December 2020

Category

New Esports Course Explores Music and Gaming

Video Game Music Teaches How Music Functions In Video Games

Shenandoah is offering a unique esports class this spring that invites students to explore music and its role in the broader spectrum of gaming and…

Continue reading New Esports Course Explores Music…

December 2020 Class Notes

A letter to the editor by Robert J. Spiers, Jr. (C ’69), “My Memories of Performing at Calvary Baptist Church,” was published in the Roanoke…

Continue reading December 2020 Class Notes

College of Arts & Sciences News: Winter 2020

Fourth volume of journal published, students present and publish, and more

Shenandoah University’s McCormick Civil War Institute (MCWI) has released the fourth volume of its Journal of the Shenandoah Valley During the Civil War Era. Published…

Continue reading College of Arts & Sciences…

SU’s iMLearning Unveils New MacBooks For Incoming Students

M1 MacBook Pro provides performance improvements, increased battery life

Shenandoah’s iMLearning program will now provide most new incoming students with the state-of-the-art M1 MacBook Pro. Starting with certain models introduced in late 2020, Apple…

Continue reading SU’s iMLearning Unveils New MacBooks…

Shenandoah & Washington Justice Team Up in New Esports Partnership

Partnership offers students real-world experience in the growing esports industry

Shenandoah University has entered into a partnership with the Washington Justice, the professional Overwatch League team representing the DMV region (D.C, Maryland, Virginia), that will…

Continue reading Shenandoah & Washington Justice Team…

Kraemer ’21 Featured in 257th Army Band ‘Carol of the Bells’ Video

Drummer Nick Kraemer ’21 (Master of Music in Performance) was featured in a virtual performance of “Carol of the Bells” with the Silver Line Sax…

Continue reading Kraemer ’21 Featured in 257th…

Short Presents at Society for Music Theory’s Virtual Conference

In November, Assistant Professor of Music Theory Rachel Short, Ph.D., presented at the virtual conference of the Society for Music Theory (SMT). She was part…

Continue reading Short Presents at Society for…

Naumenko Featured in Two Grammy Award-Nominated Projects

Assistant Professor of Voice Fotina Naumenko, D.M.A., participated in two projects that received 2021 Grammy Award nominations: In the category of Best Choral Performance, “Kastalsky:…

Continue reading Naumenko Featured in Two Grammy…

Carson Performs Live Virtually with BARE Dance Company

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Dance Tiffanie Carson, M.F.A., performed live virtually in “Surveillance” with BARE Dance Company on Saturday, Dec. 5, in two shows at…

Continue reading Carson Performs Live Virtually with…