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Matthew D. Schatt
University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music
Cincinnati, Ohio
Rachel Sorenson
Rachel A. Sorenson
Kennesaw State University
Kennesaw, Georgia
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Rosetta Dingle
South Carolina State University
Orangeburg, South Carolina
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Bill Leather
 Mount Si High School
Snoqualmie, Washington
Ethan Chessin
Ethan M. Chessin
Camas High School
Camas, Washington
Mackie Spradley
Mackie V. Spradley
Texas Education Agency
Austin, Texas
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Lindsey R. Williams
Seminole County Public Schools
Orlando, FL 
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Steph Benischek
Star Elementary School, Star, ID
Meridian, Idaho
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Amanda R. Draper
Indiana University, Jacobs School of Music
Bloomington, Indiana
Brian Silvey
Brian Silvey
University of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri
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Melissa Ryan
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Tina Beveridge
Dewberry School of Music, George Mason University 
Fairfax Virginia
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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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