The Big Little University Rising
Alfred Duncan ’98 wrote and performed the song “BLM Plaza” with Steve Roy in 2020 amidst a rise in awareness about racial injustice and during a global pandemic that affected businesses of every size. ... Continue Reading Alumni Launch Black Men Ventures,…
Scott Krinsky, Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) actor and teacher with the SAG-AFTRA Foundation, recently spoke to the acting and musical theatre ... Continue Reading Actor and Teacher Scott Krinsky…
The “Rossini: 6 Sonate a Quattro,” a new album featuring Assistant Professor of Cello Julian Schwarz, M.M., was released on Friday, March 19. The complete six string quartets were recorded in ... Continue Reading Cellist Schwarz Featured in New…
A new app that recreates scenes from the 1864 Battle of Cool Spring is now available for download. Through Their Eyes is a collaboration between Shenandoah’s McCormick Civil War Institute and the ... Continue Reading App Uses Augmented Reality To…
Dear May 2021 University Commencement participants, We are delighted to inform you that the Governor of Virginia has released preliminary guidance for how colleges and universities may safely hold ... Continue Reading Commencement Update – Good News!…
Shenandoah University Dean Emeritus W. Randy Boxx, Ph.D., delivered the keynote address virtually to 35 new SU Global MBA graduate students at Spring ’21 Convocation on Feb. 27 in Shanghai. Below is ... Continue Reading Dean Emeritus W. Randy Boxx…
Thirty-five students in Shenandoah University’s SU Global MBA (GMBA) program, all Mandarin-speaking global professionals in upper- and middle-management positions across diverse industries in China, ... Continue Reading SU Global MBA Celebrates Spring…
Shenandoah Conservatory and the Esports program at Shenandoah University partner to present We Play Together: A Collaboration Between Music and Esports. This seminal, cross-disciplinary project seeks ... Continue Reading We Play Together: A Collaboration…
Throughout March, C-SPAN’s American History TV has been featuring presentations in which Director of the McCormick Civil War Institute Jonathan Noyalas, ’01, M.A., talks about various Shenandoah ... Continue Reading Check out C-SPAN for Episodes…
Auxiliary Adjunct Associate Professor of Voice and Co-Founder of the CCM Vocal Pedagogy Institute Edrie Means Weekly ’84, M.M., was awarded the 2021 Van Lawrence Fellowship Award. As the highest honor ... Continue Reading Weekly ’84 Receives 2021 Van…
The Winchester-based Peter Bullough Foundation announces the launch of its Interdisciplinary Artist Residency Program. Through these residencies, the foundation hopes to support emerging artists and ... Continue Reading Peter Bullough Foundation Launches Emerging…
Every two weeks, good-natured banter can be heard coming from a room in the Shenandoah esports arena. It’s here where Esports Director Joey Gawrysiak, Ph.D.; Psychology Chair Scott King, Ph.D.; and ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Podcast Shares Teaching Tips…
Shenandoah University is one of 153 universities and colleges around the world to be honored by Exercise is Medicine for its efforts to create a culture of wellness on campus. Programs such as the ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Recognized For Creating Culture…
Director and Associate Professor of Music Production & Recording Technology Golder O’Neill ’92, M.M.E., completed the Audio Engineering Society's (AES) Immersive Academy on Feb. 11. It was a ... Continue Reading O’Neill ’92 Completes AES Immersive…
“Ethel Smyth: The Prison,” a project featuring Assistant Professor of Voice Fotina Naumenko, D.M.A., won a 2021 Grammy Award in the category of Best Classical Solo Vocal Album. The world premiere ... Continue Reading Naumenko Featured in 2021 Grammy…
Soprano Victoria Okafor ’17 (Bachelor of Music in Performance) was featured in “Opera . . . from a Sistah’s Point of View” with world-renowned soprano Angela Brown. The production co-produced by Opera ... Continue Reading Okafor ’17 Featured in Opera…
Violist Margaret Gonzalez ’15 (Bachelor of Music in Performance) was awarded the Jefferson Award along with Steve Perdicaris for their work with Music Mission San Francisco (MMSF) which they began in ... Continue Reading Gonzalez ’15 Wins Jefferson Award…
Silvan Negruțiu ’13 (Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance) was appointed director of piano studies and associate professor of piano at Northern Arizona University (NAU) beginning in fall 2021. He ... Continue Reading Negruțiu ’13 Appointed Director of…
by Kit Wilder, director, “Jeannette” “Jeannette” is available for streaming on Conservatory Performs for You (CP4U) through Tuesday, April 6. Visit conservatoryperforms.org to learn more. Shenandoah ... Continue Reading ‘Jeannette’: Is It Theatre? Is…
Are you staying on campus or around Winchester for spring break? Check out ways to enjoy Staycation University — a week when SU will stand for something a little different! For Spring Break 2021, ... Continue Reading Staycation University | A Different…
As a member of the Shenandoah University community, you know that the university has been deeply involved in COVID-19 vaccination efforts ever since vaccines began rolling out in December. The James ... Continue Reading Take a shot (or two)…
We stand with President Tracy Fitzsimmons and the Shenandoah University community in solidarity with our Asian, Asian-American, and Pacific Islander (AAPI) students, faculty and staff. Not only do we ... Continue Reading Solidarity with Our Asian, Asian-American…
The tents are back at Shenandoah. The large white tents became a fixture this past fall as a way to space out students and reduce the density of our community. The spaces provided a spot where ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Creates Additional Learning Spaces…
Jeanne Gartner (C ’72) was featured in an article on the Air Force Bands website called “Celebrating Women's History: Chief Master Sgt. Jeanne Gartner, a woman of many firsts,” which celebrated her ... Continue Reading March 2021 Class Notes
Shenandoah University’s music master's degree programs are ranked third in Intelligent.com’s list of top 50 master’s in music degree programs in the U.S. for 2021. The university’s composite score is ... Continue Reading Shenandoah’s Music Master’s Degree Programs…
Shenandoah University has been designated a Voter Friendly Campus through an initiative led by two national nonpartisan organizations: Fair Elections Center’s Campus Vote Project (CVP) NASPA – ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Designated a Voter Friendly…
The jazz studies program hosted saxophonist Thomas “Tommy” Poole during its virtual jazz forum session on March 8, which explored metric modulations in jazz improvisation. Over the last three ... Continue Reading Jazz Studies Explores Metric Modulations…
Shenandoah University has been honored for its participation in its COVID-19 mass-vaccination clinic, in partnership with Valley Health and Lord Fairfax Health District. The clinic has been opened ... Continue Reading City of Winchester Recognizes SU,…
Shenandoah Conservatory’s theatre program was listed as the 2021 best college theatre program in Virginia by OnStage Blog. Visit www.onstageblog.com to learn more. ... Continue Reading Theatre Program Listed as #1…
“Bassoon Reimagined,” a book written by Assistant Dean for Recruitment and Associate Professor of Bassoon Ryan Romine, D.M.A., was reviewed in the Schweizer Musikzeitung (The Swiss Music Review). ... Continue Reading Bassoon Book by Romine Reviewed…
The music therapy program at Shenandoah Conservatory launched “RadioMe,” a partnership research project with the Cambridge Institute for Music Therapy Research at Anglia Ruskin University, in ... Continue Reading Music Therapy Program Launches Radio…
Shana Oshiro ’21, MT-BC, (Master of Music Therapy) leads the Race & #RealTalk program, a national series of anti-racism workshops. The program incorporates music, group discussions and educational ... Continue Reading Oshiro ’21 Leads National Series…
Coordinator of Music Theory and Associate Professor of Music Theory Keith Salley, Ph.D., will be published in the upcoming issue of Music Theory Online. His essay “Late Night Thoughts on Listening to ... Continue Reading Essay by Salley on Music…
The acting program held a special virtual forum on Wednesday, Feb. 24, featuring actor Trevor Long, in Ohrstrom-Bryant Theatre and via Zoom. Long is known for his work as Cade Langmore in Netflix's ... Continue Reading Actor Trevor Long Participates in…
Luke Brown ’24 (Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre) was selected to participate in the TikTok for Black Creatives program. He is one of 100 creators who will partake in an array of educational ... Continue Reading Brown ’24 Selected to Participate…
The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Foundation awarded 19 scholarships this year nationwide, and two of them were awarded to Shenandoah University Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy third-year ... Continue Reading Student Pharmacists Awarded APhA Scholarships…
