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Bradley Vogel, D.M.A.
Email: bradv@tabor.edu
Department: Music
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Dr. Bradley D. Vogel
Dr. Brad Vogel is in his 15th year as Professor of Choral Music at Tabor College. Dr. Vogel serves as chair of the Music Department, and directs the Concert Choir, the Women’s Chorale, and the annual Christmas Messiah performance. In addition to his conducting activities, Dr. Vogel teaches voice and courses in choral conducting, choral music pedagogy, music history, and church music. Since Dr. Vogel assumed the role of conductor of the Concert Choir in 1998, it has been selected to perform at the Kansas Music Educators Association State Convention four times (2000, 2003, 2007, 2011), and has been a guest choir with the Wichita State University Symphony Orchestra and A Cappella Choir, and the Glen McCaslin Guest Artist Series. In 2011 it was also selected to sing for the inaugural activities of Kansas Governor Sam Brownback. An active adjudicator and clinician, he has recently conducted the Wichita All-City High School Honor Chorus, the North Central, North West, South East and South West Kansas KMEA District Honor Choirs, as well as numerous area honor choirs. Additionally, he presents teaching sessions on church music and worship, and choral tone building and rehearsal preparation. Dr. Vogel is a past president and current newsletter editor of the Kansas Choral Directors Association.
Dr. Vogel graduated from Tabor College in 1985 with a bachelor’s degree in Music Education. After two years as an Associate Pastor for Youth and Music Ministries at the Zoar Mennonite Brethren Church in Inman, Kansas, he was accepted into the graduate program at the University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado, where he studied with Dr. Howard Skinner. After receiving the Master of Music degree in Conducting in 1988, Dr. Vogel began a four-year stint in the Inman, Kansas, school district, where he taught high school choral music and directed the entire instrumental music program. In 1992 Dr. Vogel began teaching middle school and high school vocal music at Haven, Kansas, leaving in 1997 to assume his present position. Concurrent with his move to Tabor College, Dr. Vogel began studies with Dr. Eph Ehly at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, graduating in 2001 with the Doctor of Musical Arts degree.
Dr. Vogel has been married to Beverly (Just) for 26 years. They have two sons, David (21) and Nathan (19), and a newly acquired daughter-in-law, Hanna (married to David).
Honors
- Newsletter Editor, Kansas Choral Directors Association
- Member of Phi Kappa Lambda, honorary music society
- Author, “Divergent Paths to a Similar Destination? A Comparative Study of the Music of Tabor College and Mennonite Brethren Southern District Churches”
- A very active adjudicator and clinician for festivals and schools in Kansas and Oklahoma
Education
- Doctor of Music Arts, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2001
- Master of Music, University of Northern Colorado, 1988
- Bachelor of Arts, Music Education, Tabor College, 1985