GENESEO, N.Y.—The Geneseo Symphony Orchestra will open its spring season on Feb. 28 at 3 p.m. in Wadsworth Auditorium. The concert is free and open to the public.

The program will feature violinist An-Chi Lin, a member of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra’s first violin section and adjunct professor of music at Geneseo. Lin will be performing Camille Saint-Saëns’ “Introduction et rondo capriccioso, Opus 28.” Additionally, the orchestra will present Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s “Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Opus 64.”

Pitching in on this year's Alpha Chi Rho's 15th annual Deep Freeze in the fight against cancer are (l to r) fraternity brothers Joe Koyfman, T.J. Hickey, Kyle Antonioli and Tim Connelly.

GENESEO, N.Y. -- This week’s snow and subfreezing temperatures were a perfect backdrop for the Alpha Chi Rho fraternity brothers’ 15th Annual Deep Freeze, a week-long around-the-clock camp-out to raise funds in the fight against cancer.

Senior Alyssa Willmarth is among participants in the Geneseo Dance Ensemble's performances this weekend. 

GENESEO, N.Y.—Celebrating its 96th concert performance, SUNY Geneseo’s Department of Theatre and Dance will feature new works by Dance Studies faculty and guest choreographers in its performance, “48Live: New Vistas,” on Feb. 25-28 in the Alice Austin Theatre.

 

Justin Behrend, associate professor of history at SUNY Geneseo, has been awarded the 2016 McLemore Prize, which honors “the most distinguished scholarly book on a topic in Mississippi history or biography published in 2015.”

The award recognizes Behrend’s monograph “Reconstructing Democracy: Grassroots Black Politics in the Deep South After the Civil War.”

GENESEO, N.Y. – SUNY Geneseo is one of the nation's best colleges for students seeking a superb education with great career preparation and at an affordable price according to The Princeton Review.

The education services company features the school in the 2016 edition of its just published book, “Colleges That Pay You Back: The 200 Schools That Give You the Best Bang for Your Tuition Buck” (Penguin Random House / Princeton Review Books, $21.99, Feb. 2). 

GENESEO, N.Y.—SUNY Geneseo’s String Band Square Dance will take place on Feb. 6 at 7 p.m. in the MacVittie College Union Ballroom. 

The String Band, directed by Department of Music Lecturer Jim Kimball, will be playing live at the event. The String Band will perform a myriad of tunes, including fiddle music and old-time country music.  

The dances are designed for the community, allowing for the participation of any student, faculty member, staff member or community members. The event will include basic dancing instructions.