Alumni Profile

Three Shenandoah Conservatory alumni were recognized among Shenandoah University’s 2026 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients, honoring graduates whose professional achievements, leadership and service have made a…

Saxophonist Patrick Rippeon ’25, ’27 (Bachelor of Music in Performance, Master of Music in Performance) recently won first prize in the saxophone category, ages 17+,…

Shenandoah Conservatory’s acting program will present selected readings from Women+ on the Edge of Democracy: A Collective Portrait of a Nation in Doubt and Transformation…

Shenandoah Conservatory joins the broader university community in mourning the loss of former Shenandoah Conservatory faculty member Michael Forest ’85, ’86, M.M.Ed., who passed away…

For over 25 years, Shenandoah Valley musician and Shenandoah alumna Lisa Fritsch ’04 has shared the gift of music with her community through live performance…

Jonathan A. Noyalas ’01, M.A., Hugh & Virginia McCormick Chair in Civil War History and Director of the McCormick Civil War Institute, recently published a…

Clint Curfman ’24, a Bachelor of Music in performance graduate, has officially stepped into a new artistic chapter under the stage name Clint Westwood. Inspired…

Barbara Cramer Crouse ’66 has added a new chapter to her remarkable creative journey with the publication of her third book, “By These I Am…

Travis Gawason ’25 (Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre Design & Production – Costume Design) is working as a cutter at Vedette Costumes in Manhattan,…

Maggie Waite ’25 (Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre Design & Production – Sound Design & Reinforcement) currently serves as a senior production manager with…