

Broadway will come to the School of Music at Fredonia when Judy Kuhn, a three-time Tony Award nominee, conducts a master class with seven students majoring in either Musical Theatre or Vocal Performance on Saturday, Feb. 28, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Mason Hall Room 1080.
Kuhn has been praised by The New York Times鈥 critic Stephen Holden as a 鈥渞are singer who can negotiate tricky folk pop lyrics, art songs and popular standards with equal authority and insight.鈥 She鈥檚 known for her work on Broadway in the Roundabout Theatre Company鈥檚 hit revival of 鈥淪he Loves Me,鈥 the American premieres of 鈥淐hess鈥 and 鈥淟es Miserables鈥 and 鈥淩ags.鈥
More recently, she returned to 鈥淎merican Songbook,鈥 celebrating the work of Richard Rodgers, Mary Rodgers and Adam Guettel, at the Lincoln Center鈥檚 Appel Room. She will reprise her award-winning role of Lucille Lortel in 鈥淔un Home鈥 on Broadway this spring.
Students selected to attend the Kuhn鈥檚 master class include: Anna Chicco, from Hightstown, N.J., junior, B.F.A. Musical Theatre, student of Dr. Angela Haas; Shannon Cunningham from Mastic, senior, B.F.A. Musical Theatre, student of Laurie Tramuta; Michael Hawk from Fredonia, junior, Mus.B. Vocal Performance, student of Daniel Ihasz ; Alexander Kosmowski from Amherst, N.Y., senior, B.F.A. Musical Theatre, student of Joe Dan Harper; Kiernan Matts from Hamilton, N.J., junior, B.F.A. Musical Theatre, student of Ms. Tramuta; Mark Montondo, Williamson, senior, BFA Musical Theatre, student of Mr. Ihasz; and Michaela Tramuta, from Fredonia, freshman, B.F.A., Musical Theatre, student of Dr. Haas.
James Welch, faculty member of the School of Music, will provide accompaniment.
Kuhn鈥檚 master class, which is free and open to the public, is being arranged through New Buffalo Productions, with a grant from the Fredonia College Foundation鈥檚 Carnahan-Jackson Fund for the Humanities. Coordinating the master class are Paul Mockovak of the Department of Theatre and Dance and Mr. Welch.