INSTRUMENTAL > Faculty & Private Practice
June 26 - August 17, 2010

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
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, Eastman School of Music; former faculty, Northwestern University
Stuart Chafetz, Timpani *
Principal Timpanist, Honolulu Symphony Orchestra
Eli Eban, Clarinet *
Faculty, Indiana University
Jan Eberle, Oboe *
Faculty, Michigan State University
Thompson Hanks, Tuba
Former principal tuba, Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra; New York City Ballet Orchestra
Jacques Israelievitch, Violin

Chair, Strings Department, Chautauqua Music Festival; Member, New Arts Trio; Internationally renowned violinist, Jacques Israelievitch made his debut on French National Radio at the age of eleven, graduated from the Paris Conservatory at sixteen and was subsequently prizewinner at the International Paganini Competition. His teachers include Henryk Szeryng, Janos Starker, William Primrose, and Josef Gingold.

As a soloist, Mr. Israelievitch has collaborated with Solti, Giulini, Slatkin, Davis, and Frühbeck de Burgos, appearing with many of the world’s major orchestras. As a distinguished chamber musician, he has performed with Emanuel Ax, Yefim Bronfman, and Yo-Yo Ma, and is violinist with the New Arts Trio.

Mr. Israelievitch served as Concertmaster of the Toronto Symphony for a record-setting twenty years, and was formerly Assistant Concertmaster of the Chicago Symphony and Concertmaster of the Saint Louis Symphony. He is currently on faculty at the University of Toronto, Royal Conservatory of Music, and York University. Active as a conductor, he is Music Director of the Koffler Chamber Orchestra.
Roger Kaza, Horn *
Principal Horn, Saint Louis Symphony
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
Carol Rodland, Viola
Carol Rodland, violist, made her solo debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra at age seventeen. Praised by Fanfare for possessing a tone which is “larger than life, sweetly in tune, and infinitely variegated” and for her “delicious” playing, she presently enjoys an international career as a concert and recording artist and pedagogue. Recent performances have taken her throughout the Americas and Europe, and her solo recordings on the Crystal and Neuma labels have been critically acclaimed. A Fulbright Scholar, she holds degrees from the Juilliard School and the Musikhochschule Freiburg. She has held professorships at New England Conservatory, where she was recognized in 2005 with the “Krasner Award for Excellence in Teaching”, at the Musikhochschule “Hanns Eisler” Berlin, at Arizona State University, and as guest faculty at the Juilliard School. In 2008 she was appointed to a tenured professorship at the Eastman School of Music.
Richard Sherman, Flute *
Faculty, Michigan State University; chair, winds and percussion, Chautauqua School of Music
Almita Vamos, Violin
Six-time recipient, Presidential Excellence in Teaching Award. Winner, Distinguished Service Award, American String Teachers Association; named Distinguished Teacher by National Endowment for the Arts. Winner, Chautauqua Award and Concert Artists Guild Award. Faculty member, Music Institute of Chicago. Former faculty member, Western Illinois University, University of Minnesota, and Oberlin Conservatory. Cofounder, Weathersfield Summer Music Festival. Students have won top prizes in numerous international competitions. Studied with Mischa Mischakoff and Louis Persinger at the Juilliard School.
Roland Vamos, Viola
Former member, Houston and Dallas Symphony Orchestras, Radio City Music Hall Orchestra, Contemporary String Quartet. Recordings on Rizzoli and Atlantic labels. Active as performer and conductor; adjudicator at national and international competitions. Faculty member, Music Institute of Chicago. Former faculty member, Western Illinois University and University of Minnesota. Cofounder, Weathersfield Summer Music Festival. Winner, Distinguished Teacher in the Arts Award, American String Teachers Association. Students have won top prizes in numerous international competitions. Studied with Oscar Shumsky and William Lincer.
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 emailed to all admitted students.

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

"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