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Timothy Muffitt conducting the MSFO

Faculty

Each instrumentalist receives six private lessons with a member of the faculty.

The Music School Festival Orchestra is underwritten in part by the Hultquist Foundation and the Carnahan-Jackson Foundation of Jamestown, N.Y.

*denotes CSO musicians. (Faculty listings are official at time of publication but may change without notice.)

Contact Information

Sam Minardi-Lopez
Manager of Student Services & Arts Education Business Coordinator
716-357-6234
sminardi@chq.org

Sarah Malinoski
Director, Chautauqua Schools of Performing and Visual Arts
716-357-6233
f: 716-357-9014
smalinoski@chq.org

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Timothy Muffitt

Artistic and Music Director

Music Director of the Lansing Symphony Orchestra since 2006, and Music Director Laureate of the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra, Timothy Muffitt continues to appear with other prominent orchestras around the country. Recent seasons have included St. Louis Symphony and Tulsa Symphony and return engagements with the San Francisco Symphony and the Long Beach Symphony along with his debut at The Hollywood Bowl. Other engagements have taken Muffitt to the Houston, Phoenix, Edmonton, and Spokane Symphonies, Columbus Ohio’s Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra, the Buffalo Philharmonic, the Virginia Symphony, the Grant Park Music Festival Orchestra in Chicago and the Harrisburg (PA) Symphony among others.

Along with continued growth in artistic excellence, Muffitt’s work has been marked by innovative, imaginative programming. A strong proponent of community arts education,

Muffitt has been very active in the venues of radio and lecture, presenting arts-enrichment programs through a variety of formats for diverse audiences.

Prominent performers and composers with whom Mr. Muffitt has worked include Yo Yo Ma, Renee Fleming, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Andre Watts, Alicia de Larrocha, Pinchas Zukerman, Van Cliburn, Lynn Harrell, Itzhak Perlman, and composers John Cage, Joseph Schwantner, Ellen Taffe Zwilich, John Harbison, Joan Tower and Bernard Rands among others.

Brasswinds

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Bill Bernatis

Horn*
Bio
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Cristina Cutts Dougherty

Tuba*
Bio
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Roger Kaza

French Horn*
Bio
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Daniel Kerdelewicz

Horn*
Bio
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Eric Lindblom

Bass Trombone
Bio
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Mark Robbins

Horn*
Bio
Micah-Wilkinson

Micah Wilkinson

Trumpet*
Bio
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Chris Wolf

Trombone
Bio

Woodwinds

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Jaren Atherholt

Oboe
Bio
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Eli Eban

Clarinet*
Bio
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Jeff Robinson

Bassoon*
Bio
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Richard Sherman

Flute*
Bio

Strings

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Aaron Berofsky

Violin
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Curtis Burris

Double Bass
Bio
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Ilya Kaler

Violin, Masterclass Only
Bio
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Owen Lee

Double Bass
Bio
Nurit Pacht

Nurit Pacht

Violin
Bio
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Lynne Ramsey

Viola
Bio
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Almita Vamos

Violin
Bio
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Kathryn Votapek

Violin
Bio
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Felix Wang

Cello
Bio

Percussion & Harp

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Michael Burritt

Percussion
Website
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Pedro Fernandez

Percussion*
Bio
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Brian Kushmaul

Percussion*
Bio
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Madeline Olson

Harp
Bio
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Matthew Strauss

Percussion*
Bio

Collaborative Piano Faculty

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Shannon Hesse

Collaborative Pianist
Bio
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Akiko Konishi

Collaborative Pianist
Bio

Luthier

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Igor Gersh

Resident Luthier

For over ten summers Igor has been the “Luthier in Residence” at the Chautauqua School of Music where he services the needs of the professional Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra and the student Music School Festival Orchestra. During the rest of the year Igor works at “Potter Violins” in Washington, DC as well as in his private studio and his recently launched rehair by mail service MyBowExpress.com. Igor provides a full spectrum of professional luthier services. His specialties are sound adjustment, professional setup, and expert bow rehair, restoration and maintenance.

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