cello in the Juliet J. Rosch Recital Hall on Sunday, Sept. 13 at 7 p.m., at SUNY Fredonia. The three suites are widely considered to be among the best literature ever written and are favorites for scholars and amateurs alike.

Dr. Brian Kilp, hornist with the New Sousa Band and horn teacher at Indiana State University, will introduce the IVASI system rehearsal tool and delive ra master class in horns and brass during his day-long visit to the Fredonia School of Music on Saturday, Aug. 29.

Local music lovers can feast their ears on magnificent chamber works performed by some of the world’s most talented young artists as The Quartet Program launches its fourth season in residence at SUNY Fredonia. concert season begins with a weekend of quartet and sonata concerts July 2 through 4 in Mason Hall.

The Fredonia Guitar Quartet will soon be departing for a concert tour of Spain. This student guitar ensemble, directed by Music Professor James Piorkowski, has been invited to perform at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Sevilla (May 22nd), the Centro de Estudios Hispánicos de Segovia - a 15th-century palace in Nieva (May 24), and at the Universidad de Oviedo (May 26).

The Fredonia School of Music announced that guest artist Abou Sylla will give a drum workshop and Balafon concert in Mason Hall Room 1051 on Wednesday, May 20. The workshop starts at 6 and the concert at 8. Participants and listeners are invited to make a $20 donation for each event.

Eight of SUNY Fredonia’s best student vocalists will help bring the 2009 Commencement Eve pops concert, Bernstein on Broadway, to life on Friday, May 15. Selected through auditions held in March, they are Chelsea Grace Clasier, Rick Doetterl, Crystal Gramkee, Kate Mulberry, Mark Andrew Reeve, Amy E. Shake, Boris Van Druff, and Jason Weisinger.

“FredFest” is fast approaching, and with the chart-topping rock band O.A.R. (Of a Revolution) serving as the headliner, advanced tickets are required to attend this year's sold-out May 2 concert in Steele Hall Arena.

Special guest artists join the Fredonia Improv. Collective led by David Rudge for its spring performance on Wednesday, April 29, at 8 p.m. in Rosch Recital Hall. The event is free and open to the public.

The Fredonia Jazz Ensemble has produced its first studio album in 16 years. The 19-member group will unveil the CD, entitled, "Still Kickin'," at a special release concert and reception on Sunday, April 26, at 5 p.m. in Diers Recital Hall. During the past year the group took a hiatus from the spotlight to re-energize itself, and the result — “Still Kickin’” — has garnered considerable praise even before its planned release.

The SUNY Fredonia School of Music will wrap up of The Art of Guitar Series with a classical guitar performance and master class given by guest artist Roland Dyens on Tuesday, April 28 at 8 p.m. in Rosch Recital Hall. Dyens is a Tunisian-French classical guitarist, composer, and arranger. On Wednesday, he will teach a master class and give a composition seminar.