Simons’ Pond presents free concert

Work celebrates Delaware River basin and urban life

HONESDALE, PA — The Simons’ Pond Music Festival, a well-known chamber music series in Northeastern Pennsylvania, will present a free concert and reception at Grace Episcopal Church, 827 Church Street on Saturday, November 7 at 4:00 p.m. Violinist Yu Jeong Lee and pianist Juny Jung will play Violin Sonata K.377 of Mozart and the Respighi Violin Sonata.

The performance will also include the premiere of composer Stephen Mayer’s Second Violin Sonata. The work was written near Mayer’s Tyler Hill home for the performers of the Simons’ Pond Festival.

Mayer has lived in the area for over a decade. He teaches piano and music composition at the Black Bear Conservatory of Music (BBCM) in Hawley and is organist of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Narrowsburg, NY. He has been involved with the Simons’ Pond Festival from its founding by Jung in 1999.

For more information email mayer@ptd.net or call 570/224-6273.