Welcome to Season 05 Episode 5.13- the "Pot of Gold" 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: Paul Preston :The Movie Guy"/Cinema Series; Prof. Don Marazzo/Tristan und Isolde; MUS1C Ryan C. Connelly/Navy Sea Chanters

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.

Time Stamps (Approximate)

• The Cinema Series/Paul Preston - 2:02
• Tristan und Isolde Live at the Met/Don Marrazzo - 18:02
• Arts Calendar - 34:33
• US Navy Sea Chanters/MUS1C Ryan C. Connelly - 36:52

Artist Links

• Paul Preston "The Movie Guy"
  • LA Film Locations Tour
  • The Movie Guys Homepage
• Don Marrazzo
• MUS1C Ryan C. Connelly

Media

• "The Star of the County Down", traditional Irish ballad, lyrics by Cathal MacGarvey, performed by The Irish Rovers, from the album 50 Years, 2014.
• "Liebsnacht", from the opera Tristan und Isolde, music and libretto by Richard Wagner (1865); performed by Waltraud Meier, soprano, and Siegfreid Jerusalem, tenor, with the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim, conductor, 1995
• "Prelude", from the opera Tristan und Isolde, music and libretto by Richard Wagner (1865); performed by the Frankfort Symphony Radio Orchestra, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor, 2018.
• "Haul Away Joe", traditional French chanty, performed by the US Navy Sea Chanter, July 2018
• "The Rising of the Moon" tradition Irish ballad with lyrics by John Keegan Casey (1866), performed by the Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem, from an episode of The Ed Sullivan Show, March 12, 1961.

Visual and Performing Arts Events @ SUNY Fredonia

Box Office at SUNY Fredonia

Cathy and Jesse Marion Art Gallery

Lake Shore Center for the Arts

Main Street Studios Ticket Website

SUNY Fredonia School of Music Events

WCVF Fredonia

WRFA Jamestown

The 1891 Run for the Opera House, April 2026

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Welcome to Season 05 Episode 5.12- the "Winter Be Gone" 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: BA Van Sise/Children of Grass; Dan Lendzian/Ruthless! - The Musical; Vernon Huff/SUNY Fredonia Choral Festival

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.

Time Stamps (Approximate)

• BA Van Sise/Children of Grass - 1:21
• Dan Lendzian/Ruthless - The Musical 20:50
• Arts Calendar - 40:05
• Vernon Huff/SUNY Choral Festival - 42:40

Artist Links

• BA Van Sise
• Dan Lendzian
• Vernon Huff

Media

• Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Opus 68 (Pastorale), Ludwig von Beethoven, composer; performed by the Frankfort Symphony Orchestra, Ariane Matiakh, conductor, October 2021
• "Born to Entertain", from the musical Ruthless! - The Musical; music by Marvin Laird and book and lyrics by Joel Paley, performed by Lindsay Ridgeway from the Los Angeles production, 1994.
• "Desafinado", Antonio Carlos Jobim, composer; lyrics by Newton Mendonça; performed by the Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd Sextet from the album Jazz Samba; Verve Records, 1962
• Wade in the Water, traditional African-American spiritual; arranged by Stacy V. Gibbs, performed by the Houston Chamber Choir, April 2023
• When It's Springtime in the Rockies, music by Robert Sauer, lyrics by Mary Hale Woolsey, 1929; performed by The Sons of the Pioneers, from their album Sing Campfire Favorites, RCA Records 1967

Box Office at SUNY Fredonia

Lake Shore Center for the Arts

Main Street Studios Ticket Website

SUNY Fredonia School of Music Events

WCVF Fredonia

WRFA Jamestown

The 1891 Run for the Opera House, April 2026

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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 05 Episode 5.11- the "Triskaidekaphobia" 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: Alberto Rey/Frida: Viva La Vida; Nick Weiser/Fredonia Jazz events; Marc "Skippy"Price/Where Are They Wow Tour

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.

Time Stamps (Approximate)

• Alberto Rey/Frida: Viva La Vida 02:59
• Nick Weiser/Fredonia Jazz 22:15
• Arts Calendar 41:00
• Marc "Skippy" Price/Where Are They Wow 44:54

Artist Links

• Alberto Rey
• Nick Weiser
• Marc Price

Media

• "Friday the 13th", written and performed by Froggy Fresh, from the Youtube channel "FroggyFreshRap", February 2015
• Trailer from the documentary Frida: Viva La Vida, 2019
• "Mr. P.C.", written by John Coltrane, from the album Giant Steps, May 1959, performed by the Fredonia Jazz Orchestra, October 2025
• "Blue Train", written by John Coltrane, from the album Blue Train, September 1957, performed by the Fredonia Jazz Orchestra, October 2025
• from S1E13 of Family Ties, "Sherry Baby", Jan. 12, 1983
• theme from the motion picture Friday the 13th, composed by Henry Manfridi and Steve Jablonsky, Paramount Pictures, May 1980

Box Office at SUNY Fredonia

Lake Shore Center for the Arts

Main Street Studios Ticket Website

SUNY Fredonia School of Music Events

WCVF Fredonia

WRFA Jamestown

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