Skip Hancock

On piano and vocals, Skip leads Skylark and writes and/or arranges all the group’s music. He graduated from Old Dominion University with a degree in biology. Then went on the road with a show band. He’s been a full-time, professional musician ever since.

Skip has worked in many different settings through the years with other bands and leading his jazz combo Interlude. He has been music director for several artists including the late Tom Netherton of Lawrence Welk fame. For 12 years he taught solo piano, keyboards, and jazz theory to Navy and Marine keyboardists at the Navy School of Music in Virginia Beach.

In addition to performing with Skylark, Skip also plays solo piano, piano/vocal, and works with other bands in the area as their keyboardist.