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VCU Elderhostel in Harrisonburg

Program # 2016 The Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival: A Study in Making Beautiful Music.

Program Dates: June 17-21, 2009

This acclaimed summer music festival is devoted to promoting the appreciation and understanding of the music of J.S. Bach and another composer, country, era or people each year. The orchestra includes fine professional instrumentalists from all over the country who travel to Harrisonburg each June for intensive rehearsals and vibrant performances. The first-rate choir blends singers involved in local choral programs. In addition to classes with festival personnel and guest lecturers, you'll get a behind-the-scenes look at how the festival works. Open rehearsals provide opportunities to observe the shaping of the music. Highlights include two major concerts and outstanding chamber music performances featuring composers of all eras.

Elderhostel Programs require walking 2-4 blocks at a time, up to 2 miles per day, from hotel to classes, activities and restaurants; hilly terrain, with some short steep inclines. Not all locations are handicapped-accessible.

Program location is Harrisonburg, Virginia. Situated in the heart of Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, between the Washington National Forest and the Shenandoah National Park, Harrisonburg celebrates the great outdoors -- wilderness and river adventures, hiking, world-class trout fishing, caverns, vineyards -- and exciting city life with theater, arts, museums, history, battlefields, two universities, farmers' markets, festivals and concerts.

Program in association with Virginia Commonwealth University, a research, medical and academic institution providing Elderhostel programs since 1979.

To register or to learn more about these programs, including registration information and transfer/withdrawal schedules, please call Elderhostel toll free at (877) 426-8056 Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (ET) or at www.elderhostel.org