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450

undergraduate students

426

concerts and performances

62

full-time faculty

140

graduate students

30+

performing ensembles

53

part-time faculty

Pursue your passion

Where creativity and craft is cultivated

Shenandoah Conservatory nurtures young musicians, actors, dancers and artistic leaders in an atmosphere that values creative expression, attracts elite guest artists and faculty, and offers students personalized instruction.

Perform at the Highest Level

On the stage, in the classroom or clinic, and beyond!

Experience the world-renowned Shenandoah Conservatory. Study with master teachers – more than 100 professionals in music, theatre, dance, and performing arts leadership and management. Embrace extensive performance opportunities with top-tier facilities from theatres, concert halls and dance studios. Unite with fellow artists and join an alumni family that takes center stage from Broadway to the concert halls of Europe.

Go beyond the stage and take your artistry into the community, classroom, clinic and more. Immerse yourself in research with faculty scholars dedicated to mentorship and the advancement of their creative professions. Cultivate, practice and apply your professional skills through regional, national and international service experiences, training programs, and conferences.

Fully accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM), Shenandoah Conservatory offers degrees at the baccalaureate, master’s, artist diploma and doctoral levels and produces more than 400 performances each year. Enroll in a dynamic curriculum and start preparing for a meaningful career in the arts.

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Why Shenandoah Conservatory?

Frances Beard

Centreville, Virginia

I visited Shenandoah a couple of years ago to audition for Governor's School. I was able to drive around campus and realized how pretty it is. When I decided to major in music therapy, Shenandoah was one of only a few in the state that had this degree. It was an “oh my gosh” moment when I realized that I’d already been to Shenandoah and I already loved it.  I’m looking forward to meeting new people, forming new bonds and traveling on mission trips through Spiritual Life.

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Frances Beard

American Icons

American Icons is a conversation among artists established in the fall of 2013. The American Icons series seeks to bring Shenandoah Conservatory students into closer contact with artists who are not only iconic, but who reveal through their life and work a wild openness of heart — a way of being as an artist that is grounded in integrity and embraced in collaboration and generosity of spirit.

Deborah Voigt

Deborah Voigt, one of the world’s greatest sopranos, is Shenandoah Conservatory’s 2015-16 American Icon. Here, she talks with Shenandoah Conservatory Dean Michael Stepniak, Ed.D., about her journey as an artist and a person. The delightfully plainspoken Voigt, who also taught a masterclass at the conservatory, touches on a wide variety of topics in this April 27 interview, covering everything from her artistic development and influences, issues with weight, and having a healthy relationship with the body to the importance of resilience and how challenges never end, no matter what level of success one achieves.

Admission to Shenandoah Conservatory is highly competitive.

Not only must students be academically admissible, they must also complete and pass the mandatory audition/portfolio review and interview process. Audition dates are limited and may fill and close well in advance of the audition date.

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Caring and Accomplished

Shenandoah Conservatory’s prestigious faculty is dynamic, creative, and passionately committed to the highest levels of artistic excellence. A deeply caring community, they mentor students with a wealth of professional expertise, balancing rigorous expectations with compassion and wisdom. At Shenandoah, you will study with, and perform for, award-winning composers, Metropolitan Opera singers, Grammy Award winning conductors and international competition winners. You will learn from leading scholars in music and premiere works created by accomplished dance artists and cutting-edge directors. Shenandoah Conservatory’s faculty embodies the highest levels of professional accomplishment and the deepest commitment to furthering the artistic growth and creative aspirations of students in every discipline.

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We're an All-Steinway School

Great music stirs the heart and inspires the soul, and Steinway pianos are celebrated as the instruments used by renowned artists to cultivate their talent and produce great music. Similarly, uncompromising excellence in performing arts education sparks the imagination and inspires the future.

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