Pianist Brandon Voth will perform his Senior Piano Recital at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 21st at the Tabor College Chapel-Auditorium.
Admission is free and the public is invited to attend.
Voth, a Music/Biblical and Religious Studies major from Lynden, Wash., will perform Italian Concerto (Moderato) by Johann Sebastian Bach; Piano Concerto in D Major by Franz Joseph Haydn; Four Impromtus (Allegro Molto Moderato) by Franz Schubert; La fille aux cheveus de lin, La cathedrale engloutie, and Minstrels by Claude Debussy; and, Suite for Piano: Presto, Andante, and Vif, by Francis Poulnec.
“I wanted to provide a good variety of styles, genres, and time periods for both myself and the listener,” Voth said. “I’ve always loved Debussy because of his impressionistic emotional contrast, and the Poulenc set has really grown on me. The Bach and Haydn provide a nice contrast from the more contemporary and romantic pieces, and the Schubert is very opposite of everything else with its dark foreboding nature.”
Voth credits his musical success to his instructors, including his piano teacher, Dr. Shelia Litke, Associate Professor of Piano and Piano Pedagogy, who is an accomplished concert pianist.
“Tabor has done wonders to advance me musically,” Voth said. “All of the professors I get to work with show care and respect for me as a person as well as a love for music. I’ve had numerous opportunities to use newly acquired skills in a variety of settings; from church on Sunday mornings to football games on Friday nights, to traveling the country with the choir and band.”
Piano performance is Voth’s way to express his Christian faith, he added.
“Music is a language, a language that can express what words can’t,” Voth said. “Yes, getting the notes right is important, and many hours are spent towards that goal, but after that’s all finished, you can wade out into deeper waters and immerse yourself in it. Romans 8 talks of Jesus pleading on our behalf with ‘groans that words cannot express’, and music gives me a chance to ‘speak’ with Him with words I cannot express.”
Brandon is the son of Nolan and Starla Voth.
