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Earn credits for raising the roof with EMU’s Pep Band

April 17, 2020Last updated January 27, 2022 by Randi B. Hagi

Spectators and athletes during the final men’s and women’s basketball home games of the 2019-20 season enjoyed a rare treat. In the stands, pumping up the atmosphere in Yoder Arena,

‘March Piano Madness’ comes to EMU

March 3, 2020Last updated March 13, 2020 by EMU communications

Effective immediately, EMU has cancelled all public events through April 3 in response to concerns about COVID-19. This event may be rescheduled. For more information about EMU’s COVID-19 action plan,

Opera star and EMU ensembles soar at 2019 gala concert

November 18, 2019Last updated November 22, 2019 by Lauren Jefferson with photos by Macson McGuigan

“Simply magical,” says Professor David Berry in recollection of last weekend’s Gala concert at Eastern Mennonite University. “It is rarer than rare to have a consummate artist who has graced

‘A Bach Festival Christmas’ to usher in holiday spirit

November 13, 2019Last updated December 13, 2019 by EMU communications

The Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival, now in its 28th season, will celebrate the holidays with “A Bach Festival Christmas” concert featuring soprano Susan Gouthro, trumpet player Christine Carrillo, and pianist

‘Phantom’ on Broadway and Met opera star Janinah Burnett to perform at EMU’s annual Gala Concert

October 21, 2019Last updated October 14, 2020 by Lauren Jefferson

Eastern Mennonite University’s Gala Concert has always been a musical tour de force, involving all ensembles on campus and often bringing in special guests. But the 2019 event will no

An internship with a beat: New partnership to place students at Blue Sprocket Sound

August 20, 2019Last updated August 26, 2019 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Eastern Mennonite University students wanting to learn about recording music can now apply to intern at a professional recording studio in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Under a new agreement, Blue Sprocket Sound

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

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

‘A Bach Festival Christmas’ performance features Bach, Handel, Vivaldi and carols

November 13, 2018Last updated November 30, 2018 by EMU communications

The Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival, now in its 27th season, will celebrate the holidays with “A Bach Festival Christmas” Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. The performance will take

Fall convocation highlights diversity’s opportunities

August 29, 2018Last updated September 3, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

In the annual fall “coming together” of convocation at Eastern Mennonite University, President Susan Schultz Huxman invited community members, both the newly arrived and those returning to Harrisonburg and off

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