Flutist Emma Resmini’s YouTube channel, loaded with 83 classical performances from her recital repertoire since age six, has garnered 2.63 million views from around the world. If each view represents ... read more about Bach Festival pairs seasoned performers with youthful, rising stars like 14-year-old Emma Resmini
Ludwig van Beethoven said that his fellow German composer Johann Sebastian Bach was “the immortal god of harmony.” It has now been over two centuries since Bach’s death, but as ... read more about Acclaimed artists and musical diversity characterize 22nd Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival
Among the 200 people studying at the 2014 Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) are eight Kenyan women in the Women’s Peacebuilding Leadership Program (WPLP). Ranging in age from 23 to 51, ... read more about Kenyan group begins Women’s Peacebuilding Leadership Program at EMU
When volunteers were solicited, nobody immediately stepped forward. It was a tough request: tell a painful personal story before an audience of maybe 40, many of them strangers to each ... read more about Volunteers discover power of playback theater to shift painful stories toward path of healing
Eastern Mennonite University joins millions of people worldwide in grieving the passing of Vincent Harding, sorrowing that we will no longer hear his prophetic voice in person – reminding us ... read more about EMU mourns death of Vincent Harding, a Mennonite compatriot of MLK, a friend to all oppressed peoples
Mary Kay Adams considers classical music more than a pleasant pastime. “It adds a beauty and an enjoyment [to life]. … It touches the deepest part of our soul in ... read more about Annual Bach festival set to return to EMU for 22nd installment
The steering committee for the 100th anniversary celebration of Eastern Mennonite University in 2017-18 will be chaired by Louise Otto Hostetter, a 1979 graduate who has served on many boards ... read more about Hostetter to chair steering committee for EMU’s 100th anniversary celebration
Courtesy of Caleb Soptelean, Daily News Record, April 28, 2014 “Dare to be laughed at, mocked and scorned.” A Nobel Peace Prize winner gave those words of advice to Eastern ... read more about Be a risk-taker and a change-maker, Nobel Peace Prize winner tells class of 2014
Under a postcard-perfect blue sky at Eastern Mennonite University, 467 members of the graduating class of 2014 heard Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee call them to “take action in the ... read more about Nobel Laureate Gbowee helps EMU graduates to appreciate taking action – and dancing – in the present
Eastern Mennonite University will partner with the Virginia Sierra Club to discuss green technology on campus – including campus gardens and a solar array – during Earth Day, April 22, at ... read more about EMU partners with Virginia Sierra Club for Earth Day forum, April 22