From start to finish, it takes anywhere between three or four months to perfect a song entirely on handbells. Returning to Chautauqua Institution for the
Master Sgt. Reis McCullough first came to Chautauqua Institution in 1995 as a music student. “I actually auditioned twice,” McCullough said. “The first year I
Ain’t no party like a Chautauqua party. Especially on Independence Day. Sure, there are larger parties, and parties with bigger budgets. But if there’s a
While Turtle Island Quartet violinist David Balakrishnan is looking forward to meeting aspiring musicians at Chautauqua Institution, what he’s really looking forward to is what
Don’t call Turtle Island Quartet a crossover group. “We’re not ‘crossing over,’ ” said founder and violinist David Balakrishnan. “We’re already there.” Turtle Island will perform
The Doo Wop Project is bridging more than six decades of music with “doo-wopified” arrangements of contemporary hits alongside old-school classics. “We wanted to bring
Anyone lucky enough to wander into Alexander Gavrylyuk’s studio while he’s practicing might be surprised to find Tolstoy instead of Tchaikovsky on the music rack.
Responding to Craigslist ads doesn’t always work out this well. But that was the catalyst for The Hot Sardines, whose lead singer Elizabeth Bougerol and
A recent visit from local elementary school students started with an audience request. “Raise your hand if you are already a playwright,” said Deborah Sunya
Troy Powell thinks Alvin Ailey’s work “Revelations” is timeless. “He created this work to evolve with the human race,” said Powell, Ailey II’s artistic director.