Faculty News

Director Blayne Weaver, who directed “Santa Girl” at Shenandoah, brings Hollywood know-how to the university as the school’s first director in residence. I’m honored to…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

Director of Brass Studies and Trombone Artist-in-Residence Matt Niess, D.M.A., directed two sessions at the National Jazz Workshop (NJW) this summer, which took place on…