Update: All SU locations will open at 11 a.m. today, Dec. 5. Classes scheduled to begin before 11 a.m. will meet virtually unless otherwise noted.

Conservatory Faculty News

Edwards ’15 Serves as Pop/Rock Vocal Coach for Berntein’s ‘Mass’

Associate Professor of Voice, Coordinator of Musical Theatre Voice and Artistic Director of the Contemporary Commercial Music (CCM) Vocal Pedagogy Institute Matt Edwards ’15, D.M.A.,…

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Foofat Joins Faculty During Wagner’s Spring 2020 Sabbatical

Shenandoah Conservatory welcomes conductor Nadège Foofat, D.M., for the spring 2020 semester when Conductor, Director of Orchestral Studies and Professor of Conducting Jan Wagner, Diploma…

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Schwarz and Stokes Perform at Carnegie Hall

Assistant Professor of Cello Julian Schwarz, M.M, and Coordinator of Strings and Professor of Bass Donovan Stokes, D.M., performed at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie…

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Shenandoah’s Sensory Friendly Concert Welcomes More Than 100 Guests

The Shenandoah Conservatory music therapy department teamed up with The Musical Autist to present a Sensory Friendly Concert on Friday, Nov. 15, in Goodson Chapel…

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Shenandoah Conservatory Receives $3,000 Grant for World of the Piano Concert

Mr. Richard Lawson, treasurer for Crescent Cities Charities, Inc. presented Shenandoah Conservatory Dean and Professor of Music Michael Stepniak, Ed.D., with a $3,000 grant award…

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Shenandoah Students, Faculty and Alumni Well Represented at 2019 VMEA State Conference

Sixty-eight Shenandoah Conservatory music education majors traveled to the 2019 Virginia Music Educators Association (VMEA) state conference at the Homestead from Thursday, Nov. 21, through…

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Commissioned Work for Bowden and Fung Debuts March 2020

Assistant Professor of Trumpet Mary Elizabeth Bowden, M.A., and Canadian composer Vivian Fung received support from a New Music USA grant to commission Fung to…

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Edwards ’15 Featured in New Book on Training Contemporary Singers

Associate Professor of Voice, Coordinator of Musical Theatre Voice and Artistic Director of the Contemporary Commercial Music (CCM) Vocal Pedagogy Institute Matt Edwards ’15, D.M.A.,…

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Beethoven Bootcamp Moves to Shenandoah Conservatory in Summer 2020

The internationally renowned Beethoven Bootcamp with Distinguished Artist-in-Residence, Chair of Keyboard Division and Professor of Piano John O’Conor, Mus.D., moves to Shenandoah Conservatory, beginning summer…

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Oltman and Conservatory Choir Present “A Christmas Spectacular” for Middleburg Concert Series

Associate Professor of Voice, Conservatory Choir Director and Choral Artist Matt Oltman, D.M.A., and the Conservatory Choir will present “A Christmas Spectacular” at 4 p.m.…

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