Join Sarina, Heidi, and Willy for both a fulfilling vocal workshop in the afternoon PLUS a performance of their original musical, The Well Tree.
Join us for an all-ages, immersive, participatory journey through song and story. The Well Tree is a three-person musical, illustrated by a ‘crankie’ - an illuminated, papercut, hand-cranked scroll. It is an original 'singing story' about wild journeying and remembering kinship -- the tale of a young woman moving beyond the fog of isolation to meet songbirds, snails and ancient trees as she travels through these unraveling times, finding her way home. The three members of Heartwood are the actors, musicians and the crew that runs the crankie —created by papercut artist Jennifer Jones – and audiences help sing pieces of the story.
Heidi Wilson has a passion for sharing songs in service to community and the wild world; songs that celebrate the seasons, bring groups together, offer thanks, muster courage, make room for healing and grieving, and those songs that send us on our journeys and welcome us back home. She is drawn to the potent and surprising journey of deep-listening and collaborative emergent music making. Heidi has been leading community a cappella singing groups in Vermont for the last 14 years.
Sarina Partridge is a musician, song-leader and educator in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She feels most alive when learning, creating and sharing songs, and enjoys singing, teaching, and touring with a wide variety of music projects - original songs for community singing, Eastern European and Yiddish song, old-time music... and everything in between. She has a passion for connecting people with their own creativity and with community, and uses singing to help folks develop a sense of wonder for this wild world around us.
Willy Clemetson is a fiddler and song-crafter with a passion for living traditional music and the growth and change that can happen within a tradition. He grew up learning fiddle and singing in Belfast, Maine and has toured with a variety of projects, including the choral group Northern Harmony and the band Spintuition. Living in one of the hidden stashes of incredible folk music in Maine, he has developed a love of playing and a deep gratitude for the genuine connection and community that music inspires.