Staff & Board
Meet the AdministrativeTeam
Patty Cuyler, Director & CEO
Patty Cuyler, born in California, educated at Princeton University, long-time resident of Vermont, is an energetic, dynamic workshop leader and choral director and is internationally-renowned for her expertise in teaching Corsican, Georgian and South African music.
She is now VH’s director after being co-director since 1995. Over the years she spear-headed the expansion of the organization’s reach into the four corners of the globe. It was primarily Patty’s vision and labor that shaped Village Harmony’s response to the pandemic and launched our online programs.
In 2005 Patty founded the community world music choir Boston Harmony, and co-founded the Chicago World Music Chorus in 2013. Both of these choruses continue to thrive under the VH umbrella.
Patty has compiled and edited a massive library of transcriptions of traditional Georgian, Balkan and South African music and co-edited two volumes of The Folk Rhythm, four volumes of the Raising the Bar series of book+dvd publications and two book+cd collections of Georgian folk and sacred music.
Suzannah Park, Creative Director
Suzannah, a native of Asheville NC, is a singer, teacher, activist and WRT Water Release Therapy® provider. A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, she comes from a family of three generations of traditional singers, storytellers and dancers.
Suzannah has been touring and teaching for the past twenty-five plus years, both in the USA and abroad. She began singing with VH when she was twelve and touring with Northern Harmony at fourteen. One of VH most popular teachers, Suzannah became our acting Board President in 2018 and with the passing of VH founder, Larry Gordon transitioned to the executive team in 2021.
Founder and director of the Wild Asheville Community Chorus - now under the umbrella of VH - Suzannah is a founding member of VH alumni group, the Starry Mountain Singers. She is also a member of the traditional music faculty and choir director at Warren Wilson College.
As an activist Suzannah leads educational talks, marches in the streets and works with local people, businesses, organizations and politicians. She is also a counselor, teacher and organizer with a focus on Native liberation within the framework of the international peer-based counseling community, Re-evaluation Counseling. She also offers sessions within the healing modality of WRT Water Release Therapy® . www.suzannahpark.com
Sinead O'Mahoney, Administrative Assistant & Teen Program Coordinator
Familiar with the inner workings of Village Harmony’s administrative systems from years of offering seasonal assistance in the Marshfield, VT office, Sinead O’Mahoney continues to do part-time administrative work for VH as well as acting as overseer of our teen camp programs.
A native of Montpelier, VT, Sinead began singing with Village Harmony as a teenager. She has participated in numerous international Village Harmony camps, including in Corsica, Georgia and Bosnia. She was a staple singer in Northern Harmony tours starting in 2011. During the 2022-23 season, Sinead took over directorship of Village Harmony’s long-standing community choir, Boston Harmony.
Sinead earned a bachelor’s degree in music education from the University of Vermont in 2016. She is currently enrolled in a two-year masters degree program in choral conducting at Boston University.
Board of Directors
Lonnie Norwood - chair
Karla Mundy - secretary
Lysander Jaffe
Karla Mundy
Suzannah Park
Patty Cuyler - non-voting member
