At least four albums featuring music performed, recorded and composed by Shenandoah Conservatory alumni and faculty have been nominated for 2025 Grammy Awards. ‘The Outsiders’ – Nominated for Best Musical Theater Album “The Outsiders,” an album ... Continue Reading Albums Featuring Conservatory Alumni and…
Shenandoah Conservatory Concludes International Tour of Portugal and Spain with Performances of Handel’s ‘Acis & Galatea’
Shenandoah Conservatory students and faculty recently returned from a successful international tour across Portugal and Spain, presenting a concert staging of Handel's “Acis & Galatea” as part of Shenandoah University's Global Experiential ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Conservatory Concludes International Tour…
Celebrating 50 Years of Music Therapy at Shenandoah Conservatory
This year, Shenandoah Conservatory students, faculty and alumni join together to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the music therapy program, which launched in September 1974. It is the oldest music therapy program in Virginia and one of the oldest ... Continue Reading Celebrating 50 Years of Music…
Bonds, Engen and Fitch Guest Direct and Choreograph Fall Musical Theatre Productions ‘Legally Blonde The Musical’ & ‘Waitress’
Shenandoah Conservatory welcomes Broadway artists DB Bonds, Brooke Engen and Andrew Fitch as guest directors and choreographers for two musical theatre productions in Ohrstrom-Bryant Theatre this fall. Bonds will guest direct and Engen will guest ... Continue Reading Bonds, Engen and Fitch Guest…
Musical Theatre Lightning Strikes Twice Program’s graduating class has 100% representation – again
For the second consecutive year, the entire graduating class of Shenandoah University’s Bachelor of Fine Arts program in musical theatre has representation with New York talent agents and managers. It’s highly unusual for back-to-back classes to ... Continue Reading Musical Theatre Lightning Strikes Twice…
Andrizzi Knighted as Ufficiale dei Cavalieri dell’Ordine della Stella d’Italia
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 Ufficiale dei Cavalieri dell’Ordine della Stella ... Continue Reading Andrizzi Knighted as Ufficiale dei…
Grant ’21 Nominated for Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Brody Grant ’21 (Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre) was nominated for the 2024 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical for his work in the role of Ponyboy Curtis in Broadway’s “The Outsiders,” now running at ... Continue Reading Grant ’21 Nominated for Tony…
Shenandoah University Receives Historic $20M Gift from Alumnus Milestone gift made in anticipation of Shenandoah’s sesquicentennial and is the naming gift for a performing and visual arts center
We're delighted to share that Shenandoah University has received the single largest gift in its almost-150-year history! This $20 million gift, from Wilbur Dove ’59, and his wife, Clare, is earmarked for a new performing and visual arts center ... Continue Reading Shenandoah University Receives Historic $20M…
Dance and Physical Therapy Programs Collaborate to Help People with Mobility Impairments Move and Dance
In March, a unique collaboration between Shenandoah University’s (SU) physical therapy (PT) and dance programs introduced nine people with mobility impairments and their care partners to the benefits of dance. Led by Shenandoah Conservatory Associate ... Continue Reading Dance and Physical Therapy Programs…
Shenandoah Professor, Students Celebrate Release of Harp Ensemble Album ‘2K+ Fusion’ Album is the Result of A Record-Breaking Collaboration of US and UK Harp Ensembles at Abbey Road Studios
After eight years of collaboration, harpists and ensemble directors Lynnelle Ediger, M.M., adjunct associate professor of harp at Shenandoah University, Claire Jones (United Kingdom) and composer Chris Marshall (U.K.) are thrilled to announce the ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Professor, Students Celebrate Release…
