Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra

Founded in 1929 (96 years ago) (1929), the ensemble plays concerts on most Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday nights throughout the Institution's nine-week summer season, in the Amphitheater of the facility.

In 1903, Henry B. Vincent, the institution's assistant music director, formed an initial in-house orchestra of 21 musicians.

Simultaneously, Stossel directed opera activities and the school of music at Chautauqua.

Successors to Stossel included Franco Autori (1943-1953) and Walter Hendl (1953-1972), the latter the longest-serving music director of the ensemble.

Since July 2015,[1] the music director is Rossen Milanov, whom the Chautauqua Institution appointed to the post in October 2014.