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5 unusual facts about Chautauqua Institution


Ernest Hutcheson

Hutcheson was also associated with the Chautauqua School of Music at the Chautauqua Institution in western New York State.

Megan Smith

Smith grew up in Buffalo, New York, and Fort Erie, Ontario, and spent many summers at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York, where her mother was Director of the Chautauqua Children's School.

Monteagle Sunday School Assembly

The MSSA was originally founded in 1882 by the Sunday School Convention of Tennessee, who at the time sought to establish a "Sunday School Congress" in Tennessee; at the time, a number of states had these congresses, often called Assemblies, all of them modelled after the Chautauqua Institution in New York, which is regarded as the first of these Assemblies.

From the hundreds of such Assemblies patterned after Chautauqua Institution in New York in the late 19th century, only nine or ten remain active today.

Robert Michael Franklin, Jr.

In January 2014, he becomes Director of the Religion Program at The Chautauqua Institution.


Daria Semegen

In a distinguished academic career in a field still heavily dominated by men, Semegen has received six grants from the National Endowment for the Arts; has been selected as a Fulbright fellow; and has been awarded fellowships at the MacDowell Colony, Tanglewood, the Chautauqua Institution, and Yaddo — among a range of other awards and distinctions.

Findley Lake, New York

The Lakeside Assembly on the southwest shore entertained during the summer between 1895 and 1915 with programs that rivaled Chautauqua Assembly, at the Chautauqua Institution.

Franklin Silver Cornet Band

The band has made a number of other out-of-town appearances over the years, including performances at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York, Hersheypark, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, and the Henry Ford Museum.

Massey Memorial Organ

The Massey Memorial Organ is located on the grounds of Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York.

Peter Seymour

In college, Seymour participated in some of America's finest music festivals, including Music Academy of the West, Chautauqua Institution and the New York String Orchestra Seminar at Mannes College.


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