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 5.18
Guests on this episode include: Bill Smith, of the band Ten Cent Howl, about its concert at the Opera House; artists Marcia Merrins and Melissa Meyers about the North Shore Arts Alliance Art Trail on Memorial Day weekend; and Dan English, of DownBeat Percussion, about the group's performance at the Opera House.
Past Episodes + -
Guests on this episode include: Illustrator/Fine Artist Ray Bonilla discussing the Arts in the Afternoon exploration of British artists J.M.W. Turner and Robert Constable; Rockefeller Arts Center Director Alison Barry talking about the SUNY Fredonia Commencement Eve POPS Concert; and Sgts. Levi Cull and Brian Bean, previewing the US Air Force Band Heritage Brass Ensemble at the Opera House.
Guests on this episode include: Audrey Erwin, Julia Ferarra, & Phineas Goodman talking about SUNY Fredonia’s production of Blithe Spirit; Steve Hytner (Seinfeld’s Kenny Bania), star of Where Are They WOW! at the Opera House; and Tim Kennedy, former director of Buffalo Opera Unlimited, discussing Live at the Met’s production of Eugene Onegin.
Guests on this episode include: SUNY Fredonia Professor Emeritus and Artist Alberto Rey, discussing the Arts in the Afternoon program Monet – The Magic of Music & Light at the Opera House; AJ Swearingen & Jayne Kelli, talking about their upcoming performance in The Music of Simon & Garfunkel at the Opera House; and UNC-Asheville Professor Emeritus Dr. Scott Walters, discussing the National Theatre Live production of Hamlet, also at the Opera House.
Guests on this episode include: UNC-Asheville Professor Emeritus Dr. Scott Walters talking about National Theatre Live’s The Fifth Step, the next feature in the Arts in the Afternoon Series at the Opera House; Director Joseph Newton and Reed Cook, discussing The Play That Goes Wrong at Main Street Studios; and SUNY Fredonia Alumnus Briana Kelly talking about the Fredonia Dance Ensemble performance at the Rockefeller Arts Center.
Guests on this episode include: Paul Preston of “The Movie Guys,” talking about March movies at the Opera House; SUNY Fredonia Director of Opera Studies Don Marrazzo, discussing the Met’s new staging of Tristan und Isolde; and, MUS1C Ryan C. Connelly of the US Navy Band’s Sea Chanters, talking about the group’s coming concert at the Opera House.