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.
- • NOVEMBER 11-13, 2011 - EARTHSPIRIT UK WEEKEND
- At Menucha Retreat Center, Corbett, Oregon
Village Harmony's 2012 Summer Camp schedule...
is now posted on our website!
• Read about Village Harmony Camp >>
• See the list of 2012 camp sessions >>
We still have two or three openings for MEN for our January 14-February 2, 2012 South Africa Winter Camp. If you are interested in more details, click here, or go directly to our online registration page to apply.
Sing with us this fall!
...has already begun, but if you still want to try us out, you may come to our November 19-20 rehearsal weekend and still join the group. Click HERE to find out more.
Register and pay for Boston Harmony on our online registration site.
Village Harmony Weekend Workshops
Click the links below for more information about our residential singing workshops, or just go straight to our online workshop registration form to sign up.
Led by Patty Cuyler, Larry Gordon, Mollie Stone.
At EarthSpirit Centre, near Glastonbury, Somerset, ENGLAND
• February 24-26, 2012 - Winter weekend
Led by Larry Gordon, Patty Cuyler, Natalie NoyitskiAt Hulbert Outdoor Center, Fairlee, Vermont.
• June 1-3, 2012 - columbia river gorge weekend
Led by Patty Cuyler, Mary Sherhart, Kenny Shimizu
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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