Welcome to Season 04 Episode 4.14 - the "Gaudeamus" edition - of Notes from the Aisle Seat, the podcast featuring news and information about the arts in northern Chautauqua County NY, sponsored by the 1891 Fredonia Opera House. Your host is Tom Loughlin, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor and Chair Emeritus of Theatre and Dance at SUNY Fredonia.

Guests on this episode include: Mr. Jefferson Westwood, Director, Rockefeller Arts Center/Commencement Eve Pops Concert; Ms. Marcia Merrins/Art Trail; and Mr. Jeffrey Dietz/iXpress Art Exhibit.

Notes from the Aisle Seat is available from most of your favorite podcast sites, as well as on the Opera House YouTube Channel. If you enjoy this podcast, please spread the word through your social media feeds, give us a link on your website, and consider becoming a follower by clicking the "Follow" button in the upper right-hand corner of our home page.

If you have an arts event you'd like to publicize, hit us up at operahouse@fredopera.org and let us know what you have! Please give us at least one month's notice to facilitate timely scheduling.

And don't forget to enter the giveaway for a $25 gift card from the White Inn, and 2 tickets to And The Tony Goes To....! Entries must be received by Friday May 23rd at 12 noon! Listen to the podcast for the question and answer. Then email your answer to operahouse@fredopera.org. Make sure you put the word "Giveaway" in the subject line and include your preferred contact information. Thanks for listening!

Time Stamps (Approximate)

• 1:13 - Commencement Eve Pops Concert/Jefferson Westwood
• 17:50 - North Shore Arts Alliance Art Trail/Marcia Merrins
• 35:18 - Arts Calendar
• 37:38 - iXpress Art Exhibit/Jeffrey Dietz

Media

• "Gaudeamus Igitur", traditional, performed by the Glasgow University Chapel Choir, June 2021
• "The Sound of Music", from the 1965 film The Sound of Music, adapted from the Broadway musical by Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein; performed by Julie Andrews, 20th Century Fox
• "Blossom Meadow", George Winston, composer and performer, from the album Winter Into Spring, Dancing Cat, 1982.
• "The Venice Dreamer", George Winston, composer and performer, from the album Winter Into Spring, Dancing Cat, 1982.
• "Cloudy This Morning", George Winston, composer and performer, from the album Forest, Windham Hill/Dancing Cat, 1994
• "Gaudeamus Igitur", performed by the Orquesta Clásica Universitaria de Zaragoza; Carlos Gómez Ambrosi, director; May 2017

Artist Links

• Jefferson Westwood
• Marcia Merrins
• Jeffery Dietz

North Shore Arts Alliance Art Trail Map

Aspire of WNY iXpress Art Program

Box Office at SUNY Fredonia

Lake Shore Center for the Arts

Main Street Studios Ticket Website

WCVF Fredonia

WRFA Jamestown

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Welcome to Season 04 Episode 4.13 - the "Triple Play" edition - of Notes from the Aisle Seat, the podcast featuring news and information about the arts in northern Chautauqua County NY, sponsored by the 1891 Fredonia Opera House. Your host is Tom Loughlin, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor and Chair Emeritus of Theatre and Dance at SUNY Fredonia.

Guests on this episode include: Dr. Robert Strauss, Artistic Director of the Buffalo Gay Men's Chorus; Mr. Paul Preston aka "The Movie Guy,"; and Ms. Briana Kelly and Ms. Ava Sargente from the Fredonia Dance Ensemble, Dept. of Theatre and Dance.

Notes from the Aisle Seat is available from most of your favorite podcast sites, as well as on the Opera House YouTube Channel. If you enjoy this podcast, please spread the word through your social media feeds, give us a link on your website, and consider becoming a follower by clicking the "Follow" button in the upper right-hand corner of our home page.

If you have an arts event you'd like to publicize, hit us up at operahouse@fredopera.org and let us know what you have! Please give us at least one month's notice to facilitate timely scheduling.

And don't forget to enter the giveaway for a $25 gift card from Domus Fare and 2 tickets to any Arts in the Afternoon event! Entries must be received by Friday May 9th at 12 noon! Listen to the podcast for the question and answer. Then email your answer to operahouse@fredopera.org. Make sure you put the word "Giveaway" in the subject line and include your preferred contact information. Thanks for listening!

Time Stamps (Approximate)

• 01:56 - Dr. Robert Strauss/Live at the Met Preview
• 19:55 - Mr. Paul Preston "The Movie Guy"/Cinema Series Preview
• 37:06 - Arts Calendar
• 41:00 - Ms. Briana Kelly & Ms. Ava Sargente/Fredonia Dance Ensemble

Media

• "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"; performed by the Andrew Sisters; Don Raye and Hughie Prince, composers; Decca Records, January 1941
• "Largo al factotum della citte", from the opera Il Barbiere de Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini, composer; Caesare Sterbini, libretto; from the 2011-12 Metropolitan Opera season; Peter Mattei, baritone
• "Give Your Love"' from the soundtrack of the motion picture The Ballad of Wallis Island; written by Tom Basden, performed by Tom Basden and Cary Mulligan, March 2025
• Overture to Le Nozze de Figaro; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer; performed by the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tarmo Peltokowski, conductor; August 2023
• music from A Choreographic Offering by José Limon; J.S. Bach, composer (The Musical Offering, 1737)

Artist Links

• Dr Robert Strauss - Buffalo Gay Men's Chorus
• Paul Preston - The Movie Guy
• Briana Blair Kelly

Box Office at SUNY Fredonia

Lake Shore Center for the Arts (Agnes of God)

Main Street Studios Ticket Website (Little Women)

WCVF Fredonia

WRFA Jamestown

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Welcome to Season 04 Episode 4.12 - the "Homeward Bound" edition - of Notes from the Aisle Seat, the podcast featuring news and information about the arts in northern Chautauqua County NY, sponsored by the 1891 Fredonia Opera House. Your host is Tom Loughlin, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor and Chair Emeritus of Theatre and Dance at SUNY Fredonia.

Guests on this episode include: Ms. Anna Gagliano, director of Little Women for Main Street Studios; Mr. Tim Newell, director of Agnes of God for the Lakeshore Center for the Arts; and Prof. Dan Lendzian, director of the One Act Festival for SUNY Fredonia Dept. of Theatre and Dance.

Notes from the Aisle Seat is available from most of your favorite podcast sites, as well as on the Opera House YouTube Channel. If you enjoy this podcast, please spread the word through your social media feeds, give us a link on your website, and consider becoming a follower by clicking the "Follow" button in the upper right-hand corner of our home page.

If you have an arts event you'd like to publicize, hit us up at operahouse@fredopera.org and let us know what you have! Please give us at least one month's notice to facilitate timely scheduling.

And don't forget to enter the giveaway for a $25 gift card from deJohn's Spaghetti House and 2 tickets to the Cinema Series! Entries must be received by Friday April 25th at 12 noon! Listen to the podcast for the question and answer. Then email your answer to operahouse@fredopera.org. Make sure you put the word "Giveaway" in the subject line and include your preferred contact information. Thanks for listening!

Time Stamps (Approximate)

• 02:18 Anna Gagliano/Little Women
• 19:30 Tim Newell/Agnes of God
• 36:51 Arts Calendar
• 39:37 Dan Lendzian/One Act Festival TADA

Media

• "King of the Road," written and performed by Roger Miller, from the Album The Return of Roger Miller, January 1965, Smash Records
• scene from the motion picture Little Women; Greta Gerwig, director; featuring Saoirse Ronan as Jo March and Emma Watson as Meg March; Columbia Pictures, December 2019
• scene from the motion picture Agnes of God; Norman Jewison, director; featuring Jane Fonda as Dr. Martha Livingstone and Anne Bancroft as Mother Miriam Ruth; Columbia Pictures 1985
• "Avalanche", from the album Will the Circle Be Unbroken, produced by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, November 1972, United Artists Records.
• "Ramblin' Man", from the Allman Brothers album Brothers and Sisters, composed and performed by Dickey Betts, August 1973, Capricorn Records

Artist Links

• Main Street Studios
• Lakeshore Center for the Arts
• Dan Lendzian

Box Office at SUNY Fredonia

Lake Shore Center for the Arts

Main Street Studios Ticket Website

WCVF Fredonia

WRFA Jamestown

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