Tabor College Music

HILLSBORO, Kan. – Vocalist Hanna Vogel will perform her senior recital at 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 17, in the Tabor College Chapel. The public is invited to attend.

Vogel, the daughter of Marcus and Janna Bishop from Hays, Kan., is a soprano and church music major studying under Dr. Holly Swartzendruber. She plans to graduate in May.

Vogel will perform a selection of works by classical composers, Mozart and Brahms as well as contemporary and American poets and playwrights.

“Every piece has a different meaning for me,” Vogel said of her selections. “The sacred pieces are important to me because of my relationship with Christ and my desire to worship him in all that I do, including singing. The Amy Beach set talks about young love, which is appropriate for me as a newlywed. And the final set is a musical theatre set which shows my love for the stage.”

Vogel said that her time at Tabor has transformed her both spiritually and academically.

“I have not only gained great musical knowledge,” she said, “I have gained great passion for the One I am singing for.”

The faculty, she added, are responsible for much of this growth.  “The professors at Tabor are second to none,” Vogel said. “I consider it a huge privilege to have studied under such talent.”

Music, Vogel said, is one way that she can share her faith with others. “In everything that I do I want to honor and glorify God,” she said. “Through music, I want to lead others in worship of God and show them Christ’s love.”

After graduating, Vogel said that she hopes to find a job where she can minister to and serve others. She and her husband plan to stay in the Hillsboro area, where they are both actively involved in the worship program at their church.

HILLSBORO, Kan. – Vocalist Clarissa Berglund will perform her senior recital at 4 p.m., Sunday, April 15, in the Tabor College Chapel. The public is invited to attend.

Berglund, the daughter of Jay and Ardelle from Gettysburg, S.D., is a soprano and music education major studying under Dr. Holly Swartzendruber. She plans to graduate in May.

She has prepared a diverse program including works by classical composers as well as contemporary and American poets and playwrights.

“These songs were chosen for a number of reasons,” Berglund said. “The different songs are from a wide range of styles, eras and composers.”

The songs are challenging both technically and in artistic expression, Berglund said, helping her grow in her musicianship. She added that the selections are each interesting to her because of the unique stories they tell.

Being strengthened in both music and life are contributions from her professors that Berglund said has greatly enhanced her time at Tabor.

“The music faculty at Tabor is outstanding,” she said. “Through classes, lessons and performances, I have been stretched and challenged as a person, as a musician and as a student. My music professors have encouraged me through my college experience, and I know they believe in me and expect great things from me.”

The importance she finds in music, Berglund said, goes deeper than the directions it has taken in her academics and future career choices.

“To me, it is very powerful and meaningful when biblical or spiritual words are put to music,” she said. “The music enhances the text. I also believe that music and the arts in general are a way to express God’s beauty and glory in a way that mere words cannot.”

After graduating, Berglund will return in the fall to complete her student teaching requirements. Afterwards, she plans to teach music and pursue a master’s degree in conducting.

Emily Schmidt will perform her senior recital on flute at 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 10, in the Tabor College Chapel. The public is invited to attend.

Schmidt, the daughter of Russell Schmidt and Elizabeth Hofer of Wichita, Kan., is a music education major studying under Joyann Brake. She plans to graduate in May.

She will perform Allegretto malincolico, Canatilena and Presto giocoso from Sonate for flute and piano by Francis Poulenc; Fantasie by Gabriel Faure; Amhran from Flute Concerto by Christopher Rouse; Heiter bewegt, Sehr lansam and Sehr lebhaft / Marsch from Sonate by Paul Hindemith; and Of Winds and Wings by Tabor College instrumentals director Daniel Baldwin.

“I selected these pieces because I like them,” Schmidt said of her program. “Some of the music I liked immediately and others took hearing them a few times before I could decide, but I enjoy all of the pieces immensely. They also provide a challenge both technically and expressively,” she said.

Schmidt said that her training at Tabor has strengthened her skill and talent in playing the flute.

“Tabor has helped me advance my music education by helping me gain skills that I will need—and didn’t yet have—and improve the musical skills I had already begun to learn,” she said.

Making music is also one of Schmidt’s expressions of worship, she said. “Music provides another way of worshiping God,” she said, “both on my own and with others.”

After graduating from Tabor this spring, Schmidt will return in the fall to complete her student teaching requirements.