INSTRUMENTAL > FACULTY & PRIVATE PRACTICE

Chautauqua offered me close contact with world-class faculty and guest artists that has not been matched in any other music festival I've ever attended.  Because of this I've improved much more during a summer than I could've imagined.  I'm sure to return next summer!”
----- Robert Landes, violin, Brigham Young University

 

Each instrumentalist receives six private lessons with a member of the faculty and is scheduled for a minimum of 12 hours of reserved practice time each week in an air- conditioned cabin.

Ron Barnett, Percussion *
Timpanist, Kennedy Center Opera and Ballet Orchestra; associate professor of music, University of Maryland
Charles Berginc, Trumpet *
Principal trumpet, Phoenix Symphony Orchestra
Aaron Berofsky, Violin
University of Michigan; Concertmaster, Ann Arbor Symphony; First violinist, Chester String Quartet
Frederick Boyd, Bass Trombone
Charlotte (NC) Symphony; Carolina Brass
Curtis Burris, Double Bass *
National Symphony Orchestra and American Chamber Players; faculty, University of Maryland
Michael Burritt, Percussion Faculty, Northwestern University
Stuart Chafetz, Timpani *
Principal Timpanist, Honolulu Symphony Orchestra
Eli Eban, Clarinet *
Faculty, Indiana University
Jan Eberle, Oboe *
Faculty, Michigan State University
Maureen Gallagher, Viola (weeks 1-2)
Maureen Gallagher, viola, is a member of some of New York City's most distinguished chamber ensembles, including Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, St.Luke's Chamber Ensemble, New Jersey Chamber Music Society, and Speculum Musicae. In addition to extensive touring with Orpheus nationally and internationally, Ms. Gallagher also performs several weeks a year with a chamber orchestra in Mito, Japan, and has recorded several CDs with them under Seiji Ozawa. She teaches at Columbia University and each summer at the Affinis Music Festival in Iida, Japan. She has played chamber music as a guest with the Tokyo, Emerson, Orion and Cleveland Quartets, as well as with violinists Robert Mann, Sandor Vegh, Felix Galimir and many others.
Thompson Hanks, Tuba
Former principal tuba, Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra; New York City Ballet Orchestra
Jacques Israelievitch, Violin
Concertmaster, Toronto Symphony Orchestra; former assistant to Josef Gingold; faculty, University of Toronto; member, New Arts Trio; chair, strings, Chautauqua School of Music
Roger Kaza, Horn *
Associate Principal Horn, Houston Symphony; former member Saint Louis Symphony, and Boston Symphony; faculty, University of Houston
Arie Lipsky, Cello
Music director, Ann Arbor Symphony; New Arts Trio; chamber music chair, Chautauqua School of Music; former principal cellist, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
John Marcellus, Trombone *
Eastman Brass Quintet; faculty, Eastman School of Music
Timothy Muffitt, Music Director and Principal Conductor
Music director and conductor, Baton Rouge Symphony and Lansing Symphony
Brian Reagin, Violin *
Concertmaster, North Carolina Symphony Orchestra; concertmaster, Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra
Beth Robinson, Harp *
New York City freelance harpist; former principal with San Antonio, New Jersey and Pittsburgh symphonies; member, Interlude Trio and Enchantment Duo
Jeff Robinson, Bassoon *
Acting principal bassoon and contra bassoonist, Houston Symphony; faculty, University of Houston; member, Winds of Texas and Green Briar Consortium
Richard Sherman, Flute *
Faculty, Michigan State University; chair, winds and percussion, Chautauqua School of Music
George Taylor, Viola (weeks 6-7)
Violist George Taylor is active in practically every aspect of performance as soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. Taylor is associate professor of viola at Eastman. Before joining the Eastman faculty, he was a member of the Ciompi Quartet of Duke University, a position he held from 1979 through 1986. He has served on the artist faculties of the Encore School for Strings, the Meadowmount School, the Manchester Music Festival, and the Elan International Music Festival, among others. He has also served as a juror for international competitions in Europe and the United States.
Almita Vamos, Violin
Faculty, Northwestern University; recipient of the ASTA Distinquished Teacher of the Year Award, and the “Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching
Roland Vamos, Viola (weeks 3-4)
Roland Vamos graduated from the Juilliard School, where he received B.S., M.A., and D.M.A. degrees in violin and viola. He has held principal positions in the Denver, Houston, and Radio City Music Hall Orchestras. He was a member of the Morningside and Lydian Trios, Contemporary and Antioch Quartets, and recorded for Coronet, Rizzoli, and with the Modern Jazz Quartet for the Atlantic labels. He has concertized and conducted concerts in the United States, Taiwan, Korea, Greece, Australia, and Iceland. Dr. Vamos's students have won top prizes in many national and international competitions including Gold Prizes in the Tchaikowsky Youth Competition, Carl Flesch, Menuhin, Bach (Leipzig), and Silver Prizes in Tchaikowsky, Szigeti, Kreisler, Neilsen, and Bronze Prizes in Paganini and Montreal Competitions. This year, his students have won Grand Prize in WAMSO, Blount, and First and Second Prizes in the Fischoff Competition and three of his former students have attained positions in the New York Philharmonic. His students are members of the Boston, St. Louis, San Fransisco, Los Angeles, Washington, Minnesota, Chautauqua, Hong Kong, Oslo Philharmonic, and many other symphony orchestras around the world. Dr. Vamos has won the Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching four times, the ASTA Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award and has been featured on "Sunday Morning" CBS. Dr. Vamos was professor at Western Illinois University, University of Minnesota, Oberlin Conservatory, and presently distinguished professor at Northwestern University. He has taught at many summer festivals including Meadowmount, Bowdoin, Chautauqua, Schlern International Music Festival, Niagara International Music Festival, Amati Festival, and is co-founder of the Weathersfield Music Festival. Dr. Vamos is the conductor of the American Chamber Orchestra at the Music Institute of Chicago.
Chaim Zemach, Cello *
Faculty, Montclair State University; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Other members of the CSO serve as adjunct faculty if requested by students. A complete listing of faculty is mailed to all admitted students.

*denotes principal players, CSO. (Faculty listings are official at time of publication but may change without notice.)