Concordia Nebraska music department hosts Spring 2025 honor recital

Selected music students performed vocal and instrumental works at Concordia Nebraska’s semiannual honor recital on April 26. Honor recitals are designed to allow students who perform at a high level to showcase their musical abilities in front of a live audience.  

Placement in the honor recital program is determined by auditions that take place earlier in the semester and are judged by music department faculty members. All students who participate in an applied music lesson are eligible and encouraged to audition.  

This semester’s recital included works by composers like Benjamin Culli and Claude Debussy, with performances vocally and on instruments including organ, piano, trombone and flute. 

Student performers included (listed in program order):  

“Fugue in E-flat Major, BWV 552” by J.S. Bach 

Deagan Jones, freshman, Bunker Hill, Ill., organ 

"Heiter Bewegt” and “Marsch” from “Sonata for Flute and Piano” by Paul Hindemith 

Danielle Turner, freshman, Derby, Kan., flute 

Dr. Elizabeth Grimpo, piano

"Toccata in D Minor” by J.S. Bach 

Hope Nelson, senior, Rochester, Minn., organ 

“Ballade 170” by Claude Debussy 

Joshua Jurchen, junior, Seward, Neb., piano 

“Gebt Mir Meinen Jesum Wieder” by J.S. Bach 

Lars Gindler, freshman, Collinsville, Ill., bass 

Deagan Jones, piano

“Aria: Andante sostenuto” and “Finale: Allegro giascoso” from “Concertino for Trombone and String orchestra” by Lars-Erik Larsson 

David Eatherton, freshman, Sheboygan, Wis., trombone 

Dr. Elizabeth Grimpo, piano

“'Toccata' from Partita on ‘Ebenezer’” by Benjamin Culli 

Rocco Fritz, sophomore, Breckenridge, Minn., organ 

“When I am Laid in Earth (Dido’s Lament), from Dido and Aeneas” by Henry Purcell 

Naomi Mueller, freshman, Lewiston, Minn., mezzo-soprano 

Deagan Jones, piano

“Litanies” by Jehan Alain 

Ethan Gillespie, senior, Random Lake, Wis., organ 

“Quando m’n vo’, from La Boheme” by Giacomo Puccini 

Kirsten Horne, senior, Seward, Neb., soprano 

Dr. Elizabeth Grimpo, piano

The music department at Concordia University, Nebraska offers students rigorous preparation for glorifying God in their vocations through the study, performance and instruction of music. Applied lessons, ensembles of many types and top-tier practice facilities allow students to further their study of music at the highest level, no matter their personal interests or previous musical experience. Learn more about the music department here.