{"id":57142,"date":"2024-05-31T11:45:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T15:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=57142"},"modified":"2024-06-04T07:19:50","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T11:19:50","slug":"emu-to-host-32nd-annual-shenandoah-valley-bach-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2024\/emu-to-host-32nd-annual-shenandoah-valley-bach-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"EMU to host 32nd Annual Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dubbed \u201ca jewel in Harrisonburg\u2019s crown\u201d by the Virginia Commission for the Arts, the 32nd Annual Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival\u2014a program of Eastern Mennonite University\u2014will run from June 9-16, 2024. The weeklong festival features a total of 16 pay-what-you-can and free on- and off-campus concerts and talks by more than 60 national and international professional orchestral musicians and soloists at locations ranging from EMU\u2019s Lehman Auditorium and Martin Chapel to Asbury United Methodist Church, Massanutten Regional Library and Pale Fire Brewing Company in downtown Harrisonburg, Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"953\" src=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/31112532\/20190614-SVBF-Noon-Concert-at-AUMC-33-1024x953.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57146\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/31112532\/20190614-SVBF-Noon-Concert-at-AUMC-33-1024x953.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/31112532\/20190614-SVBF-Noon-Concert-at-AUMC-33-300x279.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/31112532\/20190614-SVBF-Noon-Concert-at-AUMC-33-768x715.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/31112532\/20190614-SVBF-Noon-Concert-at-AUMC-33-1536x1430.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/31112532\/20190614-SVBF-Noon-Concert-at-AUMC-33-2048x1907.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><\/strong><strong>EMU faculty pianist David Berry, artistic director of the Bach Festival, will perform in\u00a0Dohn\u00e1nyi\u2019s\u00a0Sextet in C Major\u00a0in Festival Concert I.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Works center around the festival theme of \u201cUnity\u201d and range from J.S. Bach\u2019s Wedding Cantata to Richard Strauss\u2019\u00a0<em>Four Last Songs<\/em>\u00a0to\u00a0Valerie Coleman\u2019s\u00a0<em>Umoja: Anthem of Unity\u00a0<\/em>and Ernst von Dohn\u00e1nyi\u2019s\u00a0Sextet in C Major, Op. 37<em>,<\/em>\u00a0said Bach Festival Artistic Director and EMU Music Program Director <strong>David Berry<\/strong>, a prominent pianist who will perform in the latter work in Festival Concert I.<br \/><br \/>\u201cThis year\u2019s festival includes works that explore themes we can all relate to in our humanity, composers that are underrepresented and we don\u2019t get a chance to hear, and pieces that bring together various different elements to create something entirely new like Anton\u00edn\u00a0<em>Dvo\u0159\u00e1k\u2019s<\/em> Symphony No. 9 \u2018From the New World,\u2019\u201d shared Berry. \u201cI\u2019m thrilled to welcome audiences to experience this year\u2019s festival featuring an absolutely stellar lineup of musicians from around the world, including artists from EMU, JMU, Shenandoah Conservatory, and the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, as well as rising star performers from the Shenandoah Valley.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"657\" height=\"771\" src=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/31112613\/SVBF_Sneak-13.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57147\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/31112613\/SVBF_Sneak-13.jpeg 657w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/31112613\/SVBF_Sneak-13-256x300.jpeg 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 657px) 100vw, 657px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>EMU\u2019s own Benjamin Bergey is assistant conductor of the Bach Festival.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Featured artists include guest conductor <strong>Deanna Tham<\/strong>, associate conductor of the Oregon Symphony and music director of the Union Symphony Orchestra, who will conduct Festival Concerts II and III; <strong>Benjamin Bergey<\/strong>, assistant professor of music at EMU and conductor of EMU\u2019s Orchestra, Chamber Singers, and University Choir; Berlin-based soprano <strong>Sara Duchovnay<\/strong>, a \u201cdynamic and expressive\u201d vocalist who sings with \u201cwarmth and luster\u201d&nbsp;<em>(OperaWire);&nbsp;<\/em><strong>Penelope Shumate<\/strong>, who sings soprano solos with \u201cappealing bell-like clarity and surpassing sweetness\u201d&nbsp;<em>(The New York Times);<\/em>&nbsp;and Mexican American violinist <strong>Alejandra Switala<\/strong>, a top prize winner at the 2023 Sphinx Competition in Detroit, Michigan.<br \/><br \/>Other highlights include Open Mic Night at Pale Fire, which offers listeners the opportunity to hear\u2014and mingle with\u2014festival performers in a casual setting, and a free talk titled \u201cHarry T. Burleigh,&nbsp;Anton\u00edn Dvo\u0159\u00e1k, and the Symphony from the New World\u201d by music historian, author and EMU alumna <strong>Jean Snyder \u201863<\/strong> on Thursday, June 13 at 4 p.m. at Massanutten Regional Library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the intersection of harmony, humanity and nature, the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival gathers internationally-recognized artists and inquisitive audiences to celebrate the life and joy of great music. We like to say \u201cBach is just the beginning\u201d to share our deep appreciation of the breadth of work influenced by the musical inventions of Bach. The festival began under the artistic direction of <strong>Ken J. Nafziger<\/strong>, professor emeritus of EMU Music, in 1993.<br \/><br \/>For tickets to the Bach Festival, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.svbachfestival.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.svbachfestival.org<\/a>. Tickets to Festival Concerts I, II and III at EMU\u2019s Lehman Auditorium and to the Baroque Faculty Concert at Asbury United Methodist Church are pay what you can from $10-40 and free to college students; tickets to Festival Concerts I, II and III include pre-concert talks. Noon concerts at Asbury United Methodist Church and other on- and off-campus concerts are free for all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dubbed \u201ca jewel in Harrisonburg\u2019s crown\u201d by the Virginia Commission for the Arts, the 32nd Annual Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival\u2014a program of Eastern Mennonite University\u2014will run from June 9-16, 2024. <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2024\/emu-to-host-32nd-annual-shenandoah-valley-bach-festival\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"more-link\">... read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about EMU to host 32nd Annual Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":302,"featured_media":57145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[266,5624,5583,17562,5642,5183,5623],"tags":[17233,17355,17633,17682],"feature":[17427,17426,17241,17422],"class_list":["post-57142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","category-bach-festival","category-campus-community","category-digest","category-faculty-and-staff","category-music","category-special-programs","tag-arts","tag-bach-festival","tag-david-berry","tag-shenandoah-valley-bach-festival","feature-emu-home-page-feature","feature-myemu-feature","feature-news-feature","feature-news-landing-page-main-feature"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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