Phil Aguaglia of PaGu Batons presented a lecture presentation on baton history and fabrication at noon on Wednesday, Feb. 19 in Armstrong Hall, Room 39. He was also available for custom fittings from ... Continue Reading Phil Aguaglia of PaGu Batons…
Hillary Ridgley Appointed Assistant Professor of Music Education (Choral Emphasis)
Following a national search, Shenandoah Conservatory has appointed Hillary Ridgley, Ph.D., as assistant professor of music education (choral emphasis) beginning August 2020. She will join the music ... Continue Reading Hillary Ridgley Appointed Assistant Professor…
Foofat Joins Faculty During Wagner’s Spring 2020 Sabbatical
Shenandoah Conservatory welcomes conductor Nadège Foofat, D.M., for the spring 2020 semester when Conductor, Director of Orchestral Studies and Professor of Conducting Jan Wagner, Diploma and ... Continue Reading Foofat Joins Faculty During Wagner’s…
Shenandoah Conservatory Announces Winners Of The 2019/20 Student Soloists Competition
Shenandoah Conservatory announces the winners of the 2019/20 Student Soloists Competition (SSC) on behalf of the SSC committee. The final round of the competition was held at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Conservatory Announces Winners Of…
Shenandoah’s Sensory Friendly Concert Welcomes More Than 100 Guests
The Shenandoah Conservatory music therapy department teamed up with The Musical Autist to present a Sensory Friendly Concert on Friday, Nov. 15, in Goodson Chapel – Recital Hall. This event welcomed ... Continue Reading Shenandoah’s Sensory Friendly Concert Welcomes…
Edwards ’15 Featured in New Book on Training Contemporary Singers
Associate Professor of Voice, Coordinator of Musical Theatre Voice and Artistic Director of the Contemporary Commercial Music (CCM) Vocal Pedagogy Institute Matt Edwards ’15, D.M.A., was one of 26 ... Continue Reading Edwards ’15 Featured in New…
Jokubaviciute Collaboration with Midori Receives Critical Acclaim from The Washington Post
Assistant Professor of Piano Ieva Jokubaviciute, M.M., received a wonderful review by The Washington Post for her collaboration with Midori following the duo’s performance at the Library of Congress ... Continue Reading Jokubaviciute Collaboration with Midori Receives…
Guest Organist Hosts Seminar on ‘Composing for the Liturgy and for the Organ in Our Time’
Guest organist David Hurd hosts a seminar on “Composing for the Liturgy and for the Organ in Our Time” from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 8, in Goodson Chapel – Recital Hall. Hurd is widely ... Continue Reading Guest Organist Hosts Seminar on…
Minagawa ’20 Performs at Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Japan Pianist’s Trip Supported by Shenandoah Conservatory Student Development Grant
Pianist Hidemi Minagawa ’20 performed at the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Sept. 26, in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s ... Continue Reading Minagawa ’20 Performs at Embassy…
Horn ’19 and Robinson Awarded Best Overall Poster for Research at Conference
Johanna Horn ’19, MT-BC, and Perinatal Education Coordinator at INOVA Loudoun Hospital Jaimee Robinson, MSN, RNC-OB, received the 2019 Virginia Nursing Association Mind Matters Conference best overall ... Continue Reading Horn ’19 and Robinson Awarded…
Carroll Speaks on Voice Dangers and Diagnostics to Anatomy Class
The Janette Ogg Voice Research Center at Shenandoah Conservatory hosted Dr. L. Thomas Carroll as a guest speaker on Friday, Sept. 27, in Ruebush Hall, Room 128. Dr. Carroll is from Harvard ... Continue Reading Carroll Speaks on Voice Dangers…
Steinway D Restored at Shenandoah Conservatory
Shenandoah Conservatory celebrated the restoration of the Steinway & Sons concert grand 532610 with a private reception and performance featuring piano faculty and students. Its classic ebony ... Continue Reading Steinway D Restored at Shenandoah…
2019 CMI Participants Study Breadth and Diversity of Sacred Song
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 a church musician. This summer CMI studied the breadth and ... Continue Reading 2019 CMI Participants Study Breadth…
Instrumental Conducting Symposium Welcomes 30+ Conductors from Around the World
Shenandoah Conservatory hosted the seventh annual Instrumental Conducting Symposium under the direction of Director of Bands and Associate Professor of Conducting Timothy J. Robblee, Ph.D. Dr. Rob ... Continue Reading Instrumental Conducting Symposium Welcomes 30+…
2019 CCM Institute Trains 141 Participants from Around the World
The 2019 Contemporary Commercial Music (CCM) Vocal Pedagogy Institute welcomed 141 participants, including eight from other countries, including France, Canada and England. The CCM Lifetime ... Continue Reading 2019 CCM Institute Trains 141…
Music Therapy Program Partners with Kyoto University for Research on Dementia Care in Japan
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 major ... Continue Reading Music Therapy Program Partners with…
Students Study Arts Leadership in Greece During GEL Trip
From May 20 through May 31, 11 students traveled to Greece for the Summer Arts Leadership Institute GEL trip with Director and Associate Professor of Performing Arts Leadership & Management David ... Continue Reading Students Study Arts Leadership in…
Cantus Singers Explore Austria During Strudel, Steins and Song GEL Trip
From May 25 through June 6, members of the Cantus Singers traveled to Austria for the Strudel, Steins and Song GEL trip with Professor of Voice, Choral Conducting and Choral Music Karen Keating, ... Continue Reading Cantus Singers Explore Austria During…
Oshiro ’22 Receives $10,000 Award to Support Race and #RealTalk Program
Shana Oshiro ’22 (Master of Music in Music Therapy) along with her colleagues from Harmony’s African-American Legacy Organization (HALO) received a $10,000 award from the Barbershop Harmony Society's ... Continue Reading Oshiro ’22 Receives $10,000 Award…
Berger ’13, ’24 Launches Research Study at Children’s National Medical Center
Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., added a second full-time music therapy position to its oncology unit, and the current music therapist, Mariagracia Rivas Berger '13, ’24 ... Continue Reading Berger ’13, ’24 Launches Research…
Poster Co-produced by Horn ’19 Accepted for Presentation at Nursing Conference
Johanna Horn ’19, MT-BC (Master of Music in Music Therapy) and Perinatal Education Coordinator at INOVA Loudoun Hospital Jaimee Robinson, MSN, RNC-OB, recently had their poster, “The Psychosocial ... Continue Reading Poster Co-produced by Horn ’19…
Shenandoah Trombone Collective Performs at American Trombone Workshop and More
The Shenandoah Trombone Collective presented its first public concert on Feb. 18. It also performed at The American Trombone Workshop hosted by The U.S. Army Band at Fort Myer, Virginia, on March 8, ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Trombone Collective Performs at…
Guest Music Therapist Michael Viega Presents “Rising from the Ashes”
Guest music therapist Michael Viega presents “Rising from the Ashes” at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, April 15, in Glaize Studio Theatre. “Rising from the Ashes” is a performance that represents the results of ... Continue Reading Guest Music Therapist Michael Viega…
Singers Perform for Residents at Shenandoah Valley Westminster-Canterbury
On Wednesday, March 6, a group of singers, accompanied by pianist Cahal Masterson ’19, presented a program of Mozart duets and trios for the residents of Shenandoah Valley Westminster-Canterbury. ... Continue Reading Singers Perform for Residents at…
Virginia NATS Celebrates Successful Conference at Shenandoah Conservatory
On March 1 and March 2, Shenandoah Conservatory hosted the annual spring conference of the Virginia chapter of National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS). Over the course of the two-day event, ... Continue Reading Virginia NATS Celebrates Successful Conference…
Kim ’19 and Hardwick ’20 Conduct Symphony Orchestra
Graduate conducting students Jongbin Kim ’19 and Aaron Hardwick ’20 conduced the Shenandoah Conservatory Symphony Orchestra at 8 p.m. on Monday, March 25, in Armstrong Concert Hall. The performance ... Continue Reading Kim ’19 and Hardwick ’20…
Brass Studio Participates in Mock Wedding Performance
Shenandoah Conservatory brass students participated in a mock brass quintet wedding performance on Wednesday, Feb. 27, in Goodson Chapel – Recital Hall, under the direction of Adjunct Associate ... Continue Reading Brass Studio Participates in Mock…
Shenandoah Celebrates World Music Therapy Day
Shenandoah’s music therapy department celebrated its practice and the touching of hearts around the world through music on World Music Therapy Day (WMTD), Friday, March 1, with celebration, advocacy ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Celebrates World Music Therapy…
Cassard Presents Insightful Piano Masterclass on French Repertoire
French pianist and recent World of the Piano guest artist Phillipe Cassard presented an insightful and invigorating masterclass for Shenandoah Conservatory students, giving them the opportunity ... Continue Reading Cassard Presents Insightful Piano Masterclass…
Saul ’18, ’20 Participates in Flute Masterclass with Sir James Galway at Kennedy Center
Flutist Sarah Saul ’18, ’20, performed Lowell Liebermann's "Concerto for Flute and Orchestra, op. 39" in the March 14 masterclass with Sir James Galway at 7:30 p.m. in Kennedy Center's Terrace ... Continue Reading Saul ’18, ’20 Participates in…
Continuo Performance Workshop with Paula Maust
Shenandoah Conservatory hosts a workshop on continuo performance during the Keyboard Performance Seminar at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 13, in Goodson Chapel – Recital Hall. Guest artist Paula Maust is ... Continue Reading Continuo Performance Workshop with Paula…
Composer Residency with Newman Culminates in Premiere of New Work, “NOVEL ROMANCE”
On Dec. 5, and Dec. 6, Director of Composition and Coordinator of New Music Jonathan Newman, M.M., participated in a guest composer residency at the University of Kansas School of Music. Newman ... Continue Reading Composer Residency with Newman Culminates…
Shenandoah Conservatory Launches Student Chapter of the American String Teachers Association
Shenandoah Conservatory launched the Student Chapter: American String Teachers Association (SC:ASTA) this month and is officially associated with the national American String Teachers Association ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Conservatory Launches Student Chapter…
Music Education Students Attend VMEA Annual Conference in Virginia
From Nov. 15, through Nov. 17, Shenandoah Conservatory music education undergraduate students attended the Virginia Music Educators Association (VMEA) annual conference at The Homestead Resort in Hot ... Continue Reading Music Education Students Attend VMEA…
Research by Emery ’18 Accepted for Publication in Acta Pediatrica
Lelia Emery ’18 (Master of Music Therapy) had her master’s thesis research, focused on post-term Neonatal Intensive Care Unit infants, accepted for publication in the medical journal Acta Pediatrica. ... Continue Reading Research by Emery ’18 Accepted…
MT Interviews with Ray Leone ’86, ’17 MT-BC Music Therapists in Our Community Interview
Ray Leone ’86, ’17 MT-BC Master of Music Therapy Bachelor of Music Ray’s Background My name is Ray Leone and I direct the medical music therapy program at Inova Healthcare. I actually didn’t study ... Continue Reading MT Interviews with Ray Leone…