Monday, July 20, 2015

Classical Chamber Music & More

The Buck Hill Skytop Music Festival will present a classical chamber music concert on Thursday, August 6, at the Buck Hill Falls Tennis Tea.  The concert will feature Broadway Chamber Players, New York City’s newest chamber music ensemble.

Broadway Chamber Players is comprised of the finest instrumentalists, composers, and conductors across the classical, jazz, and new-music fields. The members of BCP are unified by one common thread — they all perform on Broadway. 

Join this multifaceted ensemble as they present an evening of traditional chamber music. The concert will feature works by beloved composers Claude Debussy, Alexander Borodin, and George Gershwin, and will conclude with the flashy "Introduction and Allegro" by Maurice Ravel. The seven-piece ensemble will include a harp, flute, clarinet and a string quartet. Don't miss the opportunity to spend the evening with some of New York City's most versatile and in-demand musicians!

Join us for cocktails before the show, and meet the artist during a "Talkback" session after the show. To cap off the evening, we will be serving cheese and crackers on the front deck of the Tennis Tea.


Classical Chamber Music Concert
Thursday, August 6
Tennis Tea, Buck Hill Falls

Performance: 7:30pm
Before the show: Cash bar opens at 6:45pm
After the show: “Talkback” session with the artists

After the Talkback: Cheese, crackers and cocktails
$30 Adult, $15 Child (1
7 and under)

For tickets and information, visit www.buckhillskytopfest.org.



Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Lincoln Center Jazz Pianist Emmet Cohen To Perform on August 1

Jazz pianist Emmet Cohen, at 24, has quickly become one of the most in-demand musicians in New York. A finalist in both the 2011 Thelonious Monk International Piano Competition and the 2015 American Pianists Association’s Fellowship, Emmet plays with the maturity and confidence of a seasoned veteran. With astonishing technique and an innovative harmonic palate, Emmet engenders a deep musical bond with his audience. He has shared the bandstand with a plethora of musical luminaries, working regularly with Kurt Elling, Herlin Riley, Ali Jackson, Brian Lynch, Billy Hart, Jimmy Heath, and many others. Emmet's debut album, “In the Element,” featuring Joe Sanders and Rodney Green, received an abundance of national and international critical acclaim. Most recently, Emmet released a co-led project with trumpeter Brian Lynch, featuring Boris Koslov and the legendary Billy Hart. 

Jazz Concert
Emmet Cohen Trio
Saturday, August 1, 8:00pm
Skytop Lodge - Laurel Room
$40 Adult, $20 Child (17 and under)

Tickets to the Emmet Cohen Trio include the Open Mic Salon immediately following the group’s performance. 

Join us for dinner before the show in the Lake View Dining Room. Cocktails at 5:30pm, dinner at 6:00pm. (Open menu - guests cover their own expenses). EMAIL US by July 28 to make a reservation. 


Tuesday, June 30, 2015

"The Lost Girl" to Premiere at the Buck Hill Skytop Music Festival

The Buck Hill Skytop Music Festival will present on August 7 the new musical The Lost Girl, a compelling and inventive story about the Darling children 25 years after they visited Neverland with Peter Pan. 
Festival Artistic Director Joey Chancey and the festival’s artistic board selected The Lost Girl from among 60 new works submitted to the festival’s First Annual Developmental Theater Lab competition.

"This is the perfect musical to kick off our Developmental Theater Lab,” Chancey says. “It is a creative approach to a story that our culture has been fascinated with for generations." 

The goal of the Developmental Theater Lab is to uncover the potential in a new musical and jumpstart the developmental process. The project takes the work from inception to stage, and gives music festival audiences the opportunity to experience a new musical production in its first phase of development.


Set in 1909 London against the backdrop of the Suffragette Movement, The Lost Girl is about the power of memory, myth, and discerning the difference. Shaken by the loss of her husband Edward, Wendy first tells her daughter the Neverland stories as a means of escape, pure fiction. But each of her siblings begins to experience strange and vivid memories, forcing the question - could it all be real? 

The Lost Girl was written by Arianna Rose (Lyrics & Book) and Ben Bonnema (Music & Book). The team was inspired to write The Lost Girl after reading the final chapter in J.M. Barrie’s Peter and Wendy. The Lost Girl was originally developed at the NYU Tisch Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program.


The Lost Girl will be produced by Festival Artistic Director Joey Chancey as part of the Buck Hill Skytop Music Festival’s seven concert summer series. Lisa Clarson will serve as director and Greg Jarret will music direct. 

"I fell in love with the relationships between the characters that we thought we already knew, but are presented in a such a clever new way,” Clarson says.

The festival has presented new works from acclaimed musicians for the past two seasons. In 2013, the festival produced The Ballad of Little Jo by Grammy Award-winner Mike Reid and Sarah Schlesinger, a lyricist and librettist who has garnered multiple awards for her work. Last season the festival presented WAS by Joseph Thalken and Barry Kleinbort. The 2015 season marks the first time the festival will present a new work from an undiscovered talent.  

The festival’s new works production is funded by a generous grant from an anonymous donor.

For tickets and information, visit buckhillskytopfest.org.

New Works Production: The Lost Girl
Friday, August 7, 7:30pm
Notre Dame High School
Adult: $20, Child: $10


Arianna Rose
Ben Bonnema




Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Fun for the Whole Family!


Treat your kids to the excitement of live music! 

Tickets start at only $10 for kids!


A Cole Porter Celebration Concert, Friday July 31, Pocono Mountain East H.S.

Emmet Cohen Trio, Saturday August 1, Skytop Lodge

Jarrod Spector, Sunday August 2, Notre Dame H.S.

Classical Chamber Music, Thursday, August 6, Buck Hill Falls Tennis Tea

New Works Production, Friday August 7, Notre Dame H.S.

Young Scholars Broadway Revue, Saturday August 8, East Stroudsburg University

American Songbook: 100 Years of Popular Music, Sunday August 9, Skytop Lodge




Monday, June 15, 2015

Sing Along to Your Favorite Pop Songs!

New York City's most versatile pop singers will take the outdoor stage at Skytop to present 100 years of American music. This exciting tour of American music history begins with classics from legendary composers such as Scott Joplin and Jerome Kern and culminates with songs from modern day megastars including Sara Bareilles and Pharrell Williams. Along the way guests will enjoy favorites from Peter, Paul & Mary, Janis Joplin, Michael Jackson, Queen and many more! The show stars Sara King (Smash), Max Kumangai (Boardwalk Empire), Matthew Ragas (National Tours - Legally Blonde, Hairspray), Anne Fraser Thomas (performed with Mariah Carey and Billy Porter in NYC concerts). The show features the festival's Young Scholars and Student Chorus.

American Songbook: 100 Years of Popular Music
Sunday, August 9, 6:00pm
Skytop Lodge
$30 adult; $15 child (17 and under)

American Songbook Barbecue
Sunday, August 9, 4:00pm
Skytop Lodge - Streamside Lodge
$30 adult; $15 child (12 and under)

For tickets and information visit buckhillskytopfest.org















Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Broadway Star Jarrod Spector to Perform at the Buck Hill Skytop Music Festival



Jarrod Spector's new show traces the legacy of great male singers whose vocal prowess made them the rock stars of their generations. Mr. Spector wraps his critically acclaimed voice around the songs that have made superstars out of more than a century of tenor legends, from pop icons Freddie Mercury and Michael Jackson to opera powerhouse Enrico Caruso. Mr. Spector starred as Frankie Valli in the hit Broadway musical Jersey Boys for five years and earned a Tony nomination in 2014 for his current role as Barry Mann in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.

Jarrod Spector:
A Little Help From My Friends
Sunday, August 2, 4:30pm
Notre Dame High School
Tickets: $40, $20, $10

For tickets and information visit www.buckhillskytopfest.org.


Monday, June 8, 2015

"Wicked" Star to Perform in "A Cole Porter Celebration Concert"

Laura Woyasz, who starred as "Glinda" in the Broadway hit Wicked, will perform in A Cole Porter Celebration Concert at the Buck Hill Skytop Music Festival on Friday, July 31, at 7:30pm. The concert will take place at Pocono Mountain East High School.

The tribute to Cole Porter will feature the legendary composer’s classics from hit Broadway musicals such as Anything Goes, Kiss Me Kate and Can-Can. In addition to Ms. Woyasz, the concert stars five other Broadway entertainers including Lauryn Ciardullo (Aladdin), Derek Hanson (Side Show, Anything Goes), Dale Hensley (La Cage aux Folles, The Drowsy Chaperone, Sunset Blvd., Guys and Dolls, Cats, Anything Goes), Danette Holden (Annie, Shrek The Musical, Laughing Room Only), and Noah J. Ricketts (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical). The show features the festival's Young Scholars and Student Chorus.

A Cole Porter Celebration Concert
Friday, July 31, 7:30pm
Pocono Mountain East High School
Tickets: $40, $20, $10

For tickets and information visit www.buckhillskytopfest.org