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Bach Festival keeps ‘the rhythm of the week’ alive with virtual concerts

June 18, 2020Last updated June 26, 2020 by Kathleen Shaw/Daily News-Record

Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival is bringing its collection of classical symphonic sounds to your home through daily video uploads by festival performers. Going on its 28th year, anticipation was high

‘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

Bach Festival executive director named to board of Early Music America

July 30, 2019Last updated August 5, 2019 by Lauren Jefferson

David McCormick, executive director of the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival, has been named to the board of directors of Early Music America. Early Music America’s mission is to develop, strengthen

Bach Festival’s second annual instrument petting zoo a hit with budding young musicians

February 9, 2019Last updated February 8, 2019 by Lauren Jefferson

Junior music education major Robbie Chaplin spent a recent Friday evening in impromptu duets with a series of giggly children. As the budding musicians “honked” on the recorder, Chaplin played

Medieval music group Alkemie opens EMU Faculty Artist Series

October 15, 2018Last updated November 6, 2018 by EMU communications

The Eastern Mennonite University Faculty Artist Series opens Friday, Nov. 2, with Alkemie, a medieval music group that includes Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival director David McCormick. The free concert begins

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

Charlottesville-based musician and educator David McCormick leads Bach Festival into 25th year

August 29, 2016Last updated September 5, 2016 by Walt Wiltschek

When David McCormick was five years old, his mother took him to the opera “La Bohéme.” He fell asleep. Unlike most 5-year-olds, though, he was upset when he woke up

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