Faculty
...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...
Musicians
...in Detroit, Ft Worth, Naples, Buffalo, North Carolina and Seattle. He enjoys a special relationship with The Phoenix Symphony where he leads multiple programs annually. He previously held posts as resident conductor of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and associate conductor of the Louisville Orchestra. As principal timpanist of the Honolulu Symphony for twenty years, Chafetz would also conduct the annual Nutcracker performances with Ballet Hawaii and principals from the American Ballet Theatre. It was during...
Chautauqua Lake Conservation
Chautauqua Lake Conservation From its first days when visitors arrived by steamboat, Chautauqua Lake has been an essential part of the Chautauqua experience. In the intervening years, generations of families around the lake have swum, boated, fished, and enjoyed the natural beauty of the lake. Chautauqua Lake is critical to a strong sense of place and community for those at Chautauqua Institution and throughout Chautauqua County, but human impact is taking its toll. Chautauqua Institution...
Wetlands Regulations Update
...DEC specialists and over 2,000 attended by Webex. The following highlights were noted during the presentation. The delineation maps are NOT regulatory. They only indicate the need to obtain a Jurisdictional Determination from NYSDEC to decide if a project is proposed within the blue areas or within 100 feet of those blue areas is actually within a wetland. The NYSDEC will perform on-site visits to make their determinations and may take up to 90 days...
Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra: Korngold and Dvorak
JoAnn Falletta, conductor Blake Pouliot, violin Multiple Grammy Award-winning conductor and Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic JoAnn Falletta joins the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra for a luminous evening. Recently named one of the “Fifty Great Conductors,” past and present, by Gramophone Magazine, Falletta is also widely celebrated as the first woman to lead a major American orchestra. Her program with the CSO features the “refined and impassioned” (ArtsAtlanta) Canadian violinist Blake Pouliot in Erich Korngold’s...
Past Productions
...Design by Maidie Greet Sound Design by Rick Menke 1986 Love, the Best Medicine (August 14-August 17,1986) by Moliere Directed by Peter LeFevre The Four Poster (August 22-25, 1986 in Norton Hall) by Jan De Hartog Directed by Gerald Gutierrez Scenic Design by Elizabeth Dayre and Derek McLane Costume Design by Sheila Kehoe Lighting Design by Betsy Adams Friday Night Phaeton Key Exchange (August 1-4, 1986 in Norton Hall) by Kevin Wade Directed by Michael...
WYNTON MARSALIS’ ALL RISE
Special Program Event! Free Admission with Gate Pass! Recorded live at the Chautauqua Amphitheater in 2024 this is Wynton Marsalis’s massive jazz symphony All Rise performed in it’s entirety featuring the Music School Festival Orchestra and the Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus. (NR, 115m)...
Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra Announces New Appointments
Monday, October 7, 2024 Chautauqua, N.Y. – Chautauqua Institution and the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra (CSO) today announced a series of new musician appointments. Sharon Roffman joins the CSO as concertmaster after a two-year audition process, Stanislav Chernyshev as Principal Clarinet, and Matthew Strauss as Principal Timpani. Additionally, six exceptional violinists — Leslie Frey Anderegg, Zhe Deng, Zhen Lui, Molly McDonald, Kurt Munstedt and Timothy Peters — have been welcomed ahead of the 2025 season. Cristina...
Fellowship Program
...New York, Gabrielle Monachino began her violin studies at the age of 4. As an orchestral musician, she has performed with the Cleveland Orchestra, San Diego Symphony, Richmond Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, and many others. Most recently, she was a Violin Fellow at the New World Symphony. While there, she was fortunate to sit principal under the batons of Michael Tilson Thomas, Stephane Deneve, Nicholas Collon, Peter Oundjian, and collaborated with artists such as James Ehnes,...
Stephine Hunt Named Interim Michael I. Rudell Director of Literary Arts
...2017, when she began serving as the seasonal manager of the CLSC Octagon. She became manager of literary arts in 2023, working closely with Alexander to expand the reach of Chautauqua’s literary offerings. A doctoral candidate in American studies at the University at Buffalo, Hunt also teaches English and ethnic and gender studies at SUNY Fredonia. Her academic expertise includes critical Indigenous studies; Native American literature and history; and the environmental humanities. “Stephine has worked...