Welcome to the 17th annual Conservatory Convocation! Incoming and returning conservatory students are invited to kick off the 2022/23 academic year with a dynamic lineup of music, theatre and dance performances showcasing the conservatory’s extraordinary student artists. The year's event includes a special keynote address by Dr. Jeffrey Murdock, 2021 GRAMMY Music Educator of the Year and director of choral and vocal studies and associate professor of music education at the University of Arkansas.

Prelude

Trombone Collective

Fanfare Festivo

Frigyes Hidas (1928–2007)

Trombone Collective

Pay the Fiddler

David Pope
arr. Mathuin Smith

Mathuin Smith, saxophone
Jon Long-Leary, guitar
Lance Davis, bass
William Strickler, drums

Shenandoah Conservatory Student Council President Welcome

Jamie Shegogue ’23 (Bachelor of Music Therapy)

Lifted Connections

Music by Ella Fitzgerald, All of Me

Tyson Francis, dancer
Brittany Copp, dancer

Everybody

by Brandon Jacobs Jenkins

Lenita Atabe, actor
Sam Barthel, actor

Polonaise in A-flat major, op. 53 (“Heroic”)

Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)

Szymon Czerniak, piano

Teionkhiyà:taton (Sky Dwellers)

by Dawn Avery

La Biennale di Venezia Choral Ensemble

Le Cygne (The Swan)

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)

John Keane, cello
Szymon Czerniak, piano

“Louder Than Words” from Tick, Tick... Boom!

Music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre Class of 2025 & Ensemble

Welcome & Introduction

Dean Michael Stepniak

Guest Speaker Reflections

Dr. Jeffrey Murdock

Postlude

Trombone Collective

Dr. Michael Stepniak

Dean

Dr. Jeffrey Marlatt

Senior Associate Dean
Associate Dean for Faculty & Academic Affairs

Dr. Ting-Yu Chen

Associate Dean for Student Affairs

Dr. Jennifer Green-Flint

Assistant Dean of Administration
Executive Director of Shenandoah Conservatory Arts Academy

Dr. Carolyn Coulson

Assistant Dean for Student Learning

Dr. Shaun Evans

Director of Athletic Bands
Senior Coordinator, Conservatory Recruitment

Courtney Reilly

Executive Director of Performances & Engagement 
Artistic Director of Performing Arts Live

Melanie L. Mathewes

Director of Development, Shenandoah Conservatory