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Music Education Program Shines at Annual VMEA Conference

Music Education Program Shines at Annual VMEA Conference

Shenandoah Conservatory’s music education program traveled to Norfolk, Virginia, for the annual Virginia Music Educators Association​ (VMEA) conference held Nov. 20, through Nov. 23. All…

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Alexander Serio

Serio ’09 Named Interim Executive Director of Juneau Jazz & Classics

Trumpeter, educator and administrator Alexander Serio ’09 (Bachelor of Music in Performance) was recently appointed interim executive director of Juneau Jazz & Classics, a nonprofit…

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Alyson (Shirk) Moore

Moore ’10 Featured in Article Celebrating Work with St. Louis Children’s Choir

Alyson (Shirk) Moore ’10 (Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance – Voice) and her work as artistic director of the St. Louis Children’s Choir was…

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Nathaniel Gumbs

Gumbs ’09 Featured in Nike Ad with Ken Griffey Jr.

Nathaniel Gumbs ’09 (Bachelor of Music in Performance) recently collaborated with Nike on a new national television commercial featuring baseball icon Ken Griffey Jr. Although…

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Sarah McCown

McCown ’24 Returns for Second National Tour of ‘Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical’

Sarah McCown ’24 (Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance – Woodwind Doubling) is returning for a second national tour with Crossroads Live for its production…

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John Keane

Keane ’22 Wins Cello Position with Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra

John Keane ’22 (Bachelor of Music in Performance) recently won a cello position with the Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra. He also won the principal cello position…

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Shenandoah Alumnus Named Assistant Superintendent in Fauquier County, Virginia

Matthew Yonkey ’03 has been named the assistant superintendent of administration for Fauquier County Public Schools in Virginia. He began his career in Fauquier County…

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Tracy Fitzsimmons and Tom Sweitzer

Sweitzer ’94, ’11 Awarded SU’s President’s Medal

Tom Sweitzer ’94, ’11 (Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music Theatre – Voice, Graduate Certificate in Music Therapy), M.M.T., MT-BC, received the university’s prestigious President’s…

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Marjory Serrano-Coyer releases new book, “Concertmaster Leadership: A Guide for Violinists”

Serrano-Coyer ’04, ’06, ’08, ’10 Releases New Book on Concertmaster Leadership

Violinist Dr. Marjory Serrano-Coyer ’04, ’06, ’08, ’10 (Bachelor of Music in Performance, Master of Music in Performance, Artist Diploma – Quartet Studies, Artist Diploma…

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