{"id":1008,"date":"2005-11-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-11-15T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/blog\/news\/?p=1008"},"modified":"2005-11-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-11-15T05:00:00","slug":"wind-ensemble-plays-soft-and-sweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2005\/wind-ensemble-plays-soft-and-sweet\/","title":{"rendered":"Wind Ensemble Plays Soft and Sweet"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"photo right\" style=\"width: 300px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"147\" alt=\"Eastern Mennonite University Wind Ensemble\" src=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/news\/images\/windensemble.jpg\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> The Eastern Mennonite University <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/music\/ensemble.html\">Wind Ensemble<\/a>, directed by James W. (Jim) Warner, will present its fall concert 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1, in EMU&#8217;s Lehman Auditorium. <\/p>\n<p> The 32-member group will play a varied program of music, including &quot;Three Chorale Preludes&quot; by William Latham based on &quot;Break Forth O Beauteous Heavenly Light,&quot; &quot;My Heart is Filled With Longing&quot; and &quot;Now Thank We All Our God.&quot; <\/p>\n<p> The group will also perform &quot;The Walking Frog,&quot; a circus walkabout by Karl King arranged by Robert E. Foster, &quot;Toccata&quot; by Frescobaldi arranged by Earl Slocum, &quot;O Magnum Mysterium&quot; by Morten Lauridsen transcribed for band by Robert Reynolds, &quot;On An American Spiritual&quot; by David Holsinger based on &quot;Were You There&quot; and &quot;All Creatures of Our God,&quot; a contemporary setting by Stephen Bulla. <\/p>\n<p> The concert will mark the EMU Wind Ensemble&#8217;s sixth year at EMU. The ensemble, started by former EMU professor Stephen W. Sachs, is made up of current and former EMU students and musicians from the local community. <\/p>\n<p> Warner, who also directs the EMU <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/music\/ensemble.html\">Jazz ensemble<\/a>, is retired after serving 26 years as director of bands at Harrisonburg High School and a total of 34 years as a high school teacher. He is a former member of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/bach\/\">Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival<\/a> orchestra. <\/p>\n<p> Admission to the concert is free; donations are welcomed for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/music\/\">EMU music<\/a> student scholarship fund.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Eastern Mennonite University Wind Ensemble, directed by James W. (Jim) Warner, will present its fall concert 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1, in EMU&#8217;s Lehman Auditorium. 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