Music Profile Alumni

Donnie Hawkins ’27 (Bachelor of Music in Performance – Voice) was selected as a guest ensemble member for the esteemed Heritage Signature Chorale, performing at…

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…

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

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…

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…

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

Three Shenandoah Conservatory alumni were selected as 2025 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients. The awardees will be honored at the Distinguished Alumni Awards Ceremony during Homecoming.…

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…

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…

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…