Actor Thomas Nash Tetterton ’17 (Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting) performed the role of Bernardo/Priest in William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” at PlayMakers Repertory Company in Chapel Hill, North ... Continue Reading Tetterton ’17 Opens ‘Hamlet’ at…

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Actor Thomas Nash Tetterton ’17 (Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting) performed the role of Bernardo/Priest in William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” at PlayMakers Repertory Company in Chapel Hill, North ... Continue Reading Tetterton ’17 Opens ‘Hamlet’ at…
Jazz saxophonist Mathuin Smith ’24 (Bachelor of Music in Performance) produced a concert at Jammin' Java in Vienna, Virginia, with his band, the Mathuin Smith Jazz Orchestra. The ensemble is made up ... Continue Reading Smith ’24 Produces Concert with…
The Studio Big Band was selected to perform at the Jazz Education Network's annual conference in Orlando, Florida, in January during the holiday break. Ensemble members performed with Ashlin Parker ... Continue Reading Studio Big Band Performs at…
Actor Kyle Mangold ’19 (Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre) made his off-Broadway debut in “Stranger Sings,” a parody musical of the popular Netflix series “Stranger Things.” ... Continue Reading Mangold Makes Off-Broadway Debut in…
Last semester, Assistant Professor of Trumpet Mary Elizabeth Bowden, M.A., toured and taught in three countries. She began the fall by returning to Busan, Korea, for the Busan Maru International Music ... Continue Reading Bowden Tours and Teaches in…
Adjunct Associate Professor of Musicianship Charlene Romano ’91, M.M., performed throughout the region in December, most notably as a guest artist on a concert sponsored by the Winchester Chapter of ... Continue Reading Romano ’91 Performs and Presents…
A bus full of 50 Shenandoah Conservatory dance students and faculty traveled to the National Theatre in Washington, D.C., to see a North American tour performance of “Cats” and support Sammy Fossum ... Continue Reading Dance Students Support Peers in…
Assistant Professor of Flute Julietta Curenton, M.M., will give the New York premiere of “Niiji Memories,” a flute concerto written for her by Dr. James Lee III, with the Stony Brook Symphony ... Continue Reading Curenton Performs New York Premiere…
Shenandoah University’s esports program is proud to announce its newest partnership with fashion innovator and health advocate Ray Dasher. The new partnership highlights Shenandoah’s commitment to ... Continue Reading Shenandoah University Esports, Ray Dasher…
Shenandoah University’s Esports program is excited to announce its newest partnership with Nanoleaf, a pioneer in the smart-lighting industry. This partnership will boost the offerings of the esports ... Continue Reading Shenandoah University Esports Begins Partnership…
Criminal justice students from Shenandoah University and geography students from Cardiff University in Wales teamed up for a special virtual learning opportunity during the Fall 2022 semester, during ... Continue Reading Shenandoah, Cardiff Universities Complete International…
The Friday Faculty Spotlight, designed to help the entire university community to get to know our faculty members, has returned for 2023! This week, the spotlight is on College of Arts and Sciences ... Continue Reading Friday Faculty Spotlight: Assistant Professor…
Second-year Shenandoah University Doctor of Physical Therapy student Alisha Ladenburg ’24 has been selected by American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) as a 2023 APTA Association Leadership ... Continue Reading Shenandoah DPT Student Earns APTA…
Robert Kidd, Pharm.D., Ph.D., a stalwart of Shenandoah University’s pharmacy program, is the new dean of SU’s Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy. Dr. Kidd, who has served as interim dean of SU’s ... Continue Reading Dr. Robert Kidd Named Dean…
Assistant Professor of Flute Julietta Curenton, M.M., will perform with the JACK Quartet at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 25, as part of a Philadelphia Chamber Music Society program that includes the ... Continue Reading Curenton Performs with JACK Quartet
Shot on the Shenandoah University campus during the 2023 J Term semester, “Sides” represents an interdepartmental conservatory collaboration between acting, musical theatre, theater design and ... Continue Reading Film Project ‘Sides’ Celebrates Interdepartmental…
Director and Associate Professor of Music Production & Recording Technology Golder O'Neill ’92, M.M.E., and Tom Preston ’23 (Bachelor of Music in Music Production & Recording Technology) held ... Continue Reading O’Neill ’92 and Preston ’23…
A Shenandoah University doctoral student’s occupational therapy capstone project is set to help Winchester-area residents learn more about aging in place. Carolyn Adams ’23 is partnering with Blue ... Continue Reading Capstone Project Benefits Community OT…
ShenCo Labyrinth (the class of 2023 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance and Bachelor of Arts in Dance majors) participated in professional development trips to New York City and Los Angeles, California, ... Continue Reading Senior Dance Students Travel to…
Kalysta Bryant ’23 (Bachelor of Music Therapy) was awarded the first Ben-Dov Family, Luminescence Foundation Music Therapy Scholarship. In partnership with A Place to Be, Bryant will receive a $12,000 ... Continue Reading Bryant ’23 Awarded First Ben-Dov…
Julian Baldwin ’22 (Bachelor of Music in Performance) and Matthew Jones ’24 (Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance) will perform as part of an a cappella chamber choir on Saturday Night Live (SNL) in ... Continue Reading Baldwin ’22 and Jones ’24…
In 2015, the family of Vivian Christy Sansoni created a scholarship to the Shenandoah Conservatory Arts Academy (SCAA) in her memory. Vivian was a youth actress, singer, dancer and musician, and the ... Continue Reading Students Selected for the 2022-23…
Shenandoah University is excited to announce that it is expanding its already diverse list of academic offerings by adding a new undergraduate engineering program with four unique concentrations in ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Adding New Engineering Program…
Ada Rexrode ’23 (Bachelor of Music in Music Education) and Sarah Gorman ’23 (Bachelor of Music in Music Education) were both awarded a $5,000 scholarship award from the Hattie M. Strong Foundation ... Continue Reading Rexrode ’23 and Gorman ’23…
Church Music Institute Director and Adjunct Associate Professor of Organ Wayne L. Wold ’07, D.M.A., was commissioned to compose a piece for the Maryland State Boychoir. “All Shall Be Honored with ... Continue Reading Wold ’07 Commissioned to Write…
Actor Danny Martin ’20 (Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre) recently joined the national tour of “Anastasia.” ... Continue Reading Martin ’20 Joins National Tour…
Victor Brown Endowed Chair in Violin and Associate Professor of Violin Akemi Takayama, D.M.A., earned her Doctor of Musical Arts in violin performance from Stony Brook University in December ... Continue Reading Takayama Earns D.M.A. in Performance…
Nick Grzeda, a third-year Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership student and graduate of Shenandoah’s Professional Studies Certificate in Administration & Supervision program was recently ... Continue Reading Education Doctoral Student Honored With…
Brody Grant ’21 (Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre) and Kiki Lemieux ’21 (Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre) are starring in the pre-Broadway tryout of “The Outsiders” at the La Jolla ... Continue Reading Grant ’21 and Lemieux ’21…
Being a doctoral student in music and maintaining a music career that includes a busy paid performance schedule around the country are not mutually exclusive. Noah Alden Hardaway ’21, ’24, M.M., who ... Continue Reading A Harmonious Interplay Noah Alden…