Notes from the Aisle Seat Episode 3.6 - The ”Sausage Stuffing” Edition

Welcome to Season 03 Episode 06 - the "Sausage Stuffing" 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. Ashley Giaccio and Ms. Alexa Adler, who are the playwright and director respectively of the Walter Gloor Mainstage production of Mason Wright is Not a Mother; Dr. Vernon Huff, Director of Choral Activities at SUNY Fredonia on the upcoming holiday choral concert; and Mr. Jefferson Westwood, Director of the Rockefeller Arts Center, discussing his holiday offerings for the season. 

Special note: if you cannot afford the price of a ticket for either of the two Rockefeller Art center presentations, please call the Campus Box Office at 716-673-3501 and mention the Dallas K. Beal foundation. You will be offered a free ticket for that event!

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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:

• Ashley Giaccio/Alexa Adler Mason Wright  02:13
• Vernon Huff Holiday Choral Concert  23:04
• Arts Calendar 37:54
• Jefferson Westwood Frosty/Christmas Pops 39:56

Media:

• Bread and Gravy, performed by Martha Davis, Hoagy Carmichael, composer, feb. 1947
• See Dat Babe, African American spiritual, arranged by Stacey Gibbs, performed by the Jamaica Youth Chorale, 2021
• Autumn Leaves, composed by Joseph Kosma 1945, performed by Vince Guaraldi, from the album The Definitive Vince Guaraldi, 1958
• Carol of the Bells, Ukrainian Christmas carol, written by Mykola Leontovych, 1919; English adaptation by Peter J. Wilhousky, 1936; performed by River City Brass, Nov. 22, 2021
• Joh F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961, recorded by CBS News
• Abraham, Martin, and John, written by Dick Holler 1968; performed by Dion, August 1968.
• September Song, composed by Kurt Weil, lyrics by Maxwell Anderson, Sept. 1938; recorded by Dizzy Gillespie, from the album Dizzy Gillespie's Big Four, September 1975

Artist Links:

• Alexa Adler/Ashley Giaccio
• Dr. Vernon Huff
• Mr. Jefferson Westwood