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For the second year running, the sustainable hair and skin care bar company Ethique has sent samples of its products to Shenandoah University after establishing a connection with the instructors of ... Continue Reading A Sustainable Relationship Company Sends…
Director of the Janette Ogg Voice Research Center and Associate Professor of Voice (Baritone) and Voice Pedagogy David Meyer, D.M., delivered a keynote talk, “Breathing Strategies for Singing: ... Continue Reading Meyer Delivers Keynote Lecture and…
Shenandoah University presents “Diagnosed,” a play written and directed by Iyona Garner Blake ’00 (Bachelor of Music in Performance), at 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 16, in Shingleton ... Continue Reading Play by Blake ’00 about…
Every member of Shenandoah Conservatory's BFA in musical theatre class of 2023 is starting their career representation. “They did something that is almost unheard of in musical theatre BFA programs,” ... Continue Reading 100% of Shenandoah Conservatory’s BFA…
*Throughout 2023, the “Publication of Note” portion of the newsletter will contain some of the director's favorite collections of essays relevant to the Civil War era in the Shenandoah Valley. While ... Continue Reading Publication of Note | September…
Around 350 members of the Shenandoah University community – staff, faculty, university friends and student volunteers – turned out on Wednesday, Aug. 23, to help the university’s newest undergraduate ... Continue Reading Shenandoah University Welcomes Newest Students…
Career and Professional Development will have an information table set up at the Brandt Student Center on select Fridays throughout the 2023-24 academic year to help answer questions about the various ... Continue Reading Visit The Career And Professional…
The Brandt Student Center (BSC) has new operating hours for the 2023-2024 academic year. Beginning Aug. 23, the BSC will be open during the following times with extended dining hours: Monday - ... Continue Reading Brandt Student Center’s New Hours…
Career and Professional Development is offering extended evening hours for student appointments on the second and fourth Mondays of each month from 5-7 p.m. throughout the fall and spring semesters. ... Continue Reading Career And Professional Development Offering…
Shenandoah Conservatory welcomes Professor of Dance Ting-Yu Chen ’19, Ed.D., Professor of Theatre Carolyn Coulson, Ph.D., and Executive Director of the Shenandoah Conservatory Arts Academy, Adjunct ... Continue Reading Chen ’19, Coulson and Green-Flint…
Dr. Yuling Huang-Davie ’93 (Master of Music in Performance – Piano) was awarded a Fulbright Scholar Award and will travel to Malaysia during the 2023/24 academic year. She is joined by her husband Dr. ... Continue Reading Huang-Davie ’93 Receives Fulbright Scholar…
Director of Guitar Studio and Associate Professor of Guitar Colin Davin, M.M., toured in Australia and New Zealand this summer. Highlights included a solo concert, masterclass and lecture at the Perth ... Continue Reading Davin Tours and Performs in…
Professor of Theatre Kirsten Trump, M.F.A., and guitarist Billy Thompson will present “Songs from the Sleepy Creek,” an evening of spoken word and song, at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 9, at the Ice ... Continue Reading Trump and Thompson Perform Spoken…
Shenandoah University President Tracy Fitzsimmons, Ph.D., appeared on the Isn’t She Amazing podcast on Tuesday, Aug. 8, focusing on how to support and launch college-bound students. During the ... Continue Reading President Fitzsimmons Appears on ‘Isn’t…
Instructor of Entrepreneurship, YesBuilds Founder and author Yolanda Shields, Ph.D., and Associate Professor of Management Montressa Washington, Ph.D. hosted an hour-long webinar on the “Gig Economy: ... Continue Reading The Gig Economy: How To…
Associate Dean for Academic Success and Professor of Dance Ting-Yu Chen ’19, Ed.D., gave a master workshop on Somatic Practice and Artmaking to 20 Master of Fine Art students at Wilson College in ... Continue Reading Chen ’19 Presents Workshop on…
Scott Monahan’s ’11 (Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting) feature film and directorial debut “Anchorage” is running for one week from Friday, Aug. 11, through Thursday, Aug. 17, at the Cinema Village in ... Continue Reading ‘Anchorage’ by Monahan ’11 Featured…
Shenandoah Conservatory is proud to unveil its latest endeavor, the Ryuji Ueno Institute for Mind & Music Experience. This new institution marks a significant milestone in the conservatory's ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Conservatory Launches Ryuji Ueno…
Assistant Professor of Percussion Karlyn R. Viña, D.M.A., returned to teach at Interlochen Center for the Arts’ Summer Arts Camp in Michigan this summer. This year, she worked primarily with the World ... Continue Reading Viña Teaches at Interlochen’s Summer…
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music Literature Alanna Ropchock Tierno, Ph.D., presented a poster, “Mass Ordinaries from the Munich Choirbooks Through the Lens of Reformation,” at the 2023 Annual ... Continue Reading Tierno Presents Research at Medieval…
Adjunct Auxiliary Associate Professor of Dance Mary Robare, B.A., taught ballet for Shenandoah Conservatory’s highly successful Summer Dance Intensive. She also taught several dance classes for ... Continue Reading Robare Teaches Dance Throughout Summer…
Director of Opera and Associate Professor Ella Marchment, B.Mus., directed “Le Roi de Lahore” at the Dorset Opera Festival in the United Kingdom this summer. This was the first time the opera has been ... Continue Reading Marchment Directs Operas at Dorset…
The play “20 Seconds,” written and performed by Thomas Sweitzer ’94, ’11 (Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music Theatre – Voice, Graduate Certificate in Music Therapy), M.M.T., MT-BC, and directed and ... Continue Reading Sweitzer ’94, ’11 and Blaustein…
Sarah Howard-Carter ’01 (Bachelor of Music in Performance) was featured in a video and article produced by CrossFit. Known as “The Lifting Flutist,” Technical Sergeant Howard-Carter is a flutist with ... Continue Reading Howard-Carter ’01 Featured in CrossFit…
Bassoonist Garrett Brown ’17 (Bachelor of Music in Music Education) won an audition for the 2nd bassoon position with the West Point Band for the United States Army in March 2023. Before accepting ... Continue Reading Brown ’17 Wins 2nd Bassoon…
Tenor, actor and advocate Julian Baldwin ’22 (Bachelor of Music in Performance) made their opera stage debut this month with Lamplighters Music Theatre in San Francisco, California. They are ... Continue Reading Baldwin ’22 Makes Opera Stage…
Shenandoah University’s Division of Physical Therapy is celebrating a milestone this year: 30 years of SUPT graduating classes! The division will celebrate three decades of excellence with events in ... Continue Reading Physical Therapy Alumni Weekend 2023
Each year, the Shenandoah University Alumni Association honors deserving alumni with the Distinguished Alumni Awards. To be selected, alumni must make significant achievements in their chosen ... Continue Reading 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients
Dylan Stukenberg ’27 (Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre) and Julian DiNapoli ’27 (Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre) were cast in the new musical “Winner” which is having its ... Continue Reading Stukenberg ’27 and DiNapoli ’27…
Shenandoah Conservatory announces the appointment of David Greenberg, M.F.A., as visiting assistant professor of theatre - sound design and reinforcement, beginning this month. “I’m excited to be ... Continue Reading David Greenberg Appointed Visiting Assistant…
On July 1, Angela Rudolph-Wiseman (B ’99) was appointed by Governor Glenn Younkin to the Virginia Board of Accountancy. (Pictured to the left.) Corcoran Holt (C ’04) is an assistant professor of jazz ... Continue Reading August 2023 Class Notes
On Saturday, July 22 , “Across the Arts with Patrick D. McCoy” hosted a special live conversation and reception with Michael Stepniak, Ed.D., in honor of his recent promotion from dean of Shenandoah ... Continue Reading McCoy ’05 Hosts Live Conversation…
Director and Assistant Professor of Contemporary Music and Coordinator for Conservatory in the Community Rod Vester, Ph.D., served with the faculty in residence at the University of Arkansas in the ... Continue Reading Vester Serves with Faculty in…
In June, the Audio Engineering Society (AES) International Conference on Audio Archiving, Preservation & Restoration was held at the U.S. Library of Congress (LOC) National Audio-Visual ... Continue Reading MPRT Students Participate in AES…
Shenandoah Conservatory is delighted to announce that Marc Bamuthi Joseph, a spoken-word poet, dancer, playwright and actor who frequently directs stand-alone hip-hop theater and current vice ... Continue Reading Marc Bamuthi Joseph Announced as…
Alexa Guadagnoli ’24 (Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance) is a dancer at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, in one of her first professional contracts, performing in both “Snoopy’s Dog Days of Summer” and ... Continue Reading Guadagnoli ’24 Dances for Cedar…
