Camphill Kimberton presents "Noah and the Flood" and "Everyman"

Camphill Village Kimberton Hills presents Noah and the Flood and Everyman, two musical productions on one stage, from March 24-25, 2012.   

The musical Noah and the Flood was written by Eugene Schwartz with music by Lawrence Rosenthal.  Schwartz wrote the play for his third grade class. When a third grade teacher in California started to work with it, Lawrence Rosenthal, who had a child in that class, was inspired to write music to it.

Like all productions at Kimberton Hills, this one also features a cast of children and adults from within the Camphill Kimberton community, and from the wider community. The children carry the main part of the play, either as Noah's sons and their wives, or as naughty town children who taunt Noah's sons while they are working on the ark, or as angels in the very first scene, when we hear how all is planned on a spiritual level.

Members of Camphill Kimberton’s music workshop are involved both on stage and among the instrumentalists. The play, in its relative simplicity as a class play, offers immense possibilities as a community play for a cast of very different ages and capacities.

"I want to express my gratitude to Eugene for offering this musical to me," says Veronika Roemer, director. "Every new musical, from looking at it for the first time until it's ready for performance, is like a journey, or making a new friend. This musical has been a journey of discoveries and delights."

The second piece, Everyman was composed by Colin Tanser for children's choir and lyre orchestra. "I felt inspired to add this beautiful piece of music to the program because it carries a similar message as the musical," says Roemer. "I arranged it for a small instrumental ensemble, instruments that are already needed for the musical like flute and oboe, and others played by cast members. I added bordun lyres and bells, so that everyone cast in the musical can also participate in Everyman."

This is the seventh show produced by Roemer, who lives and works in Camphill Kimberton, an intentional life-sharing community that includes adults with developmental disabilities.

Show times are:

Saturday, March 24 at 3:30 p.m.

Sunday, March 25 at 3:30 p.m.

All shows are in Rose Hall.  Suggested donations are $10 for adults, $5 for children, and $25 for a family. 

The Camphill Cafe will have extended hours on performance days. On Saturday, March 24, the Cafe will be open from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. On Sunday, March 25, the Cafe will open from 2:30-3:30 p.m. The Cafe will also be open both days during intermission.

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Camphill Village Kimberton Hills is located at 1601 Pughtown Road, Kimberton, Pa.

Daria in concert: a free music performance for the special needs community, March 10

Daria, an internationally-known folksinger, will present a free concert at Camphill Village Kimberton Hills on Saturday, March 10 at 4 p.m.  Children and adults with special needs and their families are specially invited to be a part of this performance where Daria shares a wonderful mixture of favorite songs from American and world folk music traditions.  She introduces unique authentic instruments and allows the audience to take part in the performance.

For the last two decades, internationally- known folksinger Daria has traveled the globe, learning, sharing and making music while building communities and encouraging a new view of hope and peace for all the world’s children. In the United States, she has won national awards for her children's CDs including a Parent’s Choice Award, a NAPPA (National Association For Parenting Publications) Award and a Children's Music Web Award.

Daria has spent several days this month working with Camphill Kimberton’s residents to create and learn to play their own instruments. The culmination of this workshop is the concert on March 10, where the Camphill Kimberton villagers will perform live with Daria. 

Reviews of Daria include:

“When Daria Marmaluk-Hajioannou makes music, the world listens -- literally!”  -- Christian Science Monitor

“A NAPPA Award-Winner, Daria delivers an eclectic mix of multicultural tunes with strong hooks and sing-alongs in many languages.”  -- www.Parenthood.com

“The children at Melmark have varying special needs, but the music performed and the constant interaction between performer and audience reached all who were present at the assembly. Children who are normally lethargic were moving and dancing to the music. Children who are normally reserved were singing along. The children were actively engaged.”  --  Heather Holt, Music Therapist, Melmark School

The concert is free but donations will be accepted.  Seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis and is limited.  Rose Hall is wheelchair accessible. 

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Camphill Village Kimberton Hills is located at 1601 Pughtown Road, Kimberton, Pa.  The concert will be held in Rose Hall. 

The mission at Camphill Kimberton is to encourage individuals, especially those with special needs, to discover and fulfill their greatest developmental and creative potential within a farming and handcrafting community.  In valuing persons of all abilities, Kimberton Hills seeks to foster a living and working environment that is sustainable, productive and beautiful.  Residents and volunteers uniquely contribute to the community through meaningful vocations such as gardening, dairy farming, and working in the café, bakery and craft workshops.  As the community cares for one another, it also nurtures and improves the land by practicing biodynamic and organic agriculture and raising environmental awareness. 

For more information on the artist, visit http://www.dariamusic.com/.

For more information about Kimberton Hills, visit www.camphillkimberton.org.

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Camphill Kimberton hosts Ursinus Faculty Exhibition: February 20-April 9

A gallery opening featuring art by Ursinus College faculty will be held Monday, February 20 from 6-8 p.m. in the Wellspring Gallery at Camphill Village Kimberton Hills.  

This group exhibition consists of work by the Ursinus College Fine Arts faculty, including Robert Waddington, Sarah Kaufman, Roger Chavez, Jackie Brown, and Pedro Barbeito.  The works on display represent the variety of media, approaches and conceptual frameworks that this exceptional faculty brings to the learning experience at Ursinus. The exhibition also attests to the College’s ongoing engagement and dialogue with the local community. 

The exhibition will run from Februrary 20 until April 9, 2012. 

  

For more information about the exhibited works please contact Mimi Coleman at mimi@camphillkimberton.orgor 610-935-0300, ext. 17.

Camphill Village Kimberton Hills is located at 1601 Pughtown Road, Kimberton, Pa. The Wellspring Gallery is located in the Kepler Building.

About the artists:

Mr. Waddington is currently represented by the Rodger Lapelle Gallery in Philadelphia. His work is based in Pop Art Culture and Photorealism. He has shown his work extensively and is in many corporate and private collections. Mr. Waddington is an in-depth historian and scholar of ancient manuscripts and treatises on painting techniques and materials. He, in collaboration with another author, is writing the definitive book of portrait painting, titled “The Definitive Book of Portrait Painting”.

–Robert Waddington



"My work is an inherently human investigation. I visit people in their homes and ask them to try to show me the world that they inhabit when they are alone. The resulting photographs chase glimpses of this world and explore the relationships among the subjects, their bodies, and their spaces. They reveal the possibility for a quiet intensity within the everyday by prolonging reflective silence as it seeps into the environment."

 –Sarah Kaufman


"Fueled by quotidian reality, there are psychological, residual outcomes in the works: auras of mortality, timelessness, and identity. My painting process involves a significant amount of adding and subtracting of painterly forms, resulting in forms overlaying preceding forms, increasingly concealing the real appearances of the subject matter. In the process, my color palette results in the use of muted colors and tonal grays, arriving from the use of the prismatic hues as these afford more vibrant and colorful grays and allow for subtle changes in color and temperature in the paintings."

–Roger Chavez



"At the core of my work is an interest in biological processes and the transformative potential that is possible through adaptation and mutation. I aim for the works to be electrically charged, conveying a feverish sense of immediacy and through the use of viscous porous surfaces I attempt to provide a sense that the work is alive. Brain Sprouts are offshoots from the recent series of installations collectively titled Brain Fruit, which stem from an interest in neuroscience, specifically the elastic potential of the mind. I hope for the works to suggest an active meshwork of synaptic exchange where the green rods and orange linear elements serve as active pathways, implying circuitry and the continual pulsing of inputs and outputs."

 –Jackie Brown



"The works included in this exhibit are from a 2005 series of paintings and drawings that examine how digital imaging can be used to inform the aesthetic and formal makeup of cubist painting. I began this project by making multiple drawings of family and friends in a style similar to that of Picasso. These were then scanned, manipulated with 2-D and 3-D programs and then translated into paint on canvas."

–Pedro Barbeito

Camphill Cafe announces expanded hours

The Camphill Cafe announces new expanded hours!
Starting this week: 10 am to 2 pm, Wednesday-Saturday
June-August: 10 am to 2 pm, Tuesday-Saturday

Join us for a local and organic lunch, mostly vegetarian, but always delicious!

This week's special is: Jason's Black Bean Burritos with enchilada sauce and cheese. The soup of the week is: root vegetables with coconut milk, basil, lemon and ginger.

In the meantime, check out this great review about the Camphill Cafe on Eat Local Philly:  http://eatlocalphilly.com/2010/10/27/camphill-village-cafe/

Camphill Village Kimberton Hills presents Astral Artists concert - January 30

Camphill Village Kimberton Hills presents a free concert on Monday, January 30, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.

Operatic performers Jonathan Beyer, baritone and Kristin Okerlund, piano, from Astral Artists, an organization that guides and promotes the nation’s most extraordinary emerging classical musicians, will offer an evening of music in Kimberton Hills’ Rose Hall. 

Astral Artists is a non-profit organization whose mission is to discover the most promising classical musicians residing in the United States, assist their early professional career development and present their world-class artistry to the community through concerts and outreach programs.  Camphill Kimberton is pleased to once again host these gifted musicians.  

Reviews of Jonathan Beyer include:

“The audience found its treat in a young, fresh-faced baritone named Jonathan Beyer. The 27-year-old appeared natural, plowing through an ambitious program. Beyer’s voice is big and virile. He produced tones evenly throughout the registers, showing no strain when pushing high and loud.”  -- The Washington Post

“Baritone Jonathan Beyer (Papageno) was the substantial voice that carried the piece. He brought proportion and context to difficult writing and maturity to his stagecraft. His Papageno was a model of articulation, but also of nuanced singing. An able comedian, he was musically arresting and brightly funny, his timing in both boosting the opera’s impact.” – Broad Street Review, Philadelphia

There is no charge for the concert, which is underwritten by the generosity of the Phoenixville Community Health Foundation.

Several Phone Lines Out of Service

Several phone lines at Camphill Kimberton are currently out of service.  Should you need to reach someone, please call the Development office at 610-935-8660 and your call will be directed or the message will be passed on. Thank you for your patience.

Camphill Village Kimberton Hills hosts Fiber Arts Workshops

Camphill Village Kimberton Hills announces several fiber arts workshops to be held in the winter and early spring of 2012.

• Nuno Felting, learn to use silk and wool to create unique handmade scarves. 

Saturday, January 21, 9 a.m. to noon

$50 in advance – strongly recommended as workshop space is limited

$60 day of, no guarantee if workshop is full

Materials included.

• Spinning with a Drop Spindle, learn to spin your own yarn

Saturday, March 10, 9 a.m. to noon

$50 in advance – strongly recommended as workshop space is limited

$60 day of, no guarantee if workshop is full

Includes wool and your own drop spindle.

• Beginning Spinning with a Wheel, learn to card with hand and drum carders and spin and ply wool using a spinning wheel

Saturday, March 24, 9 a.m. to noon

$45 in advance

$50 day of

$80 both spinning workshops in advance

• Beginning Weaving on a Rigid Heddle Loom, learn to warp a loom and weave a scarf

Saturdays, April 14 and 28, 9 a.m. to noon

$120 in advance

Materials included. 

For further information and to reserve a place, please call Felicity at 610-935-0350.  All workshops are held in the Fiber Arts Workshop, Kepler Building, Camphill Village Kimberton Hills.  Camphill Village Kimberton Hills is located at 1601 Pughtown Road, Kimberton, PA.