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 4.06
Guests on this episode include: Prof. Don Marrazzo, SUNY Fredonia's Hillman Opera producer; and Garnet Rogers, singer/songwriter and author, who is appearing in concert at the Fredonia Opera House.
Past Episodes + -
Guests on this episode include: Suzanne O Davis from Tapestry: The Carole King Songbook at the Opera House; Dr. Richard Gilman from Restoring the Opera House: A Volunteer’s Perspective; Dr. Jessica Hillman-McCord and Ms. Alina J. Wiley from Legally Blonde: The Musical at SUNY Fredonia; and Cal Weilgasz from The Wizard of Oz at Main Street Studios.
Guests on this episode include: Deborah Jean Templin, creator of Unsinkable Women: Stories and Songs from the Titanic; Chief Petty Officer Kristine Hsia, principal vocalist for the the US Navy Band Commodores; and Derek Johnson, guitarist for Monroe Crossing.
Guests on this episode include: Fredonia native Calabria Foti, discussing her Musical Homecoming concert at the Opera House on Oct. 3; Chris Carosa, regional historian who will talk about General Lafayette’s 1825 visit to WNY in a talk on Oct. 12; and SUNY Fredonia Prof. Don Marrazzo, who discusses the fall Live at the Met operas.
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
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.