Shenandoah Conservatory Staff
Zachery Abe
Title: Coordinator of Records & Projects
Phone:(540) 665-5477
Email: zachery.abe@su.edu
Office Location: Ruebush Hall, Room 108
Elizabeth Albert
She / Her / Hers
Title: Director of Patron Experience & Engagement; Managing Director of Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre
Phone: (540) 665-4545
Email: ealbert00@su.edu
Office Location: Ruebush Hall, Room 117
Kaitlynne Dennis
She / Her / Hers
Title: Box Office Manager
Phone: (540) 545-7211
Email: kdennis13@su.edu
Office Location: Ohrstrom-Bryant Theatre Box Office
Brandey Downs
She/Her/Hers
Title: Administrative Assistant
Phone: (540) 678-4470
Email: brandey.downs@su.edu
Office Location: Ruebush Hall, Room 108
Jennifer Green-Flint
She / Her / Hers
Title: Assistant Dean for Administration; Executive Director, Shenandoah Conservatory Arts Academy
Phone: (540) 665-4602
Email: jgreen@su.edu
Office Location: Shenandoah Conservatory Arts Academy
Alisa Holley
She / Her / Hers
Title: Assistant Director of Performances & Engagement; Communications Manager
Phone: (540) 665-5409
Email: adaum12@su.edu
Office Location: Ruebush Hall, Room 118
Alisa Holley is a creative who cultivates cultural exchange through encounters between artists and audiences. She currently serves as the Assistant Director of Performances & Engagement and Communications Manager at Shenandoah Conservatory where she helps promote vibrant performance experiences and champions its creative community of artists, scholars, educators, technicians, clinicians and leaders. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Cedarville University in Ohio where she studied flute and a Master of Science in Performing Arts Leadership & Management from Shenandoah University.
Julie (Jules) Kendrick
Title: Administrative Assistant to the Dean
Email: julie.kendrick@su.edu
Office Location: Ruebush Hall, Room 108
Akiko Neufer
Title: Dance Accompanist
Email: akiko.neufer@su.edu
Akiko Neufer was born in Tokyo, Japan, and has lived in the United States since age 15. Neufer earned her Bachelor of Music in piano performance and pedagogy from Shenandoah University. Currently, Neufer is a piano faculty member at the Shenandoah Conservatory Arts Academy (SCAA) and has taught for more than 30 years. Dance has been part of her life since age 4, and she is delighted to keep dance in her life by accompanying Shenandoah Conservatory dance classes and collaborating with faculty and students.
Courtney Reilly
She / Her / Hers
Title: Executive Director of Performances & Engagement; Artistic Director of Performing Arts Live
Phone: (540) 535-3530
Email: creilly@su.edu
Office Location: Ruebush Hall, Room 116
Megan Smallwood
she / her / hers
Title: Operations Manager of Music Facilities
Email: megan.smallwood@su.edu
Office Location: Armstrong Hall, Room 66
Marilyn Shenenberger
Title: Dance Accompanist
Email: mshenenb@su.edu
Marilyn Shenenberger, collaborative accompanist and arranger, holds a Master of Music degree in choral conducting from Westminster Choir College, Dalcroze teaching certificate from the Dalcroze School of Music in Manhattan under Robert Abramson and a Bachelor of Music degree from Lebanon Valley College in music education. Shenenberger accompanies dance classes at Shenandoah University, serves as organist and handbell director at Vienna Presbyterian Church, directs the Lake Holidames (a small women’s singing group) and is program chair for the Winchester chapter of the American Guild of Organists, and has several pieces and books published with GIA.
Brennan Sullivan
Title: Production Manager & Sound Supervisor of Music Facilities
Email: brennan.sullivan@su.edu
Office Location: Armstrong Hall, Room 62
Brennan Sullivan is a musician and sound designer, and received his Bachelor of Science in Music Technology from the University of North Carolina at Asheville. While in Asheville, he worked at Moog Music where he built and tested analog synthesizers. As production manager of music facilities, Sullivan works with faculty, staff, students and guest artists to oversee the production logistics for the conservatory’s robust lineup of live music performances and events.
Laura Whittenton
Title: Costume Shop Manager
Email: laura.whittenton@su.edu
Since graduating from Shenandoah University, Laura Whittenton ’07 (Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre design and production – costume design), M.F.A., has rounded out her education with an apprenticeship in costume design from the Juilliard School, and a Master of Fine Arts in costume technology from University of Texas at Austin. Her career has included costume production for theatre, dance and opera with companies such as Signature Theatre, Wolf Trap Opera, The Alley Theatre, Houston Ballet and Great River Shakespeare Festival. Previously, she was the costume shop manager for The University of Houston. Outside of work, she enjoys gardening, but she will find every possible place for a potted plant in the costume shop as well. Her husband Sam, her children Griffin and Arthur, as well as her two dogs, recently relocated with her from Houston to Winchester and all are loving the change of climate.
Nicholas Yovina
Title: Sound Supervisor of Theatre Facilities
Email: nicholas.yovina@su.edu
Nicholas Yovina, M.F.A., is an esteemed sound designer and audio engineer. He has sound designed numerous plays, operas and dance performances throughout the years, and has live-mixed a wide range of musical genres. He has also produced a plethora of hip-hop music and many of his songs are still played on East Coast radio stations to this day. He attended the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign where he received a Master of Fine Arts in theatre and is excited to be a part of the wonderful community here at Shenandoah University.
