Recent Posts
- LK leaving Shenandoah Conservatory and headed to LSU
- Dr. Emily Threinen at select West Point Conducting Workshop
- LK's farewell at Shenandoah
- Cover of the Roanoke Symphony program
- J. Robert (Bobby) Spencer ('91) grabs TONY nominations
- Musical Theatre production at Lorton Workhouse
- Chinese viola bash!
- CON Alum J. Robert Spencer review in NYT
- 11 Years--and the first complete sell out of a run
- Dance Division recreates classic Alwyn Nickolais works
Apple Creativity and Learning Lab, Opened 07.09.07
- Senior Vice-President and President-elect Tracy Fitzsimmons realizes the importance of providing students and faculty with the necessary tools that enable self-reflection and the sharing of creativity with others. On July 9, 2007, an Apple technology lab was opened in Ruebush Hall, Room 111. SoundTree did the installation, has three highly qualified instructors on site (from July 9--July 20), and will return for faculty training in August 2007 before the start of classes. Dr. James Frankel, Dr. Lee Whitmore, and Brad Smith have been the instructors for the July 2007 teaching sessions for the Performing Arts Camp, the doctoral and masters studnts, and an open enrollment evening program.
Dean's China Trip
- July/August 2007 trip to Beijing and Shanghai to open satellite recruitment offices for Shenandoah Conservatory.
May 09, 2009
Dr. Emily Threinen at select West Point Conducting Workshop
Dr. Emily Threinen (Shenandoah Conservatory's new Director of Bands) was selected to be a part of an elite conducting workshop led by Prof. Frank Wickes, Director of Bands at Louisiana State University.
May 08, 2009
May 05, 2009
Chinese viola bash!
Prof. Wing Ho viola professor from Beijing's Central Conservatory is currently a visiting professor at the Yale School of Music. Two of his students Zhuo(卓) Diao and Shou Diao and are enrolled at Shenandoah Conservatory and studying with Doris Lederer. He brought 4 other Chinese students with him for a gala viola concert .
Here's the link for the Chinese Viola Society. www.cnviolas.cn
Dean Laurence Kaptain and Professor Wing Ho
April 16, 2009
CON Alum J. Robert Spencer review in NYT
The opening paragraph of Ben Brantley's New York Times review, "No show on Broadway right now makes as direct a grab for the heart — or wrings it as thoroughly — as “Next to Normal” does. This brave, breathtaking musical, which opened Wednesday night at the Booth Theater, focuses squarely on the pain that cripples the members of a suburban family, and never for a minute does it let you escape the anguish at the core of their lives."
April 15, 2009
11 Years--and the first complete sell out of a run
Our excellent staff in the Conservatory Box Office have reported that the Theatre for Youth production of "Go Dog Go" was the first run of multiple performances to sell-out 100%. Congratulations to Prof. Wade Fransen and the talented students in the Theatre for Youth program who staged this production.
Dance Division recreates classic Alwyn Nickolais works
Both on campus and at Lorton's Workhouse the Conservatory's Dance Division has recreated and staged seminal works by multi media innovator and celebrated choreographer Alwin Nickolais. Here is a photo of Nickolias' "Girl's Trio," in a recent performance in Ohrstrom-Bryant Theatre on the Shenandoah University campus.
