Vanessa Shenk has been a musician for most of her adult life. A graduate of Penn State University and Peabody Conservatory, she has played with a variety of ensembles in the greater Harrisburg area. Vanessa has been on the adjunct faculty of Gettysburg College and Elizabethtown College and is newly retired from teaching instrumental music  in the Camp Hill School District after a tenure of 22 years. She is a member of the Cumberland County Honor Guard as a bugler and resides in Boiling Springs with her husband Aubrey.