Conducting is a highly competitive career field that promises both reward and satisfaction to those exceptional students with ample amounts of both talent and perseverance.
Shenandoah Conservatory’s conducting program is designed to develop conducting, analysis and interpretive skills and offers degrees in choral, musical theatre, orchestral, and wind/band conducting.
Concentrations available in:
- Band/Wind Ensemble
- Choral
- Musical Theatre
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Career Possibilities
Dong-Keun Paul Kim, Conducting 鈥87, 鈥89 is a professor at Ewha Womans University in Seoul, South Korea where he is an ordained minister and directs the chapel choir. 鈥淪henandoah is the main power of my success. Shenandoah provided me with excellent faculty members and inspirations,鈥 states Kim.
Classes
Shenandoah鈥檚聽Master of Music in Conducting targets, develops,聽and hones your聽podium skills in Band and Wind Ensemble, Orchestra, Choral and Musical Theatre conducting. 聽
You Will Learn:
- Advanced musicianship in either solo performance or conducting settings
- How to perform or conduct an extensive, high-level repertoire
- To perform or conduct in a wide-ranging variety of settings
- A deep聽knowledge and appreciation of music theory and music history
What Makes Our Program Unique?
Our low聽teacher-to-student ratios mean you will receive聽颈苍诲颈惫颈诲耻补濒听attention from our faculty, which is nationally and internationally recognized for their professional experience. Your rigorous, hands-on training under the mentorship of a master conductor in your chosen genre will help you refine聽your score analysis, interpretive skills, and conducting and rehearsal techniques.聽
Performance Opportunities & Ensembles
Shenandoah Conservatory produces more than 400 performances each year. Enroll in a dynamic curriculum and start preparing for a meaningful career in the arts.聽You will practice your craft in front of audiences and develop a plan for your professional launch into the industry that focuses on your personal desires and aspirations.
Embrace extensive performance opportunities with top-tier facilities from theatres, concert halls and dance studios. Unite with fellow artists and join an alumni family that takes center stage from Broadway to the concert halls of Europe.
Ensembles
Shenandoah Conservatory is home to more than 20 instrumental, vocal,聽and dance聽ensembles that present numerous performances聽every year. These performances take place throughout 四虎影视鈥檚 vibrant campus on its various stages, including a concert hall, recital hall, proscenium stage, black box studio, outdoor amphitheater and more, to venues and performance spaces in聽the Northern Shenandoah Valley and around the world. Ensembles constantly engage聽with Shenandoah鈥檚 dynamic faculty and an array of distinguished guest artists聽through residencies, workshops and unique performance opportunities.
Faculty
Shenandoah Conservatory鈥檚 prestigious faculty is dynamic, creative, and passionately committed to the highest levels of artistic excellence. A deeply caring community, they mentor students with a wealth of professional expertise, balancing rigorous expectations with compassion and wisdom. At Shenandoah, you will study with, and perform for, award-winning composers, Metropolitan Opera singers, Grammy Award winning conductors and international competition winners. You will learn from leading scholars in music and premiere works created by accomplished dance artists and cutting-edge directors. Shenandoah Conservatory鈥檚 faculty embodies the highest levels of professional accomplishment and the deepest commitment to furthering the artistic growth and creative aspirations of students in every discipline.
Application and Audition Information
Admission to Shenandoah Conservatory graduate programs is highly competitive and the audition schedule fills rapidly. Early application and audition registration is recommended.聽