Welcome!
Village Harmony, Inc.
is the umbrella organization for a diverse range of choral, world music and harmony singing activities under the direction of Larry Gordon and Patty Cuyler. Our choruses include Village Harmony, Northern Harmony, World Music Community Chorus, Boston Harmony, and our many, many Village Harmony Camp ensembles.
The schedule for Village Harmony's New England
& Canada concerts is now posted on our 'CONCERTS' page.
See the schedule and download a printable copy>>
Announcing:
South Africa Winter Camp 2011
A three-week study-performance camp in South Africa
January 15-February 6, 2011
Led by Matlakala Bopape, Patty Cuyler
& Larry Gordon
Applications are now being accepted for Village Harmony's winter (but summer there!) 3-week South Africa performance camp. An initial week in retreat rehearsing at the Masebe Game Preserve in Limpopo Province will be followed by two weeks of traveling, performing and meeting with local singers. All applications logged online by August 1, 2010 will be given equal consideration, with rolling admissions thereafter, depending on space availability.
Read about the South Africa Winter Camp 2011 and sign up>>
Our 2011 Summer Camp schedules & descriptions
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will be posted online in October, 2010. It's not to late to join us this summer: there are still spaces open in our 7-day New England July adult camp , 7-day New England August adult camp, and 5-day Oregon Cascades adult camp. Be sure to sign our mailing list to get the earliest chance at applying to all of our workshops and camp sessions in the future.
Read about the Village Harmony summer camp experience >>
New In the Store:
Northern Harmony: Forerunner of the Sun
Northern Harmony's tour in the autumn of 2008 included five weeks of performances in the UK and two weeks in France and Switzerland. Special guest singer Shergil Pirtskhelani (Ensemble Zedashe) from Sighnaghi, Georgia directed most of the Georgian numbers in the program. The album starts out with high-powered South African gospel and doesn't let up.
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Best of Village Harmony, 2007-2008
This dynamic two-disc set captures memorable performances by twelve different Village Harmony
traveling ensembles in New England and abroad during 2007 and 2008. The New England performances are from our teenage traveling groups, while the overseas camps--in Corsica, Caucasus Georgia, Bulgaria, Bosnia, Ukraine and Italy--include a mixture of students and adults.
ALSO AVAILABLE AS A FULL DOWNLOAD.
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Far Heaven: Songs & Tunes for Chorus & Small Groups
by Don Jamison
Published by Don Jamison, Burlington, VT, 2009. Comes with accompanying CD with marvellous performances.
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Lord, I Walked
2008 UK/EU Tour, Northern Harmony
Northern Harmony's 2007 European tour began with two weeks in residence in Corsica, where the group learned the piquant set of Coriscan songs featured on this album. Lord, I Walked also features gospel quartet and Appalachian harmonies, traditional Georgian, South African, Balkan and Ukranian songs, a Genoese trallalero, shape-note and renaissance pieces, and a Quebecois song.
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The Folk Rhythm Volume Two:
South African Folk, Church & Protest Songs
Arrangements by Matlakala Bopape, edited by Patty Cuyler
Eighteen South African songs, for SATB choir. The package includes a book of transcriptions, two CDs containing separate performance, pronunciation &
practice tracks for each song, and an instructional dance DVD. Also
included is a pronunciation guide. 90 pp.
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