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 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 7, 2011
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A group of teenagers will take the stage at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Amphitheater, but don’t think they won’t live up to acts that have preceded them there.
Nine students, ages 11 to 19, from the Jamestown Drama Enrichment Program will perform a variety show. Michele Constantino, director of the program, said the show will include a wide mix of Broadway and pop tunes and will offer something for everybody.
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July 30, 2011
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Not all musicians can say that they would go to war for their fellow band members and mean it literally, but the members of the U.S. Army’s 42nd Infantry Division Band can and do.
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July 24, 2011
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For teenagers, every day is an emotional roller-coaster.
“We often think of high school students as having extreme emotions in a negative way,” said Hugh Ferguson Floyd, artistic director of the New York State Summer School for the Arts School of Choral Studies. “But those same emotions are channeled in a positive way here.”
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July 10, 2011
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The term “Western Reserve” refers to a patch of land in northeast Ohio previously owned by the state of Connecticut in the 18th century. Members of the Brass Band of the Western Reserve picked that name over, say, “Brass Band of Akron,” to highlight the group’s diverse geographical makeup.
“It just seemed like a good name,” said band director Keith M. Wilkinson. “We didn’t want to pinpoint the name to any particular city, because that’s not the band.”
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July 2, 2011
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The American Legion Band of the Tonawandas, Post 264, will perform at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the Amphitheater. The award-winning concert band, established in 1929, draws its membership from various musicians in western New York.
“(Chautauquans will) get a chance to hear a band that is a special band, really,” said Jim Scott, personnel manager and 50-year member of the band. “We have a handful of professional musicians, and we have some good band music that you’re never going to hear from any other band at Chautauqua.”
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June 27, 2011
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SLIDESHOW: U.S. Army Field Band & Soldiers’ Chorus
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