Conservatory Faculty News

O’Conor Featured in Videos on Teaching and Performing Works by Beethoven and Haydn

Distinguished Artist-in-Residence, Chair of Keyboard Division and Professor of Piano John O’Conor, Mus.D., traveled to New York for two weeks to record videos for Tonebase,…

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2019 CMI Participants Study Breadth and Diversity of Sacred Song

The Church Music Institute (CMI) meets every summer during the last two weeks of June as part of a three-year cycle studying the work of…

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Hudson and Wollner Help Develop New Works with LAByrinth Theater Company

Director of Acting and Associate Professor of Theatre Scott Hudson, M.F.A., and Visiting Associate Professor of Theatre Martha Wollner, M.A., workshopped several new plays as…

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2019 Bass Coalition Trains Musicians of All Skill Levels

The 2019 Bass Coalition Stokes Intensive Session, held at Shenandoah Conservatory from June 11 through June 15, hosted six classical and jazz bassists (ages 16…

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Wollner Co-directs Devised Play ‘Night Shift’

Visiting Associate Professor of Theatre Martha Wollner, M.A., participated in a reading of “Night Shift,” a devised play directed by Wollner, LAByrinth Theatre and executive…

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Carson Serves as Panelist at Prague Quadrennial Canadian National Exhibition Roundtable

Assistant Professor of Theatre – Lighting Design Andrew Carson, M.F.A., was an invited panelist at the Prague Quadrennial Canadian National exhibition roundtable speaking on sustainability…

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Music Therapy Program Partners with Kyoto University for Research on Dementia Care in Japan

The music therapy program established a research partnership with Distinguished Visiting Lecturer of Conservatory Academics Ryuji Ueno, Ph.D., and Kyoto University neurology department for a…

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Oltman Serves on Faculty at CORO/Simpson College

Associate Professor of Voice, Conservatory Choir Director and Choral Artist Matt Oltman, D.M.A., served on faculty at the CORO/Simpson College three-summer master’s in choral conducting,…

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Short Awarded Clark Short-Term Fellowship for Research in Oscar Wilde Collection

Assistant Professor of Music Theory Rachel Short, Ph.D., was awarded a Clark Short-Term Fellowship for research at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) William…

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