Fredonia Conductor's Guild

09/11/2024

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In the words of Fredonia Professor of Music - Bassoon, Laura Koepke, "When great women do great things, let's share the great news!" We couldn't agree more! 💙💙💙

"The Fredonia Wind Ensemble, directed by our own Dr. Paula Holcomb, received a RAVE review [link in comments] by BBC Music Magazine of their recording of "Carnival" by acclaimed composer Augusta Read Thomas - Composer, in addition to being named Recording of the Month," said Koepke.

"The recording features incredible bassoon soloist, Nadina Mackie Jackson. Thanks to the generous support of The Sorel Organization, under the leadership of Fredonia School of Music alum Wende Persons! These FIVE INCREDIBLE WOMEN had the vision, dedication, and collaborative strength to make this happen."

"The Sorel Organization is thrilled to have provided support for [this] worthy endeavor," said Persons. "And what an accomplishment for a college ensemble to excel with this kind of international recognition. Well done!"

Congratulations, all!! Dr. Paula Holcomb, Augusta Read Thomas, Nadina Mackie Jackson, Bernd Gottinger, the amazing students of the Fredonia Wind Ensemble and our student engineers, our music faculty, Wende Persons, and the OG, Claudette Sorel!

04/27/2022

Hey, hey, hey!

Registration for our *IN PERSON* Fredonia Summer Music Festival is now LIVE!

Don't wait ... reserve your spot TODAY and join us for a week of music-making and fun on our beautiful campus this summer.

Middle School Band Camp
High School Band Camp
Solo Vocal Camp
Strings Camp
Piano Camp

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03/18/2021

Join our Zoom for a meeting with Fredonia alum, and musical director of the Broadway shows Frozen and Kinky Boots!!

11/06/2020

A little comedy to ease everyone’s minds during these stressful days!!!

10/18/2020

Hello everyone!! Be sure to check your inbox for an email from our awesome secretary about events we have coming up!! Our first event is happening soon so make sure you check your email to see what we are doing!!

If you are not on our email list and would like to join, let us know!! Email Stephen Beardsley at [email protected] or message us through here!! Hope to see you at our first event!

09/03/2020

WATCH YOUR EMAIL!! Campus Life has just sent out another email with all of the Activities Night videos! Go check out our video for more information about our club!! Reach out to us through DM or email Stephen Beardsley ([email protected])!

05/08/2019

09/26/2018

Hello everyone,

The Fredonia Conductor's Guild is going on a trip to Cleveland to see the Cleveland Orchestra this Sunday (9/30). You're invited!
The concert will start at 3 pm. (We plan to leave the campus at around 11:30 am)

If you wish to go on this the trip, please fill the Google Form at: https://goo.gl/forms/dtqiVBgjLdUknh0s2

Please fill the form out by 11 pm, Thursday (9/27)
Student tickets are $15 per person.

More information to what the orchestra is playing could be found at: https://www.clevelandorchestra.com/

09/25/2018

The meeting is moving to the Rosch Elevator Lobby!

09/25/2018

Hi everyone! Just a reminder about our GBM today at 6:30 in 2019. If you aren’t able to make it I’ll send out an email with what we talked about. See you there!

02/12/2018

Conductors!
Don't forget to come to Mason 1024 tomorrow at 6 PM to meet our guest conductor Rüdiger Müller! He is looking forward to visit, so it would be nice to offer him a warm welcome to (cold) Fredonia!
He will talk about his career, how he got to be where he is now, and conducting. He should be able to answer some of the questions you might have too!
He is travelling quite a distance to visit, so please come join if you can!
This is certainly a great opportunity and you do not want to miss it!
We would love to see as many of you possible.
Hope to see you at the event!

02/09/2018

We have some exciting things planned for this coming week!
Monday 2/12, at 6 pm in 1024, we will have Rüdiger Müller in to talk about his career, how he got to be where he is now, and conducting of course! We are very lucky to have him in the town.
We would love to see as many of you possible. This is a great opportunity and you do not want to miss it!
Hope to see you at the event!

10/27/2017

Thank you to everyone to came out Dr. Vermel’s workshop last night! Special thank you to the SRT department for the ability to watch him mark Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony!

10/26/2017

The Conducting students spent their morning working on technique exercises with Dr. Paul Vermel! So happy to have him here!

10/24/2017

Hello everyone!

The time has come! Dr. Vermel is coming tomorrow!

Here is the schedule of events for the week:

Wednesday Oct 25th, 2017
5pm (rm 1080)- He will be holding a masterclass with the graduate conducting students. Come and watch! Bring your instrument!

Thursday Oct 26th, 2017
9:30am (rm 1080)- He is holding a conducting session and will be going through his personal exercises on conducting technique. Bring your baton!
11am- We will be having lunch in the conference room on the first floor. Come, eat, and bring questions!
12:30pm (rm 1080)- Dr. Vermel will be working with the wind ensemble for the first part of rehearsal! Come and watch!
7:30pm (rm 1080)- Workshop. He will be talking about his life experiences as an orchestral director and college professor and will discuss score marking. He will be live marking a piece for us!

Friday Oct 27th, 2017
11am- We will be having lunch in the conference room on the first floor. Come, eat, and bring questions!
1pm (rm 1080)- Dr. Vermel will be conducting and rehearsing Firebird with CSO!

A busy week! Please come to all that you can! Dr. Vermel is excited to share his experiences with all of you!

10/09/2017

Good Evening Fellow Conductors! Just a friendly reminder that tomorrow evening, at 7:00pm in Mason 1001, we will host our first score study/conducting session!! This is a wonderful opportunity for those of you in conducting classes to work on your midterm material, or for others to get some podium time and to receive feedback from your peers.

Please join us tomorrow at 7:00!!