OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY UNIQUE MUSIC PERFORMANCE BY VERMONT BASED VILLAGE HARMONY TEEN SINGING ENSMBLE SUNDAY AUGUST 16 AT 3:00 P.M. AT THE SOUTH HERO CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.

THIS ACCLAIMED TEEN SINGING ENSEMBLE OF BRILLIANT TEEN SINGERS WILL PERFORM MUSIC FROM MANY COUNTRIES INCLUDING THE BAKA PIGMIES OF CENTRAL AFRICA, CAUCASUS GEORGA, SOUTH AFRICA , AMERICAN SHAPE NOTE SINGING AND LITANIES FOR THE VIRGIN BY FRENCH BAROQUE COMOSER ANTOINE CHARPENTIER.
THE ENSEMBLE HAS BEEN ORGANIZED BY VERMONT BASED VILLAGE HARMONY WHICH IS DEDICATED TO THE STUDY AND PERFORMANCE OF INTERNATIONAL ETHNIC SINGING TRADITIONS. THE 24 YOUTH, WHO WILL SING IN SOUTH HERO ON AUG. 16, COME FROM SEVEN US STATES, SWITZERLAND, UK AND CAUCUSUS GEORGIA. THIS WILL BE THE GROUP’S ONLY CONCERT ON THE ISLANDS AND PART OF THEIR FINAL VERMONT TOUR FOR THIS SUMMER.
EACH SUMMER VILLAGE HARMONY SPONSORS 10 ENSEMBLES THAT PERFORM IN NEW ENGLAND AND OTHER COUNTRIES WITH A POWERFUL, NATURAL UNRESTRAINED VOCAL SOUND, VARIETY OF VOCAL STYLES AND TIMBRES AS APPROPRIATE TO THE ETHNIC AND TRADITIONAL MUSIC. THIS VIBRANT COMMUNITY OF SINGERS SHARES A JOYOUS CLEBRATION OF MUSIC WITH THEIR AUDIENCE.
LARRY GORDON, IS FOUNDER AND CO-DIRECTOR OF VILLAGE HARMONY. THE SINGERS COMING TO THE ISLANDS ARE LED BY LARRY GORDON WHO HAS AWARDS FOR HIS WORK IN GEORGIAN MUSIC; CARL LINICH, DIRECTOR OF A GEORGIAN CHOIR AT BARD COLLEGE AND AN ENSEMBLE IN NEW YORK CITY; AND SU HART FROM BATH, UK WHO SPECIALIZES IN THE MUSIC OF THE BAKA FOREST PEOPLE OF CAMEROON.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AN EXCITING MUSICAL EXPERIENCE AND AT THE SAME TIME HELPS ENCOURAGE VERY TALENTED AND CREATIVE YOUTH.

SUGGESTED DONATION AT THE DOOR IS $10.00 ($5.00 FOR STUDENTS AND SENIORS)

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