Under the baton of Timothy Muffitt, students in the Music School Festival Orchestra and Opera Conservatory rehearse for their production of Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi and
From left, School of Music students Laura Herrera, violin, Valerie Xu-Friedman, violin, Andrew Chen, piano, Adrian Hsieh, cello, and Kate Reynolds, viola, rehearse Dohnányi’s Piano
Buechner Zoe KolenovskyStaff writer World-renowned pianist Sara Davis Buechner plans to perform a list of beloved favorites for the program she has prepared today as
HG Biggs / staff photographer From left, School of Music students Ian Stripling-Jenson, violin; JeongJae Lee, viola; Xiaowen Xu, piano; Layla Morris, cello; and Emily
Artistic Director Timothy Muffitt conducts the Music School Festival Orchestra in its opening concert of the 2023 season last Monday in the Amphitheater. Brett Phelps/Staff
Members of the Music School Festival Orchestra, conducted by Timothy Muffitt, play during their rehearsal on June 30, 2023, at Lenna Hall. CARRIE LEGG/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Crescendoing into its final performance of the season, the 2022 Music School Festival Orchestra will soon watch the flick of Maestro Timothy Muffitt’s baton for
Skilled pianists pressed the keys of their beloved instruments, and the notes echoed through and beyond Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall on Thursday. These were the
Historically, Chautauqua’s School of Music has never featured its students playing chamber music in the Amphitheater. Until now. “(The Amp) has always been reserved for
While Western New York summers are not known for unbearably warm temperatures, students like Julimar Gonzalez, who live in Bellinger Hall during Chautauqua’s summer season,
KRISTEN TRIPLETT - STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Timothy Muffitt conducts the Music School Festival Orchestra during the Student Opera's production of Marriage of Figaro Monday July 19,
NICHOLE JIANG & DAVID KWIATKOWSKI - STAFF WRITERS Stage director John Giampietro, center, works to set the staging for a scene with Chautauqua Voice Program
NICHOLE JIANG - STAFF WRITER Percussionists Liam McManus, left, and David Wang rehearse with pianists Narae Lee, left, and Kerry Waller for the Music School
NICHOLE JIANG - STAFF WRITER Rossen Milanov, conductor and music director of the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, leads the CSO and the Music School Festival Orchestra
MAX ZAMBRANO - STAFF WRITER Jon Nakamatsu, now a guest faculty member at the School of Music, plays Vladimir Horowitz’s personal piano during a special