financial resources,” said Associate Dean for
Student Affairs Janice Smith, Ph.D., RN.
Photo: Scott Spriggs
Shenandoah Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, directed by Jan Wagner, performed Carl Orff’s “Camina Burana”
featuring Shenandoah Conservatory choirs.
featured the winners of the Student
Soloists Competition. In February, the
Symphony Orchestra and Jazz Ensemble
performed a fundraiser featuring special
guest Eric Felten and the Shenandoah
Conservatory Orchestra. Proceeds benefited
the Shenandoah Conservatory Symphony
Orchestra’s Spanish tour. In March, the
orchestra performed “iBuena Suerte!” a
concert featuring its Spain tour repertoire.
works of Pulitzer Prize–winning composer
Kevin Puts; concerts by guest artist,
violinist, composer and technologist Todd
Reynolds, and guest artists the Van Buren
Windes with pianist Eric Huebner. In
April, the EDGE Ensemble and Wind
Ensemble performed “Andriessen 75: La
Girò” while the Aeolus Quartet presented
a season finale with “Andriessen 75: The
Complete String Quartets.”
Shenandoah Conservatory Wind
Ensemble presented “American Voices”
with guest composer Carter Pann,
featuring a world premier by Shenandoah
Conservatory student Doug Farrell. In
November, the Wind Ensemble and the
Symphony Orchestra joined forces to
explore the music of visiting Pulitzer Prizewinning composer Kevin Puts. In February,
the Wind Ensemble performed the world
premiers of alumnus Julian Crowhurst
’13, and alumnus Bryce Fuhrman ’12. In
March, pianist Eric Huebner from the
New York Philharmonic joined the Wind
Ensemble to perform Igor Stravinsky’s
“Octet” and “Concerto for Piano and
Winds.” In April, the Shenandoah EDGE
Ensemble and guest artists Monica
Germino and Aeolus Quartet, joined the
Shenandoah Orchestra in a celebration of
the 75th birthday of acclaimed composer
Louis Andriessen. The concert featured a
world premier by Alexandra Gardner and
Andriessen’s “Bells for Haarlem,” “Hout”
and the regional premier of “La Girò.”
Shenandoah Conservatory kicked off
its New American Icons series with
composer Philip Glass. The program
provides students with a once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity to meet and discuss their
disciplines and careers with inspiring artists.
Glass’ extraordinary and unprecedented
influence on the musical and intellectual life
of his generation can be heard through his
operas, symphonies, compositions and wideranging collaborations with artists ranging
from Twyla Tharp to Allen Ginsberg and
Woody Allen to David Bowie.
Shenandoah New Music introduced
EDGE Ensemble and launched its
inaugural contemporary music season
with concerts in the Bright Box Theater
and performances in Armstrong Concert
Hall. Performances included EDGE
Ensemble, two concerts featuring the
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NURSING
Eleanor Wade Custer School of Nursing
received a $2.58 million federal grant,
the largest competitive grant ever received
by the university. Funded in part by the
Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students
program, the grant provides $645,000 in
scholarships for full-time undergraduate
nursing students annually for four years. The
new grant enabled at least 43 scholarships
to be awarded beginning in the 2012-2013
academic year and continuing the following
three years. Full-year scholarships will be
awarded in the amount of $15,000 and halfyear scholarships in the amount of $7,500.
“This grant will make a dramatic difference
for more than 40 students who have limited
Eleanor Wade Custer School of Nursing
partnered with Sunrise Laboratories,
James Wood High School and John
Handley High School in a four-year
heart disease/diabetes risk factors
study, “Screening Teens Early With
Identification and Intervention”
(STEWii). Participants will be screened
for early indicators of heart disease and
diabetes with free lab tests traditionally
not covered by health insurance for this
age group. Participants will receive two
initial screenings, plus one screening each
year until he/she graduates. They will also
receive information regarding their blood
type, and information gained from the tests
may help notify parents and other relatives
about potential health issues.
HEALTH
PROFESSIONS
Athletic training and dual-athletic
training/physical therapy students
participated in Clermont Farm Day, a
one-day festival celebrating Clarke County’s
rich agricultural and historical heritage. The
group planted 40 trees for future research.
Clermont Farm is a 250-year-old, 361-acre
farmstead in Clarke County, Va, owned
by the Virginia Department of Historic
Resources and managed by the Clermont
Foundation. Faculty and students from
universities across Virginia performed
research on the farm, including studies in
environmental science, agricultural science,
architecture and history.
Director and Associate Professor of
Athletic Training Rose Schmieg, DHSc,
PT; Director and Associate Professor of
Physical Therapy Karen Abraham, Ph.D.,
PT; pharmacy candidate Amanda Boyer,
D.P.T., and Performing Arts Medicine
certificate student Chris Morales,
D.P.T., M.S.A.T., presented their poster,
“Reliability of a Modified Functional
Movement Screen in Pre-professional
Collegiate Dancers,” at the 23rd Annual
Meeting of the International Association
for Dance Medicine & Science in Seattle.
Shenandoah’s Division of Occupational
Therapy celebrated its 20th anniversary