Sundance Festival of the Chamber Arts
sundance festival chamber art cultural summer festival took place several year upper black eddy buck county pennsylvania brainchild noted harpsichord builderentrepreneur wolfgang zuckermann zuckermanns successful career seller buildityourself harpsichord kit facilitated surge public interest music baroque classical period festival founded zuckermann together colleague eric britton response surge well rising interest chamber music related art form two built charming openair amphitheater seating people amphitheater originally designed zuckermann redesigned built partnership local contractor located acre estate rural town upper black eddy northern buck county pennsylvania bit one hour new york city zuckermann ran business greenwich village rather less philadelphia rural surroundings added appeal enterprise michael townsend smith succeeded britton director later wrote extremely charming presented wondrous range artist next three summer farther drive beyond theatre two house barn tennis court big concrete swimming wood screenedin summer house performer often came weekend enjoyed facility zuckermann served managing director eric britton associate director followed smith festival featured chamber music musical artist including surprisingly various eminent harpsichordist offthebeaten path offering marionette opera festival took place month july august two performance weekly friday saturday night solely dedicated chamber music modern dance drama poetry reading film admission per concert chamber music event entirely devoted classical music featured appreciated group time galimir string quartet kroll quartet claremont quartet krainis baroque trio harpsichordist including fernando valenti sylvia marlowe pamela cook robert conant distinguished musician singer helen boatwright sanford allen peter serkin michael tree rey de la torre daniel weisman suzanne bloch among edge festival given less familiar time experiment work dance presentation james waring company merce cunningham john cage yvonne rainer among sundance also presented offoff broadway play marionette opera poetry reading allen ginsburg low budget film called independent american cinema last performance sundance took place summer zuckermann moved england selling harpsichord business well sundance property sundance festival came end one enthusiastic patron wrote time sundance newest brightest star buck county firmament setting charming sylvan one deep wooded area comfortable seating true theater fashion one obstructed view every point stage handsome proscenium name genius past present carved gold dark brown background interesting aspect one enters open air seating area view stage mexican indian like stucco wall form background theater seems convey idea abstract painting peace beauty – excitement yvonne rainer sylvia marlowe frank paris marionette opera wolfgang amadeus mozart bastien und bastienne joseph haydn philemon und baucis galimir string quartet kroll string quartet new american cinema fernando valenti tina brown judson dance theater claremont quartet pamela cook robert conant helen boatwright sanford allen daniel weisman suzanne bloch peter serkin michael tree lucinda child judson dance theater kroll string quartet gallimard quartet new american cinema brass art quartet rey de la torre classical guitar curtis string quartet albert fuller harpsichord robert koff violin louis bagger harpsichord joseph marx baroque ensemble john cage piano david tudor piano merce cunningham dance company judson chamber ensemble concert beverly smithroberts blossom – filmstages open theater – viet rock festival wind judson poet theater claremont string quartet concert new american cinema la mama repertory – chicago allen ginsbergpeter ganesh orlovsky – poem new york chamber soloist katherine litz aileen passloffremy charlip paul jacob harpsichord al carmine – theater song joseph marx baroque ensemble la monte young – experiment cecil taylor trio manhattan festival ballet additional information july fernando valenti harpsichord recital spanish baroque music including work scarlatti soler july robert schwartz xing multiform dance work—assemblages moment improvisations—performed choreographer delila zuck others july opera bluestocking garden meyer kupferman gertrude stein secular mask william boyce fortress are bela bartok july princeton string quartet haydn seven last word christ mourning victim war vietnam august james oliver buswell iv violin fernando valenti harpsichord program sonata bach august hawk murray mednick tony barsha radical experiment improvisational ritual theatre original offoffbroadway cast august student recital work one two three harpsichord performance advanced student fernando valentis sundance master class august new york chamber soloist piano quartet piano trio haydn mozart schumann august new york chamber soloist allcontemporary program including harpsichord concerto manuel de falla sonata flute oboe cello harpsichord elliott carter august gift rite ken dewey action theatre jazzmedieval collision myth fire—a happening august – new american cinema august – poppy nogood terry riley medicine dance trisha brown shirt r whitman ravi shankar july fernando valenti harpsichord recital spanish baroque music including work scarlatti soler july robert schwartz xing multiform dance work—assemblages moment improvisations—performed choreographer delila zuck others july opera bluestocking garden meyer kupferman gertrude stein secular mask william boyce fortress are bela bartok july princeton string quartet haydn seven last word christ mourning victim war vietnam august james oliver buswell iv violin fernando valenti harpsichord program sonata bach august hawk murray mednick tony barsha radical experiment improvisational ritual theatre original offoffbroadway cast august student recital work one two three harpsichord performance advanced student fernando valentis sundance master class august new york chamber soloist piano quartet piano trio haydn mozart schumann august new york chamber soloist allcontemporary program including harpsichord concerto manuel de falla sonata flute oboe cello harpsichord elliott carter august gift rite ken dewey action theatre jazzmedieval collision myth fire—a happening august – new american cinema michael townsend smith eric britton paris sundance art fete open buck county july new york time july