Dr. Bradley Vogel, Director of Choral Activities at McPherson College, McPherson, KS, has enjoyed nearly 40 years conducting both choral and instrumental ensembles. After a dozen years in public school education and church music ministry, he embarked on a 22-year career as Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at Tabor College. Recipient of the Clarence R. Hiebert Excellence in Teaching Award, Dr. Vogel served as chair of the Department of Music as well as the Division of Performing and Visual Arts. During his tenure he conducted the Concert Choir, Oratorio Chorus, and Chamber Voices, including the annual Christmas Messiah performance and domestic tours, and served as music director for music theater productions. Under his leadership, the Concert Choir was selected to perform at the Kansas Music Educators Association State Convention six times (2000, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015). In honor of his service to the institution, the choral rehearsal room in the new Flaming Center for the Arts at Tabor College was named the Vogel Choral Room. An active adjudicator and clinician, Dr. Vogel has conducted over 30 choral festivals in Kansas, New York, and South Carolina, and annually adjudicates state festivals in Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. Additionally, he is an active composer, with works published by MusicSpoke. In 2018 he was awarded the Harry Robert Wilson Award by the Kansas chapter of the American Choral Directors Association in recognition of lifetime contributions to choral music in Kansas, and in 2019 he enjoyed his Carnegie Hall debut, conducting Ola Gjeilo’s Sunrise Mass with three combined choirs and the New England Symphonic Ensemble. Dr. Vogel graduated from Tabor College with the BA in Music Education. He earned the MM in Conducting from the University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado, and the DMA in Conducting from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He and his wife, Beverly, married in 1985, and have two grown sons and four grandchildren.
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