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, Boston Harmony and our many Village Harmony Camp ensembles.
Village Harmony's 2012 Summer Camps
• Read about Village Harmony Camp >>
• See the list of our 2012 camp offerings >>
NOTE:
Many of our 2012 camp sessions are already full, but openings are always a possibility; and we encourage you to sign up on a waiting list for any camp session you might be interested in attending! There is still one place (for a tenor or bass) in our July 14-29 UK CAMP (teens and adults), and there are still quite a few spaces left in our August 12-19 NEW ENGLAND ADULT CAMP, and our September 1-8 OREGON CASCADES CAMP. Click on the highlighted links to read about these singing opportunities, or go directly to our online registration page to apply.
Village Harmony Weekend Workshop
Click the link below for more information about our upcoming residential singing workshop near Portland, OR this June, or just go straight to our online workshop registration form to sign up.
• June 1-3, 2012 - columbia river gorge weekend
Village Harmony’s annual west coast world music singing weekend at Menucha Center, located on the south side of the scenic Columbia River Gorge. Join Village Harmony co-director Patty Cuyler, Seattle-based Ukrainian singer Nadia Tarnawsky and Brooklyn's Washed Up Beulah Band gospel quartet leader Kenny Shimizu for a rollicking weekend of song and dance. We’ll sing from the wide range of world music traditions for which Village Harmony is famed—songs from the American shape-note and gospel traditions, traditional music from the Balkans, folk songs from Corsica and the Republic of Georgia, and dance-songs from South Africa.*A VERY SPECIAL OFFER, while spaces last:
For every three registrations we receive from singers from a choir, we will offer a free place for one additional singer from that same ensemble. Likewise, if six singers from a group sign up, we'll let two more attend gratis. Email us to claim your free spaces: villageharmony"at"gmail.com
In the Store:
Northern Harmony: music for midwynter
Music for the winter solstice season from many centuries
and many cultures. Mostly live recordings from 1998-2005,
featuring four different Northern Harmony ensembles, directed by Larry Gordon and Patty Cuyler.
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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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