Led by Mary Cay Brass, our 60+ voices join together twice a year for 12 week sessions. Greenfield Harmony is a multigenerational 75 voice community choir founded and led by Mary Cay Brass of Saxtons River, Vermont. The choir sings lively, soulful songs from many community-based traditions around the world. Of particular interest to Mary Cay is music from the Balkan countries of the former Yugoslavia where she spent two and a half years on a Fulbright Scholarship in ethnomusicology. Ritual songs, love songs, dance songs as well as liturgical chants from the orthodox, islamic and sephardic spiritual traditions of Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia and Macedonia are regular features of the Greenfield Harmony repertoire. The choir also explores the vocal traditions of various African countries, the Republic of Georgia, the British Isles as well as many American folk traditions – from shape-note and Shaker music in the Northeast to gospel, bluegrass and Appalachian in the south. Greenfield Harmony is a non-audition choir. Members come from all walks of life and musical experience. Some are professional musicians with years of choral experience while others learn primarily by ear and repitition.Greenfield Harmony welcomes all into this singing community.
