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[07/15/24 - 12:21 PM]
PBS and Chautauqua Institution Announce "Chautauqua at 150: Wynton Marsalis' All Rise"
The one-hour documentary film will air on PBS in early 2025.

[via press release from PBS]

PBS and Chautauqua Institution Announce CHAUTAUQUA AT 150: WYNTON MARSALIS' ALL RISE

The New Documentary, Airing in Early 2025, Celebrates One of the Nation's First Centers of Lifelong Learning and Features Special Performances from the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis

PASADENA, CA; July 15, 2024 - Today at the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour, PBS and Chautauqua Institution announced the production of a new one-hour documentary film, CHAUTAUQUA AT 150: WYNTON MARSALIS' ALL RISE, to air on PBS in early 2025.

Produced by the award-winning production company Black Robin Media, CHAUTAUQUA AT 150: WYNTON MARSALIS' ALL RISE will tell the institution's story through the voices of its current patrons and partners, including those who have spoken and performed from Chautauqua's iconic stages over the past several years.

Chautauqua Institution, founded in the late 19th century as a place for Americans to make purposeful use of leisure time, has dedicated itself to using arts and education to elevate the discussions that have transformed our nation throughout its history. Through musical performances, original filming, archival footage, photos, and interviews, CHAUTAUQUA AT 150: WYNTON MARSALIS' ALL RISE will artistically explore the impact that the Chautauqua Institution has had in providing a critical platform for some of the most thought-provoking, challenging, and often uplifting conversations in America and beyond.

The documentary is centered around a new production of "All Rise," written by award-winning trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis. Originally premiered in 1999, this jazz symphony will be performed by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO) with Wynton Marsalis as well as a symphonic orchestra and choir.

Known best for its nine-week Summer Assembly, Chautauqua Institution serves more than 100,000 patrons annually with programs and services designed to inspire a love for learning across a lifetime and generations, both during the summer months and year-round.

The historic community on the shores of Chautauqua Lake in southwestern New York state was described by then President Theodore Roosevelt as, "typical of America at its best."

"As America's largest stage, we're thrilled for PBS audiences to experience this unique and uplifting story about the power of the arts and its ability to bring us together," said Sylvia Bugg, Chief Programming Executive and General Manager of General Audience Programming, PBS. "Chautauqua is one of America's premiere destinations for arts education and in presenting this film together, we hope to enrich millions of Americans with thought provoking dialogue and performances."

The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO) with Wynton Marsalis will be in residence at Chautauqua during the final week of its 150th anniversary season, August 17-25, 2024. Chautauqua President Michael E. Hill, Ed.D. says the program will bring the ensemble to homes across the country.

"People often describe Chautauqua as Disneyland for PBS watchers or NPR listeners, and that's actually a good way of describing what we do and who we serve," Hill said. "We are honored and grateful that Paula and her team found our story and our vision for the future compelling enough to share it with their national audience which includes many of the people who we consider patrons of Chautauqua. To lift up Wynton's work in our 150th anniversary year underscores Chautauqua's historic convening power in a truly special way."

In addition to performing three evenings during that week, Marsalis will also speak twice on the Institution's morning lecture platform, the Chautauqua Lecture Series.

Chautauqua's partnership with Jazz at Lincoln Center also features two special performances of Marsalis's seminal work, "All Rise", which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year.

Chautauqua Chief Program Officer Deborah Sunya Moore says the performance of "All Rise" will be a metaphor for both Chautauqua and Jazz at Lincoln Center's missions, which both center on the transformative power of the arts.

"These very special performances of 'All Rise' will include Chautauqua's Music School Festival Orchestra, which is composed of 80 young musicians enrolled in the Chautauqua School of Music. Joining them will be the Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus and guest vocalists alongside the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, creating an intergenerational performance of this important work," Moore said. "In the amphitheater and out in the world, Chautauqua continues to bring many voices and perspectives together at a time when we find ourselves moving further apart. Amplifying voices of thought leaders such as Wynton is why we exist to challenge each other's thinking, inspire community curiosity, and convene the conversation with grace and conviction. That is how we will rise together."

In addition to capturing the performance for inclusion in the documentary, Black Robin Media will also produce a full-length version of the "All Rise" performance for streaming.

Marsalis' All Rise is an epic twelve-part composition for big band, gospel choir, and symphony orchestra. The work examines the global commonalities in music across culture, time and circumstance: from New Orleans brass bands to clave and samba, to church music and Chinese parade bands, the Italian aria, and more. Movements I to IV concentrate on the themes of birth and self-discovery; the second four movements grapple with mistakes, pain, sacrifice and redemption. The last four movements are concerned with maturity and joy. In sum, the piece demonstrates the many facets of human experience.

CHAUTAUQUA AT 150: WYNTON MARSALIS' ALL RISE will stream simultaneously with broadcast and be available on station-branded PBS platforms across the country, including PBS.org and the PBS app, available on iOS, Android, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Samsung Smart TV, Chromecast, and VIZIO.

CHAUTAUQUA AT 150: WYNTON MARSALIS' ALL RISE is produced by Black Robin Media. Lynne Robinson serves as executive producer and director. Jocelyn Sigue is producer. Christopher Farley is executive in charge for PBS.

ABOUT CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTION

Chautauqua Institution is a not-for-profit, 750-acre community on Chautauqua Lake in southwestern New York State where approximately 7,500 people are in residence on any day during a nine-week summer season. More than 100,000 attend scheduled public events each year and even more engage online via the streaming channel CHQ Assembly. Chautauqua is dedicated to the exploration of the best in human values and the enrichment of life through a program that explores the important religious, social and political issues of our times; stimulates provocative, thoughtful involvement of individuals and families in creative response to such issues; and promotes excellence and creativity in the appreciation, performance and teaching of the arts. The Institution celebrates its sesquicentennial in 2024.

ABOUT PBS

PBS, with more than 330 member stations, offers all Americans the opportunity to explore new ideas and new worlds through television and digital content. Each month, PBS reaches over 36 million adults on linear primetime television, more than 16 million users on PBS-owned streaming platforms, 53 million viewers on YouTube, and 60 million people view PBS content on social media, inviting them to experience the worlds of science, history, nature, and public affairs and to take front-row seats to world-class drama and performances. PBS's broad array of programs has been consistently honored by the industry's most coveted award competitions. Teachers of children from pre-K through 12th grade turn to PBS LearningMedia for digital content and services that help bring classroom lessons to life. As the number one educational media brand, PBS KIDS helps children 2-8 build critical skills, enabling them to find success in school and life. Delivered through member stations, PBS KIDS offers high-quality content on TV - including a PBS KIDS channel - and streaming free on pbskids.org and the PBS KIDS Video app, games on the PBS KIDS Games app, and in communities across America. More information about PBS is available at PBS.org, one of the leading dot-org websites on the internet, Facebook, Instagram, or through our apps for mobile and connected devices. Specific program information and updates for press are available at pbs.org/pressroom or by following PBS Communications on X.

About Jazz at Lincoln Center

The mission of Jazz at Lincoln Center is to entertain, enrich, and expand a global community for jazz through performance, education, and advocacy. With the world-renowned Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and guest artists spanning genres and generations, Jazz at Lincoln Center produces thousands of performance, education, and broadcast events each season in its home in New York City (Frederick P. Rose Hall, "The House of Swing") and around the world, for people of all ages. Jazz at Lincoln Center is led by Chairman Clarence Otis, Managing and Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis, and Executive Director Greg Scholl. Please visit us at jazz.org; follow us on Facebook, Instagram, X via @jazzdotorg; watch our global webcasts on the JazzLive app; and enjoy concerts, education programs, behind-the-scenes footage, programs, and more at youtube.com/jazzatlincolncenter.





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