Conservatory Faculty News

Celebrating 50 Years of Music Therapy at Shenandoah Conservatory

This year, Shenandoah Conservatory students, faculty and alumni join together to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the music therapy program, which launched in September 1974.…

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Finn Releases New Music Video for Original Song, ‘Necessary Scars’

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Songwriting Juli Finn, B.M., recently released a new music video for her original song, “Necessary Scars.” “Necessary Scars” is a poignant…

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Transitioning to Dorico: A Practical Seminar for Professional Composers

The recent news of MakeMusic discontinuing Finale has had a seismic effect on the music community. After creating a path for Finale-users to move to…

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Book by Tierno on Polyphonic Mass Published by Boydell & Brewer

“The Polyphonic Mass in Early Lutheran Central Europe,” a book written by Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music Literature Alanna Ropchock Tierno, Ph.D., was recently published…

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Opera Production Directed by Marchment Nominated for 2024 International Opera Awards

The production of Camille Erlanger’s “L’Aube rouge,” which was directed by Director of Opera and Associate Professor Ella Marchment, B.Mus., last October at Wexford Festival…

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Kelly ’18 Joins Washington Commanders Marching Band and Drumline

Instructional Assistant and Dance Accompanist (Percussion) Daniel “D.K.” Kelly II ’18 (Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies) recently joined the National Football League’s Washington Commanders…

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Remembering Conservatory Professor Emeritus Stephen Johnston

Professor Emeritus of Conducting and Clarinet Stephen Johnston, D.M.A., passed away at the age of 82 on Friday, Aug. 16. Shenandoah Conservatory joins the larger…

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Marchment Serves on Panel for Opera America’s Feedback Auditions Program

Director of Opera and Associate Professor Ella Marchment, B.Mus., served on an audition panel with Opera America on Saturday, Aug. 24, as part of the…

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Dooley-Brown ’11, ’19 Featured in The Winchester Star for Work with Grafton Integrated Health Network

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music Therapy Musicianship Fredrica Dooley-Brown ’11, ’19, M.M.T., MT-BC, was featured in The Winchester Star article, “Kids with special needs shine…

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Marchment Directs ‘Die zauberflöte’ at Berlin Opera Academy

Director of Opera and Associate Professor Ella Marchment, B.Mus., directed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Die zauberflöte (The Magic Flute, K. 620)” this summer for Berlin Opera…

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