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‘Heaven on Earth’ experience: Interfaith Peace Camp builds bridges, builds peace

August 24, 2017Last updated August 28, 2017 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

At times the scene may have looked like typical summer camp fun with crafts and art, singing and playing rhythm instruments, and sharing meals, but for 33 campers ages 7-12

Alpacas, Los k’ana Wawakuna and hilltop singing: Shenandoah Valley Children’s Choir visits Peru

July 20, 2017Last updated July 25, 2017 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Nice alpaca? Ernesto. Mean, spitting alpaca? Pancho. Ice cream? “Best ever.” Hamburger? “Peculiar-tasting.” Dogs? 1,186. Cats? “About 4.” Humor, food notes, marvel and occasional touches of homesickness thread the reflections

NPR: Bach Festival celebrates 25 years

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Singing to Ken J. Nafziger: faculty and former students gather for a retirement send-off

May 24, 2017Last updated May 30, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

“We can’t have a reception honoring Ken without music,” said Professor Joan Griffing at a May event marking the retirement of her music department colleague Ken J. Nafziger. Nafziger stepped

Visiting CJP scholar plans restorative justice seminar for Brazilian practitioners in October

May 24, 2017Last updated June 27, 2017 by Andrew Jenner

In the late 1990s, a Brazilian judge named Isabel Lima traveled to a conference in New Zealand to talk about her work with juvenile offenders in Terra Nova, a poor

Festival’s silver anniversary season mixes the old and the new

May 16, 2017Last updated June 20, 2017 by David Doremus

Audience favorites from the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival’s infancy will share billing with works not previously heard – including a film score by a scion of one of Hollywood’s royal

Bach Festival director honored with Rising Star Award by alma mater

May 2, 2017Last updated May 5, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

David McCormick, director of the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival, received a Rising Star Award from his alma mater, Shenandoah University (SU) Conservatory, in Winchester, Va. McCormick was recognized with other

Ken J. Nafziger conducts final Chamber Singers concert featuring alumni guests

April 18, 2017Last updated June 22, 2017 by David Doremus

The Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) Chamber Singers, a select student choir, will present “Communities of Song,” its spring concert, at 7 p.m. on Sunday, April 23, in Lehman Auditorium. The

EMU celebrates the inauguration of its ninth president, Dr. Susan Schultz Huxman

April 7, 2017Last updated April 26, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

Some 500 voices joined in the litany of investiture today to welcome and bless Eastern Mennonite University’s ninth president, Dr. Susan Schultz Huxman, during the inaugural ceremony at Yoder Arena.

Syrian-Lebanese pastor and interfaith peacebuilder still has ‘hope for new Syria’

March 23, 2017Last updated March 23, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson and Randi B. Hagi

Riad Jarjour is a Syrian-Lebanese scholar, pastor and peacebuilder whose work has focused on Muslim-Christian relationships since the 1970s. On March 15 and 16, he visited Eastern Mennonite University to