Massey Memorial Organ

Guest critic: With Stafford at Massey, CSO delivers ‘illuminating’ evening of Guilmant, Dvořák

by Zachary Lewis on August 3, 2021

ZACHARY LEWIS - GUEST CRITIC Under the baton of music director Rossen Milanov, Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra and Jared Jacobsen Chair for the Organist Joshua Stafford team up for a performance Saturday in the Amphitheater. KRISTEN

Ruth Powell to share stories of page-turning for Jacobsen in CWC talk

by Deborah Trefts on August 2, 2021

DEBORAH TREFTS - STAFF WRITER Powell For many Chautauquans, the grieving of Jared Jacobsen’s passing — less than two days

Organist Joshua Stafford to perform as soloist in Guilmant Symphony No. 2 for Saturday’s CSO

by Nichole Jiang on July 30, 2021

NICHOLE JIANG - STAFF WRITER Joshua Stafford, the Jared Jacobsen Chair for the Organist, makes his official debut with the

A little bit of everything: Joshua Stafford, on Massey, to accompany silent film ‘Gold Rush’ featuring Chaplin

by Nick Danlag on July 23, 2021

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NICK DANLAG - STAFF WRITER A couple watchtes the silent movie "Safety First" as organist Joshua Stafford improvises music to

Department of Religion revamps Vespers, Sacred Song for season

by webchq on June 26, 2021

Max Zambrano - Staff writer Away from the rigid corners of a computer screen and toward the open air space

Stafford begins tenure as permanent organist with unique film concert

by webchq on June 26, 2021

NICK DANLAG - Staff writer Stafford Joshua Stafford says playing the organ is like painting the air with music. “There’s nothing quite like hearing those first notes out of the Massey (Memorial Organ) every summer,”

Massey Mini-Concert to Salute American Organists and Composers

by Chris Clements on July 2, 2019

Organist And Coordinator Of Worship And Sacred Music, Jared Jacobsen, directs the Chautauqua Choir during the inaugural Sacred Song Service

Massey Memorial Organ damaged in electrical fire, out of commission for final worship services

by Justin Kelly on August 22, 2018

The Massey Memorial Organ will be silent for the rest of the 2018 season. Amphitheater crew members, including head of

Father and son race to repair Chautauqua’s Massey Memorial Organ

by Riley Robinson on June 22, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwx90Ba0tNw A new keyboard for the Massey Memorial Organ arrived from London on June 20, escorted by Chautauqua

Final Sacred Song Service to celebrate the memories of the 2017 season

by Delaney Van Wey on August 25, 2017

As the sun sets and the final strains of the Massey Memorial Organ fade, President Michael E. Hill will tap

Four course musical feast to be served up for Massey Memorial Organ recital

by Delaney Van Wey on August 22, 2017

The menu has been set. The instrument has been polished, and the chef is prepared. This isn’t a fine dinner at the Athenaeum Hotel. Rather, it is Wednesday’s Massey Memorial Organ concert, and the four

Jared Jacobsen to honor late organist Isaac Van Vleck Flagler on the Massey Memorial Organ

by Delaney Van Wey on August 15, 2017

The music of Isaac Van Vleck Flagler will come to life on the Massey Memorial Organ on Wednesday, 110 years

Jared Jacobsen to turn the Massey Memorial Organ into a storybook during weekly mini-concert

by Delaney Van Wey on August 8, 2017

Jared Jacobsen loves to tell a good story. At 12:15 p.m. Wednesday in the Amphitheater, Jacobsen, organist and coordinator of

Chautauqua Choir to perform dedicated work from Amy Cheney Beach on Sunday

by Delaney Van Wey on July 28, 2017

From the age of 1, Amy Marcy Cheney Beach could sing 40 songs from memory. By age 2, she could

Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Paul Moravec creates anthem for Jared Jacobsen’s 20th year as organist

by Delaney Van Wey & Mary Lee Talbot on July 20, 2017

Jared Jacobsen knew something was up. “I would walk in the room and people would change the subject,” Jacobsen said.

Bach and Handel to go head-to-head in Massey Memorial Organ mini-concert

by Delaney Van Wey on July 18, 2017

Though Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel never met in person, the legendary composers will go head-to-head in the Amphitheater Wednesday. This isn’t the first year Jared Jacobsen has staged what he calls a

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