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The Marriage of Figaro
July 18, 2021
Music School Festival Orchestra and the Chautauqua Voice Program: The Marriage of Figaro

Monday, July 19

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro

Timothy Muffitt, Artistic and Music Director 
Joshua Hong, David Effron Conducting Fellow
Gabriela Lara, Concertmaster
Bright Johnston, Principal Second Violin
Alexis Mitrushi, Principal Viola
Andrew Shinn, Principal Cello
Corey Watzek, Principal Double Bass

John Giampietro, Director
Jinhee Park and Travis Bloom, Vocal Coaches & Rehearsal Pianists
Nicole Cloutier, Rehearsal Pianist
Jaylyn Simmons, Assistant Director

 

Cast

Figaro – Evan Lazdowski (Alex Matthews, cover)

Count Almaviva – Seonho Yu

Susannah – Nicoletta Berry (Chea Kang cover)

Countess (shared) – Lydia Graham & Amanda Batista

Cherubino (shared) – Lucy Evans & Maria Consamus

Marcellina – Mackenzie Jacquemin

Barbarina – Nicole Koh

Bartolo – Henry Griffin

Antonio – Carlos Arcos

Don Basilio – Adam Catangui

Don Curzio – Matthew Goodheart

 

The Music School Festival Orchestra is generously supported by The Hultquist Foundation.

MSFO Personnel
VIOLIN

Matthew Adams
Stephanie Bonk
Spencer Day
Diego Diaz
Laura Herrera
Jason Hurlbut
Vikram Iyer
Bright Johnston
Natasha Kubit
Gabriela Lara
Jesus Alejandro Linarez Delfines
Emily Monroe
Katherine Morris
Alexandria Ott
Olivia Taylor
Justine Teo

VIOLA

Ruisi Du
Amelia Eckloff
Sydney Link
Pedro Mendez
Alexis Mitrushi
John Ryan
Lukas Shrout
Kaitlyn Walker

CELLO

Katsuaki Arakawa
Catherine Choi
Omkara Gil Guaraco
Hee Won Jeon
Emma Osterrieder
Rachel Rice
Tanner Rodriguez
Andrew Shinn

DOUBLE BASS

Payton Dziekan
Broner McCoy
Cruise Myers
Jose Saavedra Diaz
Danny Sesi
Corey Watzek

FLUTE

Lauren Scanio
Sunju Kim

OBOE

Donovan Bown
Mia Fasanello

CLARINET

Ellé Crowhurst
Olivia Hamilton

BASSOON

Carlos Clark
Christopher Witt

TRUMPET

Joseph Brozek
Aaron DuBois

HORN

Aidan Alcocer
Gretchen Bonnema
Alex Daiker
Rachel Lauson

TROMBONE

Zongxi Li
Felix Regalado
Marco Gomez (Bass)

PERCUSSION

Liam McManus
David Wang

2021 DAVID EFFRON CONDUCTING FELLOW

Joshua Hong

2021 Faculty and Staff
Manager, Chautauqua Schools of Performing and Visual Arts

Sarah Malinoski-Umberger

School of Music Operations Manager and Director of Arts Education

Suzanne Fassett-Wright

Administration

Megan Stefanik, Office Assistant
Igor Gersh, Resident Luthier

Instrumental Faculty

Timothy Muffitt, Artistic and Music Director
Aaron Berofsky, Chair of Strings & Violin
      Faculty
Kathryn Votapek, Chair of Chamber Music
Richard Sherman, Chair of Winds, Brass
      and Percussion & Flute Faculty
Curtis Burris, Bass
William Caballero, Horn
Eli Eban, Clarinet
Pedro Fernandez, Percussion
Shannon Hesse, Collaborative Pianist
Jan Eberle Kanui, Oboe
Roger Kaza, Horn
Akiko Konishi, Collaborative Pianist
Brian Kushmaul, Percussion
Owen Lee, Bass
Eric Lindblom, Bass Trombone
John Marcellus, Trombone
Anna Mattix, Oboe
Karen Ritscher, viola
Beth Robinson, Harp
Jeff Robinson, Bassoon
Almita Vamos, Violin

Instrumental Guest Faculty

Michael Burritt, Percussion

Voice Faculty

Marlena Malas, Chair
Jonathan Beyer, Instructor
Elizabeth Bishop, Instructor
John Giampietro, Stage Director
Donna Gill, Coordinator of Voice Scheduling
Rhoslyn Jones, Instructor
Jaye Simmons, Assistant to the Stage Director

Voice Coaches

Donna Gill, Head Coach
Julius Abrahams
Michał Biel
Travis Bloom
Martin Dubé
Kanae Matsumoto
Jinhee Park
Katelan Terrell

Voice Guest Faculty

Claudia Catania
Maxine Davis
Mikael Eliasen
Reneé Fleming
Susan Graham
Ben Moore
Craig Rutenberg
Brian Zeger

Piano Faculty

Alexander Gavrylyuk, Heintzelman Family Artistic Advisor and Artist-in-Residence
Nicola Melville, Co-Chair
John Milbauer, Co-Chair

Piano Guest Faculty

Natalya Antonova
Malcolm Bilson
Alexander Kobrin
Jerome Lowenthal
Jon Nakamatsu
Ursula Oppens
Boris Slutsky

Piano Technicians

Robert Bussell, Concert Piano Technician
Bruce Fellows, Service Coordinator and Tuner

Underwriters

The Hultquist Foundation of Jamestown, New York

New York State Council on the Arts
The Music School Festival Orchestra is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

Scholarships

The Chautauqua Amateur Musicians Program (C.A.M.P) Scholarship (Thursday Morning Brass and Chautauqua Brass Ensemble)

Alexander W. Bouchal Memorial Scholarship

Ann and Isidor Saslav Violin Scholarship in Honor of Mischa Mischakoff

Anna Mary and Richard M. Maddy Music Scholarship Fund

Barton Family Scholarship

Bennett and Mary Jo Burgoon Memorial Scholarship

Beverly and Bruce Conner Scholarship Fund

Burden-Staples Music Scholarship

Charles John Petre Memorial Fund Trombone Award

Chautauqua - NFMC Dorothy Dann Bullock Award

Chautauqua General - NFMC Directors

Chautauqua General Scholarship

Chautauqua Women's Club Scholarship for MSFO

Dave and Diana Bower Scholarship

David Effron Conducting Fellowship

Dietrich Family Endowment for Music at Chautauqua

Dr. Stephen Fudell Memorial Scholarship Endowment

Elmer S. and H. Lorraine Sachse Scholarship Fund

Everett and Sarah Holden McLaren Scholarship

Frederick Percival Boynton Scholarship

G. Thomas & Kathleen Harrick Music Scholarship

General Chautauqua Scholarship for MSFO

George E. and Susan Moran Murphy Scholarship

Glenn G. Vance Music Scholarship Fund

Harris Scholarship for Performing Arts

Hebrew Congregation Music Award

Hilda Jo Anne Milham Scholarship

Jack I. and Barbara J. Morris Memorial Cello Scholarship

Joseph Clarke Scholarship Fund

Konneker Scholarship

Marianne Elser Markham Endowment Fund

Milks Family Scholarship for Brass Music

Morton and Natalie Abramson Scholarship for Cello

Morton and Natalie Abramson Scholarship for Viola

Morton and Natalie Abramson Scholarship for Violin

Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Nobel Scholarship

Ms. Izumi Hara and Mr. David Koschik Scholarship

MSFO Brass scholarship in memory of Robert Vitkowsky

MSFO Scholarship in memory of Allen and Elizabeth Wood

Mu Phi Epsilon Scholarship

NFMC-New York Federation Award

NFMC-Ohio Federation Award

Peggy and Andy Anderson Family Scholarship Fund

Rebecca M. and Dr. Alan Kamen Cello Scholarship

Robert and Joan Spirtas Scholarship

Robert and Mary Pickens Scholarship

Robert D. Hiller Scholarship Fund

Robert D. Redington Memorial Scholarship

Ronald Perry Smith Scholarship Fund

Ruth Higby Haver and Della and David Higby Music Scholarship

Ruth M. Skinner Hutchins Scholarship Fund

Samuel R. McClure II Brass Scholarship

Shreveport Friends' Music Scholarship

The Arlene Hajinlian Music Scholarship

The Bettsy and Ellis Cowling Scholarship for Music

The Chuck Berginc Scholarship

The Craig J. Luchsinger Memorial Scholarship for Violin

The Daley Family Fund

The Teresa M. Joyce Ph.D. Scholarship

The Dr. William T. and Virginia W. Smyth Fund

The Edna Posner Music Scholarship 

The Elizabeth & Jack Gellman and Deborah & Allen Zaretsky Scholarship Fund

The Ernest W. and Jeannette McClure Polley Scholarship

The Erroll & Elaine Davis Scholarship

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

The Henrietta W. Schlager Scholarship

The Honorable and Mrs. W.F. Clinger Scholarship

The Howard G. Gibbs Scholarship Fund

The John B. Yoder Music Scholarship

The Kaylor Family Scholarship

The LaPenna-Koch Scholarship

The Lucille J. McClure Memorial Music Scholarship Fund

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

The Marsha J. Alico Memorial Music Scholarship

The Michael L. Barnett Scholarship Fund

The Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Ivers Music Scholarship

The Nancy and Norman Karp Scholarship Fund

The Penrose-Mahaffey Scholarship Fund

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

The Reed Family Scholarship

The Richard and Eleanor Aron MSFO Scholarship

The Robert Hunt and Mary Campbell Eckhardt Memorial Scholarship

The Sal & Kay Marranca Music Scholarship

The William Cole/King Scholarship

The William F. Northrop Memorial Music Scholarship

Thomas E. Kaufman Memorial Music Scholarship

Virginia Cox Scholarship for MSFO

Ward T. Bower Memorial Scholarship

William and Jane Pfefferkorn Scholarship for Music

William and Pauline Higie School of Music Scholarship

JoAnn and Gene Buffo Voice Scholarship

Audrey and Kenny Koblitz Scholarship

Bluie & Kitty Greenberg Voice Scholarship

Donald Welch Memorial Scholarship Fund

Dr and Mrs Joseph Rait Scholarship

General Chautauqua Scholarship for Voice

Grover Family Scholarship Fund

Joel Brandwein Memorial Scholarship

Judy and Hale Oliver Scholarship for Voice

Katherine Karslake White School of Music Scholarship

Laurie Miller Voice Scholarship

Mary Elizabeth Peffer Music Scholarship

Mr. and Mrs. Stacey Berger Scholarship

Ms. Laura Miller Voice Scholarship

Naomi Kaufman Voice Scholarship

NFMC - Indiana Federation Award

NFMC-Eleanor Pascoe/Hatz Award

Paul and Judith Farber Voice Scholarship

Ralph E. Miller Memorial Scholarship for Music

Sharon Thawley Scholarship for Voice

Sheila Gitlitz Scholarship Endowment

The Chautauqua Voice Scholarship

The Hebrew Congregation Voice Award

The Heitzenrater Family Voice Scholarship

The John and Mary Lou Kookogey Scholarship

The Marian A. Neubauer Scholarship

The Martha Marcks Mack Award

The Mary Louise Molyneaux Scholarship

The Sabina Mooney Seifert Memorial Scholarship

The Toni and Joseph Goldfarb Scholarship

The Anne C. Britton Memorial Scholarship

Alfredo Valenti Scholarship Fund

Burden-Staples Music Scholarship

Chautauqua - NFMC Dorothy Dann Bullock Award

Chautauqua Women's Club Scholarship

Cheryl Gorelick Scholarship for Voice

Diamond Jubilee Class of 1948 Scholarship

Felicia and Andy Landis Memorial Fund

General Chautauqua Scholarship

James Scamman Memorial Scholarship

Lillian B. Hersh Music Scholarship

Lily Lee Nixon Fund

Moore Scholarship Fund for Music

Pennybacker Memorial Scholarship

The Augusta L. Ebert Molyneaux Scholarship

The Charles G. Schwartz Scholarship

The David and Miriam Yanes Eddleman Voice Scholarsip

The Edwin L. Bullock Scholarship

The Elmer G. Molyneaux Scholarship

The Indiana-Peggy Hoover Bryan Voice Scholarship

The Kullberg Scholarship

The Lillian B. Bullock Scholarship

The Mardelle Dressler Dobbins Scholarship

The Richard B. Rubin Scholarship Fund

The Suzanne Gaider Sroka Scholarship

The Sylvia Lucas Miller Scholarship in Music

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

Chautauqua General Scholarship

Beverly and Marvin Fiegelman Scholarship Fund for the Performing Arts

The Luella Morris Forney Memorial Scholarship

The Lucinda Ely Johnson Scholarship

The Max and Edythe Kahn Scholarship Fund

Mary Cummings Paine Eudy Scholarship

Wilbur D. Forney Memorial Scholarship Fund

Mary McQueen Ross Scholarship

Clarkson Family Scholarship