The 2020 season opens with a Chautauqua favorite — the band that has participated in numerous presidential inaugural parades and supported many diplomatic missions overseas.

Students in area schools will collaborate with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra in "Link Up: The Orchestra Rocks," a music education program provided by Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute (WMI).

Recorded in front of a live audience and hosted by Ken Hardley, this ongoing series features live musical performances from regionally, nationally and internationally recognized artists, and celebrates grassroots Americana music.

This Akron, Ohio based ensemble returns to Chautauqua to perform music with American flavor, including pieces by Henry Mancini, Glenn Miller, Henry Fillmore and John Philip Sousa.

Highly acclaimed jazz pianists Bill Charlap and Renee Rosnes perform songs from their latest album, Double Portrait, a high point in their respective careers and the first recorded example of one of the finest and most empathetic piano duos in jazz history.

This parade of harmony and joy has been filling the Amp for over 60 years with a cappella singing at its best.