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Musical theatre majors Jack Murphy ’20 and Bailey Baker ’20 have been working on “Lilac,” a musical which began as a scene with Playwrights student group, grew into a project for Student Performance ... Continue Reading Benefit Performance on Campus &…
From March 17 through March 22, Director of Bands and Associate Professor of Conducting Timothy J. Robblee, Ph.D., conducted the Department of Defense Education Association (DoDEA)-Europe Honors Music ... Continue Reading Robblee Conducts DoDEA-Europe Honors Music…
The Shenandoah Trombone Collective presented its first public concert on Feb. 18. It also performed at The American Trombone Workshop hosted by The U.S. Army Band at Fort Myer, Virginia, on March 8, ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Trombone Collective Performs at…
In February and March, Adjunct Associate Professor of Classical and Jazz Trombone Matthew Niess, D.M.A., traveled with The Smithsonian Masterworks Orchestra and performed in San Francisco, Chicago and ... Continue Reading Niess Tours, Performs and Presents…
Guest music therapist Michael Viega presents “Rising from the Ashes” at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, April 15, in Glaize Studio Theatre. “Rising from the Ashes” is a performance that represents the results of ... Continue Reading Guest Music Therapist Michael Viega…
John W. Tolbert Jr. Elementary School in Leesburg was the “place to be” March 20, when five members of the local therapeutic arts organization A Place to Be communicated the basic idea “it’s OK to ... Continue Reading A Place to Be Performers…
Shenandoah University recently partnered with Bridgewater College and two universities in Muslim-majority countries to learn how to provide better opportunities for civil discourse within higher ... Continue Reading Learning About Civil Discourse In…
This May, Shenandoah students from pharmacy, occupational therapy (OT), physical therapy (PT) and physician assistant (PA) programs are taking a medical mission trip to Haiti. They are collecting ... Continue Reading Over-The-Counter Medicine Needed For Mission…
The welfare of our attendees is our top concern and vitally important to Shenandoah University. In light of recent media reports we have made the decision to cancel this event on our campus. ... Continue Reading CANCELED — Waka Flocka Flame…
The research conducted by Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Pharmacogenomics Arthur “Art” Harralson, Pharm.D., and his team, looking into cardiovascular ... Continue Reading Pharmacogenomics Research Spotlighted Prominent Lecture…
At Shenandoah University’s Harry F. Byrd, Jr. School of Business, students learn by doing, which often means their classwork involves assisting an array of businesses. Professor of Marketing Sally ... Continue Reading Learning Business From Within Shenandoah…
Martina Bingham '18 (Doctor of Musical Arts in Voice Pedagogy) and Adjunct Associate Professor of Music Therapy Beth Schwartz, M.A., received the Mid-Atlantic Region of the American Music Therapy ... Continue Reading Research by Bingham ’18 and…
The Shenandoah University outdoor track & field teams completed the Washington & Lee (W&L) Track & Field Carnival with 38 personal records and 10 ODAC qualifiers on March 16. There ... Continue Reading Track Completes Washington & Lee…
On Wednesday, March 6, a group of singers, accompanied by pianist Cahal Masterson ’19, presented a program of Mozart duets and trios for the residents of Shenandoah Valley Westminster-Canterbury. ... Continue Reading Singers Perform for Residents at…
On Saturday, March 9, singers from Shenandoah Conservatory competed in Bethesda, Maryland, at the Sue Goetz Ross Memorial Voice Competition presented by the Friday Morning Music Club, Inc. Bass ... Continue Reading Voice Students Succeed at Sue…
On March 1 and March 2, Shenandoah Conservatory hosted the annual spring conference of the Virginia chapter of National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS). Over the course of the two-day event, ... Continue Reading Virginia NATS Celebrates Successful Conference…
NICU Lullabies and Poems, a ShenCoLAB project by Jenna Barricklo ’21 (Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre), was approved for use in the neonatal intensive care units (NICU) at Winchester Medical ... Continue Reading Student Performance Week Project by…
Betsy Bright Morgan ’03 performed as a substitute with the Pittsburgh Symphony on March 15 and March 17 in Heinz Hall. She is currently playing her 16th season with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra (TSO) ... Continue Reading Conservatory Alumni Perform Together in…
“We are on the cusp of enormous leadership changes in the arts in the United States,” says Ramona Baker, academic director for Goucher’s arts administration master’s program. “Literally every day I ... Continue Reading Arts management programs train future…
Graduate conducting students Jongbin Kim ’19 and Aaron Hardwick ’20 conduced the Shenandoah Conservatory Symphony Orchestra at 8 p.m. on Monday, March 25, in Armstrong Concert Hall. The performance ... Continue Reading Kim ’19 and Hardwick ’20…
“Our philosophy is that there’s nothing that can’t really be done online at this point,” says David Edelman, director of the performing arts leadership and management program at Shenandoah University ... Continue Reading Arts Management Programs Train Future…
Several Shenandoah University graduate programs are ranked nationally in U.S. News & World Report’s 2020 edition of Best Graduate Schools. Physician Assistant Studies (PA) at No. 21 Physician ... Continue Reading Graduate Programs Ranked in U.S.…
In January 2019, Sandra Falkenmayer Van Dam (C ’77) welcomed her first grandchild into the world, Aksel Finian Van Dam. On March 10, the Washington Saxophone Quartet celebrated its 40th anniversary ... Continue Reading March 2019 Class Notes
You can be the difference and connect someone to care by providing Mental Health First Aid (MHFA). The Office of the Dean of Students offers a workshop for all staff and faculty to be trained in MHFA, ... Continue Reading Mental Health First Aid Training…
The first piano Isaac Williams ever owned wasn't a Steinway or a Yamaha. It was a light-up model from Toys R Us. "My dad bought it for me as a gift," said Williams, 22. "We didn't have much money, ... Continue Reading Pianist Isaac Williams ’20 Returns…
On Thursday, Sept. 5, Thomas Wilkins ’78 will conduct the National Symphony Orchestra at Wolf Trap in a special performance featuring Grammy- and Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson. Visit ... Continue Reading Wilkins ’78 Conducts National Symphony…
Shenandoah Conservatory brass students participated in a mock brass quintet wedding performance on Wednesday, Feb. 27, in Goodson Chapel – Recital Hall, under the direction of Adjunct Associate ... Continue Reading Brass Studio Participates in Mock…
On Saturday, Feb. 2, Shenandoah's improv comedy team The Loaf competed at the Baltimore Regional College Improv Tournament. The Loaf split into two teams, The Loaf and The Loaf UK, and each won their ... Continue Reading The Loaf Wins Regional Title…
Shenandoah’s music therapy department celebrated its practice and the touching of hearts around the world through music on World Music Therapy Day (WMTD), Friday, March 1, with celebration, advocacy ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Celebrates World Music Therapy…
Auxiliary Adjunct Professor of Theatre and veteran actor Hank Stone, M.F.A, traveled with a group of senior acting students to Atlanta for a very special actors’ workshop presented by top film and TV ... Continue Reading Acting Students Attend Workshop at…
French pianist and recent World of the Piano guest artist Phillipe Cassard presented an insightful and invigorating masterclass for Shenandoah Conservatory students, giving them the opportunity ... Continue Reading Cassard Presents Insightful Piano Masterclass…
Associate Professor of Voice, Conservatory Choir Director and Choral Artist Matt Oltman, D.M.A., conducted the 2019 Georgia All-State Senior Men’s Chorus in Athens, Georgia, from Feb. 14, through Feb. ... Continue Reading Oltman Conducts 2019 Georgia All-State…
Amalthea Quartet from Shenandoah Conservatory performed at the highly publicized Kronos Quartet masterclass at the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, March 2. The members of the ... Continue Reading Amalthea Performs in Kronos Quartet’s…
Director of the Janette Ogg Voice Research Center and Associate Professor of Voice (Baritone) and Vocal Pedagogy David Meyer, D.M., was invited to lecture and present a masterclass on “What the ... Continue Reading Meyer Lectures and Presents Masterclass…
Soprano Sarah Wofford ’17, ’20, participated in the first Inner Mongolia International Classical Music Festival from Jan. 18, through Jan. 20. The event was coordinated by Jian Song ’19, and took ... Continue Reading Wofford ’17, ’20 and Jeric…
John Quincy Adams, “Narrative of the Life of John Quincy Adams, When in Slavery, and Now as a Freeman” (Harrisburg, PA: Sieg, Printer and Stationer, 1872). Available free via Google Books. In the ... Continue Reading Publication of Note | March…
