Conservatory Faculty News

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music Literature Alanna Ropchock Tierno, Ph.D., presented the paper, “Palestrina Goes to Poland: The Lutheran Reception of Tridentine Catholic Masses,” on…

Assistant Professor of Percussion Karlyn R. Viña, D.M.A., taught at Interlochen Arts Camp again this summer, working with high school percussion students in percussion ensemble,…