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.

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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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