Play at EMU explores peace, justice themes
Ted & Company TheaterWorks and the Summer Peacebuilding Institute at Eastern Mennonite University will present “I’d Like to Buy an Enemy” 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 3, in the MainStage Theater of the University Commons at EMU.
The play, starring Ted Swartz and Tim Ruebke, allows audiences to laugh at themselves while raising important questions about the place of the U.S. in the world, confronting the fear that is such a large part of contemporary culture and exploring ways to honestly work for peace and justice in this country … and just maybe in the larger world!
Bach and Mozart intersect at EMU festival
Featured composer and versatile performer, John McCutcheon, performs a fiddle work of his own with the Festival Orchestra violin section during last year's Bach Festival Concert I, June 13, 2010. Photos by Lindsey Kolb.
It’s a match made in musical heaven. Two classical giants will meet on the Lehman Auditorium stage at Eastern Mennonite University, not to compete against but to complement each other at the 19th annual Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival, June 12-19, 2011.
The glorious works of German composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) and Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)) will fill the air throughout the week under the baton of Dr. Kenneth Nafziger, artistic director and conductor.
The festival will open 3 p.m. Sunday, June 12 with four concertos – Bach’s “Concerto for Oboe, Violin and Strings in C Minor,” “Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in C Major” by Haydn, “Sinfonia Concertante, K. 297″ by Mozart, and Concerto No. 4 for Piano and Orchestra in G Major, Op. 58″ by Beethoven. All featured soloists are principal players from the festival orchestra except for the Beethoven concerto with Nicolás Pellón, currently on the faculty of the International School of Music in Bethesda, Md.
2011 Young Artists’ Recital
The Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival announces its 2011 Young Artists’ Recital, to be held May 7 at 3:00 p.m. at Martin Chapel, in the Seminary Building at Eastern Mennonite University. Join us in hearing outstanding high school musicians from the Shenandoah Valley and beyond in this free concert that is open to all. Selected to perform in this year’s event, these talented young musicians will present solo and ensemble works from the Baroque era to the present.
Performers from the Harrisonburg/Rockingham county area include Evan White, a ninth grade pianist from Eastern Mennonite High School; Perry Maddox, oboist and a senior at Broadway High School; Emily Maldonado, harpist and a homeschooled junior; Mariette Southard, violinist and a sophomore at Turner Ashby High School; and Caroline Walsh, a flutist from Bridgewater and a junior at Stuart Hall.
Free ‘Gasland’ showing at EMU
“Hydrofracking” – the term has a harsh sound to it, and according to a highly-acclaimed film documentary, what it entails is having harsh consequences for many communities.
“Gasland” (gaslandthemovie.com/trailer), the Academy Award-nominated film by Josh Fox, will be shown 7 p.m. Friday, Apr. 8, in the Suter Science Center Auditorium at Eastern Mennonite University.
The film tells the story behind the story of big gas company’s efforts to “hydrofrack” – drill with water and chemicals – beneath growing amounts of the country’s lands in search of natural gas.
Children’s Choir to perform at JMU
The Shenandoah Valley Children’s Choir, past of the music department at Eastern Mennonite University, will present its spring concerts at the Forbes Center for the Performing Arts at James Madison University.
The family-friendly concert is a first-time collaboration between the acclaimed SVCC and the award-winning JMU Percussion Ensemble. Performances will take place 7 p.m. Saturday, Apr. 9 and 7 p.m. Sunday, April 10 in the Forbes Center Concert Hall.
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