Shenandoah Valley Preparatory Music
A Program of Eastern Mennonite University
The Shenandoah Valley Preparatory Music became a program of EMU’s department of music in 1988 and is dedicated to providing the highest quality music education to all students in the central Shenandoah Valley regardless of age, ability, race, gender, financial circumstances, or ethnic origin through private and/or group instruction in a variety of musical areas as well as through performance settings. Under the direction of Philip Ledgerwood, musical instruction is given to over 500 students in the following areas:
- Instrumental music instruction: violin, viola, cello, double bass, piano, percussion, guitar, flute, clarinet, mandolin, winds, and brass; Suzuki method violin, and viola
- Pre-School Music Instruction: ages infant to 5 years.
- Shenandoah Valley Youth Symphony grades 6-12
- Sinfonia Strings: ages 7-14 years
- Harrisonburg City School After-School Violin Program: grades 4-5
