Perform at the Highest Level
- Professional-level training
- Distinguished artist faculty
- Innovative music industry programs and performance opportunities
- Preparation for prestigious graduate programs worldwide
Ensembles
Music Programs
Music at Shenandoah
- Programs span the music industry
- Unique programs in jazz/commercial music and contemporary music/entrepreneurship
- Virginia’s oldest music therapy program
- Highly regarded music education program
- Students accepted by respected programs as the Chautauqua Institute, Kneisel Hall, Aspen Music Festival, The Pierre Monteux School, Adamant and the Idyllwild Summer Program
- Alumni perform in symphony orchestra and opera companies worldwide, are educators and therapists, and respected creatives
Music News
Shenandoah Conservatory Well Represented at VA Chapter of NATS
Shenandoah Conservatory was well represented at this spring's Virginia Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) conference at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in Richmond, Virginia, on Feb. 23, and Feb. 24. Students of ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Conservatory Well Represented at…
Forest ’85, ’86, Announces Retirement After 30 Years of Service at Shenandoah
Associate Professor of Voice (Tenor) Michael Forest ’85, ’86, M.M.Ed., has announced his retirement from Shenandoah Conservatory during the Spring 2024 semester. Forest began working at Shenandoah in 1994 and will retire after 30 years of dedicated ... Continue Reading Forest ’85, ’86, Announces Retirement…
Shenandoah Conservatory Announces 2024 Shenandoah Guitar Festival
Shenandoah Conservatory announces the inaugural Shenandoah Guitar Festival, taking place Friday, June 14, through Sunday, June 16, 2024 in Armstrong Hall. Under the direction of Associate Professor of Guitar and Director of Guitar Studio Colin Davin, ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Conservatory Announces 2024 Shenandoah…
Music Alumni
Devlin ’17 Co-edits Published Book on Music Therapy and Neurology
“Music Therapy and Music-Based Interventions in Neurology: Perspectives on Research and Practice,” a book co-edited by Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music Therapy Kerry Devlin ’17, M.M.T., LPMT, MT-BC, and colleagues at Johns Hopkins, was recently ... Continue Reading Devlin ’17 Co-edits Published Book…
Shegogue ’23 Appointed First Pediatric ICU Music Therapist at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center
Jamie Shegogue ’23, LPMT, MT-BC, (Bachelor of Music Therapy) has been appointed as the first Pediatric ICU Music Therapist at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center in Baltimore, Maryland, expanding the presence of music therapy at Johns Hopkins. ... Continue Reading Shegogue ’23 Appointed First Pediatric…
Spice, Brayboy ’22 and Graham ’12 Reconnect in Nashville
Director of Collaborative Audio Arts and Associate Professor of Music Production & Recording Technology Graham Spice, M.S., reconnected with Michaela Brayboy ’22 (Bachelor of Arts in Collaborative Audio Arts) and Tom Graham ’12 (Bachelor of Music ... Continue Reading Spice, Brayboy ’22 and Graham…
Music Faculty
Active, supportive, masters of their craft
- Passionate about the art of teaching
- Sought after as soloists, guest artists, and expert clinicians worldwide
- Highly engaged in their fields with deep networks
- In residence at prestigious summer festivals
- Experience ranging from performing at the Metropolitan Opera to conducting Grammy Award-winning choirs, composing music and serving on international competition juries
ShenCoLAB
Shenandoah Conservatory turns over the programming and facilities to its students for a week of unbridled exploration, collaboration and creativity.
ShenCoLAB is the only such week of its magnitude and scope offered by a university performing arts program in the United States.
The week culminates in an extraordinary event: the Festival of Arts, Ideas & Exploration, which featured 27 performances and five presentations in the inaugural year!
Take a Virtual Tour of Shenandoah Conservatory
Shenandoah Conservatory is an exciting hub of collaboration and innovation. Here's a chance to take a quick look at all the spaces in which our students engage in rich and rewarding creative experiences in music, theatre, and dance.
We're an All-Steinway School
Great music stirs the heart and inspires the soul, and Steinway pianos are celebrated as the instruments used by renowned artists to cultivate their talent and produce great music. Similarly, uncompromising excellence in performing arts education sparks the imagination and inspires the future.