The Roe Green Foundation Makes Transformational $4.5 Million Commitment to Chautauqua Theater Company
Chautauqua Institution today announced The Roe Green Foundation has made a transformational $4.5 million commitment to advance the completion of the new Roe Green Theater Center, a state-of-the-art, centralized facility for Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC). This gift, which consists of a $3 million outright contribution and a $1.5 million matching challenge gift, comes after a long history of supporting theater arts at Chautauqua, including the New Play Workshop series. The new Roe Green Theater Center...
2024 Guest Artists, Composers & Librettists
...America) – writes music described as “always dramatic, reflective, rarely predictable, and often electronic” (Musical America). She was the inaugural Resident Composer at Opera San José in the 2022-23 season and recently completed a three-year tenure as Composer-In-Residence at Opera Philadelphia. This season, Opera Philadelphia presented the “triumphant world premiere” (Wall Street Journal) of 10 Day in a Madhouse, co-commissioned by Opera Philadelphia and Tapestry Opera. The New York Times writes, “opera needs works like...
Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra Musicians Reach Agreement
...title, though he has long served as a go-to conductor for CSO pops concerts. In addition to the CSO schedule, 2021 patrons will enjoy the Music School Festival Orchestra on Monday evenings Weeks One through Four, with a special additional performance on Saturday, July 3, keeping symphonic music as the centerpiece of Chautauqua’s Independence Day celebration. ABOUT THE CHAUTAUQUA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1929 and today continues its legacy as...
Four Leaders Join Chautauqua Institution Board of Trustees
New Trustee Class Begins Term Today CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. — Chautauqua Institution’s Board of Trustees elected Paul Hagman, Jesse Marion and Gwen Adams Norton to four-year terms of service at the final meeting of the body’s 2020–21 cycle on Aug. 28. Additionally, members of the Chautauqua Corporation elected Rick Evans as the newest of the four trustees selected by Chautauqua property owners at the Corporation’s annual meeting on Aug. 14. The new trustee class officially begins its term today,...
‘Epic Collaboration’
Bush 3rd Graders’ Imagination Takes Center Stage Through CHQ Young Playwrights Project Applause, cheers, and excitement filled the auditorium of Bush Elementary School as the special guests bowed. “Did you enjoy that play?” asks Emily Olcott, one of four teaching artists visiting the school that day from Chautauqua Institution. “YES!” the children replied in unison following the short performance. “Well, great! Because we’re going to perform another play for you except… This one hasn’t been...
Rabbi Josh Feigelson
...Prize for Applied Jewish Wisdom. Most recently he served as Dean of Students at the University of Chicago Divinity School. Josh is a Wexner Graduate Fellow and was the founding co-chair of the Wener Fellowship Alumni Committee. He is the author of Eternal Questions: Reflections, Conversations, and Jewish Mindfulness Practices for the Weekly Torah Portion (Ben Yehuda Press, 2022) and the host of “Soulful Jewish Living: Mindful Practices for Every Day,” a podcast co-produced by...
Chautauqua Institution’s Chautauqua Opera Company, Voice Program to Unite in 2022
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. — Chautauqua Institution today announced the unification of its resident Chautauqua Opera Company, led by General and Artistic Director Steven Osgood, and Voice Program, led by Chair Marlena Malas. The newly combined program, under the auspices of Chautauqua Performing and Visual Arts, will be known as the Chautauqua Opera Company and Conservatory as the Institution moves into the 2022 season. The opera company’s existing Young Artist Program and the Voice Program, which serve...
Martina McBride
...force in country music, her career skyrocketed with the release of her second album in 1993, The Way That I Am. With hits, like “My Baby Loves Me,” and “Independence Day,” the album quickly rose to million-seller status in 1995, ushering in a string of platinum albums in the 2000s. One of country music’s biggest stars, McBride also saw years of crossover pop success before returning to her country roots in 2005. Soon after, her...
A Thanksgiving Message from President Michael E. Hill
Dear Chautauquans, As we prepare to gather with friends and family for Thanksgiving Day, I am filled with gratitude as I reflect on the spirit of our beloved Chautauqua Institution. In a year that has presented both challenges and triumphs, I am thankful for the resilience and strength our community has demonstrated in tandem with care and support. Chautauqua has always been a place of connection, learning, and inspiration, and in these times, we have...
Chautauqua Adopts 2050 Net Zero Carbon Goal
...our community members.” Board Resolution (Appendix D, page 11): https://www.chq.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024.05.04-Draft-Minutes-Board-of-Trustees.pdf Leadership Letter Below ABOUT CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTION Chautauqua Institution is a not-for-profit, 750-acre community on Chautauqua Lake in southwestern New York State where approximately 7,500 people are in residence on any day during a nine-week summer season. More than 100,000 attend scheduled public events each year and even more engage online via the streaming channel CHQ Assembly. Chautauqua is dedicated to the exploration of the best...