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2021 Excellence in Teaching Awards honor professors Martha Greene Eads, Leah Kratz, and Robert Curry

June 6, 2021Last updated March 29, 2022 by EMU communications

Eastern Mennonite University’s recipients of the annual Excellence in Teaching Awards for 2021 are: in the Tenured Faculty category, Martha Greene Eads, PhD, professor of English, in the Pre-tenure Faculty

EMU’s Gala Concert to offer evening of hope, inspiration and musical eclectica

November 18, 2020Last updated November 23, 2020 by Lauren Jefferson and Randi B. Hagi

David Berry, chair of Eastern Mennonite University’s music department, makes no secret of the vision behind the university’s upcoming made-for-broadcast special premiere of the annual Gala Concert. Always the highlight

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

‘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

Homecoming concert to feature a cappella ensembles – and jazz with the Bubble Sisters

September 17, 2018Last updated October 15, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Four a cappella ensembles, a jazz blast from the past, and hymn singing will all be part of the Eastern Mennonite University Homecoming concert at 8 p.m. on Friday, Oct.

Revitalized Royals jazz band grooves to new rhythm and tunes, from funk to Latin

April 6, 2017Last updated April 26, 2017 by Randi B. Hagi

The drummer taps out an energetic pace on the high hat. The piano comes in, low and funky, with an ascending chord pattern. Then the horns: trombones elaborating on

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