Music School Festival Orchestra

MSFO to celebrate final performance with optimism, despite challenges

by Alyssa Bump on August 15, 2022

Crescendoing into its final performance of the season, the 2022 Music School Festival Orchestra will soon watch the flick of Maestro Timothy Muffitt’s baton for the last time. The MSFO will present its final ensemble

A grand finalé: MSFO, Voice Program conclude season with timeless ‘Marriage of Figaro’

by Kristen Triplett on July 23, 2021

KRISTEN TRIPLETT - STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Timothy Muffitt conducts the Music School Festival Orchestra during the Student Opera's production of Marriage

Students prepare capstone of chamber music as their season comes to crescendo

by Nichole Jiang on July 16, 2021

NICHOLE JIANG - STAFF WRITER Percussionists Liam McManus, left, and David Wang rehearse with pianists Narae Lee, left, and Kerry

Joining Forces: CSO and MSFO come together once more for unique performance

by Nichole Jiang on July 15, 2021

NICHOLE JIANG - STAFF WRITER Rossen Milanov, conductor and music director of the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, leads the CSO and

Fantastic fanfares: Music School Festival Orchestra plans dramatic evening for Amp audience

by Nichole Jiang on July 5, 2021

NICHOLE JIANG - STAFF WRITER Music Director Timothy Muffitt conducts the Music School Festival Orchestra during their opening performance of

Once again on grounds of Chautauqua, MSFO prepares to perform for first time in over a year

by Nichole Jiang on June 27, 2021

The Music School Festival Orchestra will perform onstage for the first time in over a year at 8:15 p.m. Monday, June 28 in the Amphitheater. Musical and Artistic Director Timothy Muffitt will lead the orchestra

School of Music students, faculty look to season with anticipation

by Nichole Jiang on June 25, 2021

NICHOLE JIANG - STAFF WRITER After a year of endless Zoom calls, social distancing and uncertainty, the School of Music

Star-Crossed Lovers to Take Amp Stage for MSFO and Voice Program Collaboration

by Julia Arwine on August 4, 2019

Chautauqua Voice Program students Lindsey Reynolds, soprano, left, as Guilietta, and Marie Engle, mezzo-soprano, as Romeo, perform with the Music

Guest Critic: CSO and MSFO Bring Skill and Color to ‘Fiendishly Difficult Work’

by Andrew Druckenbrod on July 21, 2019

Review by Andrew Druckenbrod: Think of the volume of a typical orchestral fortissimo and then double it. Then double it again.

MSFO students to perform Russian symphonic music in final concert of the 2018 season

by Flora Junhua Deng on August 12, 2018

Monday, Aug. 13, is the last chance of the season to hear instrumental students from the Music School Festival Orchestra

Fierce & Free: MSFO & Voice Program bring ‘Carmen’ to life

by Haldan Kirsch on August 7, 2018

On Monday, Aug. 6, a collaboration between the Music School Festival Orchestra and Chautauqua Voice Program bring George Bizet's Carmen to life. The opera consisted of students from the Chautauqua Voice Program taking on the

Chautauqua voice students and the MSFO offer a new take on the operatic classic “Carmen.”

by Flora Junhua Deng on August 5, 2018

Amanda Lynn Bottoms performs as Carman during a rehearsal for the School of Music: Music School Festival Orchestra with Chautauqua

MSFO instrumentalists to perform string quartets, woodwind, brass, percussion ensembles in phase two of chamber music recitals

by Flora Junhua Deng on July 30, 2018

On Tuesday, July 31, instrumental students in the Music School Festival Orchestra begin recitals of Phase Two, the intense phase of

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