Mennonite University Choir

De Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) Chamber Singers is een reizend kamerkoor dat nu 44 jaar bestaat. Chamber Singers is een gemengd koor van 20 EMU-
studenten van verschillende majors en leeftijden, dat elke voorjaarsvakantie door de VS tourt en eens per twee jaar in mei in het buitenland.
De EMU is het gekozen koor dat Noord-Amerika vertegenwoordigt om te zingen tijdens de Mennonite World Conference ter gelegenheid van de 500-jarige viering van het anabaptisme in Zürich. Dit bijzondere evenement markeert tevens het eindpunt van hun tour. Het thema is The Courage to Love.

Over EMU:

Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) Chamber Singers from Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA. A mixed voice, mainly acapella choir that mostly sings sacred music from a variety of styles, time periods and cultures. The auditioned 20 members are students from different majors.

“Much of our music also centres on themes that are important to Anabaptism, including peace, justice, discipleship and care for creation and all people,” says director Benjamin Bergey. “One of the most foundational ways to be agents of peace in this world is by loving. We are very excited to connect with this wonderful and timely theme – and with the other music groups from around the world.”

Benjamin Bergey was the music coordinator for the 2022 MWC Assembly in Indonesia. The EMU choir sang at the 1967 MWC Assembly in Amsterdam, Netherlands.