Box Office and Ticket Information
For tickets and information for EMU Theatre productions, Shenandoah Valley Children’s Choir concerts, Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival concerts or any other ticketed events:
- Purchase tickets online via the links below
- Contact the box office by phone at 540-432-4582
- Visit us in person in the lower level of the University Commons (see map), immediately on the right past the staircases. 1307 Park Road, Harrisonburg VA
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Upcoming Events: Tickets and Information
Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival 2023: The Next Opus
Festival Concert I: Sunday, June 11 @ 3:00pm, Lehman Auditorium
Festival Concert II: Friday, June 16 @ 7:30pm, Lehman Auditorium
Festival Concert III: Saturday, June 17 @ 7:30pm, Lehman Auditorium
Baroque Academy Faculty Concert: Thursday June 15th @ 7:30pm, Asbury United Methodist Church
Welcome to the 31st Year! Join us this season as we celebrate “The Next Opus.” This past summer, a glorious 30-year symphony came to a finish. As one chapter ends, the music continues, and the next opus of the festival has just begun to be written. This summer’s festival will feature works that represent the beginning of a new chapter in the lives of the composers who wrote them, in the history of music, or in the diversity of voices and cultures represented on stage.
Nestled in beautiful Harrisonburg, VA on native Manahoac land in the Shenandoah Valley, our annual week-long summer festival presents vibrant performances on the Eastern Mennonite University campus and downtown by local artists, the Shenandoah Valley Chamber Orchestra, Baroque Academy Faculty, and Festival Choir. Listeners can attend large and small performances of orchestra and chamber music, family and kids events, poetry readings, music talks, and immersive musical experiences in our parks and nature preserves.
Visit the Bach Festival website for the complete performance schedule. Tickets ARE required for Festival Concerts I, II, & III as well as the Baroque Academy Faculty Concert. Tickets are NOT required for noon recitals or the Sunday Leipzig Service. Tickets available soon!
Please be aware that seating this year is first-come, first-serve. Doors will open one hour prior to the concert start times for seating. Will Call and box office sales will open 2 hours prior to the concert start times.
Global Mennonite Peacebuilding Conference: Festival Performances
The Global Mennonite Peacebuilding Conference and Festival is an opportunity for academics and theologians, pastors and practitioners, artists and church workers, and any and all Christians to come together and engage one another in our common work towards peace in our world. As part of this conference and festival we are pleased to welcome several different artists who will offer the following performances:
Thursday, June 15, 7:00pm: Selah’s Song, performed by Theatre of the Beat
Selah’s Song is an original, heartwarming musical written by Theatre of
the Beat co-
founder Johnny Wideman with music by beloved Mennonite musician Bryan Moyer
Suderman. The musical tells the story of a young girl whose courage inspired a village,
and whose song became an anthem for peace. Selah, a burgeoning songwriter, is excited
to hear that her father is coming home from the war in West Candling. But, the joy
of
having her family reunited is short-lived when a harsh War Tax is started instead.
Inundated with catchy pro-war propaganda songs, Selah is inspired to share her own
music with the village, creating some competition for the King.
Friday, June 16, 7:00pm: Elsewhere Ensemble
The Elsewhere Ensemble is an eclectic group of artists coming from different
cultures, different
generations and disciplines. Unlike most ensembles it is not defined by its form –
it is neither a
music group nor a theater group, neither a string quartet nor an acting company (but
it can be any
one, or any combination of these) – it is defined by the desire to find a way of working
together
so that the whole is somehow greater than each part… the belief that art should be
born out of
the ties which bring us closer together, reminding us of our humanity. With the continued
hope
that “classical” music and “theater” are not for an elite but a human necessity.
The Ensemble was created, in part, because many projects didn’t seem to fit completely
into one
set form. But mainly it was born out of long term collaborative work and relationships
with
artists looking for another way of working together, an “elsewhere” where love was
put back at
the center of all creating and where human relationships – that of the artists between
themselves,
and the artists with their audience – were considered the starting point for all creative
work. The
group has performed in New York, Boston, Paris, Lyon, Montreal, London, Beirut and
has
participated in The Edinburgh International Fringe Festival, The New York International
Fringe
Festival and the Nehna wel Amar wel Jiran Festival (Us, the Moon & the Neighbors)
in Beirut
Lebanon.
Saturday, June 17, 7:00pm: Selah’s Song, performed by Theatre of the Beat
Selah’s Song is an original, heartwarming musical written by Theatre of
the Beat co-
founder Johnny Wideman with music by beloved Mennonite musician Bryan Moyer
Suderman. The musical tells the story of a young girl whose courage inspired a village,
and whose song became an anthem for peace. Selah, a burgeoning songwriter, is excited
to hear that her father is coming home from the war in West Candling. But, the joy
of
having her family reunited is short-lived when a harsh War Tax is started instead.
Inundated with catchy pro-war propaganda songs, Selah is inspired to share her own
music with the village, creating some competition for the King.
EMU Mainstage Theater, 1307 Park Road
Program Length: 2 Hours
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