Preparatory Music Program
Shenandoah Valley Preparatory Music became a program of EMU’s department of music in 1988 and is dedicated to providing the highest quality music education to all students in the central Shenandoah Valley regardless of age, race, ability, financial circumstances, or ethnic origin through private and/or group instruction in a variety of musical areas as well as through performance settings. Under the direction of administrative director Sharon M.D. Miller, musical instruction is given to over 400 students in the following areas:
- Instrumental music instruction: violin, viola, cello, piano, flute, guitar; Suzuki violin, viola, cello, piano, flute and guitar.
- Musikgarten: ages birth to 7 years
- Shenandoah Valley Youth Symphony and Junior Strings: grades 3-12
- Harrisonburg City School Strings Program: grades 3-4 in the elementary schools and grades 5-8 in the middle schools
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Our students and performances
Believing music can enrich everyone’s life and is to be shared, performances are arranged in formal and informal settings on EMU’s campus and throughout the community to provide quality music education to the residents of the greater central Shenandoah Valley area. Participants come from as far north and east as Woodstock and Luray and from as far south as Waynesboro and Lexington. Students also travel from West Virginia.
Upcoming Events
- October 20 – The first Senior Preparatory Recital of the year will take place in Martin Chapel at 5:00 pm.
- October 27 – The Shenandoah Valley Youth Orchestra will hold their annual Musical Treats concert at 3:30 pm in Lehman Auditorium.
- November 8 – Fall Preparatory Music Recitals will take place at 7:00 pm in both Martin Chapel and Recital Hall.
- November 9 – A Preparatory Music Recital will be held at 10:00 am in Martin Chapel.
- November 10 – 5 different Preparatory Music Recitals will be held. Two at 1:00 pm in both Martin Chapel and Recital Hall. One at 3:00 pm in Martin Chapel. Two at 5:00 pm in both Martin Chapel and Recital Hall.
- November 17 – Senior Preparatory Recital will be held in Martin Chapel at 5:00 pm.
- November 24 – The Shenandoah Valley Youth Orchestra will perform a concert with the Shenandoah Valley Children’s Choir at 4:00 pm in Lehman Auditorium. Donations are requested.