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Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival announces artistic director transition

October 29, 2021Last updated March 15, 2022 by Lauren Jefferson

Summer 2022 will mark the retirement of Ken Nafziger as artistic director and conductor of the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival. Nafziger founded the festival 30 years ago. He will be

‘Voices Together’: EMU’s Benjamin Bergey on the new Mennonite hymnal

October 25, 2019Last updated October 25, 2019 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

When the new Mennonite worship and song resource Voices Together is released next fall, Eastern Mennonite University professor of music Benjamin Bergey ’11 has a hope: that this collection “draws

Lifelong Learning course highlights Eastern Mennonite University’s first century

September 11, 2017Last updated October 8, 2017 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Eastern Mennonite University’s first century of “Serving, Leading, Transforming” is the focus of two 5-week courses offered through James Madison University’s Lifelong Learning Institute. The classes will meet from 9:30-11:30

Harrisonburg native and internationally renowned countertenor headlines 24th annual Bach Festival

June 2, 2016Last updated July 8, 2016 by Walt Wiltschek

Nathan Medley, a Harrisonburg High School graduate who has earned international recognition, will headline this year’s Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). The June 12-19 festival will

Take your pick of spring concerts featuring EMU orchestra, wind ensemble, jazz combo and choirs — or come to all!

March 22, 2016Last updated July 8, 2016 by Lauren Jefferson

Spring offerings from the Eastern Mennonite University Music Department include the following concerts. March 31: Orchestra Concert, 7:30 p.m. Lehman Auditorium The EMU Orchestra will perform music highlighting the string

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

Concertgoers Pack Out 18th Annual Bach Festival

June 28, 2010 by Jim Bishop

The near-capacity crowds that filled Lehman Auditorium were treated to the soaring harmonies that filled the air at the 18th annual Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival. Versatile musician John McCutcheon combines

EMU Chamber Singers ‘Remember Forward’

December 7, 2009 by Jim Bishop

The 2009-10 EMU Chamber Singers The EMU Chamber Singers will welcome the Advent-Christmas season with a concert on the theme, “Remember Forward,” 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10, in Martin Chapel

Musical ‘Gala’ Concert Set for Saturday, Nov. 21

November 16, 2009 by Jim Bishop

There’s something to suit just about every musical taste in a fall musical ‘gala’ coming up at EMU. The EMU Chamber Singers and Chamber Orchestra will share their musical gifts

Bach Festival combines serious and casual, sobering and hopeful

June 24, 2009Last updated September 22, 2014 by Dave Graybill

Fanfares and flip-flops. Handel’s massive story of Samson and two short works written within the past year. A call to hope arising from the ashes of New York’s World Trade

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