The Big Little University Rising
Shenandoah University has been named a 2024-25 College of Distinction, an honor that highlights the university’s unwavering commitment to providing an exceptional undergraduate education. The award, ... Continue Reading Shenandoah University Receives National Acclaim…
Jonathan Noyalas ’01, M.A., director of the McCormick Civil War Institute at Shenandoah University, has released a new book that takes an in-depth look at one of the Shenandoah Valley’s lesser known ... Continue Reading Noyalas Sheds Light On Often…
DeShon Foxx has been named Shenandoah University’s seventh athletic director after an internal search, SU President Tracy Fitzsimmons, Ph.D, announced on Friday. Foxx will begin his new role as ... Continue Reading Shenandoah University Names New Athletic…
A long-held belief among voice pedagogues and scientists is that the highest pitches sung by operatic sopranos – like Mozart’s famous “Queen of the Night” aria – are produced in what is called the ... Continue Reading Research by Herbst Debunks Long-standing…
Shenandoah University Esports has seen some familiar faces assume leadership roles within the program – including at the very top – so far in 2024. Alyssa Duran, who served as the program’s interim ... Continue Reading Shenandoah University Esports Welcomes Familiar…
Shenandoah University’s 2024 Commencement marked a major milestone in the lives of many who were in attendance at the James R. Wilkins, Jr. Athletics and Events on May 18. For two families, the event ... Continue Reading Shenandoah University’s 2024 Commencement Twice…
Shenandoah Conservatory announces the appointment of Lori Şen, D.M.A., as assistant professor of vocal pedagogy beginning August 2024. Turkish mezzo-soprano and Fulbright alumna Dr. Şen is known for ... Continue Reading Lori Şen Appointed Assistant Professor…
Shenandoah Conservatory announces the appointment of Maja Tremiszewska, D.M.A., as assistant professor of music, vocal coaching beginning August 2024. Dr. Tremiszewska is a classically trained ... Continue Reading Maja Tremiszewska Appointed Assistant Professor…
For the first time since the 2014-15 season, one school has collected the conference's highest individual honors with the announcement of the Marjorie Berkley and Harry G. "Doc" Jopson Awards on ... Continue Reading Shenandoah’s Gavin Horning, Elise Velasquez…
Shenandoah Conservatory announces the appointment of Heidi Hau, M.M., as assistant professor of piano performance beginning August 2024. She succeeds Assistant Professor of Piano Alexander Bernstein ... Continue Reading Heidi Hau Appointed Assistant Professor…
*Throughout 2024 the “Publication of Note” portion of the newsletter will highlight some of the director’s favorite primary sources relevant to the Civil War in the Shenandoah Valley published prior ... Continue Reading Publication Of Note | June…
Adjunct Auxiliary Associate Professor of Dance Mary Robare, B.A., was honored to present the commencement speech at the 2024 Graduation Ceremony for the Metropolitan School of the Arts Academy in ... Continue Reading Robare Presents Commencement Speech for…
Distinguished Artist-in-Residence, Chair of Keyboard Division and Professor of Piano John O’Conor, Mus.D., returned to Ireland this month for a rare performance of Beethoven's Fantasia in C Minor, op. ... Continue Reading O’Conor Performs Beethoven’s ‘Choral Fantasy’…
On Wednesday, June 5, the Italian Consul General Thomas Botzios bestowed on Director of Orchestral Studies and Associate Professor of Conducting Emanuele Andrizzi, D.M.A., the Italian knighthood title ... Continue Reading Andrizzi Knighted as Ufficiale dei…
Karen Olson Culbertson ’24 (Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance – Horn) and Larissa Culbertson ’24 (Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting) celebrated their academic and artistic achievements together ... Continue Reading Mother-Daughter Duo Celebrate During SU’s…
Lorne Bair Rare Books recently faced a challenge when presented with a collection of reel-to-reel tapes: “Not only were the media completely obsolete, but we had no way of knowing whether they were ... Continue Reading Rare Black Panther Movement Recordings…
Alyson Zieg ’24 (Bachelor of Music in Performance) recently won a commission for Towson University’s Fall 2024 concert series, which will include performances at Towson University and in the Baltimore ... Continue Reading Zieg ’24 Wins Commission for…
Shenandoah University’s Children’s Literature Conference is in full swing, after kicking off in April with a virtual author visit with classrooms around the United States by bestselling, Newbery ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Brings The Best Creators…
The Shenandoah Conservatory Percussion Ensemble was invited to participate and perform in the Percussion @ Penn State Festival & Conference in March 2024. Assistant Professor of Percussion Karlyn ... Continue Reading Percussion Ensemble and Viña Participate…
Three Shenandoah Conservatory faculty and staff members were recognized by Shenandoah University as James R. and Mary B. Wilkins Appreciation Award winners during its annual full faculty and staff ... Continue Reading Three Conservatory Faculty and Staff…
The Shenandoah Conservatory Symphony Orchestra was invited to perform at the Virginia Music Educators Association’s (VMEA) 2024 Professional Development Conference scheduled for Nov. 21 through Nov. ... Continue Reading Symphony Orchestra Invited to Perform…
Benjamin Luczak ’09, ’15 (Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre, Master of Science in Performing Arts Leadership & Management) was recently appointed the chief executive officer of the ... Continue Reading Luczak ’09, ’15 Appointed CEO…
Coordinator of Music Literature and Associate Professor of Music History and Literature Laurie McManus, Ph.D., presented her research at “In Wagner's Shadow,” a conference exploring opera in Germany ... Continue Reading McManus Presents Research at International…
“So You Want to Sing Rock,” a new book by Associate Professor of Voice and Musical Theatre, Coordinator of Musical Theatre Voice and Artistic Director of the CCM Vocal Pedagogy Institute Matt Edwards ... Continue Reading ‘So You Want to Sing…
Gerson Medina ’18 (Bachelor of Music in Performance) recently won an assistant principal position with the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra. Medina started his musical education when he was 10, through ... Continue Reading Medina ’18 Wins Assistant Principal…
Associate Professor of Music Theory and Embedded Music Theory Tutor Coordinator Rachel Short, Ph.D., was awarded the Faculty Innovative Teaching with Technology (FITT) Award by Shenandoah University ... Continue Reading Short Receives FITT Award from…
Coordinator of Strings and Professor of Bass Donovan Stokes, D.M., joined the Alaria Chamber Ensemble as a guest performer for a concert at Carnegie Hall in April with Associate Professor of Cello ... Continue Reading Stokes and Schwarz Perform with…
