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2025 Shenandoah Guitar Festival featured artists

Internationally Acclaimed Guitarists Perform at Shenandoah Guitar Festival

Sharon Isbin • Colin Davin • Jocelyn Gould • Rafael Padrón • ArcoStrum

Multiple GRAMMY Award-winning classical guitarist Sharon Isbin will headline the second Shenandoah Guitar Festival, held from Friday, June 27, through Sunday, June 29 at Shenandoah…

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Grant Benefits Shenandoah Guitar Festival

Shenandoah Conservatory Event in June Welcomes Pros, Students and Anyone Who Loves The Instrument

A $13,000 grant from The Augustine Foundation is supplementing Shenandoah Guitar Festival operations this summer.  The festival brings together guitar professionals, students, amateurs, enthusiasts, and…

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Wood ’28 and Robinson ’26 Win Top Prizes at VMTA Concerto Competition

Andrew Wood ’28 (Bachelor of Music in Performance) won first prize and Erik Robinson ’26 (Bachelor of Music in Performance) won second prize at the…

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Shenandoah Conservatory Announces Winners of the 2025/26 Student Soloists Competition

Shenandoah Conservatory announces the winners of the 2025/26 Student Soloists Competition (SSC) on behalf of the SSC committee. Competition Winners Christopher Gilley, cello (Category I)…

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Piano Students and Faculty Experience Steinway & Sons’ Spirio Piano

A group of SU piano students and faculty attended a demonstration of Steinway & Sons’ Spirio piano at the Steinway Piano Gallery in North Bethesda,…

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Piano and Guitar Students Perform on Music at Noon Series

Pianists Jean Lin ’26 (Artist Diploma) and Sarah Morris ’24, ’25 (Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance, Graduate Certificate in Performing Arts Health & Fitness),…

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Angel ’26 Wins First Prize in College Division of Sidney Forrest Clarinet Competition

Darian Angel ’26 (Bachelor of Music in Performance) won first prize in the College Division of the Sidney Forrest Clarinet Competition at the University of…

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Shenandoah Conservatory Concludes International Tour of Portugal and Spain with Performances of Handel’s ‘Acis & Galatea’

Shenandoah Conservatory students and faculty recently returned from a successful international tour across Portugal and Spain, presenting a concert staging of Handel’s “Acis & Galatea”…

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