Chautauqua Institution

This performance of Serenade, a Balanchine® Ballet, is presented by arrangement with The George Balanchine Trust and has been produced in accordance with the Balanchine Style® and Balanchine Technique® Service standards established and provided by the Trust.

“Shindig”

Choreography by Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux

Staged by Sasha Janes and Rebecca Janes

Costumes by Betsy Blackmore

Lighting Design: Nate McGaha

“Get Up John” - Bill Monroe

“Nine Pound Hammer” - Trad. American

“Pistolerro” - Scott Anthony McAleer

“La Marie Bell” - (trad. American)

“Rocky Broad Shuffle” - Joshua W. Haddix

“Dog Patch Scramble” - Daimon Empfield

Premiered September 18, 2003 – North Carolina Dance Theatre Dance Place | Charlotte, NC

MSFO Personnel

Violin I

Caleb Frailey, concertmaster

Cecelia Santiago

Rebekah Geller

Frances Norton

Zihua Ma

Jamily Lee

Ian Jenson

Noah Ghosh

Kana Aihara

Tianyu Liu

Pavlo Kyryliuk

Maxwell Fairman

Violin II

Charlotte Fong, principal

Veronica Rokicki

Byron Laing

Paula Sastre

Blake Armstrong

Anna Sykes

Jameson Darcy

Cade Carter

Yvonne Lee

Ophir Dahari

Evan Schuman

Rhianna Lingle

Viola

Ariana Mascari, principal

Daniel Castorena

Chloe Kitzmiller

Kate MacKenzie

Kamilah Brown

Alison Wang

Alondra Damian-Noyola

Martha Mulcahy

Josh Corwin

Mira Vaughn

Cello

Nathaniel Stone, principal

Alexandra Dillulio

Milo Klise

Benjamin Smith

Layla Morris

Noah Vin

Ethan Hess

Lekai Li

Myla Wyrick

Ewan Manalo

Double Bass

Austin Beck, principal

Carson Fast

Zoe Harris

Sunny Lin

Aidan Lobenstein

Stan Legan

Paolo Garcia

Flute

Alex Lehmann

Carter Reynolds

Emma Westerfield

Oboe

Kearsen Erwin

Celia Wojcik

Erin Yun

Clarinet

Lauren Enos

Hongbo Liang

Caroline Weiss

Bassoon

Jason Capozucca

Noah Eastman

Heather Hippchen

James Smelley

Horn

Lilah Costanzo

Jordan Petan

Louis Roy

Amir Sharipov

Cristina Vieytez

Trumpet

Dasara Beta

Jordan Ku

Elijah Leonard

Kirk Morrison

Trombone

Griffin Rupp

Elijah Van Camp-Goh

Bass Trombone

Iris Liu

Tuba

Parker Burkey

Percussion

Jose Diaz

Will Morgan

Connor Speakman

Patrick Sorah

Harp

Beth Henson

School of Dance Personnel

Grand Waltz

Catherine Ball

Eva Bendesky

Emerson Boll

Chanell Botha

Emerson Butler

Caroline Cochrane

Noa Dean

Daisy Feinstein

Sophie Giplin

Pheobe Gray

Maya Jackson

Sejal Janaswamy

Cecelia johnson

Josie Kirk

Bess Millard

Sofia Niebuhr

Chloe Oronoz

Lucy Shultz

Ryan Smallwood

Emma Tucker

Stanley Cannon

Jeffrey Davis

Jasiah Doyle

Devdan Ferguson

Kale Jette

Bruno Khilkin Seeches

Joshua Randall

Greg Trechel

Ellis Wolf-Annunziata

Anzu Angeles

Isabelle Baker

Pippa Chow

Elsie Dawson

Kyla Gatzoulis

Shirley Kariya Hwang

Harper Lamonthe

Stella Langner

Soleil Manzano

Toby McDonald

Fiona McDonough

Karina Noyes

Allie Reisert

Reese Robbins

Clara Rodrigues-Cheung

Ariadna Romanova

Noa Rose

Skylar Sikorski

Alexandra Snyder

Abigail Starsiak

Elsa Swanson

Veronica Turk

Riho Yokogawa

Taurin Janes

Friday Mathews

Ezra Teter

Leif VanHorn

We Danced Through Life

Emerson Boll and Stanley Cannon

Eva Bendesky and Ellis Wolf Annunziata

Noa Dean and Joshua Randall

Sejal Janaswamy and Jeffrey Davis

Caroline Cochrane and Kale Jette

Emma Tucker and Greg Trechel

A Tale of AI Ascension

The Roommates: Devdan Ferguson, Catherine Ball

Delivery Crew: Jeffrey Davis, Chloe Oronoz, Ryan Smallwood

AI: Maya Jackson, Sejal Janaswamy, Sofia Niebuhr, Chanell Botha, Caroline Cochrane, Bruno Khilkin Secches, Jasiah Doyle

Serenade

Bess Millard

Daisy Feinstein

Cecelia Johnson

Stanley Cannon

Devdan Ferguson

Chloe Oronoz

Sejal Janaswamy

Noa Dean

Sofia Neibuhr

Catherine Ball

Eva Bendesky

Emerson Boll

Chanell Botha

Emerson Butler

Caroline Cochrane

Sophie Giplin

Phoebe Gray

Maya Jackson

Josie Kirk

Lucy Shultz

Ryan Smallwood

Emma Tucker

Ellis Wolf Annunziata

Greg Trechel

Josh Randall

Bruno Khilin Secches

Shindig

“Get Up John”

Emerson Butler, Stanley Cannon, Jeffrey Davis, Jasiah Doyle, Daisy Feinstein, Devdan Ferguson, Sophie Gilpin, Phoebe Gray, Maya Jackson, Kale Jette, Cecelia Johnson, Bruno Kihlkin Secches, Josie Kirk, Bess Millard, Joshua Randall, Lucy Shultz, Greg Trechel, Ellis Wolf Annunziata

“Nine Pound Hammer”

Cecelia Johnson

“Pistolerro”

Jeffrey Davis, Jasiah Doyle, Devdan Ferguson, Joshua Randall, Ellis Wolf Annunziata

“La Marie Bell”

Phoebe Gray, Lucy Shultz, Bruno Khilkin-Secches

“Rocky Broad Shuffle”

Maya Jackson and Stanley Cannon

“Dog Patch Scramble”

About the Music School Festival Orchestra

Each summer we enroll 81 of the most promising young instrumentalists from here and abroad to join us for an exciting summer of music making. Our students are typically 18 to 28 and enrolled in (or recently graduated from) undergraduate or graduate studies.

The School of Music at Chautauqua considers orchestral work, private study, and chamber music each to be vital components of the program. The orchestra rehearses daily for the majority of the summer and performs its concerts in Chautauqua’s 4,400-seat outdoor Amphitheater. Other facets of orchestral study include sectionals, repertoire classes and mock auditions all run by our professional faculty. Topics covered include the psychology of auditioning, performance issues/anxiety, and instant feedback providing priceless insight into the professional road ahead.

The chamber music program runs throughout the festival. Students receive regular coaching from our distinguished faculty and have multiple performance opportunities. Percussionists participate in a two-week chamber music residency with Michael Burritt, concluding with a percussion ensemble concert. Many of the ensembles mix with the opera conservatory, piano and even theater and dance programs to provide a wide and diverse offering of performing experiences.

Private study rounds out the curriculum with each student receiving six private lessons with a member of Chautauqua’s world-renowned faculty. Master classes from both resident and guest faculty are part of the program as well. Climate-controlled practice cabins provide an ideal environment for the personal work that goes into a summer of artistic growth.

About the School of Dance

Chautauqua School of Dance provides an unparalleled pre-professional training experience for talented dance students that includes small classes in a nurturing studio environment, extensive performance opportunities, individual coaching and career guidance in a safe and picturesque lakeside community.

In addition to daily ballet technique classes and performance rehearsal, students will receive training in many other dance disciplines including pointe, variation, character, musical theatre, contemporary, pas de deux, Pilates and more. Classes are taught by a distinguished and diverse roster of world-renowned faculty and guest faculty currently performing with national companies. Students spend a significant portion of their day rehearsing repertoire ballets that are often new works created on them by resident choreographers. Each summer former NYCB prima ballerina and 2014 Kennedy Center Award Honoree Patricia McBride who serves as Chautauqua School of Dance’s Principal repetiteur stages a work by world renowned choreographer George Balanchine, providing insight to the ballet’s history and technique from the perspective of someone who worked closely with him for many years. Former Paris Opera Ballet and NYCB Principal dancer Jean Pierre Bonnefoux, who now serves as the Chautauqua School of Dance’s Principal Resident Coach, will lead small groups in coaching sessions which allow dancers to focus on areas to improve and excel. With guidance from faculty, dancers in the Pre-Professional division have the opportunity to create new works on their fellow dancers and collaborate with students from the Music School during the annual Choreographic Workshop. Wellness Classes will be offered with our Physical Therapist and Carla Körbes, guest faculty. On-site physical therapy is available for each student weekly at no additional cost.

Assisting students on their chosen career path is another important aspect of the program. Chautauqua Dance invites Artistic Directors of major national ballet companies to visit the program throughout the summer. The directors will view our students in class and rehearsal, host Q&A panels, and meet with dancers about future career opportunities.

Several student performances are presented to the Chautauqua community throughout the summer, including an Amphitheater evening with the Music School Festival Orchestra, two Sunday Galas, and in-studio showings. Many Pre-Professional division students have additional performance opportunities with visiting ballet companies. All Amphitheater performances are costumed by a fully staffed costume shop located in the Carnahan-Jackson Studio complex. Often costumes are designed and created specifically for the students when premiering new choreography.

Chautauqua School of Dance boasts an impressive list of alumni who can be seen on stage in major national and international companies. Curated by Sasha Janes, the annual All-Star Ballet Gala serves as a celebration of the exceptional talent consistently produced by the school. Previous galas have included artists from top-tier national and international companies such as NYCB, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, San Francisco Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, English National Ballet and more join forces for an exciting evening of contemporary and classical dance. In addition to the performance, alumni host discussion panels and serve as School of Dance guest faculty, graciously sharing their knowledge with the next generation of All-Stars.

The Chautauqua Dance platform presents a rotating roster of diverse professional dance companies in the Amphitheater during the nine-week summer season, giving students exposure to a wide range of artistic styles both on stage and in the studio in Master Classes with artists from the visiting companies. Companies in residence have included: Stars of American Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Paul Taylor Dance Company, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Nashville Ballet, Pilobolus, The Washington Ballet, Houston Ballet, and more. Students are required to attend every dance performance as part of the curriculum. Chautauqua Institution provides an amazing location for aspiring dancers to learn and grow in a supportive, arts-centric community. Students are encouraged to attend performances across disciplines and access to all Amphitheater events is included in the program cost. When not honing their craft in studio or on stage, students can spend their free time biking around the grounds, swimming in the lake, eating ice cream with friends on Bestor Plaza, and enjoying the many summer resort activities Chautauqua has to offer.

MSFO Work Studies

MSFO Student Librarians

Dasara Beta

Caleb Frailey

MSFO Manager

Paola Garcia

MSFO Percussion Manager

Jose Diaz

2025 School of Music Faculty and Staff

Instrumental 2025 Faculty

Jaren Atherholt, oboe

Alicja Basinska, collaborative pianist

Aaron Berofsky, violin and chair of strings

Bill Bernatis, horn

Curtis Burris, bass

Michael Burritt, percussion

Cristina Cutts, tuba

Eli Eban, clarinet

Pedro Frenandez, chair of percussion

Shannon Hesse, collaborative pianist

Roger Kaza, horn

Akiko Konishi, collaborative pianist

Brian Kushmaul, percussion

Owen Lee, bass

Eric Lindblom, bass trombone

Madeleine Olson, harp

Nurit Pacht, violin

Lynne Ramsey, viola

Mark Robbins, horn

Jeff Robinson, bassoon

Richard Sherman, flute and chair of winds

Matt Strauss, percussion

Almita Vamos, violin

Kathryn Votapek, chair of chamber music

Felix Wang, cello

Micah Wilkinson, trumpet and chair of brass

Chris Wolf, trombone

School of Music Administration

Sarah Malinoski, Director, Chautauqua Schools of Performing and Visual Arts

Samantha Minardi-Lopez, Manager of Student Services & Arts Education Business Coordinator

Alyssa Shimmel, Administrative Assistant

Becky Mack, Head Librarian

Mariana Mathewson Bernstein, Connections Coordinator

Robert Bussell, Piano Technician

Igor Gersh, Resident Luthier

School of Dance Faculty

Resident Faculty

Sasha Janes, bonnefoux mcbride artistic director

Patricia McBride, director of ballet studies and principal repetiteur

Janice Wells, managing director

Jenni Propst, lighting designer and stage manager

Hannah Atkinson, stage manager

Sarah Yoak, administrative assistant and assistant stage manager

Jessica Toby Lustig, costume designer and director

Emily Kruger, costumes

Janice Lovercheck, costumes

Sarah Marucci, costumes

Brianna Matson, costumes

Kazuko Adachi, pianist

Cristina Bedoya, pianist

Alice Hargrove, pianist

Rebecca Janes

Kara Wilkes

2025 Guest Faculty

Jared Angle

Denise Cecere

Michael Deeb

Antonio Douthit-Boyd

Silas Farley

Anna Gerberich

Kati Hanlon Mayo

Joseph Jefferies

Sarkis Kaltakhtchian

Carla Körbes

Isabella LaFreniere

Jordan Leeper

William Moore

René Olivier

Abigail Simon

Michael Vernon

MSFO Donors and Scholarships

A. Chace Anderson Fine and Performing Arts Scholarship

Peggy and Andy Anderson Family Scholarship Fund

Barakat Scholarship

The Michael L. Barnett Scholarship Fund

Constance M. Barton

Evie and Stacey Berger

The Chuck Berginc Scholarship

Alexander W. & Edna L. Bouchal Memorial Scholarship

Ward T. Bower Memorial Scholarship

Frederick Percival Boynton Scholarship

Lowell and Frances Hyam Brentano Fund

The Gladys Brooks Scholarship Endowment Fund

Shirley Budke Memorial Fund for Blinf Students

The Edwin L. Bullock Scholarship

The Lillian B. Bullock Scholarship

Anne S. Burden Music Scholarship

The Carnahan-Jackson Scholarship Fund

The Chautauqua Amateur Musicians Program (C.A.M.P) Scholarship

The Chautauqua Golf Club Scholarship Fund

Clark Scholarship Fund

Joseph Clarke Scholarship Fund

Clarkson Family Scholarship

The William Cole/King Scholarship

Beverly and Bruce Conner Scholarship Fund

The Bettsy and Ellis Cowling Scholarship for MSFO

The Daley Family Fund

Elaine and Erroll Davis Scholarship for MSFO

Diamond Jubilee Class of 1948 Scholarship

Dietrich Family Endowment for Music at Chautauqua

The Bina Edkin Eckerd Memorial Fund for the Fine and Performing Arts

David Effron Conducting Fellowship

The Michael and Jane Eisner Scholarship Fund

Mary Cummings Paine Eudy Scholarship Fund

The Falk Scholarship Fund

Beverly and Marvin Fiegelman Scholarship Fund for the Performing Arts

Genevieve Foote Findley Scholarship[

Ted and Deborah First Scholarship

Dr. Stephen Fudell Memorial Scholarship Endowment

The Harriet B. and Ralph T. Geller Memorial Scholarship

General Scholarship Fund

Jeffrey and Norma Glazer

Glendorn Foundation Scholarship Fund

The Alfred E. Goldman Scholarship

The Jesie D. Grassie Class of 1882 Scholarship

The Arlene Hajinlian Music Scholarship

G. Thomas & Kathleen Harric Music Scholarship

Harris Scholarship for Performing Arts

Veda Hartman Memorial Scholarship

Ruth Higby Have and Della and David Higby Music Scholarship

Hebrew Congregation Music Award

James Heegeman

William and Pauline Higie School of Music Scholarship

Robert P. Hiller Scholarship Fund

Elke Kieserling Hoppe Scholarship

Cyril T.M. Hough Memorial Scholarship Fund

The Hultquist Foundation Inc

Ruth M. Skinner Hutchins Scholarship Fund

The Lucinda Ely Johnson Scholarship

The Teresa M. Joyce. Ph. D., Scholarship

The Max and Edythe Kahn Scholarship Fund

Rebecca McCrea Kamen Cello Scholarship

Thomas E. Kaufman Memorial Music Scholarship

The Danny Kayne Music Scholarship Fund

Konneker Scholarship

Felicia and Andy Landis Memorial Fund

The LaPenna-Koch Scholarship

The Marilyn G. Levinson and Nathan Gottschalk First Chair Award for MSFO Endowment

Craig J. Luchsinger Memorial Scholarship for Violin

Ernie Mahaffey

Sal and Kay Marranca

Lillian W. Masters Scholarship Fund

The Lucille J. McClure Memorial Music Scholarship Fund

Samuel R. McClure II Brass Scholarship

Everett and Sarah Holden Mc Laren Scholarship

Hilda Jo Anne Milham Scholarship

Milks Family Scholarship for Brass Music

The Ralph J. Miller and Florence L. Miller Memorial Scholarship in Music

The Elmer G. Molyneaux Scholarship

The Mary Louise Molyneaux Scholarship

Moore Scholarship Fund for Music

Jack I. and Barbara J. Morris Memorial Cello Scholarshop

Music School Festival Orchestra Chairs

Music School Festival Orchestra Scholarship

Lily Lee Nixon Fund

Mr. And Mrs. Danford Nobel Scholarship

The William F. Northrop Memorial Music Scholarship

The Fayette S. Olmstead Foundation and Pittsburgh National Bank Charitable Trust Fund

Mary Elizabeth Peffer Music Scholarship

Pennsylvania Scholarship Fund

Pennybacker Memorial Scholarship

The Penrose Scholarship Fund

Charles John Petre Memorial Fund Trombone Award

William and Jane Pfefferkorn Scholarship for Music

Robert and Mary Pickens Scholarship

The Ernest W. and Jeannette McClure Poller Scholarship

Av and Janet Posner

Av and Janet Posner Music Scholarship

Henry Rauch Memorial Scholarship

The Douglas A. Raynow Memorial Scholarship

The Reed Family Scholarship

Joseph w. and Marilyn Hyder Richey Scholarship Endowment

Jospeh H. and Florence A. Roblee Scholarshipp

The Rotary Club of Jamestown Community Service Fund (RCJCSF) Scholarship

Glen and Ruth Roush Scholarship Fund

The Catherine Prussing Rodgers Scholarship

The Josette and Ronald Rolley Scholarship

Mary McQueen Ross Scholarship

Elmer S. and H Lorraine Sachse Scholarship Fund

The Sack Family Scholarship

Ann and Isidor Saslav Violin Scholarship in Honor of Mischa Mischakoff

James Scamman Memorial Scholarship

The Henrietta W. Schlager Scholarship

The Shreveport Friends’ Music Scholarship

The Dr. William T. and Virginia W Smyth Fund

Robert and Joan Spirtas Scholarship

The Suzanne Gaider Sroka Scholarship

Stephen Still and Terrie Tucker

George and Marianne Strother Scholarship Fund

Dan and Ann Sullivan

Dessie B. Tichenor Scholarship Fund

Barbara and Albert Turbessi Memorial

Tustin Memorial Fund

Glenn G. Vance Music Scholarship

Nina T. Wensley Scholarship

The Drs. Frits & Corrie Wiebenga Scholarship Fund

The Rachel Wilder and Phil Lerman Scholarship

Elaine Wolfe and Barry Silverman

Jeffrey and Claudia Wood

The John B. Yoder Music Scholarship

Chadwick Young Scholarship

We are grateful for the generous support of the MSFO from the following donors and organizations, scholarship funds, and permanent endowment funds held by the Chautauqua Foundation, ensuring the continuation of classical music training at Chautauqua

School of Dance Donors and Scholarships

Thank You Chautauqua School of Dance Donors

Anonymous

The Richard and Eleanor Aron Dance Scholarship

Barbara and Donald Bernstein Scholarship

Bonnefoux / McBride Dance Scholarship

June and Albert Bonyor Scholarship Fund for Ballet

The Paul and Toni Branch Fund for Dance

The Carnahan-Jackson Artistic Director of Chautauqua School of Dance Endowment

The Carnahan-Jackson Dance Endowment

The Helen Cooper Mercer Fund for Performing Arts

Dakin Family Fund for Dance

Chautauqua Dance Circle Bonnefoux McBride Endowment for Scholarship

The Chautauqua Dance Circle Scholarship

Chautauqua Dance Circle Endowment

Edith Reid Flaster Memorial Dance Scholarship

The W. Jane Foster and Arthur S. Wilson Artistic Director of Chautauqua School of Dance Endowment

Marjorie Geller Memorial Dance Scholarship

Marjorie T. Gingell

The Toni and Joseph Goldfarb Scholarship Fund for Fine & Performing Arts

Craig and Catherine Greene Family Fund

Bartley P. Griffith Terrie Vaile Hauck Dance Scholarship

Paula and Ray Hecker Dance Scholarship

William and Pauline Higie School of Dance Scholarship

Sasha Janes Fund for Dance

Barabara Jacob & Karen Lichtig Dance Scholarship

Moore Fund for Dance

The Abe Neches Scholarship for Dance

The Bernard Paul Memorial Scholarship Fund

Rosalie H. Pembridge Dance Scholarship

Bonnie Rosenthal Dance Scholarship

A. Pope and Peggy B. Shuford Dance Scholarship

The Harriet G. Yanes Dance Scholarship

The Miriam Yanes Eddelman Dance Scholarship