Conservatory Faculty News

Professor Emerita of Voice, Choral Conducting and Choral Music and Adjunct Professor of Music (Conducting) Karen Keating ’02, D.M.A., led a trip to Salzburg, Austria,…

The Shenandoah Conservatory Dance Division welcomes Adjunct Associate Professor of Dance Ruddy A. Frias, B.F.A., as its guest artist-in-residence this fall. Dance students will have…

Assistant Professor of Piano Pedagogy & Performance Marika Bournaki, M.M., and Associate Professor of Cello Julian Schwarz, M.M., performed and participated in a number of…

The Shenandoah Conservatory music therapy program celebrates 30 years of Chimers at Shenandoah University this year. VSA Chimers was established in 1994 under the direction…

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.…

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…

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…

“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…

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…

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…