President John Hurley discusses the importance of increasing New York’s Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) awards in today’s “Another Voice” in The Buffalo News.

Hurley states, “Our proposal to improve TAP by increasing the maximum award and income-eligibility limits will make free tuition at SUNY and CUNY available to many more students with financial need, while preserving students’ rights to choose the school – public or private – that best fits their needs.”

Click here to read the full article.

Submitted by: College Communications

Don’t miss these two upcoming ArtsCanisius performances!

The first concert, the Student/Faculty Recital, is this Sunday, March 26, at 3:00 p.m. in the Montante Cultural Center.  The performance features student and faculty members performing selections ranging from the keyboard music of JS Bach to 20th century music for saxophone to operatic and musical theater pieces.  This concert is free and open to the public.

The second concert is Tuesday, March 28, at 7:30 p.m. in the Montante Cultural Center and is part of the Informally-Formal Chamber Music Recital Series.  An updated list of performers includes Tim Smith, trombonist in the BPO, assisted by Abigail Rockwood, piano, and Steve Maynard, principal trombonist with the Baton Rouge Symphony.

Tickets for this concert are $15 for general admission and $7 for students.  Refreshments are served during this performance.

Contact the Fine Arts/Music office at Ext. 2536 for additional information.

Submitted by: Ellen Barnum, director, ArtsCanisius

The Canisius College Chorale, under the direction of Frank Scinta, will continue its 2016-2017 Sacred Spaces Concert Series with a performance on Sunday, March 26 at 7:30 p.m. in Annunciation Church, 7580 Clinton Street in Elma.

The program is free and open to the public.  It will feature works of Vivaldi, Whitacre, Lauridsen, Dawson and many others.

Sacred Spaces stems from an idea the choir proposed 10 years ago to feature its music in some of Western New York’s most beautiful and acoustically resonant environments – namely, the sanctuaries of our area’s churches. As a result, the choir has visited nearly 40 houses of worship with its repertoire of sacred and secular music spanning five centuries.

Now in its 20th season, the Canisius College Chorale remains one of Western New York’s most active collegiate music ensembles. Composed of 100 undergraduate and graduate members, the chorale regularly presents concert programs to school, church, and community audiences throughout Western New York and Southern Ontario. In recent years, the chorale has performed with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Ars Nova Chamber Musicians, Amherst Symphony Orchestra, Camerata di Sant’Antonio, Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus and the Dave Brubeck Quartet.

Please join us for this wonderful collaborative music experience in one of our region’s most historic sanctuaries.

For more information, contact the Canisius College Music Office at Ext. 2536.

Submitted by: Frank Scinta, Adjunct Professor of Fine Arts