2006 Summer Camps

Teen Residential Session

June 29-July 8

Val Mindel, Carl Linich, Amity Baker

This camp is especially for teenaged singers new to Village Harmony and for those who can’t commit three weeks to a traveling camp. Val will teach a mix of Appalachian harmony songs, gospel quartets and blues trios, and lead instrumentalists in string band music; this is a great session for fiddlers and guitar players! Carl will coach students in the stunning and often complex harmonies of Georgian folk and sacred music, and Amity will lead a set of Spanish renaissance works, shape-note songs and contemporary pieces.

These residential sessions in the past have been particularly joyous. Each session has produced a dynamic group of singers that have presented very strong concerts. We will do three concerts at the end of the session, with one a collaboration with the overlapping traveling Village Harmony Session I camp.

There will be one end-of-camp over-night home stay before our final concert

Roundhouse, Colrain, MA

$650

The Roundhouse

This marvelous facility was purpose-built as a retreat center by the owner, story-teller Bekki Tippens. The 14-sided building is filled with ingenious and fanciful detail work. The main room is round, a fabulous singing space with an encircling balcony and 3-story domed ceiling and ample nooks and corners for reading, relaxing and socializing. The majority of the beds are in small sleeping cubbies resembling ships’ berths, radiating off a second floor circular hallway. There are also a number of private sleeping rooms, both in the house and in the adjacent small cottage, plus tent space on the land. Bekki is a gracious host and will help plan menus and help out in the kitchen.

For more information, visit: http://www.roundhouseculture.com/