Music

Take your pick of spring concerts featuring EMU orchestra, wind ensemble, jazz combo and choirs — or come to all!

by Lauren Jefferson

Spring offerings from the Eastern Mennonite University Music Department include the following concerts. March 31: Orchestra Concert, 7:30 p.m. Lehman Auditorium The EMU Orchestra will perform music highlighting the string
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Innovative two-semester music theory and history class is a ‘big step in a new direction’ for EMU music majors

by Walt Wiltschek

For more than two centuries, the Baroque era has dominated music instruction. Drawing on Bach, Handel, Vivaldi and others, the curriculum in many music theory courses typically features a heavy
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Annual gala concert features rare opportunity to hear ‘Concert Selections from Leonard Bernstein’s MASS’

by Lauren Jefferson

Leonard Bernstein’s “MASS,” commissioned by Jacqueline Kennedy for the 1971 dedication of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C., is subtitled “A Theatre Piece for
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Bach Festival founder Ken J. Nafziger honored with Circle of Excellence in the Arts Award, vows to ‘keep on musicking’

by Randi B. Hagi

Ken J. Nafziger, professor of music at Eastern Mennonite University, recently became the third honoree to receive the Circle of Excellence in the Arts Award. He accepted the award at
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