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Martina Vasil
University of Kentucky School of Music
Lexington, Kentucky
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Douglas C. Orzolek
University of St. Thomas
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Seth Pendergast
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado
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Vanessa L. Bond
Rowan University
Glassboro, New Jersey
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Jared Cassedy
Lexington Public Schools
Lexington, Massachusetts
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Rob Lyda
Auburn City Schools
Auburn, Alabama
Erin Zaffini
Erin Zaffini
Longy School of Music of Bard College
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Brett Babineaux
Brett Babineaux
Broussard Middle School, Billeaud Elementary School
Lafayette, Louisiana
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Nasim Niknafs
Faculty of Music, University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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David M. Hedgecoth
Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
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Kyla Davis
Ben Franklin Elementary School
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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Shawn Chastain
Wichita Public Schools
Wichita, Kansas
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Images of university music students. 150 years of arts education. We are what's next in your musical journey. Shenandoah Conservatory has spent more than 150 years preparing students for successful careers in arts education, practice, and performance. Since our inception, our graduates have performed on the globe's greatest stages, propelled arts organizations, performed groundbreaking research, healed with music, and introduced countless students to music, theatre, and dance in classrooms and studios around the world. Shenandoah University logo.
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