Conservatory

At the (SU)PERcussion fall concert Nov. 4, the (SU)PERcussion Ensemble honored Winchester resident Martha Edmiston, who donated a beautiful Musser Marimba to the percussion studio.…

On Nov. 4, Adjunct Associate Professor of Classical and Jazz Trombone Matthew Niess, D.M.A., performed with The White House Band as part of Trumpet Day…

Shenandoah Conservatory is hosting the esteemed Essentially Ellington Regional High School Jazz Band Festival in partnership with Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC) on Saturday, Jan.…

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…

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 a groundbreaking new initiative, Shenandoah Conservatory is canceling its regular classes and rehearsals for one week, and turning over its facilities and resources to…

On Oct. 12, Auxiliary Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music History Alanna Ropchock Tierno, Ph.D., presented a paper, “Weeping Angels and Cultural Carrots: The Electric Guitar…

Graduate Programs Librarian and Adjunct Professor of Conservatory Academics Rosemary Green, Ph.D., presented a paper at the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and…

Professor of Trumpet and Conducting Scott Nelson, D.M.A., announced his plan to retire from Shenandoah Conservatory at the end of the 2018/19 academic year. Nelson…

In October, Assistant Professor of Voice Fotina Naumenko, D.M.A., will tour with Grammy Award-winning ensemble Conspirare in its 2018/19 national tour of Craig Hella Johnson’s…