A sampling of current students...
(If you would like to ask a question to any of these students about life at Concordia, we invite you to email them.)
Megan Wright (El Dorado Hills, CA) is a senior music education student. She has prepared for a teaching career by taking lessons on clarinet (her main instrument), piano, handbells, and jazz clarinet. Megan is in her fourth year as principal clarinet of the Concordia Wind Orchestra. She also rings in the Concordia Concert Handbells, and has spent several semesters in Chapel Choir and Resound (handbell quartet). Megan understands that music educators must be comprehensive musicians in order to be successful. She has carefully planned her studies at Concordia to ensure that she is prepared to teach, and she has been a very diligent student. This has paid off - Megan is currently contemplating graduate study (she has been accepted to Azusa Pacific for graduate school in clarinet performance) and a job offer to teach middle school band in Texas starting in the fall, after she completes student teaching this spring. ask Megan
Rick Johnson (Northridge, CA) is a senior business major who is very involved in music because he wants to get into the music industry. Rick is minoring in music. He sings in Concordia Choir and decided to take up the trumpet during his sophomore year. Thanks to his persistence, he has become an important member of the Concordia Wind Orchestra and holds a leadership position in the group. ask Rick
Christian Guebert (Orange, CA) is a senior music major who is working on a liberal arts emphasis. His focus is composition. At Concordia, he takes in many opportunities that will help his composition. Christian plays in Concert Handbells, Wind Orchestra, and Percussion Ensemble. He plays horn and bassoon. Every semester he takes a private composition lesson and actively writes music for Concordia ensembles. Among many pieces performed by Concordia ensembles are a suite of fugues for woodwind quartet, a multi-movement composition for wind orchestra based on a series of paintings by another Concordia student, and a hymn concertato for wind orchestra, choir, organ, and congregation for Concordia's Christmas concert.
