Bethany College Music Department Announces Honors Recital Students

April 8, 2019
Bethany College Music Department announces the selected students to perform in this year’s Messiah Festival Student Honors Recital on April 18, at 2:30PM in the Pearson Chapel, Bethany College Campus. The recital is free and open to the public.

Each year the department selects the best soloists that have excelled both in performance and academics.  The accompanists for the recital are Tyler Breneman, Brenda Finch, and Jo Steele-Kraus.

Back row:  Elise Nelson, soprano, Lindsborg; Stephen Klaassen, tenor, Marquette; Maya Herrera, mezzo-soprano, Brighton, CO; Brody Nicholas, saxophone, Hoisington;

Front row:  Kalyn Powers, soprano, Lindsborg; Abigail Rishel-Barnett, mezzo-soprano, Lindsborg; Lauren Gragg, soprano, Minneapolis; Emily Perkins, trumpet, Howard
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