Make way for musical trailblazers
(L-R) Caryn Kori Wright, Chloe Behar, Josh Podrid, Samu Rast, Queenie Li, Dayna Lashin, Karl Stabnau. PC Brittany Wait
The audio arts program is in its first year and currently holds a class of seven students, also known as the AAs, each of whom are passionate about the music industry and envision themselves as a part of it soon after the program is over.
Made at SU are their baby steps towards a bigger industry experience. A young artist development agency by the AAs, Made at SU floored the peeps at Funk ‘n Waffles with a smashing first event on Saturday night.
The organization came up as a dinner table conversation among the seven sometime earlier this year. With the immense amount of support and encouragement from Professor Ulf Oesterle, the septet began to work towards their first event not too long ago. And what an event!
The waffle joint was packed Saturday night with over 100 people. A table selling Made at SU merchandise (they sell stickers and T-shirts) and artist merchandise was set up near the entrance. The artist line up included an opening with Spark Alaska, a bedroom pop band from Brussels, followed by Josh Coy, front man of the Syracuse band Safe.
They saved the best for the last. The event ended with Ricky Smith, aka SMITH, a freshman at SU. “Reaching Out,” his debut single, was released earlier this year and was an absolute crowd-pleaser.
“I am so thankful to Made at SU for giving me this space,” said Smith after an overwhelming performance.
The biggest winners of the night were the seven AA’s who announced their next show to be held in late October.
“I am so proud of us”, said Queenie Li, one of the seven at Made at SU. “Tonight turned out to be way better than what we expected. We had no idea so many people would show up.”
Made at SU has had a promising start. “We are the first audio arts class and we wanted to leave our mark at Syracuse”, said Chloe Behar, another AA. “We wanted to form something that would be trailblazing,” said Behar.
And with such a bright beginning, they sure are on the right path.
To hear more about their upcoming shows, find them on facebook.com/madeatsu
