August 28, 2011
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The Hillcrest Concert Band comes to Chautauqua for the final Sunday afternoon concert of the 2011 Season.
At 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the Amphitheater, the theme of “International Intrigue … Music From Around the World” will be conducted by music director Paul Lawrence.
The Hillcrest Concert Band was founded in 1956 as a summer music experience. The name Hillcrest came from the telephone exchange of South Euclid and Lyndhurst, Ohio, communities near Cleveland.
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August 27, 2011
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“Can you hold the phone a sec?” Bill Cosby asked for the second time during our phone interview.
The line went silent.
Now, a reporter is supposed to be many things — professional, inquisitive, composed — but when I heard the phone click, I got out of my chair and bounced around the room, waving my hands and mouthing the words, “Oh my god, Oh my god! That’s Bill Cosby’s voice coming out of my phone!”
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August 26, 2011
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Without the help of Rhonda or surfer girls, The Beach Boys are getting around to Chautauqua at 8:15 p.m. tonight in the Amphitheater.
Singer Mike Love said the group has played at Chautauqua in about 10 previous summers and that the members love playing at the Institution.
“We really like the Amp — we’re amped up to play there,” he said.
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August 25, 2011
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Imagine John Lennon is back with us for one final concert.
Musician, actor and songwriter Tim Piper creates that experience by staring as Lennon in “Just Imagine,” a tribute show that’s part rock concert and part history lesson, at 8:15 p.m. tonight in the Amphitheater.
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August 24, 2011
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The arts often are used to tell a story or send a message. Composers and performers often make music to portray a feeling. Actors use characters to tell a story and present a theme, and the actor-interpreters at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation do this at every performance. But tonight, they will be joined by some of the Foundation’s musicians.
At 8:15 p.m. tonight in the Amphitheater, the actor-interpreters and musicians will work together to tell the story of “A Wolf by the Ear,” detailing Thomas Jefferson’s reflections of the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
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August 23, 2011
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As they celebrate the end to their 83rd season, the musicians of the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra will welcome back old friends and familiar faces for a final concert featuring Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major, K.459, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92. Guest conductor Gerard Schwarz, pianist Horacio Gutiérrez and mezzo soprano Allison Sanders join the CSO at 8:15 p.m. tonight in the Amphitheater.
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August 22, 2011
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The DePue Brothers Band members have a long history of involvement at Chautauqua.
In the ’40s, their father came here to perform with The American Boychoir. Several years after that, Wallace, Jason and Zachary DePue came as campers for three or four seasons.
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August 20, 2011
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Had it not been for Chautauqua, George Jarrell might never have begun his 28-year career with the Barbershop Harmony Society.
Jarrell attended a barbershop quartet performance as a child and then later in life saw members of the Barbershop Harmony Society perform at the Amphitheater in one of his early years as a Chautauquan resident. On his way to the bathroom during intermission, he met one of the “Barbershoppers” and made plans to attend the chorus’ next weekly meeting.
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August 20, 2011
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Guest conductor Grant Cooper and cellist Julie Albers have worked together many times before but never have played together with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra. Join them in a concert featuring Edward Elgar’s cello concerto and Brahms’ fourth symphony at 8:15 p.m. Saturday in the Amphitheater.
Cooper said Albers is a real joy to work with and loves music deeply, which makes her a compelling presence onstage.
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August 19, 2011
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Blood Sweat & Tears can say a lot of things that other bands can’t.
For instance, more than 40 musicians have cycled in and out of the band’s roster during the past 40 years. The band has been crowned “Honorary Ambassadors of Peace” by the South Korean government. It is the first band to tour behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War.
At 8:15 p.m. tonight in the Amphitheater, the band will bring its brass rock and jazz music to Chautauqua with Arturo Sandoval, jazz trumpeter and pianist.
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