A Concert presented by Village Harmony Alumni Ensemble

Saturday, May 25th, 7:00 p.m., at the 2nd Congregational Church in Hyde Park, VT.

This unique select world music vocal ensemble includes a dozen college-aged and young adult Village Harmony veterans, many of whom have sung and traveled with Village Harmony for many years. The program features songs and dances from South Africa, contemporary American shape-note songs, quartet gospel, traditional songs from Corsica, Bosnia, Croatia and Bulgaria, Monteverdi madrigals and other renaissance works, and original compositions by Simon.

Suggested admission at the door is $10.00. Proceeds will be split 50/50 with Village Harmony and the 2nd Congregational Church.

Village Harmony Alumni Ensemble is led by Larry Gordon, Sophie Michaux and Adam Simon. Larry Gordon is the founder of Village Harmony and has been leading choirs and community music in Vermont for over forty years. He has a vast repertoire of music from harmony traditions across the world and has led scores of Village Harmony study and performances tours to South Africa, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Georgia and throughout western Europe. Sophie Michaux and Adam Simon, based in Boston, are brilliant singers who have participated in many European tours with Northern Harmony and also perform with the vocal quartet Colomba. Originally from France, Sophie is a remarkable singer in a variety of styles: classical, Corsican, Balkan, French cafe songs. She sings with the women's ensemble Lorelei and is in great demand as a classical vocal soloist. Adam is also a fine composer. He is currently in a masters program in composition at Tufts University. The concert will feature a number of his compositions.

For more information, contact John Clark, Chair, Mission Committee, 888-4864.