Chamber Singers to Lead Worship in Music
The Chamber Singers of EMU will present a program of worship through music 7 p.m. Sunday, Apr. 22, at Park View Mennonite Church, N. College Ave., Harrisonburg.
The 29-voice select ensemble, directed by Kenneth J. Nafziger, professor of music at EMU, will sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs featuring the music of Germans Johann Sebastian Bach and Johannes Brahms, Canadians Elanor Daley and Leonard Enns, US composers Ysaye Maria Barnwell and Francisco J. Núñez and singing with the audience.
The choir will also give a premiere performance of a new piece by local composer James E. Clemens for choir and percussion, "Tell out, my soul."
In addition to teaching at EMU, Dr. Nafziger is artistic director and conductor of the annual Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival held in June on and of the chamber choirs Musica Viva (Winchester) and Voce (Reston, Va.)
He was music editor of "Hymnal: A worship Book" (1992), editor of its accompaniment handbook and assistant to the editor of "Sing the Journey" (2005). He is active in the United States and Canada as a guest conductor, workshop leader and clinician and co-authored a book with Marlene Kropf, "Singing, a Mennonite Voice."
Admission to the program is free; contributions are welcomed for the EMU music department student scholarship fund.
