The Fredonia School of Music will present Handel’s Messiah with two captivating performances—one in the acoustically acclaimed Rosch Recital Hall on the SUNY Fredonia campus and a second at the architecturally beautiful St. Paul’s Cathedral in Buffalo, N.Y.

As part of the ongoing partnership with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, the SUNY Fredonia School of Music welcomes 23-year-old Israeli pianist Roman Rabinovich for a master class with Fredonia piano students on Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 4 p.m. in Rosch Recital Hall.

Reggie Watkins, a professional trombonist who has performed with such jazz and pop music icons as Dave Matthews, Dianne Schuur and Maynard Ferguson, will join the SUNY Fredonia Jazz Workshop on Sunday, Nov. 8.  He will first conduct a master class at 3 p.m., followed by a concert at 8 p.m., accompanied by the Fredonia Jazz Ensemble.  Both events are free and open to the public, and will take place in Rosch Recital Hall.

Celebrating Mendelssohn's 200th birthday, SUNY Fredonia Piano Professor Jonathan Mann will present a piano recital with special guests on Friday, Nov. 13, at 8 p.m. in Rosch Recital Hall.

Tuesday, Oct. 20, In the second of a four-concert series, “The Complete Works of Beethoven for Violin and Piano,” violin professor Maureen Yuen joins forces with piano professor Sean Duggan. Part three of the series will be presented on Wednesday, November 1, and the final concert of the series will be on Sunday, January 31, 2010.

The Fredonia School of Music announced three showcase concerts to celebrate Family Weekend Oct. 16, 17, and 18. Friday night the students and faculty will present the Choral Showcase Concert; Saturday the College Symphony Orchestra will perform and Sunday, King Concert Hall is the venue for the Band Showcase Concert.

The SUNY Fredonia School of Music kicks off the 2009-2010 Rosch Musical Arts Series with an afternoon performance by internationally renowned Verdehr Trio. The event is Sunday, Oct. 11, at 4 p.m. in Rosch Recital Hall. This unique and dynamic ensemble will perform an eclectic mix of old and new. Members of the ensemble will talk about each piece from stage, creating an open and warm atmosphere in the concert hall.

"Legacies in Words and Music," a special event planned during Homecoming Weekend, is a tribute to the late Robert Schweik, Distinguished Teaching Professor of English, and to the now retired Dr.Theodore Frazeur of Brewster, MA, who founded the percussion studies program at the Fredonia School of Music more than 50 years ago.

The Fredonia School of Music is planning several special concerts for Homecoming, including the ever-popular Alumni Jazz Concert featuring jazz artists who got their start as students in the Fredonia Jazz Ensemble during the early 1970s.The concert will take place Friday, Oct. 9,. at 8 p.m. in Rosch  Recital Hall. Admission is free. This reunion will feature both former and current Fredonia Jazz Ensemble artists.

"An Evening of Art Song" will be performed by guest recitalists Alexander Hurd, baritone, and Alison D'Amato, pianist, on Friday, Oct. 2, at 8 p.m. in Rosch Recital Hall. The program includes works by Schubert, Schumann, Wolf, Hanns Eisler, and Mahler. Admission is free.

Retro, a Fredonia School of Music chamber group dedicated to the performance of high quality 20th century classical works, will perform a concert under the baton of Professor Rob Deemer on Sunday, Oct. 4, of William Walton's "Façade: An Entertainment," with poetry by Edith Sitwell.

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.

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.

SUNY Fredonia clarinet professor, Dr. Andrew Seigel, will give a recital on Tuesday, September 15 at 8pm in Rosch Recital Hall on the SUNY Fredonia campus. Assisted by faculty members Ms. I-Fei Chen, piano, and Mr. David Rose, viola. Free and open to the public.

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.

President Dennis Hefner welcomed back the SUNY Fredonia community by reflecting on the many recent successes on campus, while looking ahead to the numerous exciting initiatives and events planned for the new academic year. He gave his semi-annual address to a standing-room-only crowd in Rosch Recital Hall on Friday, August 21.

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. Holly J. Lawson, a recipient of the 2009 President’s Award for Excellence at SUNY Fredonia, will explore the topic, “New Teaching Spaces: Visions for the Fredonia Science Center and Beyond,” during a lecture on Monday, Sept. 21, at 3 p.m., at the Juliet J. Rosch Recital Hall on campus.

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.