Barmore Alyssa Bumpcontributing writer After 37 years serving the Chautauqua community, Rindy Barmore, executive assistant to the president and board secretary, will retire at the end of 2023. “(Working here) has totally broadened my understanding
Alyssa Bumpcontributing writer Five-time Grammy Award winner Angélique Kidjo has released 16 albums since she first started singing at 6 years old. After first performing virtually for Chautauqua as part of CHQ Assembly in 2020,
Fredonia Jazz Faculty Collective Alyssa Bumpcontributing writer For the final performance of this season’s Chautauqua Chamber Music Resident Artist Series, the Fredonia Jazz Faculty Collective will share original and versatile repertoire. “All four of us
The Rt. Rev. Eugene Taylor Sutton, Chautauqua’s senior pastor, gives a reading from the Christian tradition during an interfaith Service of Healing and Remembrance on Saturday afternoon in Hurlbut Church, held on the one-year anniversary
Chautauqua Insitution President Michael E. Hill, Senior Vice President and Chief Program Officer Deborah Sunya Moore, Director of Sacred Music and Jared Jacobsen Chair for the Organist Joshua Stafford, Vice President of Religion Melissa Spas,
Robinson, Levy, Dinitz, Spitzer and Robbins Alyssa Bumpcontributing writer The Chautauqua Chamber Wind Ensemble will soon present a light yet powerful program of musical repertoire for the Chautauqua Chamber Music Resident Artist Series. “For us
Duo Cortona Inspired by Italy as a birthplace of great art, music and love, husband and wife duo Rachel Calloway and Ari Streisfield embody these three virtues through their musical ensemble, Duo Cortona. Calloway and
CSO Fellows Alyssa Bumpcontributing writer The Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra Fellows will share a mosaic of diverse, cross-cultural repertoire at 4:15 p.m. Saturday in Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall. The ensemble includes Gabriela Lara and Jesus Linarez
Berofsky, Bush, Votapek, Wang Alyssa Bumpcontributing writer Returning for an expressive and engaging encore, the Chautauqua Piano Quartet will perform at 4:15 p.m. Saturday in Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall. The ensemble first united onstage last
Alyssa Bumpcontributing writer Reminiscent of a five-course meal, chamber programs can evoke multiple different sensations for one’s musical palette. The New Zealand String Quartet is confident that their first performance at Chautauqua with Nicola “Nikki”
Chautauqua Trio Alyssa BumpContributing Writer Musical elegies and melodies make up the program for this weekend’s Chautauqua Chamber Music Resident Artist Series. The Chautauqua Trio will perform at 4:15 p.m. Saturday in Elizabeth S. Lenna
Stern, Gates, Richards, Kirvan Alyssa BumpContributing Writer Harmonizing through their string instruments and shared friendships, Quartet 394 will envelope Chautauquans in a state of expressive, musical euphonies. Quartet 394 will share their repertoire at 4:15
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Historically, universities have insulated freedom of thought and expression, allowing new ideas to flourish. But Robert P. George, Princeton University’s McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and director of the James Madison Program, argues that a dangerous
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