Shenandoah University has premiered “We Will Rise,” a virtual performance crafted to interpret the internationally acclaimed song “We Will Rise” composed by Stefan Youngblood ’85 (Bachelor of Music in Music Education) and 75 choir participants and ... Continue Reading Shenandoah University Premieres Virtual Performance…
Niess ’20 Wins Navy Band Trumpet Audition
Caeley Niess ’20 recently won the trumpet audition with the United States Navy Band. Niess is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Music in Performance (Trumpet) and studies with Assistant Professor of Trumpet Mary Elizabeth Bowden, M.A. Only a small ... Continue Reading Niess ’20 Wins Navy Band…
Arts Management Masters is Now Online Earn your Shenandoah Performing Arts Leadership and Management Master's degree anywhere!
Starting in Fall 2019, the Performing Arts Leadership and Management (PALM) master's degree will be a fully online curriculum, giving you the opportunity to complete the program from anywhere around the globe. The new online program takes advantage ... Continue Reading Arts Management Masters is Now…
Mary Elizabeth Bowden Appointed Assistant Professor of Trumpet Gold medal Global Music Award winner joins Shenandoah Conservatory
Shenandoah Conservatory has appointed classical trumpeter and gold medal Global Music Award winner Mary Elizabeth Bowden, M.M., as assistant professor of trumpet beginning August 2019. Bowden succeeds Professor of Trumpet and Conducting Scott Nelson, ... Continue Reading Mary Elizabeth Bowden Appointed Assistant…
Shenandoah University to Host Ninth Annual National Jazz Workshop Week-long Event Features Concerts Free And Open To Public
Shenandoah University will host its ninth annual National Jazz Workshop (NJW) from Sunday, July 9, through Friday, July 14. The six-day intensive program features nearly 100 participants from across the United States ranging in age from rising high ... Continue Reading Shenandoah University to Host Ninth…
Shenandoah Conservatory Jazz Ensemble and Winchester-Frederick County Bar Association Partner to Raise Funds for Legal Aid and Scholarships First-Ever Jazz4Justice Fundraising Event Slated For April 9 at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
The Shenandoah Conservatory Jazz Ensemble presents, “Jazz Goes to the Movies,” at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 9, at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema (181 Kernstown Commons Blvd., Winchester). The concert is a Jazz4Justice™ event in partnership with the ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Conservatory Jazz Ensemble and…
It’s Never Too Late to Start Over Again Jay Daniels ’20 traveled a winding, sometimes dispiriting road to Shenandoah, but he remained intrepid, and is starting on a new path, using some of the hard-won lessons of the past as stepping stones.
In his 28 years of life, Jay Daniels ’20, has been many things: a 911 dispatcher, a television master control operator, radio advertising salesman, part-time grocery store cashier, radio personality, choir director, a performer specializing in “Great ... Continue Reading It’s Never Too Late to…
Paul DiFranco: Lights, Camera Music Distinguished Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music Production & Recording Technology Paul DiFranco’s career as an in-demand music supervisor continues, to the benefit of his students.
His career in music supervision began with a song. A very famous song. A song you probably know, in some form or another. Hear the song, and understand DiFranco’s story in the Winter 2017 issue of Shenandoah magazine online. ... Continue Reading Paul DiFranco: Lights, Camera Music…
Music Faculty, Students Publish & Present Shenandoah Conservatory Music Therapy, Music Theory & Voice Departments Impress During Fall 2016
Music Therapy Students and Faculty Published in imagine.magazine Research by several Shenandoah Conservatory music therapy students was recently published in Volume No. 7, Issue No. 1 of imagine.magazine, a publication dedicated to childhood music ... Continue Reading Music Faculty, Students Publish &…