Notes from the Aisle Seat
AN OPERA HOUSE PODCAST ON THE ARTS
Join us every other Wednesday for a new episode of Notes From the Aisle Seat, the Opera House's podcast on the arts in northern Chautauqua County! Your host is SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor and Chair Emeritus of Theatre and Dance at SUNY Fredonia Tom Loughlin. Each episode explores the rich landscape of the visual and performing arts that exists in northern Chautauqua County, from the many art galleries and exhibition spaces to performing arts organizations to the individual artists and performers that call this area home.
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Current Episode
Episode 5.08
Guests on this episode include: Gaitrie Subryan and Reese Holahan, of Arts Services Inc. discussing ASI's Springboard Fellowship; Dominic Nolfi, of The Doo Wop Project talking about the group's holiday concert at the Rockefeller Arts Center; and Faith Reh, Ryan Okun, and Jessica Lustig, discussing the SUNY Fredonia Department of Theatre & Dance's next Mainstage production, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged).
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Guests on this episode include: Don Marrazzo, Assistant Professor of Voice and Producer of SUNY Fredonia’s Hillman Opera to discuss Menotti’s The Consul being presented at the University; and Comedian Pete Correale to discuss his coming appearances at the Opera House.
Guests on this episode include: Dr. Jessica Hillman-McCord and cast members from SUNY Fredonia’s production of The Lightning Thief; Tim Kennedy, former director of Buffalo Opera Unlimited discussing Live at the Met’s La Bohème at the Opera House; and Chris Coole or the folk duo Showman and Coole.
Guests on this episode include: Pat Farrell of the Cold Spring Harbor Band talking about the band’s Billy Joel Tribute Experience concert, SUNY Fredonia Director of Opera Studies Don Marrazzo discussing the Met Live opera La Sonnambula, and Filmmaker Gregory Lamberson, talking about his latest feature film, Frenzy Moon.
Guests on this episode include: members of the Twin Tiers Theatre Consortium (Rick Davis, Zack Covington and Michelle Conklin); Prof. Peter Tucker talking about Jago: Into the White; and Vince Martonis discussing his lecture on 19th Century Chautauqua Pottery, with a special guest appearance by Paul Preston, “The Movie Guy”
Guests on this episode include: Alison Barry, the new Director of SUNY Fredonia’s Rockefeller Arts Center (RAC); Desirae, Deondra & Greg Brown of The 5 Browns, who are appearing at RAC on Sept. 20; and Michael Tuccio, playwright of Shades of Blue, which is playing now at Main Street Studios.