Evening Entertainment

Captivating chamber: Manhattan Chamber Players to perform intimate set in Amphitheater as 2021 season draws to a close

by Nichole Jiang on August 24, 2021

NICHOLE JIANG - STAFF WRITER Manhattan Chamber Players As the 2021 season winds down, there’s still a chance to enjoy classical music as the Manhattan Chamber Players perform at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 24 in

‘One big, human family:’ Marsalis, big brass to bring sounds of New Orleans, Philadelphia to Amp

by Laura Philion on August 11, 2021

LAURA PHILION - COPY & DIGITAL EDITOR Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Big Brass Rodney Marsalis knew he was serious about the

Beyond the notes: With special guest Allison Russell, Margo Price brings multi-genre sound to Amp stage

by Sara Toth on August 4, 2021

SARA TOTH - EDITOR Price It’s a week of returns at Chautauqua — two singer-songwriters who made their Amphitheater debuts

Grammy-nominated stand-up comedian Bill Engvall to perform tonight

by David Kwiatkowski on July 29, 2021

DAVID KWIATKOWSKI - STAFF WRITER Engvall After the tumultuous year of 2020, it is important to get a dose of

Rare and universal: Internationally lauded pianist, Chautauqua favorite Jon Nakamatsu returns for Chopin recital

by Max Zambrano on July 13, 2021

MAX ZAMBRANO - STAFF WRITER Jon Nakamatsu, now a guest faculty member at the School of Music, plays Vladimir Horowitz’s

An enduring sound: The Hot Sardines swing back into Amp with ‘joyful’ jazz

by Nick Danlag on July 9, 2021

NICK DANLAG - STAFF WRITER The Hot Sardines, an American jazz band, performed on Tuesday, June 27, 2017 in the Amphitheater. PAULA OSPINA / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Despite playing relatively older genres, like vintage pop and

Envisioning a new future: Acrobats of Cirque-tacular return to Amp stage to fly, twist and contort for Chautauqua

by Annalee Hubbs on July 8, 2021

ANNALEE HUBBS - COPY & DIGITAL EDITOR Tad Emptage performs with the Acrobats of Cirque-tacular on July 13, 2016 in

The art of piano: Piano program faculty member Alexander Kobrin to take Amp stage with ‘intimate, dramatic’ works

by David Kwiatkowski on July 6, 2021

DAVID KWIATKOWSKI - STAFF WRITER Kobrin Alexander Kobrin has taught and learned the art of piano all over the world.

On the road again: Glenn Miller Orchestra, touring once more, returns to Chautauqua

by Sara Toth on July 1, 2021

SARA TOTH - EDITOR The Glenn Miller Orchestra performs Aug. 7, 2017, in the Amp. The band returns to the

Inspiring people through music: guzheng virtuoso Wu Fei takes Amp stage in her first performance since pandemic

by Nichole Jiang on June 30, 2021

Wu Fei NICHOLE JIANG - STAFF WRITER Wu Fei plays the guzheng, a 21-string Chinese zither with over 2,000 years

ChamberFest Cleveland, cellist Sterling Elliott to play Amphitheater

by Nick Danlag on June 29, 2021

NICK DANLAG - STAFF WRITER Sterling Elliott was born into music. While he was in the womb, his mother had a cello waiting for him. She wanted to have a quartet, so his two older

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and Wynton Marsalis to Present Second-Ever Performance of ‘Ever Fonky Lowdown’

by Chris Clements on August 21, 2019

Music Director Wynton Marsalis, center, plays the trumpet alongside the combined Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra

Award-Winning Latin Pop Songstress Gina Chavez to Bring Bilingual, Upbeat Sounds to Amphitheater

by Julia Arwine on August 18, 2019

Gina Chavez always knew she was meant to perform; she has always loved singing, and even at age 5 would

West Coast Folk-Rock Band Dawes Returns to Amphitheater

by Eleanor Bishop on August 15, 2019

Dawes When the members of folk rock group Dawes set out on their current tour, “An Evening With Dawes: Passwords

Our Native Daughters to Bring Message of Hope and Remembrance to the Amphitheater

by Eleanor Bishop on July 24, 2019

The first time Amythyst Kiah heard a black person playing the banjo, she was listening to Rhiannon Giddens perform with

‘This American Life’ Host Ira Glass Shares Life Lessons on Powerful Storytelling

by Jamie Landers on July 21, 2019

Great stories happen to those who can tell them. With a sense of humility and some self-deprecating humor, Ira Glass does not consider himself one of those people. Glass, creator and host of NPR’s