Shenandoah Conservatory

Bournaki and Schwarz Perform Throughout Region During Summer Season

Assistant Professor of Piano Pedagogy & Performance Marika Bournaki, M.M., and Associate Professor of Cello Julian Schwarz, M.M., performed and participated in a number of…

Continue reading Bournaki and Schwarz Perform Throughout…

Celebrating 30 Years of NW Works Chimers

The Shenandoah Conservatory music therapy program celebrates 30 years of Chimers at Shenandoah University this year. VSA Chimers was established in 1994 under the direction…

Continue reading Celebrating 30 Years of NW…

Celebrating 50 Years of Music Therapy at Shenandoah Conservatory

This year, Shenandoah Conservatory students, faculty and alumni join together to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the music therapy program, which launched in September 1974.…

Continue reading Celebrating 50 Years of Music…

Mustakimov ’26 Wins First Prize at Johannes Brahms International Piano Competition

Pianist Timur Mustakimov ’26 (Artist Diploma) was awarded first prize at the International Johannes Brahms Competition in Austria. Along with a generous cash prize, he…

Continue reading Mustakimov ’26 Wins First Prize…

Finn Releases New Music Video for Original Song, ‘Necessary Scars’

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Songwriting Juli Finn, B.M., recently released a new music video for her original song, “Necessary Scars.” “Necessary Scars” is a poignant…

Continue reading Finn Releases New Music Video…

Payne ’79 Honored as 2024 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient

Jerilynn Payne ’79 (Bachelor of Music Therapy) was announced as one of Shenandoah University’s 2024 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients in the category of Service to…

Continue reading Payne ’79 Honored as 2024…

Bonds, Engen and Fitch Guest Direct and Choreograph Fall Musical Theatre Productions

‘Legally Blonde The Musical’ & ‘Waitress’

Shenandoah Conservatory welcomes Broadway artists DB Bonds, Brooke Engen and Andrew Fitch as guest directors and choreographers for two musical theatre productions in Ohrstrom-Bryant Theatre…

Continue reading Bonds, Engen and Fitch Guest…

Transitioning to Dorico: A Practical Seminar for Professional Composers

The recent news of MakeMusic discontinuing Finale has had a seismic effect on the music community. After creating a path for Finale-users to move to…

Continue reading Transitioning to Dorico: A Practical…

Book by Tierno on Polyphonic Mass Published by Boydell & Brewer

“The Polyphonic Mass in Early Lutheran Central Europe,” a book written by Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music Literature Alanna Ropchock Tierno, Ph.D., was recently published…

Continue reading Book by Tierno on Polyphonic…

Opera Production Directed by Marchment Nominated for 2024 International Opera Awards

The production of Camille Erlanger’s “L’Aube rouge,” which was directed by Director of Opera and Associate Professor Ella Marchment, B.Mus., last October at Wexford Festival…

Continue reading Opera Production Directed by Marchment…