When Stuart Chafetz performed with the Music School Festival Orchestra as a student, it was the height of the ’80s. At the time, he said,
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Chautauqua Institution’s summer season provides an outlet for hundreds of professional musicians and music students to perform every day. The Chautauqua Community Band’s annual Fourth
Violette Verdy was the first instructor hired for the Chautauqua School of Dance and a person who Patricia McBride described as a “ray of
In a School of Music master class at 10 a.m. Monday in McKnight Hall, eight singers (four male and four female) will perform a repertoire
Larissa Kokernot is new to Chautauqua Institution, but she’s already making an impact. Kokernot is the director of In the Next Room (or the vibrator
Determination runs in Jennifer Koh’s family. Koh’s mother came to the United States in the ’60s as a refugee during the Korean War with $30
Residents and guests aren’t the only ones who reunite at Chautauqua. No, as the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra’s 2016 season kickoff concert Thursday night at the
What is art? For some, it signifies an expensive piece of work hanging in a gallery. For Margaret Dietly, that definition can expand to include
“As a maker, we can’t ever make anything as sublime and as perfect as nature,” said Rain Harris. “Nature just does it better than
When Kim Rambacher lost the paper mementos of his wife Marcia on the beach in Florida, he never thought he’d see them again. But
Students in Week Two’s workshops at the Chautauqua Writers’ Center will learn how to use their unique authorial voices and how to look to
By David Levy Dance of the Comedians from “The Bartered Bride” Bedřich Smetana The Czech composer, conductor and critic Bedřich Smetana was born in Litomyšl
Sometimes David East isn’t sure what he prioritizes most— is he an artist first and foremost, or does he see teaching as his most important
Tonight marks the first performance of Chautauqua Theater Company’s In the Next Room (or the vibrator play), and with it, the beginning of another theatrical
Arlene and Alan Alda have been married nearly 60 years. During that time, the couple, whose various artistic pursuits include acting, writing, photography and music,
Thought-provoking dance doesn’t fly everywhere. At Chautauqua, however, where thinking rules, it’s just the thing. Or rather, it was. Wednesday night in the Amphitheater, Charlotte