Month: August 2015

The Summer Concert Series at Journey of Faith U.M.C. on Tuesday, August 4, will feature Jeff Sawyer, joined by Rick Bush and Joe Cortini. The concert will take place at 7 p.m. at the gazebo.

Bishop’s Commons in Oswego is pleased to be able to welcome the public to a special summer afternoon event – legendary performer and radio personality Phil Markert will perform in the Grand Dining Room on August 14 beginning at 2 p.m. The event is free of charge and open to the public.

Thanks to a startup grant of $26,000 from the Richard S. Shineman Foundation, music faculty member Robert Auler’s vision for offering college expertise and resources to supplement young students’ school music experiences will get under way Sept. 8.

he Oswego County New Horizons Band and Chorus will present their annual summer community concert on August 7, at 7 p.m., at the Minetto United Methodist Church. Both groups will perform a variety of familiar and favorite tunes. The band rehearses on Wednesdays at 9 a.m. and the chorus on Tuesdays at 9 a.m., at the Minetto United Methodist Church.

Thanks to the generosity of the many community members and visitors that attended, Resource Development Director Ali McGrath said that the breakfast, combined with the drawing for the Beach Cruiser bicycle, donated by Eagle Beverage, raised $3,000 in support of the annual Stuff-A-Bus campaign.

A new minor in illustration promises to provide SUNY Oswego art majors and students across disciplines with a strong foundation in a skillset that art department chair Cynthia Clabough says is enjoying resurgence in demand. “Illustration is re-emerging as a contemporary communication form,” she said. “It is a bridge between the fine arts and the applied arts.”