Conservatory Faculty News

Friday Faculty Spotlight: Anna Alex, M.F.A.

We’re All Ears When It Comes to the Work of One of Shenandoah’s Newest Faculty Members

Welcome to the Friday Faculty Spotlight! This week, we’re talking with Shenandoah Conservatory Assistant Professor of Sound Design & Reinforcement Anna Alex, M.F.A. Alex is…

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Book by McManus Receives Positive Review in Choice Magazine

The book “Brahms in the Priesthood of Art: Gender and Art Religion in the Nineteenth-century German Musical Imagination,” written by Coordinator of Music Literature and…

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Faculty in Eric Byrd Trio Awarded Maryland Governor’s Citation

Maryland governor Larry Hogan welcomed the Baltimore-based Eric Byrd Trio — featuring Adjunct Assistant Professor of Jazz Piano Eric Byrd, M.M., M.A., and Adjunct Associate…

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Romano ’91 and Short Co-present at Pedagogy Conference at Michigan State University

Adjunct Associate Professor of Musicianship Charlene Romano ’91, M.M., and Assistant Professor of Music Theory and Embedded Music Theory Tutor Coordinator Rachel Short, Ph.D., were…

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Romano ’91 Presents Flute Workshops to Local Students and Performs in Maryland

Adjunct Associate Professor of Musicianship Charlene Romano ’91, M.M., presented a series of flute fundamentals workshops to flute students at Daniel Morgan Intermediate School and…

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Harris ’10 Remembered on 10–year Anniversary of Death

The Theatre Division, along with Alpha Psi Omega and Phi Mu Alpha, held a brief memorial commemorating the 10-year anniversary of the death of Ira…

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Bowden Performs in Spain, New Mexico and Turkey

Assistant Professor of Trumpet Mary Elizabeth Bowden, M.A., performed in Spain at the Tubala Brass Week in Tafalla with Seraph Brass in December 2021. In…

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Schwarz Performs with Monterey Symphony

Assistant Professor of Cello Julian Schwarz, M.M., performed “Cello Concerto No. 1” by Dmitri Shostakovich with the Monterey Symphony as conducted by Donato Cabrera on…

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Bournaki Performs with Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra

Visiting Assistant Professor of Piano Pedagogy and Performance Marika Bournaki, M.M., recently performed “Piano Concerto No. 1” by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky with the Duluth Superior…

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Music Therapy Program Partners with WMC to Launch Music Therapy Program

The Shenandoah Conservatory music therapy program has partnered with Valley Health to launch a music therapy program at Winchester Medical Center (WMC). Adjunct Assistant Professor…

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