Conservatory Faculty News

Director of Jazz Studies and Trombone Artist-in-Residence Matthew Niess, D.M.A., served as a guest artist and clinician with the Knoxville Youth Jazz Orchestra at Pellissippi…

Director of Bands and Associate Professor of Conducting Tim Robblee, Ph.D., recently served as the guest clinician for the Washington Music Educators Association (WMEA) Performance…

Shenandoah Conservatory dance students and faculty recently returned from attending the  American College Dance Association’s (ACDA) Mid-Atlantic South Conference held at Sweet Briar College from March…

Associate Professor of Music Theory and Embedded Music Theory Tutor Coordinator Rachel Short, Ph.D., participated in WORD – MUSIC – IMAGE: Collaborative Interpretations of Multimodal…

“Voices in the ocean,” a commentary co-authored by Visiting Adjunct Professor of Voice Science Christian T. Herbst, Ph.D., on how toothed whales produce voice, was…

Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Professor of Dance Ting-Yu Chen ’19, Ed.D., is taking on the role as the lead reviewer of the external…

Professor of Voice Byron Jones ’04, D.M.A., will return to serve on the faculty of Seagle Festival for his 11th season this summer. Seagle Festival…

On Feb. 26, the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Board of Directors voted to appoint Director of the Janette Ogg Voice Research Center…

Scenic and Lighting Designer and Associate Professor of Theatre, Scenic and Lighting Design William “Bill” Pierson, M.F.A., has announced his retirement from Shenandoah Conservatory at…

Conductor, Director of Orchestral Studies and Professor of Conducting Jan Wagner, Diploma and Korrepetitions Praxis, Academy of Music in Vienna (Austria), has announced his retirement…