{"id":20319,"date":"2014-04-14T15:04:14","date_gmt":"2014-04-14T19:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=20319"},"modified":"2014-09-22T18:21:54","modified_gmt":"2014-09-22T22:21:54","slug":"students-explore-musical-interests-within-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2014\/students-explore-musical-interests-within-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Students explore musical interests within community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #232323\">A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/music\/\">music<\/a> student at Eastern Mennonite University might:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #232323\">\n<li>Sing a classical aria in a voice lesson on Monday mornings;<\/li>\n<li>Rehearse works by Mozart and Bono in Chamber Singers on Wednesday afternoons;<\/li>\n<li>Perform in the spring musical (<em>Into the Woods<\/em>\u00a0this year) on Thursday night; and<\/li>\n<li>Play music at Celebration, a contemporary worship service on Sunday evenings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"color: #232323\">All are parts of the challenging environment offered by EMU\u2019s music department, which combines academic rigor, individual attention and flexibility to pursue individual interests in a supportive community.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #232323\">Many college music programs in the U.S. are marked by sharp competition. While friendly competition and challenge are parts of a music education at EMU, department chair <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/personnel\/people\/show\/griffing?ssi=music\">Joan Griffing<\/a> said individual attention and support from accomplished faculty and fellow students add to the depth of the experience.\u201cWhen prospective students visit us, they see cooperation and camaraderie,\u201d said assistant professor of music <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/personnel\/people\/show\/jr582?ssi=music\">James Richardson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #232323\">\u201cWe get to know students on an individual basis and help them along the path to reach their goals,\u201d she said. \u201cOur students accomplish much more than they ever thought they could when they walked in here on day one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #232323\">A student-produced video focusing on the distinctive values of EMU\u2019s music department was posted online in March. It can be viewed at:\u00a0<a style=\"color: #494098\" href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/music\/video\">emu.edu\/music\/video<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #232323\">In it, senior Brandy Clark, a music education major from Woodstock, calls the department\u2019s \u201creally supportive atmosphere\u201d unique. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of working with our fellow students,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #232323\">Lauren Gibson, a church music major who graduated in 2013, said EMU felt like home when she first came for a visit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #232323\">\u201cBefore coming to EMU, I felt confident calling myself a vocalist but never a musician,\u201d she said. \u201cBut now I feel with the utmost confidence that I can call myself a musician and not just a vocalist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #232323\">The video opens with a student string quintet performing Franz Schubert\u2019s \u201cKyrie\u201d from his\u00a0<em>Mass in G Major<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #232323\">\u201cIn a small program like ours, music majors have more opportunities to perform and to build their resumes,\u201d Richardson said. He calls EMU a place \u201cwhere you are nurtured and encouraged and where you establish yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #232323\">The students in the string quintet are involved in various EMU music activities. Some are pursuing musical interests along with another major through a new interdisciplinary studies concentration. Students can add another subject to study, taking courses chosen with the help of advisers from both departments.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #232323\"><strong style=\"color: #1c1c1c\">Community programs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #232323\">Students can also take part in three programs, each more than 20 years old, that have helped put EMU and its music department on the map: the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/bach\/\">Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/svcc\/\">Shenandoah Valley Children\u2019s Choir<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/music\/preparatory-program\/\">Shenandoah Valley Preparatory Music Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #232323\">The Bach Festival, led by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/personnel\/people\/show\/nafzigkj\">Ken J. Nafziger<\/a>, brings dozens of professional performers to campus each year. The next festival, June 8-15, will include an encore performance of Felix Mendelssohn\u2019s\u00a0<em>Elijah<\/em>\u00a0with Canadian soloist Daniel Lichti.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #232323\">The Children\u2019s Choir includes 140 children in auditioned performing choirs and non-auditioned early elementary classes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #232323\">The Preparatory Music Program instructs more than 400 children in several areas, including individual instruction, a youth symphony, a strings ensemble and strings programs in Harrisonburg City Schools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A music student at Eastern Mennonite University might: Sing a classical aria in a voice lesson on Monday mornings; Rehearse works by Mozart and Bono in Chamber Singers on Wednesday <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2014\/students-explore-musical-interests-within-community\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"more-link\">... read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about Students explore musical interests within community<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":20320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4515,5624,5183],"tags":[15371,11451,7094,13711,17216],"feature":[],"class_list":["post-20319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics","category-bach-festival","category-music","tag-into-the-woods","tag-james-richardson","tag-joan-griffing","tag-ken-j-nafziger","tag-music"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Students explore musical interests within community - EMU News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2014\/students-explore-musical-interests-within-community\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Students explore musical interests within community - EMU News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A music student at Eastern Mennonite University might: Sing a classical aria in a voice lesson on Monday mornings; 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