Mid-Year Workshops

About the Midyear Workshops

Village Harmony’s mid-year weekend workshops provide singers with ample and varied opportunities for autumn, winter and early spring gatherings of old friends and new acquaintances. Any one of them is a sure bet to fire up your musical imagination as well as your voice.

In addition to our well-established and popular world music workshops at Hulbert Center in Vermont in February 2010 and at Menucha Center outside Portland, Oregon in March 2010, we are offering a one-day South African singing workshop and a 2-day teachers' workshop in Vermont in November 2009, and two retreat weekends in England in the spring 2010.

Tuitions listed for the singing weekends includes shared rooms and six meals for the workshop weekends, which begin with supper on the Friday night and close with a review session following lunch on Sunday (except for the Easter weekend in Kintbury, which has nine meals and goes through Monday mid-day).

Winter Weekend at Lake Morey

February 26-28, 2010

Led by Larry Gordon, Patty Cuyler, Mary Sherhart

Patty and Larry will be joined by Seattle singer Mary Sherhart, one of the country’s leading teachers of Balkan singing, for a rollicking weekend of song and dance. American shape-note and gospel traditions, South African songs and dances, traditional and arranged music from Bulgaria and Bosnia, music from Georgia, and more.
At Hulbert Outdoor Center, Fairlee, Vermont
$225 per person in 4-person shared bunk rooms / $300 per person for a double room. Commuters, $155
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Columbia River Gorge Weekend

March 19-21, 2010

Led by Suzannah Park, Nathan Morrison, Eva Primack, Stefan Amidon, and Zara Bode

A weekend of American shape-note, Appalachian, gospel, ballads, rounds, game-songs, traditional and arranged folk songs from the Balkans and Ukraine, and a number of South African songs and dances. Bring your dancing shoes for Balkan line-dancing and some contras. Instrumentalists will be very welcome to join the ad-hoc workshop dance band.
At Menucha Retreat & Conference Center, Corbett, Oregon
$225 per person in 4-person shared bunk rooms or $300 per person for a double room. Commuters, $155
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Easter Weekend in Berkshire, UK

April 2-5, 2010 (3 nights)

Led by Larry Gordon, Patty Cuyler and members of Northern Harmony

An extended Easter weekend of song & dance with Larry and Patty and members of Northern Harmony, just finishing a month-long tour of the UK. American shape-note, 1930s gospel, South African folk songs, and traditional music from Corsica, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Georgia. Price includes Northern Harmony's tour workshop book & CD.
At St. Cassian's Centre, Kintbury, Hungerford, Berkshire, UK
£245 per person in twin rooms or £285 for a single room. Commuters, £170, concessions £205
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A Rustic Singing Weekend in Wales

April 30-May 2 , 2010 (2 nights)

Led by Patty Cuyler and Larry Gordon

A magical weekend of singing and movement in the amazing setting of Cae Mabon, set in a clearing in an oak forest at the foot of Mt. Snowden in northwest Wales. American folk & gospel, Corsican, Georgian, South African songs and more. Limited space, apply early.
At Cae Mabon, Llanberis, northwest Wales, UK
£150 per person, shared accommodations in six unique cabins. Commuters, £110, concessions £120
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