Alumni Profile

Shenandoah Conservatory’s music education program traveled to Norfolk, Virginia, for the annual Virginia Music Educators Association​ (VMEA) conference held Nov. 20, through Nov. 23. All…

Trumpeter, educator and administrator Alexander Serio ’09 (Bachelor of Music in Performance) was recently appointed interim executive director of Juneau Jazz & Classics, a nonprofit…

Managing Director of Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre (SSMT) and Director of Patron Services & Engagement at Shenandoah Conservatory Elizabeth Albert ’00 (Bachelor of Fine Arts…

Matt Kontur ’24 (Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre) was cast in the invitation-only industry reading of the stage musical adaptation of the cult…

Alyson (Shirk) Moore ’10 (Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance – Voice) and her work as artistic director of the St. Louis Children’s Choir was…

Three musical theatre alumni are working on the new national tour of the Tony Award-winning musical “Kinky Boots.” Sophia Gunter ’25 (Bachelor of Fine Arts…

Mark Russ ’23 (Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre) will embark on the new North American tour of “Monty Python’s Spamalot” beginning this December.…

By Natalie Gales ’25 Jonathan Noyalas ’01, M.A., the Hugh and Virginia McCormick Chair in Civil War History and director of the university’s McCormick Civil…

Nathaniel Gumbs ’09 (Bachelor of Music in Performance) recently collaborated with Nike on a new national television commercial featuring baseball icon Ken Griffey Jr. Although…

By Natalie Gales ’25 This fall marks the 10th year that Shenandoah University is celebrating Exercise is Medicine on Campus (EIM-OC). EIM-OC Month takes place…