{"id":833,"date":"2005-03-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-03-08T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/blog\/news\/?p=833"},"modified":"2005-03-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-03-08T05:00:00","slug":"students-to-solo-in-orchestra-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2005\/students-to-solo-in-orchestra-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Students to Solo in Orchestra Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 100px\" class=\"photo right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Michael Dezort\" height=\"133\" width=\"100\" src=\"\/news\/images\/dezort.jpg\" \/>   Michael Dezort <\/div>\n<p>  A concert by the Eastern Mennonite University orchestra will feature the winners of a concerto\/aria competition held on campus in January. The program will take place 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Mar. 31, in EMU&#8217;s Lehman Auditorium.<\/p>\n<p>   The student soloists will be Michael Dezort, baritone, singing the count&#8217;s aria &quot;Vedro mentr&#8217;io sospiro&quot; from the Marriage of Figaro; Jonathan Keener, pianist, peforming the third movement of the Mozart Piano Concerto in G Major by Mozart, and April Miller on oboe featuring the first movement of the Haydn Oboe Concerto in C Major.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100px\" class=\"photo right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jonathan Keener\" height=\"133\" width=\"100\" src=\"\/news\/images\/keener.jpg\" \/>   Jonathan Keener <\/div>\n<p>  The program will conclude with the &quot;Russian Easter Overture&quot; by Rimsky-Korsakov for full orchestra, a colorful work in celebration of Easter.<\/p>\n<p>The 45-member orchestra, directed by Joan Griffing, is made up of EMU students and commmunity players from Harrisonburg, Staunton, Bridgewater, Elkton and Orange County.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100px\" class=\"photo right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"April Miller\" height=\"133\" width=\"100\" src=\"\/news\/images\/miller.jpg\" \/>   April Miller <\/div>\n<p>  Dr. Griffing, associate professor of music, teaches violin and viola and coaches chamber music in addition to conducting the EMU orchestra. She is also concertmaster of the annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/bach\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival<\/a> and the Shenandoah Symphony Orchestra.<\/p>\n<p>Griffing earned her bachelor&#8217;s and master&#8217;s degrees from Indiana University, where she studied with Tadeusz Wronski, and her D.M.A. in violin performance from Ohio State University.<\/p>\n<p>Admission to the concert is free; donations are welcomed for the <a href=\"\/music\/\">music department<\/a> student scholarship fund.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Dezort A concert by the Eastern Mennonite University orchestra will feature the winners of a concerto\/aria competition held on campus in January. 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