For a chamber musician, being able to anticipate the needs and movements of the fellow players in your ensemble is half the battle. The four students in the School of Music percussion ensemble already
Phase Two of the School of Music chamber music groups will bring string quartets together at 2 p.m. Thursday in McKnight Hall. Violinists Juri Takeda and Lian Ojakanga, violist Daelyn Kauffman and cellist David Fenwick
Phase Two of the student chamber group recitals will continue at 2 p.m. Wednesday in McKnight Hall. Violinists Stelth Ng and Amanda Roth will play Prokofiev’s Sonata for Two Violins; violinist Taya Ricker, violist
Students of the Chautauqua School of Art can tell a story with their craft. Every painting, sculpture or print can be a narrative, just like in Brian Selznick’s The Marvels. The Marvels is the
Week Six brings on a change in the School of Music chamber groups. Director of Chamber Music Arie Lipsky said Phase Two means a more in-depth chamber experience. Groups will perform in recitals at
A tuba player has less repertoire to choose from than other brass instruments because the instrument’s true genesis was in the 20th century. So when a young composer creates a piece designed for the tuba,
Not all timbres are created equal. Some singers’ voices work better with certain pieces. For voice student Kathryn Henry, Henryk Mikołaj Górecki’s “Symphony of Sorrowful Songs” fits like a glove. When the Chautauqua Symphony
When philanthropist, musician and Chautauquan Kay Logan was a student flutist at Chautauqua Institution, she played “Poem” by Charles Griffes as a soloist. Nearly 25 years later, another young flutist named Richard Sherman won the
NOTE: David Doubilet's Young Readers event has been postponed to 7 on July 28. National Geographic photographer David Doubilet has made a career out of curiosity. He was 12 years old when he took his
Amidst the abundance of programming, rehearsals and lessons for students of the Voice Program, head vocal coach Don St. Pierre has organized a little something extra. Four singers will shift their focus briefly to
Voice Program students will perform at 7:30 p.m. Sunday in Fletcher Music Hall. The program will feature several students with varying repertoire. For singer Nicolette Mavroleon, it’s all Greek to her. Cinq Melodies Populaires
A group of chamber musicians is kind of like a marriage. Sometimes they work out great, sometimes they pose more of a challenge. Either way, it’s a team effort. At least, that’s what chair
Students in Phase One of their chamber music study will perform a recital in quintets at 2 p.m. July 21 in McKnight Hall. Brass Quintet One is composed of trumpeters Luke Hamilton and Garrett Lindholm, horn
Here’s the thing about jellyfish: They represent a world full of unknowns, a world where heartbeats persist in the face of tragedy and a world where a sense of curiosity is the best way to
In its original text, Mozart’s The Magic Flute is rife with misogyny and racism. So John Giampietro rewrote it. “If you actually read the text, it’s kind of shocking,” said Giampietro, stage director for The
Annie Gosfield’s “Radio Moonbounce and Meteor Scatter” will have an out-of-this-world premiere when the Music School Festival Orchestra performs it for the very first time at 8:15 p.m. Monday in the Amphitheater. Over the weekend, Gosfield