{"id":30946,"date":"2016-12-09T15:26:48","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T20:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=30946"},"modified":"2016-12-09T15:51:20","modified_gmt":"2016-12-09T20:51:20","slug":"emus-advent-greeting-features-student-composer-beauty-shenandoah-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2016\/emus-advent-greeting-features-student-composer-beauty-shenandoah-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"EMU&#8217;s Advent greeting features student composer and beauty of Shenandoah Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;With deep division in our country and around the world this year\u2019s Advent greeting provides an opportunity to reflect on God\u2019s unfailing love, and the joy brought by the birth of the Prince of Peace,&#8221; notes Eastern Mennonite University&#8217;s Interim President Lee Snyder.<\/p>\n<p><strong><aside class=\"highlight highlight-right\">View the 2016 <a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/advent\/\">Advent video<\/a>.<\/aside><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The greeting features stunning footage of the nearby Allegheny Mountains. EMU\u2019s vocal ensemble Emulate performs a special rendition of the classic \u201cGo Tell It On the Mountain,\u201d arranged and conducted by junior Perry Blosser.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30949\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30949\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2016\/12\/emus-advent-greeting-features-student-composer-beauty-shenandoah-valley\/perry-blosser-directing-1000px\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30949\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30949\" src=\"\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/12\/Perry-Blosser-directing-1000px-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Junior Perry Blosser conducts Emulate in his arrangement of &quot;Go Tell It On The Mountain.&quot;\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/12\/Perry-Blosser-directing-1000px-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/12\/Perry-Blosser-directing-1000px-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/12\/Perry-Blosser-directing-1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30949\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Junior Perry Blosser conducts Emulate in his arrangement of &#8220;Go Tell It On The Mountain.&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Blosser, from Harrisonburg, Va., is a music interdisciplinary major with an emphasis on Bible and religion and a minor in Bible and religion.<\/p>\n<p>In creating the arrangement, Blosser says he asked: \u201cWhat would it feel like, or what would it sound like, to be out in a pasture in the still of the night and to be suddenly blessed with a heavenly host singing the news of a newborn Christ?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;ve worked to contrast the grandeur and majesty of the angels and mountains against the intimate manger scene that also holds immense power,\u201d he says. \u201cTo me, this image, and proclamation of the angels, is a commission to seek out Christ. As the shepherds were told, Christ is out there! He is here! He is here for you, and me, and all of us! And for us in the valley, this is quite literally a command to go out and proclaim Christ&#8217;s coming. Get out and over the hills!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/advent\/\">special Advent webpage<\/a> through the coming days for scripture, reflection and special poetry.<\/p>\n<p>An Advent poem, \u201cJesus Born in Harrisonburg,\u201d written by Adam Shank \u201906, begins:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>And you Harrisonburg, in the Valley of Shenandoah, are not the least among towns of the I81 corridor:<br \/>\nfor out of thee will come my beloved, who will bring us together, who will make us whole.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Shank graduated with a double major in justice, peace and conflict studies and Spanish. He currently serves as parent liaison at Smithland Elementary School in Harrisonburg.<\/p>\n<p>Reflect and enjoy our past EMU Advent videos: <a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/advent\/message\/2016\">2016<\/a> |<a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/advent\/message\/2015\/\">2015<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/advent\/message\/2014\/\">2014<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/advent\/message\/2013\/\">2013<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/advent\/message\/2012\/\">2012<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/advent\/message\/2008\/\">2008<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/advent\/message\/2007\/\">2007<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;With deep division in our country and around the world this year\u2019s Advent greeting provides an opportunity to reflect on God\u2019s unfailing love, and the joy brought by the birth <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2016\/emus-advent-greeting-features-student-composer-beauty-shenandoah-valley\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"more-link\">... read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about EMU&#8217;s Advent greeting features student composer and beauty of Shenandoah Valley<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30947,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[266,7931,12503,17562,8845],"tags":[],"feature":[17426,17241],"class_list":["post-30946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","category-arts","category-cjp","category-digest","category-emu-at-lancaster","feature-myemu-feature","feature-news-feature"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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