Director Nicholas C. Avila loves meeting plays “on the ground floor.” Although Untitled Russia Play is still in development, Avila said that Chautauqua Theater Company’s
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Massey Organ mini-concert to recognize composer Leonard Bernstein and other celebrated “B” composers
Organist and Coordinator of Worship and Sacred Music Jared Jacobsen directs the Chautauqua Choir during Sacred Song Service in the Amphitheater on Sunday July 1,
“Ahimsa” means nonviolence or non-injury in Sanskrit. In the 1940s, “ahimsa” was being referred as a nonviolent resistance method in the freedom movement in India.
Much like naming a child, playwright Lauren Yee said that christening a new work of theater is no easy task. “Titles are a tricky thing,”
The Chautauqua Piano Program lasts for five weeks. When Week Five came to its end, piano students were wrapping up their studies, reflecting on what they
Instead of hearing the likes of Puccini and Mozart at the final Open Mic of Chautauqua Opera Company’s season, people are likely to hear the
Allison Joseph is a “citizen of the world.” She is also an American citizen, a duality that “never seemed to be separate things in my
Denise Bibro, who now operates her own art gallery in New York, was a political science major in college. But Bibro, who will lecture at 7
Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra For tonight’s concert, percussionist Adam Sliwinski needs 40 twigs, bone-dry, preferably of similar length and thickness. He will have to break all
On Tuesday, July 31, instrumental students in the Music School Festival Orchestra begin recitals of Phase Two, the intense phase of the chamber music program. In
Sō Percussion Jason Treuting’s musical mentors include the drummer for Steely Dan, a Balinese gamelan master, the timpanist of the Rochester Philharmonic, several renowned marimba
Before the actors in Candide set foot on stage, a crew of nine people work to materialize the world the opera takes place in by
Review by Tom Di Nardo Voltaire’s visionary Candide, or Optimism turned out to be an ideal demonstration of the talents, imagination, and resources of the Chautauqua
John Riesen first met Jay Lesenger at the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. Lesenger, who was the general and artistic director of Chautauqua Opera Company
Members of Chautauqua Theater Company meet with playwright Lauren Yee and Director Nicholas Avila to discuss and read through Yee's untitled Russia play that will
MADELINE DEABLER / DESIGN EDITOR Harry Potter’s birthday is three days from Saturday, July 28, and that means Hogwarts will soon be back in session