EMU/Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival Gala ConcertDate: Friday, Nov. 7Time: 7 p.m.Location: Lehman Auditorium (1191 Park Road, Harrisonburg, VA)Cost: Free, with suggested donation of $10-$20Livestream: EMU’s Facebook page (facebook.com/EasternMennonite/live) As a ... read more about Inspirational, odds-defying guitarist to headline gala concert
Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival ushers in new era of independence EMU’s Lehman Auditorium has surely seen its share of historic firsts over the years, though last week might have marked ... read more about ‘A great community treasure’
The Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival (SVBF), a program of Eastern Mennonite University, has been approved for a $12,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the federal agency ... read more about EMU’s Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival to receive $12K award from the National Endowment for the Arts
Dubbed “a jewel in Harrisonburg’s crown” by the Virginia Commission for the Arts, the 32nd Annual Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival—a program of Eastern Mennonite University—will run from June 9-16, 2024. ... read more about EMU to host 32nd Annual Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival
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 ... read more about Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival announces artistic director transition
Ken J. Nafziger, professor emeritus of music at Eastern Mennonite University and artistic director and conductor of the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival, has been named a Fellow of The Hymn ... read more about Nafziger named fellow of The Hymn Society of the United States and Canada
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 ... read more about Bach Festival executive director named to board of Early Music America
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 ... read more about Bach Festival’s second annual instrument petting zoo a hit with budding young musicians
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 ... read more about ‘A Bach Festival Christmas’ performance features Bach, Handel, Vivaldi and carols
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 ... read more about Medieval music group Alkemie opens EMU Faculty Artist Series