State University of New York at Fredonia alumnus Evan Harrington has been nominated for a GRAMMY. As a member of the Class of 1998, he was a performer on
Elegy: Snow in June. View here.
Friday, April 30
12 pm ET: Princeton Symphony presents
Buskaid: Curious Creatures & a Heavenly Harp. Rosemary Nalden, Music conducts the Buskaid Soweto String Ensemble with Jude Harpstar, guest harpist and Mzwandile Twala, violin in Carlo Farina’s
Capriccio Stravagante, Debussy’s
Reverie, and Kreisler’s
1 pm ET: Wiener Staatsoper presents
Mozart’s
Die Zauberflöte. Conductor: Adam Fischer, directors: Moshe Leiser, Patrice Caurier. With Jörg Schneider, Olga Bezsmertna, Hila Fahima, Thomas Tatzl, and René Pape. Production from December 2017. Register for free and view here.
2 pm ET: Concertgebouworkest presents
Daniel Harding Conducts. Daniel Harding conducts the Concertgebouworkest in Stravinsky’s
Sound Recording Technology (SRT) students work at the mixing board in the SRT studio.
FREDONIA Bernd Gottinger, head of the State University at Fredonia’s Sound Recording Technology program, was nominated for a Grammy in the category of Best Engineered Album-Classical for his work on the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra’s recording of Richard Danielpour’s “The Passion of Yeshua.”
The work tells the story of the final days of Jesus.
In addition, Adam Luebke, SUNY Fredonia School of Music assistant professor and director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus, which also performed on the recording, was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of Best Choral Performance. Alex Jokipii, a SUNY Fredonia trumpet professor and Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra principal trumpet, and Jonathan Lombardo, SUNY Fredonia trombone professor and Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra principal trombone, perform on the recording.