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2026/27 Conservatory Convocation Highlights

Shenandoah Conservatory Celebrates a Groundbreaking Year at 2026/27 Conservatory Convocation

Shenandoah Conservatory welcomed incoming and returning students to the 2026/27 academic year during its annual Conservatory Convocation on Wednesday, Sept. 2, in Ohrstrom-Bryant Theatre. Centered…

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Well-Being Concert Series

Shenandoah Conservatory Awarded Virginia Commission for the Arts Grant to Support Launch of Well-Being Concert Series

Shenandoah Conservatory has been awarded a $5,000 Community Impact Grant from the Virginia Commission for the Arts to support the launch of its innovative Well-Being…

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Ryan Romine

Romine Showcases Scholarship and Performance at International Double Reed Society Conference

Associate Professor of Bassoon Ryan Romine, D.M.A., recently presented and performed at the annual conference of the International Double Reed Society (IDRS), held July 7-11,…

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Colin Davin and Hang Yin

Davin and Yin ’25 Showcase Performance and Scholarship at GFA International Convention

Director of Guitar Studio and Professor of Guitar Colin Davin, M.M., and recent conservatory graduate Hang Yin ’25 (Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance) were…

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Laurie McManus

McManus Receives American Musicological Society Publication Grant

Coordinator of Music Literature and Associate Professor of Music History & Literature Laurie McManus, Ph.D., was awarded a publication subvention grant from the American Musicological…

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Alanna Ropchock Tierno

Tierno Presents Research at International Medieval and Renaissance Music Conference

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music Literature Alanna Ropchock Tierno, Ph.D., recently presented her research paper “Lost Sources and Confessional Borrowing: A Snapshot of Music and…

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Theatre Students Travel to London for GEL Trip

Theatre Students Travel to London for GEL Trip

Twenty theatre students travelled to London for two weeks in May with Associate Dean for Faculty & Academic Affairs and Professor of Theatre Carolyn Coulson,…

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Jennifer Flitton Adams

Adams Designs Costumes for ‘Come From Away’ at Totem Pole Playhouse

Costume Designer and Associate Professor of Costume Design Jennifer Flitton Adams, M.F.A., recently designed the costumes for the regional premiere of “Come From Away” at…

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Robare Teaches Dance for Valley Dance Theatre’s Summer Ballet Intensive

Robare Teaches Dance for Valley Dance Theatre’s Summer Ballet Intensive

Auxiliary Adjunct Associate Professor of Dance Mary Robare, B.A., taught ballet and variations for Valley Dance Theatre’s summer ballet intensive in Staunton, Virginia.

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