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 4.2
Guests on this episode include: Karl Boelter of the Fredonia Jazz Society about this weekend’s Jazz Festival, Alberto Rey, SUNY Fredonia Professor Emeritus, about Arts in the Afternoon’s Munch: Love, Ghosts & Lady Vampires, Nyles Emile with the SUNY Fredonia Performing Arts Company about its production of Fairview, and acclaimed folk singer John McCutcheon about his concert at the Opera House on Sept. 27
Past Episodes + -
Guests on this episode include: Rick Davis, Executive Director of the 1891 Fredonia Opera House, discussing the Opera House’s fall season; Max Walters, Curator of the Darwin R. Barker Museum, discussing his coming history lecture, Preserving the Lake Erie Grape Belt; and Comedian Tom Briscoe, discussing his Sept. 14 show at the Opera House.
Guests on this episode include: Capt. Curran Schenck, Associate Bandmaster, US Army Soldier’s Chorus; Mr. Michael Mcentarfer of The Wretched Group, discussing A Hard Day’s Night; and Ms. Tina Rausa, President of the Board of the Lakeshore Center for the Arts on the 2024 Juicebox Organic One-Act Play Festival.
This episode features interviews with: Mr. Paul Preston from The Movie Guys, Mr. Alexander Pegis, the 2024 B&B Emerging Young Artist, and Ms. Cheryl Bishkoff, founding oboist of the B&B Festival.
This episode features interviews with: Mr. Ben Sheedy from Main Street Studios in Fredonia, and Dr. Byron Adams and Maestro Grant Cooper discussing the upcoming Bach and Beyond Festival.
This episode features interviews with: Ms. Kelly Hayes McAlonie on Louise Blanchard Bethune; Mr. Jefferson Westwood on the Commencement Eve Pops Concert; and Ms. Jennifer Davis on the production of A.R. Guerney’s Ancestral Voices at Lakeshore Center for the Arts in Westfield.
This episode features interviews with: Mr. Ray Bonilla on John Singer Sargent; Dr. Robert Strauss on Live at the Met’s Madama Butterfly; Sparky and Rhonda Rucker.