SunCliff on the Lake has become a legendary summer destination for numerous reasons, including weddings, conferences, dining, spa services, and workshops. Another thing to add to the ever-growing list is a music and fine arts summer camp for high school and college students, as well as adult lifelong learners. The SunCliff Educational Foundation is now offering a camp like no other, featuring eight five-day sessions that will take place on the stunning grounds at Suncliff on the Lake (6892 Lakeshore Rd. Derby, NY 14047). Sessions are as follows: woodwind, reggae, fine arts (painting), strings, saxophone quartet, brass, jazz (instrumental and vocal), creative writing and storytelling. Click here to learn about coinciding dates.
“Suncliff on the Lake is a fabulous location to refresh one’s senses and engage in learning activities that enhance one’s being,” said Camp Director Dave Wasik, who joins a world-class faculty including several BPO musicians, a screenwriter, a painter, and other musicians from WNY’s leading school music programs and from across the country. “I’m honored to be a small part of an amazing and diverse team/family of artists/musicians ready to serve our young people of Western New York with quality and innovative music education programming.”
“World class BPO musicians will collaborate with renowned artists and writers to instruct engaging and inspiring courses, against the serene, picturesque lakeside backdrop, Suncliff on the Lake, said Sal Andolina, Artistic Director. “The BPO musicians will join well known artists and writers to create and teach in a beautiful lakeside resort – the perfect formula for interactive relaxed yet intense learning.”
“Learning to be an artist or musician is learning perseverance, patience, wisdom, time management, developing a strong work ethic, and becoming a problem solver and a critical thinker,” mentioned David Johnson, Board Chair, SunCliff Educational Foundation, Inc. “At Suncliff, we understand that there is so much more that goes into being an artist or musician than hours in a practice room.”
Suncliff on the Lake is built on innovation and entrepreneurship, along with a deep sense of caring about the betterment of the area: Built in Derby, NY in 1914 by Helen Schoellkopf and her husband, Hans Schmidt, Suncliff on the Lake bears the legacy of the Schoellkopf family; pioneers for harnessing hydroelectric power from Niagara Falls, as well as building tanneries, flour mills, a chemical and dye company, and serving on the boards of an insurance company, several banks, and Buffalo General Hospital, and presiding over a gas company and the Buffalo, New York & Philadelphia Railroad.
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