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Article on Schemas in Tonal Jazz Repertoire by Salley Published by Oxford University Press

The article “On Schemas in Tonal Jazz Repertoire” by Coordinator of Music Theory and Professor of Music Theory Keith Salley, Ph.D., was published in the…

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Doris Lederer teaches former viola student's daughter

From Beijing to Shenandoah: Celebrating a Generational Legacy Through Music Performance

Director of Chamber Music and Professor of Viola & Chamber Music Doris Lederer, Diploma, Curtis Institute of Music, recently reconnected with a former student’s family…

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Dan Navarro with music students

Singer-Songwriter Dan Navarro Shares Industry Insights with Music Students

Shenandoah Conservatory welcomed acclaimed singer-songwriter and touring artist Dan Navarro last month for several engaging sessions with music students. Navarro shared insights from his decades-long…

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Matt Kontur

Kontur ’24 Cast in Industry Reading of Stage Adaptation of ‘Can’t Hardly Wait’

Matt Kontur ’24 (Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre) was cast in the invitation-only industry reading of the stage musical adaptation of the cult…

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Photograph of Vivian Sansoni alongside the text "The Vivian Christy Sansoni Award" and the Shenandoah University logo.

Students Selected for the 2025-26 Vivian Christy Sansoni Award

Scholarship provides tuition assistance to the Shenandoah Conservatory Arts Academy for K-12 students interested in the performing arts

In 2015, the family of Vivian Christy Sansoni created a scholarship to the Shenandoah Conservatory Arts Academy (SCAA) in her memory. Vivian was a youth…

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Alyson (Shirk) Moore

Moore ’10 Featured in Article Celebrating Work with St. Louis Children’s Choir

Alyson (Shirk) Moore ’10 (Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance – Voice) and her work as artistic director of the St. Louis Children’s Choir was…

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Symphony Orchestra, Conservatory Choir, Joel Puckett

Shenandoah University Commissions and Performs New Work by Puckett ’99 for Sesquicentennial Celebration

Symphony Orchestra and Conservatory Choir to Premiere Work in Special Concert

Shenandoah University’s sesquicentennial celebration continues with the presentation of “150 Years Young,” a concert honoring the university’s legacy and future, at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday,…

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Sophia Gunter, Peyton Gaida, DB Bonds

Gunter ’25, Gaida ’26 and Bonds ’24 Collaborate on National Tour of ‘Kinky Boots’

Three musical theatre alumni are working on the new national tour of the Tony Award-winning musical “Kinky Boots.” Sophia Gunter ’25 (Bachelor of Fine Arts…

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