EMU senior Maria Zehr will take a musical journey through the church calendar in her organ recital Apr. 8.

EMU Senior to Give Organ Recital

Maria J. Zehr, a senior music education and elementary education major from Orrville, Ohio, will present a solo organ recital 5:30 p.m. Friday, Apr. 8,  in Lehman Auditorium in EMU’s Lehman Auditorium.

Ms. Zehr’s program will take a musical journey through the church calendar – Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent and Easter. Her repertoire includes selections by Dieterich Buxtehude, J.S. Bach, Paul Manz, Robert
Hobby and Michael Burkhardt, concluding with an Easter anthem, “Sing Praise to God” by Paul Laubengayer.

During her time at EMU, Zehr has been a member of the EMU Wind Ensemble, served as president of the Student Education Association (SEA), directed the preschool choir at Harrisonburg Mennonite Church and served as a pastoral assistant with Campus Ministries.

Admission to the recital is free.