(Special Note - Notes from the Aisle Seat will be on hiatus as the 1891 Opera House is closed to install new seats. Our next episode will be on March 5, 2025. Have a safe and happy holiday season!)

Welcome to Season 04 Episode 08 - the "Long Night Moon" 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. Tim Wright, Lake Shore Center for the Arts Songwriters Circle Series; and Ms. Marcy O'Brien, author and columnist

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. Thanks for listening!

Time Stamps (Approximate)

• 02:23 - Tim Wright/LSCFTA Songwriters Circle and Open Mic
• 19:00 - Arts Calendar
• 20:20 - Marcy O'Brien/Barker Library Book Talk
• 35:58 - A Note of Thanks

Media

• "Starlight", composed and performed by Fridrick Karlsson, September 2012
• "More Light", from the television series Northern Exposure, Episode 4.18 "Northern Lights." Included is "Ebudae", composed and performed by Enya, from the album Shepard's Moon, Nov. 4, 1991, Reprise Records (US)

Artist Links

• Tim Wright
• Marcy O'Brien

Box Office at SUNY Fredonia

Lake Shore Center for the Arts

Main Street Studios Ticket Website

Darwin R. Barker Library

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Welcome to Season 04 Episode 07 - the "Four Drumsticks" 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: Prof. Dan Lendzian and Ms. KK LaBarbera on The Book Women; Ms. Elizabeth Cardy-Sciarrino on It's A Wonderful Life - A Live Radio Play; Ms. Seri Beeson on the NSAA Holiday Arts Show; and Mr. Marco Palos and Mr. Blake Lewis on A Not So Silent Night holiday concert.

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. Thanks for listening!

Time Stamps (Approximate)

• 01:05 Dan Lendzian/KK LaBarbera - The Book Women
• 18:27 Libby Cardy-Schiarrino - Wonderful Life/Radio Play
• 28:20 Seri Beeson/NSAA Holiday Art Show
• 42:40 Arts Calendar
• 44:19 Marco Palos/Blake Lewis/Phat Cat Swinger

Media

• "Oh, Good Grief", Vince Guaraldi Trio, from The Definitive Vince Guaraldi; Jan. 1, 2009, Fantasy Inc.
• "The Great Pumpkin Waltz", Vince Guaraldi Trio, from A Charlie Brown Christmas, December 1965, Concord Music Group
• "Run Rudolph Run, written by Chuck Berry and Johnny Marks, Chess Records 1958; performed by Phat Cat Swinger, Nov. 23, 2018
• "Cast Your Fate to the Wind, written by Vince Guaraldi, performed by the Vince Guaraldi Trio, from the album Jazz Impression of Black Orpheus, Fantasy Records 1962

Artist Links

• Dan Lendzian; KK LaBabera
• Elizabeth Cardy-Sciarinno
• Seri Beeson
• Phat Cat Swinger

Box Office at SUNY Fredonia

Lake Shore Center for the Arts Tickets

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PHAT CAT SWINGER PREVIEW

Welcome to Season 02 Episode 20 - the "Midsummer" edition - of Notes from the Aisle Seat, a 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.

This episode features interviews with Mr. Dan Ihasz, Professor Emeritus of Voice at SUNY Fredonia School of Music, on Mozart's Die Zauberflöte; Mr. Adam Cooley, painter and sculptor, on the art scene in Japan in advance of the Art and Architecture presentation of Tokyo Stories; and Mr Paul "The Movie Guy" Preston on the upcoming Cinema Series films Somewhere in Queens and Book Club:The Next Chapter. 

Notes from the Aisle Seat is available from most of your favorite podcast sites, including Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Stitcher, Spotify, and Amazon Prime Music, 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. Thanks for listening!

Time Stamps (approximate):

• 02:50 - Mr. Dan Ihasz on Die Zauberflöte
• 20:25 - Mr. Adam Cooley; Tokyo Stories
• 39:31 - Arts Calendar with Special Program Announcement
• 42:11 - "The Movie Guy" Mr. Paul Preston - Cinema Series

Media:

• "Raganu Nakts (Witch Nights)", Latvian folk song, performed by Tautumeitas, June 23, 2018
• Overture to Die Zauberflöte, W.A. Mozart, composer; performed by Staatskapelle Dresden, Sir Colin Davis, conductor, 1984 Universal International Music B.V.
• "Rembo-nagashi," from the album Urban Music of the Edo Period (1603-1868), Ensemble Hijiri-Kaï, November 2021
• "Let's Go to the Movies", from the musical Annie, composed by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, 1977; excerpt from the film version 1982
• Overture from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Opus 21; Felix Mendelssohn, composer (1826), performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado, conductor, 2002.

Artist Links:

• Mr. Daniel Ihasz
• Mr. Adam Cooley
• Mr. Paul Preston "The Movie Guy"
  • Youtube Channel
  • Twitter

Welcome to Season 04 Episode 06 - the "Barren Trees" 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: Prof. Don Marrazzo, Hillman Opera producer; Mr. Garnet Rogers, singer-songwriter and author.

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. Thanks for listening!

Time Stamps (Approximate)

• 02:27 - Prof. Don Marrazzo/Cosi Fan Tutte
• 19:54 - Mr. Garnet Rogers (Part 1)
• 36:00 - Arts Calendar
• 39:30 - Mr. Garnet Rogers (Part 2)

Media

• "Autumn Leaves", music by Joseph Kosma, lyrics by Jaques Prevért ("Les Feullies Mortes"); English lyrics by Johnny Mercer, 1945; performed by Eva Cassidy, recorded live at the Blues Alley jazz supper club, Washington DC, Jan. 3, 1996.
• "Prenderò quel brunettino" ("I'll take the brunette one"), from Cosi Fan Tutte, W.A. Mozart, composer (1790); Glyndebourne Opera House, 2006.
• "Summer Lightning", written and performed by Garnet Rogers, from the album Summer Lightning, Snow Goose Records, 1996
• Overture from Cosi Fan Tutte, W.A. Mozart, composer; performed by Sinfonia Rotterdam, Conrad van Alphen, conductor, Sept. 26, 2015
• Next Turn of the Wheel, written and performed by Garnet Rogers, from the album Sparrow's Wing, Snowgoose Records, 1999

Artist Links

• Prof. Don Marrazzo
• Mr. Garnet Rogers

Box Office at SUNY Fredonia

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