{"id":1634,"date":"2008-03-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-18T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/blog\/news\/?p=1634"},"modified":"2008-03-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-18T04:00:00","slug":"budding-musicians-present-spring-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2008\/budding-musicians-present-spring-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"Budding Musicians Present Spring Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Shenandoah Valley Youth Orchestra will present its spring concert 7 p.m. Sunday, Mar. 30 in Lehman Auditorium. <\/p>\n<p> The program will open with selections from the Junior Strings Ensemble, directed by <a href=\"\/personnel\/people\/show\/millersm?ssi=music\">Sharon M.D. Miller<\/a>. They will join the full orchestra for an arrangement for an arrangement of the old Shaker song, &quot;Simple Gifts.&quot; <\/p>\n<p> The 30-member youth orchestra, directed by <a href=\"\/personnel\/people\/show\/ml762?ssi=music\">Maria Lorcas<\/a>, will play selections from &quot;The Sound of Music&quot; by Rodgers &amp; Hammerstein, &quot;Orpheus in the Underworld&quot; by J. Offenback and the &quot;Viola Concerto in D Major&quot; by K. Stamitz. <\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"photo right\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Benjamin Roth\" src=\"\/news\/images\/benjamin-roth.jpg\" \/><br \/> Benjamin Roth, featured soloist<\/div>\n<p> Featured soloist on the viola concert will be Benjamin Roth, son of Ken and Terri Roth of Harrisonburg. The 17-year-old homeschooled senior has played the viola for three years and has taken violin and piano lessons for six years with <a href=\"\/personnel\/people\/show\/griffing?ssi=music\">Joan Griffing<\/a> and Sharon Miller and has had lessons and master classes with Amadi Hummings, Scott Rawls, Che Hung Chen and Diane Phoenix-Neal. <\/p>\n<p> In addition to the youth orchestra, Roth has played in the EMU Community Orchestra 2004-present, the South Central Virginia Senior Regional Orchestra (2005,2006, 2007) and the All-Virginia Orchestra (2007, 2008). <\/p>\n<p> The Shenandoah Valley Youth Orchestra and Junior Strings ensemble are part of Eastern Mennonite University&#8217;s <a href=\"\/music\/prepprog\/\">Preparatory Music Program<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p> A five dollar donation is requested at the door to assist in the operation of these groups. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Shenandoah Valley Youth Orchestra will present its spring concert 7 p.m. Sunday, Mar. 30 in Lehman Auditorium. 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