Bass Coalition
CANCELLED: June 15–20, 2020
The Stokes Intensive Session at Shenandoah Conservatory has been cancelled to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus).
CANCELLED: June 19–20, 2020
The Stokes Intensive Session at Shenandoah Conservatory has been cancelled to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus).
Beethoven Bootcamp
CANCELLED: July 5–12, 2020
Beethoven Bootcamp has been cancelled to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus).
Bocal Majority & Operation O.B.O.E. Double Reed Camp
ONLINE PROGRAM: July 13–16, 2020
Shenandoah Conservatory proudly hosts the Mid-Atlantic’s premier summer double reed experience. Bocal Majority & Operation O.B.O.E. Double Reed Camp brings students of all levels together with local teachers, college professors and professional performers to pursue the next steps in musicianship and artistry. Camp sessions include reed making, masterclasses, special topics courses and daily concerts.
Church Music Institute
ONLINE PROGRAM: June 20–24, 2021
The 2021 Church Music Institute will be held online and feature five evening sessions on special topics with guest presenters. Each session will be interactive with opportunities to ask questions of the presenter and to share tips with other participants.
CCM Vocal Pedagogy Institute
Online Program: July 11–31, 2020
Shenandoah University’s Contemporary Commercial Music (CCM) Vocal Pedagogy Institute was created to meet the demand for training grounded in voice science, voice medicine, and tested methods of contemporary commercial music (CCM) vocal pedagogy.
The summer 2020 program offers an array of courses for one graduate credit each with 14 hours of online synchronous and asynchronous instruction.
Instrumental Conducting Symposium
CANCELLED: June 21–24, 2020
The Instrumental Conducting Symposium has been cancelled to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus).
Professional Development for Music Educators
Shenandoah Conservatory offers summer programs in the field of music teaching and learning. Teaching artists provide focused, individualized attention as you continue your professional development.
National Jazz Workshop
July 19–23, 2021
The National Jazz Workshop (NJW) sets a new standard of excellence for students, educators and performers who are serious about learning and mastering the language of the definitive American art form, Jazz. NJW offers an intensive, fully comprehensive curriculum for jazz studies to include improvisation, big band and small-group performance, composition, arranging, music recording and production, and instrumental masterclasses. This workshop is inspired by the legendary Stan Kenton Jazz Camp model, first held in 1959 at Indiana University, where, as Kenton would say, students would “take a bath in jazz.”
National Wind & Percussion Workshop
CANCELLED: Summer 2021
The National Wind & Percussion Workshop has been cancelled to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus).
Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre
July 1 – August 1, 2021
Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre (SSMT) returns with its 2021 title Grease! This summer’s production is presented to a socially distanced audience in Ohrstrom-Bryant Theatre, Shenandoah’s premier proscenium venue.