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Shenandoah Conservatory is Virginia's - and one of the country's - premier conservatories with a faculty of more than 100 professionals in music, theatre and dance and an alumni family that takes center stage from Broadway to the concert halls of Europe.

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Professor of Music Thomas Albert has been named the Charles B. Levitin Endowed Chair in Music Theatre at Shenandoah University. Shenandoah Conservatory Dean Michael Stepniak made the announcement during a faculty meeting on January 25.    

Shenandoah's application for the iPod touch and iPhone features university maps, calendar events, directory and sports scores. It is now available from the Apple iTunes Store.
    

Shenandoah University President Tracy Fitzsimmons has announced the appointment of Michael Stepniak, Ed.D., as the next dean of Shenandoah Conservatory, effective July, 1, 2009.
    

SU announces the creation of the Charlotte A. and Verne E. Collins Endowed Professorship made possible through the generosity of James R. Wilkins Jr. and the James R. Wilkins Charitable Trust and by the action of the board of trustees.    

Conservatory student Kimberly Moon spends the spring 2009 semester studying at the American University in Cairo, Egypt. She takes a few moments to contemplate bianary code and her experiences as an American in a foreign land.

    

Shenandoah Conservatory Stages Four Concerts at The Workhouse Arts Center in Spring 2009. Shenandoah University and the Lorton Arts Foundation (LAF) partnered this spring to bring remarkable talent from Shenandoah Conservatory to the Washington, D.C., met    

Shenandoah University’s Shenandoah Conservatory Dance Division performed as part of the “Fridays at Noon” series at the 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Avenue, in New York City, on Friday, May 29, 2009.     

SU's Shenandoah Conservatory awarded an honorary doctorate to world-famous dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov on Friday, Sept. 28, during a fund-raising gala at the Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton, Va.    

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J. Robert "Bobby" Spencer
1991 Alumnus, 2009 Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts
Shenandoah Conservatory
After years of hard work, Bobby landed a leading role in Broadway's Toni award-winning "Jersey Boys," playing Nick Massi in the musical, the story of Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famers The Four Seasons. Spencer, who now stars on Broadway in "Next to Normal" is nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. He delivered the commencement address at his alma mater on Mother's Day, May 10, 2009, and received an honorary doctor of fine arts degree.