{"id":58237,"date":"2025-02-25T04:55:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T09:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=58237"},"modified":"2025-03-13T10:48:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T14:48:14","slug":"chamber-singers-releases-spring-break-tour-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2025\/chamber-singers-releases-spring-break-tour-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Chamber Singers releases spring break tour schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Come out and watch the choir perform at a venue near you!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The EMU Chamber Singers is taking the show on the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The auditioned touring chamber choir has released the schedule for its spring break series of performances, held from March 1-6, 2025. During the tour, 22 members will perform at churches around Lancaster, Philadelphia, and Souderton, Pennsylvania, as well as at a retirement community near Lancaster, four high schools, and a music venue in Orange, Virginia.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The theme of this year\u2019s tour is \u201cHope and Unity\u201d and features \u201cbeautiful singing on the topics of bringing hope and working for unity for our children, healing the earth, and working toward peace,\u201d said Professor Benjamin Bergey<\/strong>, director of the Chamber Singers. \u201cMusic has the power to lift us up, allow us to cry or laugh, and bring us together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the songs in the program that reflect this theme include the lovely and simple spiritual \u201cChild of God,\u201d the inspirational \u201cSing My Child,\u201d and \u201cPrayer of the Children.\u201d Bergey said the latter song was written in the war-torn former country of Yugoslavia as a cry for Jesus\u2019 help in a place of desperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tour schedule includes a performance at Nations Worship Center, an Indonesian Mennonite congregation in Philadelphia led by Pastor Beny Krisbianto, MDiv \u201915<\/strong>, a member of the EMU Board of Trustees. The Chamber Singers will also join together with area groups, singing alongside the Dock Mennonite Academy choir at Souderton Mennonite Church and the Lancaster Mennonite High School choir at Landis Homes. The tour will cap off with a return to The Music Room on Main in Orange, Virginia. The choir performed at the hardware store-turned-music venue last year and is \u201cback by popular demand,\u201d Bergey said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The annual spring break tour is often a highlight of the choral students\u2019 college experience and helps them hone their craft through the intensity of the tour, Bergey said. It also serves as a valuable recruiting tool, spreading the love of EMU and maintaining connections with the churches and communities that continue to send students to the university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Schedule<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

All performances are free of charge, with a freewill offering collected to support the choir\u2019s travel expenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday, March 1, 7 p.m.<\/strong>
Blossom Hill Mennonite Church \u2013 Lancaster, Pennsylvania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday, March 2, 10 a.m. <\/strong>
Nations Worship Center \u2013 Philadelphia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday, March 2, 7 p.m.<\/strong>
Salford Mennonite Church \u2013 Harleysville, Pennsylvania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday, March 3, 7 p.m.<\/strong>
Souderton Mennonite Church \u2013 Souderton, Pennsylvania
with Dock Mennonite Academy choir<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday, March 4, 6 p.m.<\/strong>
Landis Homes \u2013 Lancaster, Pennsylvania
with Lancaster Mennonite High School choir<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, March 6, 7 p.m.<\/strong>
The Music Room on Main \u2013 Orange, Virginia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Members<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The choir includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SOPRANO<\/strong>
Erin Batten<\/strong>, Bridgewater, Virginia
Reah Clymer<\/strong>, Meridian, Mississippi
Elie Hoover<\/strong>, New Carlisle, Ohio
Hannah Landes Beck<\/strong>, Linville, Virginia
Hollyn Miller<\/strong>, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Riley Quezada<\/strong>, Mount Jackson, Virginia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ALTO<\/strong>
Ciela Acosta<\/strong>, Salem, Oregon
Iris Anderson<\/strong>, Corvallis, Oregon
Lauren Kauffman<\/strong>, Goshen, Indiana
Sophia Kauffman<\/strong>, Goshen, Indiana
Naomi Kratzer<\/strong>, Goshen, Indiana
Emma Nord<\/strong>, Greenville, Illinois<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TENOR<\/strong>
Theo Andreas<\/strong>, Bluffton, Ohio
Adam Hoover<\/strong>, New Carlisle, Ohio
Jacob Nissley<\/strong>, Canton, Ohio
Canyon Penner<\/strong>, Goshen, Indiana
Cassidy Williams<\/strong>, Green Lane, Pennsylvania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BASS<\/strong>
Jadon Harley<\/strong>, Bel Air, Maryland
Jesse Kanagy<\/strong>, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Lawson Kauffman<\/strong>, Goshen, Indiana
Mac Rhodes-Lehman<\/strong>, Dayton, Virginia
Eli Stoll<\/strong>, Harrisonburg, Virginia
Joshua Stucky<\/strong>, Princeton, New Jersey<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Now in its 46th year, the EMU Chamber Singers is a mixed-voice choir made up of 23 EMU students of different ages and majors. For more information about the Chamber Singers, visit the choir’s website<\/a> or find the group on Instagram<\/a> and Spotify<\/a>. Consider donating toward the choir’s travel and operating expenses here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n
\n