About Oneonta

Oneonta, New York, is situated on the Susquehanna River in the southeastern part of New York State. Binghamton is 55 miles to its southwest; Albany 75 miles east northeast; Interstate Route 88 connects the cities. The population of the city and town of Oneonta is close to 19,000 people. The city has two parks, Wilber (where evening sports activities for music camp/music festival students are held each summer) and Neahwa. Gilbert Lake State Park is seven miles west of Oneonta, where each summer the festival hosts picnics. Cooperstown, which is 22 miles away, with its Farmers Museum, Baseball Hall of Fame, and Glimmerglass Opera Theatre, is where HCSMF&I attend an opera at Glimmerglass for free every summer.

The Future for Oneonta Foundation, Inc., founded by Dr. F. F. Swift in 1982, publishes a promotional flyer on Oneonta. It lists numerous cultural and athletic benefits of the region. Included are the National Soccer Hall of Fame, the American Indian Artifacts in Yager Museum at Hartwick College, the Catskill Symphony Orchestra and Catskill Choral Society, the Orpheus Theatre, Oneonta Tigers baseball, Woodhaven Golf Course, and many additional offerings at both Hartwick College and the State University of New York at Oneonta.

—Dr. Robert F. Swift
Music from the Mountains
New York State Music Camp, 1947-1996
NYSMC Press, 1996