July 5-12, Denmark - Music-Holiday 2025

Sing & make music
that suites a nature reserve at a large Nordic lake

Work in daytime, try-outs at night. All day / week long, or just parts of it if you prefer. Programme and scedule to be developed at the spot. Professional guidance & support available.

Lot’s of space for your individual preferences. Mine? “May it be” (Enya, for The Lord of the Rings 2001) feels emphatic, hopefull, convincing, elvish even. Celtic (Viking?) ballad that excels at a northern lake / protected nature reserve in Mid-Jutland?

Pop, funk, rock, jazz, early music, alternative rock & classical will be welcome too. Ironic, joyfull, happy… let’s just play, sing & enjoy!

Bring in your favorite repertoire. Arrangements can be made. Might our playlist at Spotify inspire you?

Authentic music-campsite in a Jutland nature reserve

At the heart of Jutland, some 350 km / 200 miles above Hamburg, Germany, Vammen Camping will be our host. Every evening the fireplace is lit in the communal “Feuerstube”, so guests can play music, as well as a game or just chat. Walk- & cycletours available. Historic highlights (Viking) too.

Aarhus, the port at the north-east-coast of Jutland: to be visited & enjoyed for (half) a day.

Some musical experience helps

Playing & singing together works better with a more or less equal musical level: not a professional one, but no absolute-beginners either. While registering, a realistic description of your musical experience will be asked.

The group will be small (10-20), so lots of individual coaching and support can be given. Music-lessons cannot be expected.

Creativity accelerates by diversity & challenges: we promise you different nationalities, chamber music to pop/rock and youngsters plus elderlies. Minimum age is 13 years.

Because participants from different countries are being expected, the main language will be (wrong) english.

Focused & creative work

Daily from 10h30 we decide what repertoire will when and where be exercized. Plenary & in small groups. In & from our homebase: the covered and enclosed ‘Pavilion’. Vocal and guitar amps, PA, keyboards and percussion will be available. Singers, choir, strings and windinstruments can be lead strictly; extended arrangements can be made.

In the evenings, try-outs for (your own) audience can be given in the ‘Feuerstube’. Let’s work towards informal performances at the end of the week.

Fridaynight we’ll have a communal supper, traveling companions welcome too. Saturdays will be available for travelling.

Professionally led & guided

Pieter van Leeuwen teaches social professionals how to work with creativity, especially music, at the HAN University of Applies Sciences (Nijmegen, NL).

He is all-round musician and experienced band coach, arranges music and loves humor.

Bert Harmelink & John Miltenburg organize, facilitate & will participate too.

At shared costs

I would like to participate in my initiative and enjoy it. I don’t need to make any money from it, but it would be nice if we could share the costs. Such as for our workspaces, sheet music/copyrights, the use of instruments and amplifiers, professional choir direction and band coaching and the communal meal. For that I ask you for a contribution of € 135,- per participant, excl. travel & accommodation.

You can choose what you want for your stay: from a spacious camping spot for your own tent or caravan in the sun or shade, at the lake or not, to a glamping luxery tent. Check the website of Vammen Camping for more information and prices. If you choose your preferred accommodation, please leave the booking to us, so that we can facilitate it and inform the camping that you will join our musicweek. Please feel free to ask us, if you have any questions at Contact.