Concerts and Conversations

‘Back to my roots:” Author Sandra Cisneros and Composer Derek Bermel to conclude the Cocktails, Concerts and Conversations series with a look back to ‘Mango Suite’

by Jamie Landers on August 27, 2020

Charlotte Ballet Members Lexi Johnston And Juwan Alston Perform During "Mango Suite" With The Company Of Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra On Saturday, July 22, 2017 In The Amphitheater. PAULA OSPINA / DAILY FILE PHOTO Sandra Cisneros’

Final Cocktails, Concerts and Conversations with Chautauqua Opera to wrap up virtual season with guest artist Todd Thomas

by Eleanor Bishop on August 24, 2020

With the final Chautauqua Opera Company event of the season upon him, Young Artist John David Nevergall took some time

Violinist Joshua Bell and opera singer Larisa Martinez to perform ‘intimate home repertoire’ in Week Eight’s Cocktails, Concerts and Conversations

by Jamie Landers on August 21, 2020

Joshua Bell is usually rushing. With a career spanning more than 30 years as a soloist, chamber musician, recording artist,

Chautauqua Dance Alumni Daniel Ulbricht and Jacqueline Green return for last Cocktails, Concerts and Conversations of the season

by Eleanor Bishop on August 18, 2020

For the summer’s last virtual Chautauqua Dance event, two acclaimed dancers will come together for a conversation. While their careers

Guest Artist Elaine Alvarez to join featured Young Artists for Cocktails, Concerts and Conversations with Chautauqua Opera

by Eleanor Bishop on August 17, 2020

In the early 2000s, when Elaine Alvarez was an undergraduate studying opera at the Manhattan School of Music, she always

Daniel Belcher returns to Chautauqua to talk with Young Artists for Cocktails, Concerts and Conversations with Chautauqua Opera

by Eleanor Bishop on August 10, 2020

In a time without live audiences, artists and performers across the world have had to reevaluate why they do what they do. “What does it mean to sing?” said baritone Daniel Belcher, one of Chautauqua

Pilobolus dance company to screen footage from recent socially distant Five Senses Festival for Cocktails, Concerts and Conversations with Chautauqua Dance

by Eleanor Bishop on August 4, 2020

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Dancers of Pilobolus perform a new piece of work the company created during their week-long residency that experiments with timing

New Pittsburgh Ballet Artistic Director Susan Jaffe to talk career, future plans for Cocktails, Concerts and Conversations with Chautauqua Dance

by Eleanor Bishop on July 28, 2020

Sasha Janes, Chautauqua Dance’s director of contemporary studies, met Susan Jaffe in the early 2010s when she was the dean

Visiting artist Alan Held to guest host Cocktails, Concerts and Conversations with Chautauqua Opera

by Eleanor Bishop on July 20, 2020

This summer was supposed to be Alan Held’s debut with the Chautauqua Opera Company. Held “I was really looking forward