Conservatory

Vester Selected as One of the Top 30 Professionals of the Year by Musical America

Director and Assistant Professor of Contemporary Music Rod Vester, Ph.D., was selected as one of the Top 30 Professionals of the Year by Musical America.…

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Music Education Students and Faculty Attend and Support 2021 VMEA Conference

Shenandoah Conservatory sent 58 undergraduate music education students to attend and assist with the annual Virginia Music Educators Association (VMEA) conference in Norfolk, Virginia, from…

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Shenandoah Conservatory Announces Winners of the 2021/22 Student Soloists Competition

Shenandoah Conservatory announces the winners of the 2021/22 Student Soloists Competition (SSC) on behalf of the SSC committee. The final round of the competition was…

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Shores ’99 Mixes and Masters 2021 Latin Grammy Award-winning Classical Album

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music Production & Recording Technology Dan Shores ’99, B.M., mixed and mastered “Latin American Classics” featuring Venezuelan pianist Kristhyan Benitez, the…

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Class of 2022 Senior Dancers Present ‘ShenCo Phoenix Senior Dance Concert’

The class of 2022 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance majors presented the “ShenCo Phoenix Senior Dance Concert” on Thursday, Nov. 18 through Saturday, Nov.…

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Symphony Orchestra Announces 2022 Chile Tour

  TOUR CANCELLED The Shenandoah Conservatory Symphony Orchestra’s tour to Chile in May 2022 has been canceled.   Two years after the planned tour to…

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Conservatory Choir Collaborates with IN Series for ‘Bohème in the Heights’

After a successful collaboration on a virtual production of Gluck’s “Orfée et Eurydice” in the fall of 2020, the Washington, D.C.-based opera company IN Series…

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Vocal/Choral Division Commissions New Arrangements for Collaborative Choral and Brass Concert

Associate Professor of Voice and Director of Choral Activities Matt Oltman, D.M.A., and the Shenandoah Conservatory Vocal/Choral Division commissioned Vince Peterson ’24 (Doctor of Musical…

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Shenandoah Conservatory Adopts New Mission Statement

Shenandoah Conservatory adopted a new mission statement this month: “As a visionary and collaborative arts community, we educate motivated students in a supportive and inclusive…

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Alumni and Emeriti Faculty Represented in Renowned Gala Event

Cellist Jeremiah Shaw ’11 (Bachelor of Music in Music Production & Recording Technology) of Telegraph Quartet and Professor Emeritus of Composition and Musical Theatre Thomas…

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