What is NHMC and Why Does It Exist?
Northeast Heritage Music Camp (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.
Now taking place each June at the Common Ground Center in Vermont’s Green Mountains, NHMC celebrates and promotes the acoustic music and folk dance traditions of New England and eastern Canada, along with related traditions from Scotland, Ireland, France, the southeastern US, and beyond.
We are dedicated to fostering lifelong musicianship and love of trad music through an immersive camp for musicians of all levels. In workshops, jams, and more, we challenge and support campers in taking their skills to new levels. We aim to create a joyful, inclusive, and dynamic community in which students and faculty learn from and enjoy playing with each other formally and informally, at camp and beyond.
Photo L-R: Peter Langston, Alan Jabbour, and Ken Perlman
Northeast Heritage Music Camp (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.
Now taking place each June at the Common Ground Center in Vermont’s Green Mountains, NHMC celebrates and promotes the acoustic music and folk dance traditions of New England and eastern Canada, along with related traditions from Scotland, Ireland, France, the southeastern US, and beyond.
We are dedicated to fostering lifelong musicianship and love of trad music through an immersive camp for musicians of all levels. In workshops, jams, and more, we challenge and support campers in taking their skills to new levels. We aim to create a joyful, inclusive, and dynamic community in which students and faculty learn from and enjoy playing with each other formally and informally, at camp and beyond.
Photo L-R: Peter Langston, Alan Jabbour, and Ken Perlman
