Music Profile Alumni

John Keane ’22 (Bachelor of Music in Performance) won the principal cellist position with the Fredericksburg Symphony Orchestra this summer. The ensemble was founded in…

Shenandoah Conservatory students and faculty from the music education and music therapy programs participated in the Singing in France: Improvisation for Music Educators and Music…

Michael Valentini ’18 (Bachelor of Music in Music Production & Recording Technology) was recently honored with a Virginia Association of Broadcasters (VAB) Award for Best…

Voice pedagogue and bass-baritone Colin B. Johnson ’15, ’20 (Master of Music in Pedagogy – Voice, Doctor of Musical Arts in Pedagogy – Voice) was…

Violinist Nicholas Whitley ’25 (Bachelor of Music in Performance) has been accepted as a teaching assistant at University of Miami’s Frost School of Music. He…

Emily Ilyes ’24 (Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance) was appointed visiting assistant professor of violin at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia. She will teach…

Pictured from left to right: Megan Behm, Rebecca Hopkins, Raquel Johnson, Madeleine Kee, Molly Miller and Naythen B. Rinehart Twelve performing arts leadership and management…

Shenandoah Conservatory’s music therapy program celebrated a major milestone this year, commemorating 50 years of innovation and academic excellence with a two-day event for alumni,…

Adjunct Associate Professor of Music Production & Recording Technology Dan Shores ’99, B.M., and Copenhagen-based sound engineer and producer Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir won a 2025 Icelandic…

Nathaniel Gumbs ’09 (Bachelor of Music in Performance) was recently appointed director of music at Riverside Church in New York City where he will begin…