Pictured left to right: senior Jules Harlow, senior Marty Foery, junior Eme Starbuck, freshman Marley Schroeder, freshman Naomi Clutter, freshman Gunner Lippold, junior Ella Ningen, sophomore Joe Reimer, junior Bryan Alvarado, sophomore Alexander Foulk, junior Ashton Barber, freshman Ravel S. Gunardi. Not pictured: junior Sam Hartman and sophomore Caleb Panning.
Fourteen music students performed their talents for the campus at the Honors Recital on Tuesday, Oct. 21, in Heckman Auditorium.
Accompanied by either Lisa Ulmer or Judy Vrbka, the 10 vocal performances centered on a variety of themes, such as finding home or love.
Senior soprano, Jules Harlow, performed “Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina,” from “Evita,” a song and show she had always admired.
“I really love this show and this song that Patti Lone originated,” Harlow said. “Ive always looked up to her—I named my car after her—so it’s just like an honor to be able to sing a song by my music and musical theatre idols.”
The other four performances were instrumental: snare drum, marimba, trombone, and piano. Ravel S. Gunardi, a freshman from Indonesia, performed a piano composition by his father as the finale of the concert. The composition, titled Nocturne No.1, was a wedding gift to his mother and a piece that reminded him of home.
“[Knowing that my family was behind the song] just made the piece more personal,” Gunardi said, “and that way it made it easier to talk through the music.”
As his first performance on the Doane stage, choosing this song was an easy choice.
“I would think that playing a piece by my father is a good way to start off my time here at Doane,” Gunardi said. “Maybe someday I will play another piece by him.”
The 14 total students auditioned to earn a spot on the program list. Jules Harlow will have her senior recital on April 7 or 8.
