{"id":39979,"date":"2018-10-08T11:31:14","date_gmt":"2018-10-08T15:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=39979"},"modified":"2018-10-08T11:35:28","modified_gmt":"2018-10-08T15:35:28","slug":"new-scholarships-affirm-contributions-of-non-music-majors-to-campus-ensembles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2018\/new-scholarships-affirm-contributions-of-non-music-majors-to-campus-ensembles\/","title":{"rendered":"New music scholarships affirm contributions of non-music majors to campus ensembles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They\u2019re at Eastern Mennonite University to become teachers, doctors, mediators and more, but they\u2019re also musicians \u2013 and so EMU has awarded music scholarships to a dozen first-year students who aren\u2019t music majors but participate in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/music\/ensemble\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">music ensembles<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMusic is such an integral part to our community,\u201d said Jim Smucker, vice president for student life. \u201cMusic majors aren\u2019t the only ones to bring this vibrancy to campus, and these scholarships affirm the contributions that non-music majors also make.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/financial-aid\/departmental-scholarships\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Departmental scholarships<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at EMU are awarded to incoming students in specific academic and extracurricular programs, including students who commit to being part of an EMU music performance group. Select students of any non-music major will receive scholarships of up to $3,000 that can be renewed for four years and are in addition to their basic financial aid packages. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/music\/scholarship-application\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scholarships for music majors<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are also available.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>2018 Recipients<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Emily Davis<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (King George, Virginia) has played in orchestras or for musicals since fourth grade. Also a softball player, she is studying biology with a goal of working in physical therapy or radiology. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Elizabeth Eby <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Goshen, Indiana) graduated from high school with an award for having led music for chapel services and participated in musicals, choir and original musical dramas. Now she\u2019s studying peacebuilding and development to \u201cmake an impact wherever I may be needed,\u201d perhaps in mediation, advocacy or policy formation. Music, she said, isn\u2019t just about sound, she said: \u201cSinging with other people and listening to the harmonies that are formed in community is one of the only true spiritual experiences I\u2019ve had. I\u2019m excited to feel that in this new community.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Stephanie Kniss<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Chambersburg, Pennsylvania) is majoring in global development and writing studies, but is also looking forward to building on her experiences in her high school\u2019s select and touring choirs through \u201cthe dynamic of a college-level choir,\u201d she said. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Rachel Lute<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (New Market, Virginia) was accepted by audition to all-district band, Virginia Tech\u2019s Honor Band and all-district and all-state choirs in high school. Now she\u2019s studying to become an elementary school teacher, and said she has \u201clots of positive energy\u201d to contribute to the EMU music scene.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When <\/span><b>Mary Miller-Eshleman<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Dover, Ohio) visited campus as a prospective student, she thought the \u00a0\u201csmall community atmosphere\u201d would be \u201ca good place to build a community away from home,\u201d she said, noting its \u201cfirm standing in Jesus as a peacemaker.\u201d She\u2019s studying psychology and, as she did in high school, participating in orchestra and musical events.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Hannah Neebe<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Woodbridge, Virginia) is studying to be an elementary school teacher and has a music minor. A French horn player, her high school experiences included marching, concert, symphonic and festival bands as well as a stint during middle school as the band directors\u2019 teacher\u2019s assistant.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Jonathan Reimer-Berg<\/b>\u00a0(Salem, Oregon) plans to become a math teacher. In high school he accumulated several musical honors: he was a three-time member of the all-city orchestra; district second for solo and ensemble duet; a member of the chamber orchestra, which took second place at state for three consecutive years; and three-time state champion symphony. EMU, he said, is \u201ca small school with people that have values similar to my own\u201d where he can play \u201cfun music with cool people.\u201d<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Partha Roy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Takoma Park, Maryland) spent his high school years in band and chorus, and played the lead role in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Fantasticks<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, plus performed Broadway songs as part of a group pulled together by his principal. His dream job is working as a flight attendant and traveling the world. He has not yet decided on a major.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Andrew Stoltzfus<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Harrisonburg) is in EMU\u2019s pre-med program, but also enjoys being onstage and performing; he also has a theater minor. In high school he was in a small group and the choir, and played strings, and received an award for his music involvements.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Katherine Szambecki<\/b>\u00a0(Newton, Kansas), an English major, hopes to be an editor and writer. She played in her high school\u2019s orchestra and as part of many chamber groups.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Avery Trinh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Columbia, Maryland), a psychology major with a math minor, played in his high school\u2019s wind ensemble and marching band, and was lead tenor for the jazz band. He came to EMU for its \u201cfocus on the whole person, and the community aspect\u201d and is a member of the Royals jazz band.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Jason Wong<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (North Newton, Kansas) is a computer engineering major and in high school was a member of the all-state orchestra. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They\u2019re at Eastern Mennonite University to become teachers, doctors, mediators and more, but they\u2019re also musicians \u2013 and so EMU has awarded music scholarships to a dozen first-year students who <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2018\/new-scholarships-affirm-contributions-of-non-music-majors-to-campus-ensembles\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"more-link\">... read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about New music scholarships affirm contributions of non-music majors to campus ensembles<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":265,"featured_media":39981,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5725,5183],"tags":[],"feature":[],"class_list":["post-39979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-admissions","category-music"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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