In the last of a 3 part series - the Shenandoah Conservatory Choir is one of just three international groups chosen each year to sing at Notre Dame's High Mass in Paris. Students take us behind the scenes at the renowned cathedral - revealing the sights, the sounds of the event and the antics of some amusing eucharistic ministers.
Shenandoah Conservatory Choir takes a rollicking tour of France. In this, the first of 3 segments, the group performs in major cathedrals, channels Marie Antoinette at the Palace of Versailles, and students reflect on the challenges and the honor of working with Grammy Award-winning conductor Robert Shafer
Paulette Moore interviews Diane Kearns and Philip Glaize, both orchardists in Frederick County, Virginia about the state of their industry and the subtleties of apple tasting.
Shenandoah University's Paulette Moore interviews Pulitzer Prize-nominated photojournalist Bernie Boston and his wife Peggy about being witness to the civil rights era, decades at the White House, scores of front page news stories... and their new phase of life in the Shenandoah Valley.
Shenandoah University students gather to talk about upheaval surrounding radio shock jock host Don Imus' racist remarks about the Rutgers women's basketball team.
Shenandoah University's Paulette Moore falls in love with Lamont the Barred owl, meets T-W-O the Virginia opossum and interviews wildlife biologist Peggy Coontz at the Blue Ridge Wildlife Center in Millwood, VA.
Shenandoah Conservatory Choir tours France where the group is one of only 3 international choirs per year invited to sing during High Mass at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.
Shenandoah Conservatory choir members continue their tour through France with a trip to the poignant landscapes of the Normandy Beaches. There the group gives an impromptu and deeply moving performance to some appreciative onlookers.
From the Deutsche Welle Media in Peacebuilding Conference 2008 in Bonn. An interview with Dr. Vladimir Bratic of Hollins University and consultant to the U.S. Institute for Peace. Bratic has teamed up with Dr. Lisa Schirch of Eastern Mennonite University's Center for Justice and Peacebuilding to create an integrated plan for media and peacebuilding.
Soula Pefkaros cameo as scarf dancer. How would our world be different if we were truly able to see each other? We ask this question with a group of beautiful dancing women from John Paul Lederach's Moral Imagination class at Eastern Mennonite University's Summer Peacebuilding Institute.
This video made during John Paul Lederach's Moral Imagination class at Eastern Mennonite University's Summer Peacebuilding Institute 2008. How do we see each other, how do we get beyond each other's masks to our authentic selves? Perhaps we should show our stories in addition to speaking them.
From the Deutsche Welle Media in Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention Conference in Bonn... an interview with Gavin Rees. Rees is the Co-ordinator for Dart Center, Europe, part of a global network of journalists, journalism educators and health professionals dedicated to improving media coverage of trauma and violence.
From Deutsche Wella Global Media Forum, an interview with David Astley, Secretary General, Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union. Astley discusses the challenge of integrating concepts favorable to peacebuilding into traditional journalism.
From Deutsche Wella Global Media Forum, an interview with John Marks, President of Search for Common Ground, an NGO dedicated to transforming the way the world deals with conflict. Marks talks about the concept of "peace journalism".
