Countdown to Season: What to Expect (May 24 update)
This is the sixth of our weekly “What to Expect” communications as opening day of the 2021 Summer Assembly approaches in about a month. We look forward to welcoming you back and are excited about the many and varied experiences we will be able to offer this summer. We ask that all who come to the Institution do so with a spirit of flexibility and “big picture” thinking. In a “normal” summer, it takes nine...
2021 Planning FAQ
2021 Planning FAQ Ticket Office Phone room hours: Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Closed weekends and holidays) ticketoffice@chq.org 716.357.6250 Welcome Center Central Information Desk Phone hours: Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Closed weekends and holidays) infooffice@chq.org 716.357.6200 Main Gate Welcome Center (including public restrooms) These facilities are closed to the public until further notice. What kind of season are you planning for 2022? Our Board of Trustees has approved an outline of a plan to...
Children’s School
...walking to other Chautauqua program sites or visits to the Smith Memorial Library for story hours. What regulations or guidelines impact the operation of Children’s School? Children’s School operates under a day camp permit granted by the New York State Department of Health. Teacher-to-student ratios, safety and emergency plans, and available medical staff support are all requirements of the permit-granting procedure. May I register my child for single days or half days? Registration for Children’s...
Plan Your Visit
...to explore the fullness of Chautauqua. Learn More Coming for the Day? Take a day trip to restore, reset and reconnect at Chautauqua Institution! Historian and author David McCullough once called Chautauqua “a summer encampment and a small town, a college campus, an arts colony, a music festival, a religious retreat, and the village square” all wrapped into one. Learn More Don’t forget to… Be prepared for the weather. Most days are warm — dress...
2022 Chautauqua Institution Food Venues
Come Enjoy Culinary Experiences and Lake Vistas Explore Restaurants at Chautauqua Institution 3 Taps and a Truck Enjoy cool beverages in Adirondack chairs around firepits in a casual lakeside setting. See Menu Afterwords Café Meet with friends for soups, salads or sandwiches for discussions on the day’s events in a casual café experience. See Menu Lobby Lounge Enjoy delicious appetizers, salads, sandwiches, wine and craft cocktails on the beautiful porch of the Athenaeum Hotel. see...
Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra Announces New Appointments
...for so many young musicians from diverse backgrounds.” The CSO continues with auditions in summer 2024 for Principal Clarinet, Principal Tuba, and six section positions in Violins I and II. To be considered, applicants must submit a resume by January 15. Live auditions will be held at Chautauqua during the Summer Assembly on the following dates: Violins 1 & 2 Sunday, June 30–Monday, July 1, 2024 Principal Tuba Sunday, July 21–Monday, July 22, 2024 Principal...
2022 Country Concerts at Chautauqua Institution
2022 Country Artist’s Concerts at Chautauqua Institution Brett Eldredge Friday August 5, 2022 at 8:15 p.m. Amphitheater Week Six (July 30 – August 6) Purchase Tickets Sheryl Crow Tuesday, July 12 at 7 p.m. Amphitheater Week Three (July 9 – 16) Purchase Tickets Lyle Lovett and his Large Band Friday July 29 at 8:15 p.m. Amphitheater Week Five (July 23-30) Purchase Tickets See More Concerts Come Enjoy Culinary Experiences and Lake Vistas Explore Restaurants at...
Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra Announces 2022 Season
...Hesse Welcome and Business Center, are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday–Friday (closed weekends and holidays). Online sales at tickets.chq.org begin May 3. 2022 Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra Repertoire Subject to change Thursday, June 30, 2022 ∙ 8:15 p.m. Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra: “Opening Night” Rossen Milanov, conductor J.S. Smith/Damrosch: The Star-Spangled Banner Jessie Montgomery: Banner Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D major, op. 43 Saturday, July 2, 2022 ∙ 8:15 p.m. EDT Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra:...
Cat on A Hot Tin Roof, Clybourne Park and The Comedy of Errors, The New Play Workshop and The Romeo & Juliet Project
...process. Performances are July 19 – 28. CTC welcomes back Davis McCallum (CTC’s Arcadia) to direct after his recent successes at the helm of 2012 Pulitzer Prize winning Water by the Spoonful and Playwrights Horizons’ The Whale. Shakespeare for the Whole Family In The Comedy of Errors, not one, but two sets of identical twins, separated at birth, find themselves in the same city, on the same fast-paced, bewildering day in Shakespeare’s riotous farce of...
Sunday Afternoon Entertainment: Soldiers’ Chorus of The U.S. Army Field Band
Chautauqua opens the 2024 season with The Soldiers’ Chorus of The U.S. Army Field Band! This 29-member chorus travels throughout the nation and abroad, and is a mainstay of PBS’s annual National Memorial Day Concert, inspiring patriotism and garnering a reputation for musical excellence....