HILLSBORO, Kan. – Vicki Conway and Mary Tidwell will headline the opening recital of the 2016-2017 Tabor College Recital Series.
The pianists will present a two-piano performance on September 30 at 7:00 pm in the Rehearsal Hall of the Wohlgemuth Music Education Center.
Community members are encouraged to attend the free event, which will feature works for two pianos by Francis Poulenc and Johannes Brahms.
“We are grateful for the opportunity to bring experienced performers to our campus,” Bradley Vogel chair of the music program at Tabor said. “Our goal is to engage and inspire our students and the community with the stories and work of our guests.”
Conway is a senior lecturer in music at the University of Texas at Tyler. She earned degrees in piano and organ performance from Stephen F. Austin State University and Baylor University, as well as additional graduate study at the University of Oklahoma.
An active researcher, Conway coordinates a developmental fitness program showing the relationships between gross motor skills, auditory and cognitive processing and performance skills. In addition to her active performing schedule and studio teaching, Conway serves as organist at Greggton United Methodist Church and Elmira Chapel Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Longview, Tex.
Tidwell is an instructor of music at Trinity Valley Community College in Athens, Tex., since 2011. Prior to her role at Trinity Tidwell worked as professor and chair of the music department at Lon Morris College in Jacksonville, Tex., and taught at Indiana-Purdue University in Fort Wayne, Ind., and Baylor University in Waco, Tex.
Tidwell earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree in piano performance from Baylor University. She is organist at First United Methodist Church in Henderson, Tex.
Guest performances are an important part of the program at Tabor. In this inaugural year of the Tabor College Recital Series, the college has expanded the scope of these recital offerings to include musicians from throughout the United States, including Texas, Massachusetts, and Alabama.
“We find that when we bring in professional performers students not only are inspired to continue their progress, but they also have the opportunity to see how these performers have applied their education to a career,” Vogel said. “As instructors we feel it is our role to introduce our students to as many opportunities as possible.”