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The 2025 Shenandoah University Marching Band celebrates in the stands.

Class of 2026 Reflects on the Growth and Evolution of the Marching Band

Seniors become the first students to spend all four years in the band

By Natalie Gales ’25 In the 2022 Fall Term, the Shenandoah University Marching Band made its debut performance on Glo Fiber Field at Shentel Stadium.…

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Music Education Program Shines at Annual VMEA Conference

Music Education Program Shines at Annual VMEA Conference

Shenandoah Conservatory’s music education program traveled to Norfolk, Virginia, for the annual Virginia Music Educators Association​ (VMEA) conference held Nov. 20, through Nov. 23. All…

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Symphony Orchestra, Conservatory Choir, Joel Puckett

Shenandoah University Commissions and Performs New Work by Puckett ’99 for Sesquicentennial Celebration

Symphony Orchestra and Conservatory Choir to Premiere Work in Special Concert

Shenandoah University’s sesquicentennial celebration continues with the presentation of “150 Years Young,” a concert honoring the university’s legacy and future, at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday,…

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Shenandoah Alumnus Named Assistant Superintendent in Fauquier County, Virginia

Matthew Yonkey ’03 has been named the assistant superintendent of administration for Fauquier County Public Schools in Virginia. He began his career in Fauquier County…

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New ‘Perennial Order’ Album Features J. Aaron Hardwick and Julian Crowhurst

New ‘Perennial Order’ Album Features Hardwick ’21, ’22 and Crowhurst ’13

The album “Perennial Order – Suite for Orchestra” was released last month as a digital single album on the BR-KLASSIK (ARD Klassik) international label. It…

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Jesse Terry

Jesse Terry Appointed Interim Director of CMED and Visiting Assistant Professor of Music

Shenandoah Conservatory announces the appointment of award-winning songwriter, performer and educator Jesse Terry, B.M., as interim director of contemporary musicianship & entrepreneur development (CMED) and…

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Sunday Art in the Park series with Reston Town Center Association and Reston Community Center

Sunday Art in the Park Culminates an Outstanding Season with Two Final August Performances

Presented by Reston Community Center and Reston Town Center Association in partnership with Shenandoah Conservatory

The 2025 season of Sunday Art in the Park with Shenandoah Conservatory — a nine-year partnership that showcases the extraordinary faculty, students, alumni and friends…

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