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Conservatory Facts

519

undergraduate students

300+

concerts and performances

62

full-time faculty

166

graduate students

30+

performing groups

53

part-time faculty

We are what’s next

Virginia’s premier location for collaborative performing arts education
Shenandoah Conservatory is 
  • Your home for high-level, individualized instruction in top-ranked programs from more than 100 master artist-educators
  • Known for its unique bachelor’s, master’s, artist diploma, and doctoral programs in music, theatre, dance, and performing arts leadership 
  • Saturated with immersive arts experiences, including more than 300 performance opportunities produced yearly
  • Igniting curiosity as a leading hub for wide-ranging research opportunities with faculty scholars
  • An inclusive community of creatives pursuing artistic excellence and innovative collaborations
  • Surrounded by the Shenandoah Valley’s natural beauty with convenient access to the major metropolitan areas of the East Coast
  • At the center of a vital alumni network engaged in creative work on Broadway, with elite musical ensembles, in top recording studios and film and television, and as educators, music therapists, voice scientists, dancers, business owners, and so much more.

 

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Why Shenandoah Conservatory?

Daniel Shores, '99

Daniel mixed "Songs of Orpheus," winner of Best Classical Solo Vocal Album at the 2019 Grammy Awards. He's a five-time Grammy nominee and the albums he has recorded have earned 20 Grammy nominations and 1 Latin Grammy win.

“I always strive to make great music — anything that happens after that is just icing on the cake. I’d rather make an album that sounds amazing than ever be concerned about an award.”

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Admission to Shenandoah Conservatory is highly competitive.

Not only must students be academically admissible, they must also complete and pass the mandatory audition/portfolio review and interview process. Audition dates are limited and may fill and close well in advance of the audition date.

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Caring and Accomplished

Shenandoah Conservatory’s prestigious faculty is dynamic, creative, caring, compassionate, wise and passionately committed to the highest levels of artistic and professional excellence. 

Here, you’ll study with, and perform for, award-winning composers, theatre directors and designers, and choreographers; Metropolitan Opera singers; Broadway veterans; Grammy Award-winning faculty and international competition winners. 

You’ll gain a vibrant, holistic performing arts education as you learn from leading scholars in music, theatre and dance and collaborate with classmates to create meaningful artistic experiences.

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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!

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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.

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