Teen Traveling Camp II

July 9-25, 2027

  • Leaders: Sinead O’Mahoney, Carl Linich & Scott Sexton

  • Rehearsal location: Stump Sprouts Lodge, Hawley, MA

  • Price: $2150
    Need-based financial aid is available for this camp. You'll need to apply first and pay your deposit. Should we not be able to make the finances work for you, you may withdraw your registration with a full refund.

  • A $250 deposit is required when you register online. The balance of tuition will be due in two parts: March 1, 2026 and May 1, 2026.

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Village Harmony’s 17 day-long teen traveling camps are open to young singers ages 12 to 18. Auditions aren’t required to attend our camps. If you like singing full force and galumphing about the countryside performing for appreciative audiences, these summer camps are for you.  

This session will be led by Village Harmony teen camp director and VH alumna Sinead O’Mahoney, Georgian music expert Carl Linich and Alabama-born Scott Sexton.

Musical planned for concert repertoire will include American traditional and shape-note songs, traditional folk songs from Georgia and the Balkans and more.

Like all VH teen camps, we will begin with a week of rehearsal in residence at a retreat center. This summer’s program will be held at one of our favorites—Stump Sprouts Retreat in Hawley, western Massachusetts.

The rehearsal week will be followed by a 10-day New England performance tour.

Meet the leaders

  • Sinead O'Mahoney

    A native of Montpelier, VT, Sinead O’Mahoney has been singing with Village Harmony and Northern Harmony since she was in her mid-teens. She has traveled abroad with Village Harmony in Corsica, France, Switzerland, Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina, South Africa, and has made four trips to Caucasus Georgia, including an intensive Georgian language course. Sinead has been praised for her sure command of rhythm and clear and efficient teaching style.

    Active in Sacred Harp and other shape-note singing throughout New England, Sinead became a co-director of VH’s community choir Boston Harmony in 2018. She has been the lead director in charge of Village Harmony’s teen programs since 2023.

    Sinead is a graduate of the University of Vermont (B.S. in Music Education, 2016) and Boston University (M.M. in Choral Conducting, 2026). She currently lives in Boston, Massachusetts.

  • Carl Linich

    Carl Linich has been teaching with Village Harmony since 1999. Carl first began learning Georgian songs with the Kartuli Ensemble, then formed Trio Kavkasia with two other Kartuli singers and traveled to Georgia in 1995 and 1997 to immerse themselves in the culture.

    Carl lived in Georgia for a decade and has traveled there extensively, amassing a tremendous repertoire of songs. In recognition of his work to preserve traditional Georgian culture, Carl is a Silver Medal State Laureate of Georgia (1995) and has been awarded the Georgian President's Order of Merit (2009).

    Back in the US, Carl has directed the Supruli Choir in New York City, the Bard College Georgian Choir and his own family trio with his two sons. Carl is also a member of Tenores de Aterùe, devoted to traditional music from Sardinia.

  • Scott Sexton

    Scott Sexton is on the music faculty of Troy University in Troy, Alabama, where he leads three choral ensembles and teaches courses in music education. Before Troy, he spent a decade teaching elementary music and secondary choir in Mississippi. He earned degrees from Troy University (Bachelor of Music Education), the University of Mississippi (M.M. in Music Education), and Auburn University (Ph.D. in Music Education). His recent dissertation explores the intersection of global music education, singing, and peacebuilding.

    Scott is known for his work in bringing global singing cultures to his choristers. His experiences include immersive, teaching, and performance opportunities in over 30 countries throughout North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia—including participation in Village Harmony programs in Macedonia, Bosnia, and South Africa, as well as co-leading three past VH Teen Camps in New England. 

Stump Sprouts - Hawley, MA

Hand-built and furnished almost entirely with wood harvested from our land, the Lodge has seven guest rooms, a large living room and a complete kitchen and dining room. Everywhere there are large windows taking in the magnificent view. Lofts, cozy nooks, art work, plants, and a fireplace.

Not exactly a hotel, motel or B&B, Stump Sprouts is in a unique category of its own. In keeping with the owners’ simple philosophy, overnight guests share bathrooms and bring their own sheets, blankets, pillows & towels (there will be a limited number of sets for rent if you cannot do this for some reason).

All rooms have a double bed in them and most have a single or bunk bed as well. Rooms are decorated with original art, barn board, old farm implements, etc.

Village Harmony’s rehearsal space will be in a beautifully refinished barn, with superb cross-ventilation and large windows looking out over a gorgeous mountainscape.

“Actually learning music from throughout the world shows you so many drop-dead-gorgeous singing traditions, exposes you to music that moves you down to the very marrow... and it makes you exercise so many different ways of singing that you start to figure out the ways that work best, not just the ways that you’ve always done it. It’s sort of like feeding the addiction you never knew you had--for the chocolate that nobody else has discovered yet.”
- Teen camp participant