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Innovative two-semester music theory and history class is a ‘big step in a new direction’ for EMU music majors

March 20, 2016Last updated March 28, 2016 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

Harrisonburg High seniors to solo in Shenandoah Valley Youth Symphony spring concert

March 14, 2016Last updated March 21, 2016 by EMU communications staff

Hollyn Slykhuis and Laura Ruple, both seniors at Harrisonburg High School, are the featured soloists at the Shenandoah Valley Youth Symphony’s spring concert. Ruple, who plays the oboe, and Slykhuis,

‘Conversations on Sexual Violence’ symposium aims to nurture community-building and resilience

March 9, 2016Last updated July 19, 2016 by Walt Wiltschek and Lauren Jefferson

A multi-year research project on domestic violence, under the direction of professor Carolyn Stauffer, will be highlighted in a community education symposium at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) this spring. The

With ‘7×7 Laments,’ artist explores revelations of sexual abuse within the church, evokes discord with ‘rays of hope’

February 19, 2016Last updated February 7, 2017 by Walt Wiltschek

When Jerry Holsopple entered his sabbatical at Wesley Theological Seminary’s Luce Center for Art and Religion last year, he wasn’t sure where it would take him. It ended up being

Encore, EMU’s music alumni group, brings together faculty, students and alumni for fundraising recital

February 17, 2016Last updated February 28, 2016 by Walt Wiltschek

Encore, an alumni group dedicated to supporting the work of Eastern Mennonite University’s music department, will host a recital Feb. 27 at 7 p.m. in Martin Chapel, located in the

Artist-activist connects communities in and out of prison with bold public art projects

February 9, 2016Last updated July 19, 2016 by Lauren Jefferson

As an undergraduate student at Virginia Commonwealth University in 2012, Mark Strandquist began the “Windows from Prison” project that continues today. He asks incarcerated men, women, and teens to respond to

EMU theater experience has been ‘soul-snatching’ for this history-major-turned-award-winning-dramaturg

February 5, 2016Last updated July 19, 2016 by Randi B. Hagi

Senior Derrick Turner believes in letting theater speak for itself. His position as a dramaturg facilitates exactly that – providing a design team, cast, and audience with the information necessary

Photography class photos helped efforts to block Atlantic Coast Pipeline on sensitive sections of national forestland

February 5, 2016Last updated July 19, 2016 by Bonnie Price Lofton

Striking photos taken by an Eastern Mennonite University professor and his students of a rarely seen, endangered salamander supported citizen lobbying that may have influenced a U.S. Forest Service decision

Catch the new Royals pep band — loud, proud and sassy in the stands

February 1, 2016Last updated February 8, 2016 by Walt Wiltschek

E-M-U! E-M-U! If Eastern Mennonite University’s Yoder Arena seems a bit peppier this winter, look no further than the northeast corner of the basketball court floor. EMU’s new pep band

NPR personality, author and raconteur Martha Woodroof shares humor, life experiences at Writer’s Read event

January 28, 2016Last updated February 5, 2016 by Walt Wiltschek

On her Facebook page, Martha Woodroof offers the following whirlwind summary of her career journey: “NPR freelancer, WMRA public radio person, restaurateur, essayist, country music jock, college dropout, TV talk

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