Director and Assistant Professor of Contemporary Music Rod Vester, Ph.D., was selected as one of the Top 30 Professionals of the Year by Musical America. Rod Vester made a tough but sound decision during the pandemic summer of 2020. In the name of ... Continue Reading Vester Selected as One of…
Shores ’99 Mixes and Masters 2021 Latin Grammy Award-winning Classical Album
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music Production & Recording Technology Dan Shores ’99, B.M., mixed and mastered “Latin American Classics” featuring Venezuelan pianist Kristhyan Benitez, the winner of Best Classical Album at the 2021 Latin Grammy ... Continue Reading Shores ’99 Mixes and Masters…
Symphony Orchestra Announces 2022 Chile Tour
TOUR CANCELLED The Shenandoah Conservatory Symphony Orchestra's tour to Chile in May 2022 has been canceled. Two years after the planned tour to Chile scheduled for May 2020 had to be canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Shenandoah ... Continue Reading Symphony Orchestra Announces 2022 Chile…
Eduardo Vilaro of Ballet Hispanico Announced as 2021/22 Conservatory Convocation Speaker
Artistic Director and CEO of Ballet Hispánico Eduardo Vilaro will serve as Shenandoah Conservatory’s honored guest and speaker for the 2021/22 Conservatory Convocation at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 1, in Ohrstrom-Bryant Theatre. Each year, ... Continue Reading Eduardo Vilaro of Ballet Hispanico…
Fleming ’20, ’22 Wins 5th Prize at Maria Canals International Piano Competition in Barcelona
Pianist Eoín Fleming ’20, ’22 (Bachelor of Music in Performance, Master of Music in Performance) was awarded 5th prize at the 66th Maria Canals International Music Competition in Barcelona, Spain. Fleming currently studies with Distinguished ... Continue Reading Fleming ’20, ’22 Wins 5th…
Live Music, Theatre and Dance Returns! Conservatory Performs 2021/22 Season Announcement
After more than a year of online performances, Shenandoah Conservatory announces the return of live, in-person music, theatre and dance to its academic season. The Conservatory Performs 2021/22 season features dozens of opportunities to witness and ... Continue Reading Live Music, Theatre and Dance…
Celebrating Hal Herman’s Legacy with the Virtual Opening of the Harold Herman Lab Theatre
Shenandoah Conservatory recently celebrated the opening of a new state-of-the-art teaching and student performance space: the Harold Herman Lab Theatre. In that virtual celebration, we provided an overview of the space, remembered our beloved Harold ... Continue Reading Celebrating Hal Herman’s Legacy with…
We Play Together: A Collaboration Between Music and Esports Shenandoah Conservatory & Esports Program Collaborate in Unprecedented Exploration of Similarities between Music & Esports
Shenandoah Conservatory and the Esports program at Shenandoah University partner to present We Play Together: A Collaboration Between Music and Esports. This seminal, cross-disciplinary project seeks to explore the similarities in practice, pedagogy ... Continue Reading We Play Together: A Collaboration…
Naumenko Featured in 2021 Grammy Award-winning Album
“Ethel Smyth: The Prison,” a project featuring Assistant Professor of Voice Fotina Naumenko, D.M.A., won a 2021 Grammy Award in the category of Best Classical Solo Vocal Album. The world premiere recording of Dame Ethel Smyth's last large-scale work ... Continue Reading Naumenko Featured in 2021 Grammy…