Conservatory Spotlight

Jackson ’12, ’16, ’19 Awarded (MAR AMTA) Graduate Research Award

Valerie Jackson ’12, ’16, ’19 (Bachelor of Music in Performance, Certificate in Music Therapy, Master of Music Therapy) was awarded the 2018 Mid-Atlantic Region of…

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Famed Character Actor Visits Shenandoah

Stephen Tobolowsky Talks With Students About Craft; Showing Up; And Adding To, Rather Than Subtracting From, Life To Achieve Happiness

Legendary character actor Stephen Tobolowsky wrapped up a three-day visit to Winchester with an Oct. 8 question-and-answer session with Shenandoah University students in an appearance…

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Students to Perform Work by Azerbaijani Composer for Kronos Quartet’s Fifty-for-the-Future Project

Director of Chamber Music and Professor of Viola and Chamber Music Doris Lederer, Diploma, Curtis Institute of Music, will work with select undergraduate students to…

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Changing Lives with Music Therapy

Sara Woodward is a neurologic music therapist at Ingleside at King Farm

Shenandoah University student Sara Woodward is helping to fine tune the mobility and memory of older adults through music. Woodward, 26, a resident of Laurel,…

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Crass ’18 Awarded $5,000 in Strong Scholars Scholarship

Music education major Olivia Crass ’18 was one of two Shenandoah University students selected to be a Strong Scholars recipient, receiving $5,000 from the Hattie…

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Singing A Song Of Unity And Healing

Music Therapy Alumna’s 'Race and #Real Talk' Program Creates A ‘Musical Safe Space’ That Leads To Positive Change

Shana Oshiro ’13 MT-BC, (graduate certificate in music therapy), and her quartet, HALO (short for Harmony’s African-American Legacy Organization) are using barbershop music to bring…

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A Summer Trip That Reverberates For A Lifetime

Global Experiential Learning Courses Provide Students With Unforgettable Opportunities

By Rachel Deanne Sherman ’18 Shenandoah University’s for-credit, faculty-led Global Experiential Learning courses took students to countries around the world this summer, where they immersed…

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Banks On Broadway

Conservatory Student Cast In Tony-Winning Broadway Smash Hit

Shenandoah musical theatre student Roman Banks ’21 always aspired to perform on Broadway. He just had no idea it would happen so soon. Making theatre…

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2018 Instrumental Conducting Symposium

Shenandoah Conservatory hosted its 6th annual Instrumental Conducting Symposium from June 24, through June 27, and featured Director of Bands and Associate Professor of Conducting…

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