Francis "Bud", 1966 | Alumni
Sergeant Pepper - Beatles
Music soundtracked this transformative time in our lives. Whether it was the album that played on repeat in your dorm room, the artist you discovered at a campus concert, or the song that defined a particular semester, these sounds captured moments of joy, heartbreak, discovery, and freedom. Decades later, a few opening notes can transport us back to Fredonia, reminding us of exactly who we were then.
Tom, 1973 | Alumni
"Killing Me Softly" by Roberta Flack played on the radio every single day that I was commuting to Silver Creek as a student teacher. I still play an instrumental arrangement of that song.
Listening to the Gilmore's Albums program on CBC radio out of Toronto.
Arielys, 2017 | Alumni
When Hellogoodbye and XAmbassadors came to campus to perform for Fredfest! The music helped to bring me and my colleagues together.
Lynne, 1982 | Alumni
We Got the Beat - Go-Gos
All of My Love and In the Evening - Led Zeppelin
Monday - The Jam
Best of Both Worlds - Robert Palmer
John, 1968 | Alumni
One experience that I have never forgotten is from my freshman year. Late one autumn afternoon, I was standing inside the back door of Mason Hall waiting for a ride home after a Music Appreciation class. As is often the case in the fall, low dark clouds were quickly moving in off Lake Erie, a reminder that winter was coming. While I was watching the clouds, an organist was playing J. S. Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565. I couldn’t see the source of the music, but it was probably in the nearby auditorium. The music and the clouds were a perfect match; each reinforcing the other. The power of Bach’s music and the power of nature combined to create an amazing experience. Whenever I hear that music, I always think of those clouds and Mason Hall.