Afternoon: Welcome to Harrisonburg and your delightful accommodations at the Hampton Inn! Register at the lobby desk for your room, which should be ready by 3:00 pm. You can also register for your program between 3:00 and 4:30 pm at our Road Scholar registration table in the lobby. Please advise us at least several days in advance if you will not be arriving until after 4:30 pm. A fantastic musical experience awaits you at the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival. Celebrate the life and the great musical works of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) and other composers and musicians in this exceptional program that features intriguing classes taught by instructors with a lifetime of experience in music. Attend special Road Scholar sessions, rehearsals, noon concerts, and evening orchestra, ensemble and individual performances performed by world-class, award-winning musicians. The full schedule for the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival is available online at www.emu.edu/bach/

Dinner: Dinner at the restaurant next door.

Evening: Orientation, introductions and an overview of the Bach Festival.

Lodging: Hampton Inn Harrisonburg--University

Meals Included: Dinner

Breakfast: Breakfast in the hotel

Morning: The Bach Festival musical selection always features works by Bach paired with another composer or theme. Featured soloists, directors, composers, and other musicians will be showcased, when available, on the Festival's website at www.emu.edu/bach/ We have many exciting concerts, rehearsals and other activities in store for us in this program, as well as special Road Scholar sessions (also mentioned on the information page of the Festival website). This morning, we'll depart for nearby Eastern Mennonite University, sponsor of the Bach Festival, for our introductory classes. After class, we'll attend a noon concert.

Lunch: Lunch at the hotel

Afternoon: Classes include such subjects as(1) a preview of Friday's evening concert and (2) Mennonite history and culture.

Dinner: Experience a delicious family-style Mennonite dinner at Mrs. Shank's home restaurant.

Evening: Class after dinner at Mrs.Shank's examines "Festival History and Roles Played in the Festival" taught by the Festival's Artistic Director/Conductor and Featured Artists

Lodging: Hampton Inn Harrisonburg--University

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Morning Classes/Noon concert/Afternoon class/Evening Bach Festival Concert

Breakfast: Breakfast in the hotel

Morning: Morning class at the hotel focuses on a topic such as Baroque-era instruments and music. Then we'll depart for the short trip to a local church for the Noon Concert.

Lunch: Lunch at the hotel

Afternoon: Afternoon class taught by the Bach Festival Executive Director and orchestra musicians

Dinner: Dinner at the restaurant next door to the hotel

Evening: Attend the Bach Festival Concert II at Eastern Mennonite University.

Lodging: Hampton Inn Harrisonburg--University

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Morning Classes/Noon concert/Afternoon Classes/Evening Bach Festival Concert

Breakfast: Breakfast in the hotel

Morning: Morning class at the hotel. We then depart for a local church for the Noon concert, and then return to our hotel.

Lunch: Lunch at the hotel

Afternoon: Classes on the life, works and characteristics of featured musicians/composers.

Dinner: Dinner at the restaurant next door to the hotel

Evening: Attend Festival Concert III

Lodging: Hampton Inn Harrisonburg--University

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast: Breakfast in the hotel

Morning: Your Road Scholar program ends after breakfast. Room checkout is 11:00 am. We encourage you to attend the Leipzig Service at EMU at 10:00 a.m. This service is modeled on the 18th century services in Leipzig, Germany, in which Bach participated as a professional musician. The Leipzig Service combines the glorious choral, orchestral and organ music of Bach's cantata and other music with a liturgy and homily that are carefully coordinated with the music.

Lodging: Hampton Inn Harrisonburg--University

Meals Included: Breakfast