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Sidewalk art: Students bring music to the streets in HMTA Play-A-Thon

April 18, 2019Last updated April 23, 2019 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Eastern Mennonite University students performed in downtown Harrisonburg last weekend as part of the first-ever Harrisonburg Music Teachers Association (HMTA) Play-A-Thon. The four-hour benefit for music education was centered around

Student-produced documentary about Michael J. Sharp ’05 to premiere at EMU

April 17, 2019Last updated April 22, 2019 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

A student-produced documentary about slain United Nations armed group expert and peacebuilder MJ Sharp ‘05 will premiere at Eastern Mennonite University in April. “No Longer Theory” focuses on Sharp and

Conservationist, bird-lover and wildlife ecology professor Drew Lanham to keynote second annual ACE Festival

April 4, 2019Last updated April 26, 2019 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Drew Lanham – author and poet, wildlife ecology professor, conservationist, birder – will be the keynote speaker during the second annual Academic and Creative Excellence Festival at Eastern Mennonite University.

Holy Week at EMU: Join in outdoor ‘community alfombra’ creation on Palm Sunday, worship with LSA mid-week

April 4, 2019Last updated April 26, 2019 by Lauren Jefferson

Two unique Holy Week worship experiences will be hosted at Eastern Mennonite University this Easter season — each rooted in the Central American artistic and spiritual tradition of the alfombra

Senior orator wins C. Henry Smith contest with speech on the silencing of the church’s ‘political’ voice

April 4, 2019Last updated April 15, 2019 by Jourdyn Friend

Sylvia Mast, a senior biology major and honors minor from Broadway, Virginia, won the C. Henry Smith oratorical contest at Eastern Mennonite University with her speech “An Exploration of Language—Recognizing

EMU Artist Series features Terra Voce with professors David Berry and Ryan Keebaugh

April 3, 2019Last updated April 16, 2019 by EMU communications

Eastern Mennonite University’s Department of Music hosts Terra Voce, the duo of Elizabeth Brightbill, flute, and Andrew Gabbert, cello, with Professor David Berry, piano. The concert is Friday, April 12, at

Spring Concerto/Aria Orchestral Concert to feature competition winners

March 28, 2019Last updated April 8, 2019 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Two Eastern Mennonite University students have been named winners of the university’s first concerto/aria competition, thereby earning performance spots with the EMU Orchestra during its spring Concerto/Aria Orchestral Concert. The

‘Borders, Jails, and Long Drives in the Desert’: Immigrant rights attorney Kara Hartzler ’94 to present Keim Lecture

March 15, 2019Last updated April 8, 2019 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Federal public defender, immigrant rights attorney and playwright Kara Hartzler ’94 will give the spring 2019 Keim Lecture Series presentation at Eastern Mennonite University. Titled “Borders, Jails, and Long Drives

Piano professor David Berry to perform with cellist Patrice Jackson-Tilghman

March 14, 2019Last updated March 25, 2019 by EMU communications

Two Juilliard School graduates, award-winning musicians and professors of music will share the stage during the next Music Faculty Artist Series concert, sponsored by Whitesel Music, at Eastern Mennonite University.

EMU and community to perform Disney’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’

March 12, 2019Last updated April 1, 2019 by Florence Barrett

Rehearsals of Eastern Mennonite University’s production of “Beauty and the Beast” are in full swing. For a complicated scene change, actors push a steep staircase, large table and oversized chairs

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