{"id":29943,"date":"2016-09-21T11:50:37","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T15:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=29943"},"modified":"2016-10-03T08:46:31","modified_gmt":"2016-10-03T12:46:31","slug":"music-video-childrens-choir-singing-old-favorite-shenandoah-shenandoah-national-park-touches-hearts-goes-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2016\/music-video-childrens-choir-singing-old-favorite-shenandoah-shenandoah-national-park-touches-hearts-goes-viral\/","title":{"rendered":"Music video of children&#8217;s choir singing old favorite &#8216;Shenandoah&#8217; in Shenandoah National Park touches hearts, goes viral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/svcc\/\">Shenandoah Valley Children\u2019s Choir<\/a> singing \u201cShenandoah\u201d at Shenandoah National Park? Yes, and there\u2019s a music video to prove it. The video went viral after it was posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/shenandoah.valley.childrens.choir\/?fref=ts\">Facebook<\/a> Sept. 12. Within hours, the 3.5 -minute video was viewed 16,000 times. Nine days later, the total is more than 180,245 views.<\/p>\n<p>The video was part of the 100th anniversary celebrations of the National Park Service. On June 20, the choir, a program of Eastern Mennonite University, performed at\u00a0the park&#8217;s\u00a0Byrd Welcome Center as part of the &#8220;Sing Across America&#8221; project.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"highlight highlight-right\"> Click here to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/shenandoahnps\/videos\/2608706605821411\/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED\">view the video<\/a> and comments on the National Park Service Facebook page. <\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWe thought it would be fun to create a video that would showcase their work and that iconic song in the beauty of the park,\u201d said Claire Comer, a park ranger\u00a0and interpretive specialist in the\u00a0media department.<\/p>\n<p>Added Janet Hostetter, the choir\u2019s artistic director, laying emphasis on the repetition: \u201cI suggested the idea of the\u00a0<em>Shenandoah<\/em> Valley Children\u2019s Choir singing <em>\u2018Shenandoah\u2019<\/em> in the <em>Shenandoah<\/em> National Park.\u201d She used an arrangement by Mark Patterson of the old American folk song.<\/p>\n<p>Production of the music video took place over a four-day period before the choir\u2019s concert at the park. First, the choir\u2014with pianist Maurita Eberly and violinist Tara Davis\u2014made an audio recording of \u201cShenandoah\u201d in a Harrisonburg studio.<\/p>\n<p>The following day, the concert choir\u00a0travelled to a scenic overlook along\u00a0the famed Skyline Drive to\u00a0record the video.\u00a0Park media staff Neal Lewis and Brett Raeburn were videographers and editors.<\/p>\n<p>Gary Kerlin of Gary\u2019s Pianos in Harrisonburg donated the use of a Baldwin grand piano. \u201cIt baked in the sun for four hours and needed extensive re-turning later,\u201d said Hostetter.<\/p>\n<p>Soloist Augusta \u201cGussie\u201d Nafziger and five other singers returned to the park the next day for more filming and recording.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29945\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29945\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2016\/09\/music-video-childrens-choir-singing-old-favorite-shenandoah-shenandoah-national-park-touches-hearts-goes-viral\/svcc%20images%20web-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29945\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-29945\" src=\"\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/09\/SVCC20Images20WEB-2-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"Pianist Maurita Eberly and violinist Tara Davis accompanied the choir in the video. The use of the Baldwin grand piano was donated by Gary Kerlin, of Gary's Pianos in Harrisonburg.\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/09\/SVCC20Images20WEB-2-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/09\/SVCC20Images20WEB-2-768x516.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/09\/SVCC20Images20WEB-2.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29945\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pianist Maurita Eberly and violinist Tara Davis accompanied the choir in the video. The use of the Baldwin grand piano was donated by Gary Kerlin, of Gary&#8217;s Pianos in Harrisonburg.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Since the video project and the concert were organized after the\u00a0concert choir&#8217;s 2015-16 calendar had been set, about one-third of the members had conflicts and were not able to participate, said Hostetter. But all the choristers and their families seem thrilled about the experience.<\/p>\n<p>One parent shared the video with a friend in an airport lobby. Soon the lobby became quiet as people heard the video and began exclaiming, \u201cHow beautiful,\u201d \u201cWho is that?\u201d and \u201cThey sound like angels!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, back at the park, Superintendent Jim Northup viewed the video alone in his office for the first time. \u201cIt made me cry,\u201d he admitted later. \u201cIt is magnificent!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to posting on Facebook and the\u00a0Shenandoah National Park\u00a0website, the video will be used for other educational and promotional purposes. \u201cWe do lots of this type of work in-house,\u201d said Comer.<\/p>\n<p>Shenandoah National Park\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad, established in 1935, consists of\u00a0200,000 acres in the Blue Ridge Mountains. It is a short drive from EMU and 75 miles from the nation\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n<p>SVCC, founded at EMU by Julie White in 1991, has grown to include more than 160 children in three auditioned performing choirs and two non-auditioned early elementary classes. Hostetter became artistic director two years ago. SVCC\u2019s fall concert will be Nov. 20 at EMU, performing alongside the Shenandoah Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Shenandoah Valley Children\u2019s Choir singing \u201cShenandoah\u201d at Shenandoah National Park? Yes, and there\u2019s a music video to prove it. 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