NORTHEAST HERITAGE MUSIC CAMP
OUR MISSION
Established in 2005, Northeast Heritage Music Camp (NHMC) is now a 501(c)3 non-profit, group-run organization. The week-long camp, located in the heart of Vermont's Green Mountains, celebrates and promotes the acoustic music and folk dance traditions of New England and eastern Canada, along with related traditions from Scotland, Ireland, England, Wales, France, the southeastern United States, and other parts of the world.
NHMC is dedicated to fostering lifelong musicianship and love of traditional music through an immersive week-long educational program for musicians of all skill levels. Intensive, workshop-style classes encourage musical growth by both challenging and supporting students to take their musicianship to a new level.
Our goal is to create a vibrant and dynamic musical community in which students and faculty learn from one another and enjoy playing together in formal and informal settings - during the week of camp and beyond.
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OUR BOARD
Our dedicated volunteer board includes staff and enthusiastic campers. ​
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Rose Jackson - President
Oliver Scanlon - Vice President
Gianna Marzilli Ericson - Secretary
Todd Taska - Treasurer
Sophie Chang
Steve Hoffman
Jonathan Leonard
Joanne Puente
Linda Young
Others, too, have volunteered their time and skills towards the re-birth and continued growth of NHMC.
Thank you!
TESTIMONIALS
WHAT WE LOVE
"The informal jamming is the secret heart of camp for me. The Hobart jam was a particular highlight this year, but so was all the other random, late night, lightning-in-a-bottle magic that happened. I just really love camp, okay?!?"
"The amazing ambience, atmosphere and sense of comradery...Dancing outside with the sun setting and twinkling lights was magical….The faculty concerts were incredible... Singing around the campfire wonderful."
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"The welcoming hopeful atmosphere as people tried new things and found they could do them, and support when people were frustrated...Willingness of more experienced players to help out other folks with getting concepts and participating."​
​​“The band labs...you get to learn and be a part of a creative arrangement and process."
“Both my morning workshop and band lab focused not solely on learning notes or chords but on making beautiful music. We explored the potential of each of the instrument groups, the potential harmonies, bass lines and rhythms all in service to the music. The instructors encouraged to everyone to share ideas, regardless of playing facility. All ideas were honored with a trial run. It was a glorious collaboration."
AND THE FOOD!
"The food was incredible, the best food at any camp I've ever been to."
"The chef and cooks should be rehired, given a raise, have their faces carved into a guitar back, etc."
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"The chef would point out the meat dishes to me so I could avoid them and I always found plenty of things to eat."
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"I can't say enough about the food! Rarely have I experienced such delicious, fresh, abundant food made for such a large group and under such trying conditions. I particularly appreciated the 'no allium' dishes."
THE BACK STORY
NHMC (fondly known as “NaHuMCa” since that fateful day when a few faculty and campers composed a now largely forgotten camp song) was founded in 2005 and co-directed by Peter Langston and Ken Perlman until 2011. In 2012 we became a non-profit, run by a volunteer board of enthusiastic campers and faculty who seek to sustain and grow the vibrant musical community they began. Since 2013, the camp has taken place each June at the Common Ground Center in Vermont's Green Mountains.
What a wonderful vision Peter and Ken had, and what a special camp they created. We are most appreciative and thankful to them for all they have done to make NHMC such a warm, musical community and, in continuing the camp, we strive to maintain that vision.
Photo L-R: Peter Langston, Alan Jabbour, Ken Perlman