Village Harmony, 5748 Hollister Hill Road, Plainfield, VT (2026)

Every year we sponsor ten or more singing camps for teens and adults focusing on traditional harmony singing from around the world. Each camp has three co-leaders specializing in different genres of music. In addition to our camps in new England and Oregon we usually have three overseas camps in countries including South Africa, Georgia, Corsica, the Balkans, and Lithuania. In these countries we f

ocus on learning local singing traditions working with native teachers and singers. In all our camps we aim to build a close community of singers and to foster cultural interchange and mutual understanding through the vehicle of music.

03/29/2026

Thrilled to spotlight Heidi Wilson this month and hear about all the incredible work she’s been doing (her music has been going viral recently)! Want to sing with Heidi this summer? Check out our annual Oregon camp in beautiful McKenzie Bridge.

🎶Q&A with Heidi🎶

⭐️Lives in: Plainfield VT

⭐️Instagram handle:

⭐️When was your first VH camp? 2006 at Becky’s Roundhouse in Mass with Peter and Mary Alice Amidon

⭐️What is one of your favorite VH memories? Traveling in Basque Country with Northern Harmony in 2019 and eating incredible pintxos with Larry, and then seeing the local Basque teen ensemble share their traditional farewell song and dance!

⭐️What is one of your favorite musical experiences/memories outside of Village Harmony? For my fourtieth birthday I invited a small group of friends into a cave and we sang in the total darkness for an unknowable amount of time—feeling the harmonies reverberate deeper into the hidden passages.

⭐️When you’re not singing or teaching, what are some of your favorite things to do with your spare time? Canoeing in cold clear water in wild places!

⭐️What are some special projects you’re working on right now? I am working on two recording projects right now…. One is the soundtrack for The Well Tree, an original musical that I created with my beloved Heartwood triomates (and Village Harmony buddies) Sarina Partridge and W***y Clemetson. And the other is a recording of songs for the seasons with Village Harmony singing dream team: Sarina Partridge, W***y Clemetson, Gideon Crevosay, Maisie Dolan, Liam Kantor, and Stefan Amidon; and marvelous production team: Nicholas Williams and Yann Falquet

⭐️And I’ve been involved with singing resistance work inspired by my time in Minneapolis. In this moment, collective singing offers us a chance to stand up against rising authoritarianism and violence in a way that is also simultaneously creating the world that we want to inhabit- one rooted in love. I’ve been watching the song ‘Hold On’ make its journey around the world as people sing in solidarity with Minneapolis and beyond. Check out Erica Heilman’s podcast Rumblestrip to hear more.

03/11/2026

Come sing with us this summer - it will be good for your soul! Spaces are still available in the following programs:

US Camps for Teens and Adults:
🎶Teen Traveling Camp #2: July 10-26
Led by Lysander Jaffe, Liam Kantor, Lexi Ugelow

🎶Oregon Adult Week: July 6 - 12 Led by Avery Book, Natalie Nowytski & Heidi Wilson  🎶New England Adult Week: July 13 - 19 Led by Suzannah Park, Matlakala Bopape & Magda Sharff

International Camps for Mixed Ages:
🎶Occitan Week: June 7 - 13
Led by Brendan Taaffe, Karine Berny, Audrey Peinado & Lorenzo Valera

Write us with any questions, and you can register at villageharmony.org or by following the link in our Instagram bio.

Time to sing, everyone!

03/04/2026

We’re a few days late on posting but no less appreciative of our February staff spotlightee, Lonnie Norwood Jr. Lonnie is an extremely talented and beloved member of our staff, and he recently taught at our annual Winter Singing Weekend.

🎶Q&A with Lonnie🎶

⭐️Lives in: Chicago, IL

⭐️Instagram handle (if you have one): - not a frequent user, so... add at your own risk :-)

⭐️When was your first VH camp? 2017

⭐️What is one of your favorite VH memories? Almost getting kicked out of Kirstenbosch Gardens in Cape Town for singin’ and dancin’ the house down VH style (August, 2022)! lol

⭐️What is one of your favorite musical experiences/memories outside of Village Harmony? My twenty-two young black men, known as the Leo Choir Boys, and I singing with and playfully conducting MY FOREVER PRESIDENT, President Barack Obama

⭐️What’s one place that you haven’t been to before that you would love to visit? Brrrraaasiiiiilll! (Brazil)

⭐️When you’re not singing or teaching, what are some of your favorite things to do with your spare time? Cook, walk, read, travel, SLEEP, watch workplace comedies (The Office, Abbott Elementary, Parks & Rec, etc.)

⭐️What are some special projects you’re working on right now? Africana Studies teaching certification @ Valdosta State University

⭐️Tell us a fun fact about you. I have a twin brother named Lennie

We are so proud to work with you, Lonnie!

02/01/2026

We’re kicking off a monthly Staff Spotlight series on our social media pages to celebrate our incredible teachers and to introduce you all to them and their work. First up, our January spotlight teacher is Bongani Magatyana, who just finished co-leading a Village Harmony camp in Cape Town, South Africa. A couple of clips from that camp are included above!

🎶 Q&A with Bongani 🎶

⭐️ Lives in: Cape Town, South Africa

⭐️ When was your first VH camp? 2012

⭐️ What is one of your favorite VH memories?
“It was my first visit to VH in the USA and it was two or three days before the teen camp I was teaching. I attended a last concert of another VH teen camp. Larry was one of the leaders. I was so taken by listening to one choir but in each song, they sing their tone and singing style, and it feels like you are listening to different choirs. From that moment I fell in love with Village Harmony’s singing style.”

⭐️ What is one of your most memorable musical experiences outside of Village Harmony?
“Doing auditions for my musical called Izikhalo Zika Nongqawuse. For this musical, I needed a straight clean sound from the singers. I wanted voices that would be able to do the ornaments from our Xhosa traditional music style. It was so sad that most of our singers will not be able to sing without vibrato, and it was hard for them to sing in their own traditional style. It was all because our schools are so into western classical music, especially when they prescribe music for school choir music competitions. This was an opportunity for Xhosa singers to explore their roots.”

⭐️ What’s one place you haven’t been to before that you would love to visit?
“I would love to travel to Bosnia or Italy. I love their music.”

⭐️ What are some special projects you’re working on right now?
“I got funding of R400,000 from the South African National Arts Council (NAC) to orchestrate 10 of my choral songs and create jobs for 52 singers and musicians. My concert is on the 28th of February. I will have 32 singers on stage and a 16 piece orchestra.”

We are so proud to have Bongani as such a valuable part of our staff!

01/11/2026

Our VH South Africa Tour starts in the morning! Wahooo

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