Sleepy Hollow
An autumn evening of music and classic storytelling in historic Bedford Village
Thursday, October 29
The School House
6:00PM
Historical Hall
7:00PM
The Burial Ground
Afterward
The 1787 Court House & Museum
Reception
Washington Irving's tale unfolds across Bedford Village.
Six-time GRAMMY®-nominated Skylark brings its musical retelling of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow to Bedford for an evening that moves through some of the village's most historic places.
Ichabod Crane begins as a schoolmaster. What follows is music, courtship, superstition, a ride through the darkness, and his mysterious disappearance.
The Journey
6:00PM
The School House
A conversation about Irving, music and storytelling
The full evening begins inside Bedford's 1829 School House, where Skylark Artistic Director Matthew Guard joins John Swansburg, Managing Editor of The Atlantic, for a conversation about Irving and the making of this program: abridging the text, finding its musical world, and weaving story and music into a single arc.
A longtime reader of Irving, Swansburg has written about Rip Van Winkle for The Atlantic and even named his son Rip.
Limited to 30 guests.
7:00PM
Historical Hall
Sleepy Hollow
Narrator Tynan Davis, cellist Thomas Barth, and the voices of Skylark tell Irving's tale in an interwoven sequence of story and music.
“A staggeringly well-executed production.”
Afterward
The Old Burying Ground
When the story ends, the evening doesn't
We'll leave Historical Hall and walk together through Bedford's historic burial ground, keeping an eye out, naturally, for a certain horseman.
Reception
The 1787 Court House & Museum
Cider, sparkling wine and the artists
We'll end the evening inside Bedford's 1787 Court House with cider, sparkling wine and an informal gathering with the Skylark artists.
Choose your evening
The full evening
$130
6:00PM
Conversation with Matthew Guard and John Swansburg at The School House
7:00PM
Sleepy Hollow at Historical Hall
Afterward
Burial Ground walk and reception with the artists at The 1787 Court House & Museum
Limited to 30 guests.
Performance and reception
$90
7:00PM
Sleepy Hollow at Historical Hall
Afterward
Burial Ground walk and reception with the artists at The 1787 Court House & Museum
The Artists
Skylark
Six-time GRAMMY®-nominated vocal ensemble
Tynan Davis
Narrator
Thomas Barth
Cellist
