Welcome to the second annual Inside/Out: Arts Open House where we throw open the doors to our venues, set up outdoor stages and let YOU curate your own performance experience!

Check out the schedule below to determine which events you would like to attend. 

In addition to the dozens of short music, theatre and dance performances, you can enjoy stage combat demonstrations, drum and dance workshops, or an interactive Silk Screening class. And don't forget to stop by our festival beer garden near Sarah's Glen, where food and drinks are available for purchase. 

Thank you for joining us and enjoy!

Performances and showcases last 10 to 30 minutes; schedule and programming subject to change.

2:30PM

• 9/11 Remembered (Sarah’s Glen)

3PM

• Jazz Combo (Abrams Creek Amphitheatre)
• Drum Circle #1 (Ohrstrom-Bryant Theatre Tent)

3:15PM

• Stage Combat ( Dayton Bridge)
• Choral Showcase (SU Quad)
• Dance Showcase (Shingleton Dance Space)
• Trombone Collective (Armstrong Hall Courtyard)
• Contemporary Music & Songwriters Showcase (Brandt Student Center Patio)

3:30PM

• Clarinet Choir (Armstrong Hall Courtyard)
• Drum Circle #2 (Ohrstrom-Bryant Theatre Tent)

3:45PM

• Opera Showcase (Armstrong Concert Hall)
• Saxophone Ensemble (Armstrong Hall Courtyard)

4PM

• Little Big Band (Abrams Creek Amphitheatre)
• Silk Screening – Part I (Ohrstrom Bryant Theatre Tent

4:15PM

• Choral Showcase (SU Quad)
• Dance Showcase (Shingleton Dance Space)

4:30PM

• Musical Theatre Showcase (Ohrstrom-Bryant Theatre)
• Piano Showcase (Armstrong Concert Hall)
• EDGE Ensemble (Armstrong Hall Courtyard)
• Stage Combat (Dayton Bridge)

5PM

• English Regency Dance Workshop (Glaize Studio Theatre)
• Chamber Ensemble (Armstrong Hall Courtyard)
• Silk Screening – Part II (Ohrstrom-Bryant Theatre Tent)

5:15PM

• Wind Ensemble (Armstrong Concert Hall)

5:30PM

• Studio Big Band (Abrams Creek Amphitheatre)

Festival Beer Garden

Food and drinks are available for purchase in the festival beer garden located by Sarah's Glen. Cash and credit card are accepted. Outdoor seating available under the tent.

Concessions

Food and drinks are available for purchase at the Concessions Stand located in the Ohrstrom-Bryant Theatre lobby. Cash and credit card are accepted.

9/11 Remembered

Sarah's Glen

This year’s event begins at 2:30PM in Sarah’s Glen with a special 9/11 Remembered program hosted by the Shenandoah University Veterans and Supporters organization and featuring students from the Shenandoah Conservatory Brass Studio.

Jazz Combo

Abrams Creek Amphitheatre

Program to be announced from stage.

Drum Circle #1

Ohrstrom-Bryant Theatre Tent

with Jona Masiya, clinician

Program to be announced from stage. NOTE: Participation is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Stage Combat

Dayton Bridge

with Kit Wilder, fight choreographer

Noah Ratgen, actor • Laurel Hinton, actor

Program to be announced from stage.

Choral Showcase

SU Quad

Program to be selected from the following:

CONSERVATORY CHOIR

Thomas Morley: Sing We and Chant It
Thomas Morley: April Is in My Mistress Face
Claudin de Sermisy: Tant que vivray
Hans Leo Hassler: All Lust und Freud
Jacques Arcadelt: Il bianco e dolce cigno
Orlando di Lasso: O occhi manza mia

CANTUS SINGERS

John Newton (arr. Stephen Hatfield): Amazing Grace 

Dance Showcase

Shingleton Dance Space

Program to be announced from stage.

Trombone Collective

Armstrong Hall Courtyard

Program to be announced from stage.

Contemporary Music & Songwriters Showcase

Brandt Student Center Patio

William Finn: I’d Rather Be Sailing (A New Brain)
Stephen Schwartz: Meadowlark (The Baker’s Wife) 

Marita Stryker, voice * David Landrum, piano

Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II: Cockeyed Optimist from South Pacific
Andrew Lippa: My New Philosophy from You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown

Megan Richards, voice * David Landrum, piano

Stephen Flaherty: Back to Before from Ragtime
Frank Loesser: Adelaide’s Lament from Guys and Dolls

Emily Castleton, voice * David Landrum, piano

Recording & Audio Arts Mini-Showcase

• Taylor Sales performing Creep by Radiohead
• Karlee Adcock performing an original song
• Zachary Robinson performing Ponyo (original song)
• Chase Greene performing END (original song)
• Chase Greene and Zachary Robinson performing Settle Down (original duet)

Clarinet Choir

Armstrong Hall Courtyard

Program to be announced from stage.

Yu Wang • Jalen Mims • Joshua Lewis • Ada Rexrode • Zachary Freshwater • Matthew Bissen • Erin Eady • Peter Mattson • Garrick Zoeter, director

Drum Circle #2

Ohrstrom-Bryant Theatre Tent

with Jona Masiya, clinician

Program to be announced from stage. NOTE: Participation is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Opera Showcase

Armstrong Concert Hall

Program to be announced from stage.

Saxophone Ensemble

Armstrong Hall Courtyard

Program to be announced from stage.

Little Big Band

Abrams Creek Amphitheatre

Program to be announced from stage.

Silk Screening (Part I)*

Ohrstrom-Bryant Theatre Tent

with Jennifer Flitton Adams, instructor

Program to be announced from stage.

Choral Showcase

SU Quad

Program to be selected from the following:

CONSERVATORY CHOIR

Thomas Morley: Sing We and Chant It
Thomas Morley: April Is in My Mistress Face
Claudin de Sermisy: Tant que vivray
Hans Leo Hassler: All Lust und Freud
Jacques Arcadelt: Il bianco e dolce cigno
Orlando di Lasso: O occhi manza mia

CANTUS SINGERS

John Newton (arr. Stephen Hatfield): Amazing Grace 

Dance Showcase

Shingleton Dance Space

Program to be announced from stage.

Musical Theatre Showcase

Ohrstrom-Bryant Theatre

Program to be announced from stage.

Piano Showcase

Armstrong Concert Hall

Program to be announced from stage.

EDGE Ensemble

Armstrong Hall Courtyard

Michael Nyman (b. 1944): In C Interlude

Dane Frandsen • Mathuin Smith • Peter Mattson • Garrick Zoeter • Ada Rexrode • Alex Corley • Scout Kirkham • Ethan Hahn • Jacob Routhier • Austin Dettor • Matthew Neal • Jonathan Newman

Stage Combat

Dayton Bridge

with Kit Wilder, fight choreographer

Noah Ratgen, actor • Laurel Hinton, actor

Program to be announced from stage.

English Regency Dance Workshop

Glaize Studio Theatre

with Erica Helm, instructor and Karen Follett, accompanist

Do you love Jane Austen?  Join us to learn the basics of dance steps that are used in theatrical productions and films about Jane Austen's era and still are enjoyed by social dance groups today.

Chamber Ensemble

Armstrong Hall Courtyard

Paul Hindemith (1895–1963): Kleine Kammermusik op. 24, No. 2 

Rosalee Discenza, flute • Lilly Matthews, oboe • Jalen Mims, clarinet • Brenda Herrera, bassoon • Nick Peretti, horn

Silk Screening (Part II)*

Ohrstrom-Bryant Theatre Tent

with Jennifer Flitton Adams, instructor

Program to be announced from stage. NOTE: You must attend Silk Screening Part I to participate in Part II.

Wind Ensemble

Armstrong Concert Hall

Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904): Serenade for Winds in D Minor, op. 44 (1878)

Selected movements to be announced from stage.

Lillian Mathews • Mathuin Smith • Erin Eady • Peter Mattson • Kaelin Walton • Isibeal Measells • Ethan Hahn • Nick Peretti • Scout Kirkham • Kristian Dillon • Logan Unger • Tim Robblee, conductor

Studio Big Band

Abrams Creek Amphitheatre

Program to be announced from stage.

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