23 Musicians and Music Industry Leaders Who Debuted in Goshen
Goshen is a hotbed for musicians, and many GC alumni have launched careers and found success in the music industry.
Do you wish you could continue to be involved in musical theater after high school, while also pursuing other interests and career goals (on or off the stage)? Our unique musical theater minor in an intimate liberal arts environment is just for you, perfectly complementing other programs of study and tailored for you with several different tracks, depending on your major.
In addition to taking dance, voice and acting classes, you’ll gain hands-on opportunities to apply technical and artistic skills learned in a campus musical or opera production every year.
And when you participate in college as a performer, stage manager, director or choreographer, you will be learning high-demand job skills that will serve you well no matter what you do after you graduate. These include working on a team, problem-solving and effective communication.
Goshen is a hotbed for musicians, and many GC alumni have launched careers and found success in the music industry.
The Goshen College Vox Profundi low voice choir will spend their spring break touring and performing in churches and schools in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and Ohio from Feb. 26 through March 4, with a home concert on Sunday, March 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the Goshen College Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall.
Three Goshen College students competed and won awards at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Region III Festival, which took place virtually Jan. 5-9, 2022.
of music major alumni are satisfied or very satisfied with their undergraduate education
of full-time music faculty have doctorates
Amount you could receive in merit-based college scholarships in music
of alumni agree that theater professors are genuinely interested in their students
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Lukas Thompson discovered a love of music and theater early on, leading him on a path toward the stage.
Lukas' storyMartin, who graduated in 2016 with a theater major, was in many a mainstage theater production, won the school talent show, and is now acting professionally in the area.
Martin's storyBass-baritone Philip Horst '93 has sung with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, the Lyric Opera of Chicago and the San Francisco Opera, as well as with companies spanning Europe from Great Britain to Greece.
Philip's storyAndrew Landis is a stage manager who works for various opera companies across the country.
Andrew's storyHostetler is currently resident stage director for the Portland Revels, artistic director of CompassWorks, and a freelance theatre/opera director, producer and playwright.
Bruce's storyLisa Rosado Rivera '21 hopes to one day find herself on Broadway.
Lisa's story