Perform at the Highest Level
- Professional-level training
- Distinguished artist faculty
- Innovative music industry programs and performance opportunities
- Preparation for prestigious graduate programs worldwide
Ensembles
Music Programs
Music at Shenandoah
- Programs span the music industry
- Unique programs in jazz/commercial music and contemporary music/entrepreneurship
- Virginia’s oldest music therapy program
- Highly regarded music education program
- Students accepted by respected programs as the Chautauqua Institute, Kneisel Hall, Aspen Music Festival, The Pierre Monteux School, Adamant and the Idyllwild Summer Program
- Alumni perform in symphony orchestra and opera companies worldwide, are educators and therapists, and respected creatives
Music News

Music Therapy Program Commemorates 50 Years of Innovation and Academic Excellence
Shenandoah Conservatory’s music therapy program celebrated a major milestone this year, commemorating 50 years of innovation and academic excellence with a two-day event for alumni, students and faculty on Friday, April 25, and Saturday, April 26. ... Continue Reading Music Therapy Program Commemorates 50…

Grant Benefits Shenandoah Guitar Festival
A $13,000 grant from The Augustine Foundation is supplementing Shenandoah Guitar Festival operations this summer. The festival brings together guitar professionals, students, amateurs, enthusiasts, and a local and regional audience to celebrate the ... Continue Reading Grant Benefits Shenandoah Guitar Festival

Shenandoah Conservatory Announces Winners of the 2025/26 Student Soloists Competition
Shenandoah Conservatory announces the winners of the 2025/26 Student Soloists Competition (SSC) on behalf of the SSC committee. Competition Winners Christopher Gilley, cello (Category I) Timur Mustakimov, piano (Category II) Cadence Weaver, voice ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Conservatory Announces Winners of…
Music Alumni

Twelve PALM Students Present Research at SURE
Pictured from left to right: Megan Behm, Rebecca Hopkins, Raquel Johnson, Madeleine Kee, Molly Miller and Naythen B. Rinehart Twelve performing arts leadership and management (PALM) graduate students presented research at this year’s Shenandoah ... Continue Reading Twelve PALM Students Present Research…

Music Therapy Program Commemorates 50 Years of Innovation and Academic Excellence
Shenandoah Conservatory’s music therapy program celebrated a major milestone this year, commemorating 50 years of innovation and academic excellence with a two-day event for alumni, students and faculty on Friday, April 25, and Saturday, April 26. ... Continue Reading Music Therapy Program Commemorates 50…

Shores ’99 and Jónsdóttir Win Icelandic Music Award for Producer of the Year
Adjunct Associate Professor of Music Production & Recording Technology Dan Shores ’99, B.M., and Copenhagen-based sound engineer and producer Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir won a 2025 Icelandic Music Award for Producer of the Year for their work in ... Continue Reading Shores ’99 and Jónsdóttir Win…
Music Faculty
Active, supportive, masters of their craft
- Passionate about the art of teaching
- Sought after as soloists, guest artists, and expert clinicians worldwide
- Highly engaged in their fields with deep networks
- In residence at prestigious summer festivals
- Experience ranging from performing at the Metropolitan Opera to conducting Grammy Award-winning choirs, composing music and serving on international competition juries
ShenCoLAB
Shenandoah Conservatory turns over the programming and facilities to its students for a week of unbridled exploration, collaboration and creativity.
ShenCoLAB is the only such week of its magnitude and scope offered by a university performing arts program in the United States.
The week culminates in an extraordinary event: the Festival of Arts, Ideas & Exploration, which featured 27 performances and five presentations in the inaugural year!
Take a Virtual Tour of Shenandoah Conservatory
Shenandoah Conservatory is an exciting hub of collaboration and innovation. Here's a chance to take a quick look at all the spaces in which our students engage in rich and rewarding creative experiences in music, theatre, and dance.
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.
