| The
Rosch Musical Arts Series, represented this year by concerts by the Meridian Arts
Ensemble and Tafelmusik, received funding from the National Endowment for the
Arts and are part of residencies that will bring these musicians into the classes
with our students and into the schools of neighboring communities. These programs
and the Cantata concert are also supported by the Faculty Student Association
and by gifts from individual donors. 2006-2007
Season: Thursday,
October 19, 2006, 8:00 p.m. MERIDIAN
ARTS ENSEMBLE
Rosch Recital
Hall of Mason Hall
Award-winning
and adventurous Brass with Percussion
This
is an ensemble of brass virtuosos. Their sound, balanced and exciting, is nearly
symphonic in character, and their programs take audiences to musical delights
and extremes that few ensembles can match. Founded in 1987, Meridian has played
all over the world in venues from the greatest of concert halls to the humblest
of clubs.
This
project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts,
which believes that a great nation deserves great art. Wednesday,
December 13, 2006, 8:00 p.m. J.S.
BACH ADVENT CANTATAS
Fredonia College Choir
Members of the Western New York Chamber Orchestra
Gerald Gray, conductor
Janet Brown, soprano
Daniel Bubeck, countertenor Joe
Dan Harper, tenor Mark
Andrew Cleveland, baritone Rosch
Recital Hall of Mason Hall
As their annual holiday choral concert, The Fredonia College Choir performs
three Sacred cantatas by J. S Bach specifically composed for the season of Advent.
The music is lively, beautiful and deeply moving. The quartet of professional
soloists is renowned for their interpretation of Baroque music, and the masterful
playing and singing of the choir and orchestra promise an evening of music making
you do not want to miss. Supported
in part by a grant from the Faculty Student Association. Wednesday,
February 28, 2007, 8:00 p.m.
TAFELMUSIK
The Four Seasons:
A Cycle of the Sun
Jeanne Lamon,
Music Director
Rosch Recital
Hall of Mason Hall
The internationally renowned Baroque Orchestra from Toronto
As we eagerly await the arrival of Spring, Tafelmusik brings us an inventive program
that explores how the seasons have permeated art and music through the centuries
and around the globe. The concert combines the very familiar - Vivaldi's Four
Seasons cycle of concertos - with other works that express similar ideas in exotic
and provocative ways, giving us the feeling of a shared humanity worldwide.
This
project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts,
which believes that a great nation deserves great art. Sunday,
April 15, 2007, 7:30 p.m. King
Concert Hall, Rockefeller Arts Center
BUFFALO
PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Tchaikovsky,
Violin Concerto
Dvorak, Symphony
No. 7
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Janet Sung, violin
Fredonia audiences
have enjoyed Professor Janet SungÕs dynamic performances
in a variety of settings over the past couple of years. After
an absence of over ten years, we are proud to bring the marvelous Buffalo
Philharmonic Orchestra back to King Concert Hall for a special engagement
with Ms. Sung in the famous Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto.Ê By
special arrangement with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. | 
