{"id":33091,"date":"2017-04-18T17:06:34","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T21:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=33091"},"modified":"2017-06-22T15:11:34","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T19:11:34","slug":"ken-j-nafziger-conducts-final-chamber-singers-concert-featuring-alumni-guests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2017\/ken-j-nafziger-conducts-final-chamber-singers-concert-featuring-alumni-guests\/","title":{"rendered":"Ken J. Nafziger conducts final Chamber Singers concert featuring alumni guests"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) Chamber Singers<\/a>, a select student choir, will present \u201cCommunities of Song,\u201d its spring concert, at 7 p.m. on Sunday, April 23, in Lehman Auditorium. The program will be available via livestream at\u00a0http:\/\/emu.edu\/live-video\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The concert will be the choir’s last under the baton of Dr. Kenneth J. Nafziger<\/a>, who retires this spring after 39 years as a member of EMU’s music faculty.<\/p>\n

For it, Nafziger has purposely sought out musicians in Central Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley who can augment the more traditional selection of material offered in previous years.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
Kenneth J. Nafziger after leading a Chamber Singers reunion choir during a\u00a0Homecoming and Family Weekend.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The result is a highly eclectic program that employs the talents of a wide variety of performers with connections to EMU’s Music Department<\/a>, and to the Chamber Singers \u2013 past and present.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to do something special for this concert \u2013 something unique,\u201d said Nafziger. \u201cIt became an opportunity to include all kinds of people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Among them are several EMU graduates, as well as current and former colleagues of Nafziger\u2019s ranging from David McCormick<\/a>, founder of the Charlottesville-based baroque ensemble Three Notch\u2019d Road and newly named executive director of the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival<\/a>, to Trent Wagler \u1fbd02, who fronts Steel Wheels, the nationally celebrated roots band.<\/p>\n

Others include:<\/p>\n