Greg Yoder’s ’09 Walking Roots Band creates Christmas CD to support Mennonite Central Committee
Greg Yoder's '09 Walking Roots Band is funding a new Christmas CD through Kickstarter, with some proceeds going to support Mennonite Central Committee.
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Goshen Through My Eyes: Associate Professor of Music Jose Rocha – Good of Goshen
"What got me hooked was my interview with the students that morning; to hear their opinions … their strong feelings and beliefs about things that are very important to me: peace, justice, volunteerism, things like that."
Tickets on sale for 14th annual Festival of Carols scheduled Dec. 1-3
Goshen College will present the 14th annual musical celebration of Christmas, “A Festival of Carols,” on Friday, Dec. 1 and Saturday, Dec. 2 at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 3 at 4 p.m. in the Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall.
Singer-songwriter Carrie Newcomer ’80: On spirituality, music and a playlist
Author, poet, singer, songwriter and Goshen College alum, Carrie Newcomer, visited with The Mennonite about spirituality, news, art and her top five most influential artists.
Under music professor Jose Rocha’s baton, Ben Folds and Elkhart County Symphony perform and improvise
GC Associate Professor of Music Jose Rocha conducted the Elkhart County Symphony in collaboration with musician Ben Folds during a concert on Saturday, June 24.
Mary Oyer’s ’45 African music instrument donation helps Jean Kidula’s ’82 UGA students learn music, culture, history
Jean Kidula's '45 African musical instrument collection got quite a boost earlier this year when Mary Oyer '45, Kidula's former professor, gave her more than 70 African musical instruments the that Oyer had collected in trips to the continent.
Making music to change lives
In the first undergraduate program of its kind, Goshen College students are learning to teach music based on the principles of El Sistema.
Singing to Ken J. Nafziger ’63: Faculty and former students gather for a retirement send-off – Eastern Mennonite University
Ken Nafziger '63 stepped to the front of the crowded room and, as he has for countless times over the last 40 years, asked his Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) colleagues to sing. This time, it was “Amazing Grace,” the first two stanzas together and then the first stanza in rounds.
Songline: When music is like breathing – The Mennonite
Recent GC grad Maggie Weaver '17 writes about Women’s World Music Choir and its founder, Dr. Debra Detwiler Brubaker '79.
GC music faculty to perform selections from Schumann and Vaughan Williams
Goshen College Associate Professor of Music and baritone Scott Hochstetler will present a voice recital on Tuesday, March 28, at 7:30 p.m. The recital will feature pianists Luke Norell and Kathryn Schmidt, and will take place in the Goshen College Music Center’s Rieth Recital Hall.