Shenandoah Conservatory has appointed Kevin Covert as director of musical theatre and assistant professor of theatre beginning August 2016.“After leading this program for nine years, there is no one I'd rather be handing the ‘keys’ over to than my ... Continue Reading Broadway Veteran Kevin Covert Appointed…
Jeff Poulin of Americans for the Arts to Speak at Shenandoah Conservatory
Arts Education Program Manager for Americans for the Arts Jeff M. Poulin will speak at Shenandoah Conservatory’s Performance Forum at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, April 13, in Armstrong Concert Hall, on the campus of Shenandoah University. Poulin will share ... Continue Reading Jeff Poulin of Americans for…
The Business of Show Business
Tony Award-winning actress, singer and stage director Phylicia Rashad, a household name as a result of her role as Clair Huxtable on the NBC sitcom “The Cosby Show,” braved Winter Storm Jonas on January 25 to travel to Winchester to speak to a crowd ... Continue Reading The Business of Show Business
A Shenandoah Serenade (and Love Story)
Shenandoah is a place where generations of couples have met and fallen in love, married and started their happily-ever-afters.But one of the most recent couples to pledge their troth at the university did so in a pretty big, delightful way, complete ... Continue Reading A Shenandoah Serenade (and Love…
Remembering Hal Herman
Shenandoah University said a final goodbye in January to a man who left a significant mark on both the university and its surrounding community over the course of more than four decades.Shenandoah Conservatory Distinguished Professor Emeritus of ... Continue Reading Remembering Hal Herman
Course Turns Education Students Into Published Authors
Not many people publish a book as the result of a semester’s worth of work. But that’s just what 20 graduate students in the School of Education and Human Development's EDU 647: Projects in Curriculum & Instruction class did in the fall 2015 ... Continue Reading Course Turns Education Students Into…
When Service and Learning Are One and the Same
In mid-December 2015, students in the stage costuming class led by Costume Designer and Associate Professor of Costume Design Cheryl Yancey, M.F.A., ripped fabric, manned sergers and wrangled with a material called PUL (a lightweight polyester lining ... Continue Reading When Service and Learning Are…
Business Students Partner with NW Works for Buzzy Buddies Program
Shenandoah University’s Sport Business Club partnered with NW Works this fall to launch the Buzzy Buddies program, which helps university students volunteer with the organization while spending time with and getting to know the workers at NW Works.“I ... Continue Reading Business Students Partner with NW…
Harold ‘Hal’ Herman: April 1, 1932 – January 13, 2016
Shenandoah Conservatory Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Theatre and Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre (SSMT) Founder and Artistic Director Emeritus Harold “Hal” Herman, B.A., passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016. Hal’s ... Continue Reading Harold ‘Hal’ Herman: April 1,…
