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Chamber Singers Plan Spring Tour
EMU Chamber Singers
Photo by Jim Bishop
The 24-member ensemble, directed by Dr. Kenneth Nafziger, professor of music at EMU, will sing a variety of works on the theme, "Call & Response."
The program will feature choral music of Felix Mendelssohn, Johannes Brahms (both 19th century German), John Tavener, Neil Saunders (both contemporary English), music from South African and Kenya, music by Ysaye Maria Barnwell and Bobby McFerrin and a new entrance hymn by Harrisonburg composer James Clemens.
The choir will also invite the congregation to sing, including new hymns from the "Sing the Journey" supplement to "Hymnal: A Worship Book" that will be available in July, 2005, and music from "Hymnal: A Worship Book."
In addition to conducting the Chamber Singers, Dr. Nafziger teaches courses in conducting, the humanities, and church music and worship. He is music director and conductor of two summer festivals – the annual Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival in Harrisonburg in June and the Lake Chelan Bach Fest in central Washington state in July.
He served as music editor of "Hymnal: A Worship Book," published in 1992 for the Mennonite Church and the Church of the Brethren.
The itinerary follows:
- March 5, 7 p.m., Springs (Pa.) Mennonite Church; Mar. 6, 9:30 a.m., Carpenter Park Mennonite Church, Davidsville, Pa.; Mar. 6, 7:30 p.m., Walnut Creek (OH) Mennonite Church;
- Mar. 7, 7 p.m., Zion Mennonite Church, Archbold, Ohio;
- Mar. 8, 7 p.m., Forks Mennonite Church, Middlebury, Ind.;
- Mar. 9, 11:45 a.m., Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart, Ind.;
- Mar. 9, 7:30 p.m., Sauder Concert Hall, Goshen (IN) College;
- Mar. 10, 7 p.m., Mennonite Church of Normal, Ill.;
- Mar. 11, 7 p.m., First Mennonite Church of Champaign-Urbana, Ill.; and
- Mar. 13, 10:30 a.m., Sharon Mennonite Church, Plain City, Ohio.
