Music Performance

Bring your passion for performance to our stage.

Music Performance at Shenandoah Conservatory provides talented and creative pre-professional artists with opportunities to develop performance skills to a very high level. Performance opportunities include membership in choral ensembles, opera, orchestra, wind ensemble, jazz ensemble and various small chamber ensembles. Students benefit from study with artist teachers in all performance areas.

Bachelor Of Music In Performance

Instrumental (Brass, Wind, Strings, Guitar or Percussion)
Piano
Voice

Master Of Music In Performance

Instrumental (Brass, Wind, Strings, Guitar or Percussion)
Piano
Voice
Woodwind Doubling

Doctor Of Musical Arts In Performance

Instrumental (Brass, Wind, Strings, Guitar or Percussion)
Piano
Voice
Conducting
Woodwind Doubling

Artist Diploma (Post-Master’s Certificate)

Spotlights

Albums Featuring Conservatory Alumni and Faculty Nominated for 2025 Grammys

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 […]

Piano and guitar students perform as part of Music at Noon series

Piano and Guitar Students Perform on Music at Noon Series

Pianists Jean Lin ’26 (Artist Diploma) and Sarah Morris ’24, ’25 (Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance, Graduate Certificate in Performing Arts Health & Fitness), and guitarists Josh Klein ’26 […]

Darian Angel with other Sidney Forrest Clarinet Competition winners

Angel ’26 Wins First Prize in College Division of Sidney Forrest Clarinet Competition

Darian Angel ’26 (Bachelor of Music in Performance) won first prize in the College Division of the Sidney Forrest Clarinet Competition at the University of Maryland on Sunday, Oct. 27. […]

Alumni Successes