Vespers 2010

Mount Marty College Choirs

Dr. Sean Vogt, Director

$14.99

Dr. Sean Vogt, director of choirs at Mount Marty College in Yankton, South Dakota, has surprised the classical music world with an outstanding debut CD of comfortable standard Christmas carols as well as contemporary gems of today’s sacred music composers. Interspersed with scriptural readings and inspirational interludes, Vespers 2010 demonstrates how an energetic college music department can produce a passionate, vigorous version of the evening prayer service heard throughout the Christian world at Christmas time.

Vespers 2010:

1. Mendelssohn: A Mighty Fortress is Our God, op.107/iv

2. Goeller: Appalachian Carol

3. Prokofiev: Tröika

4. Rutter: What Sweeter Music

5. The Bidding Prayer

6. Lesson I: Genesis 3:8-15

7. Wilberg: Praise to the Lord, the Almighty

8. Lesson II: Genesis 22:15-18

9. Custer: Chesterton’s Carol

10. Lesson III: Isaiah 9:2-7

11. Vaughan Williams: Let All the World in Every Corner Sing

12. Lesson IV: Isaiah 11:1-9

13. Chilcott: Mid-Winter

14. Lesson V: Luke 1:26-38

15. Mozart: Regina Coeli, K. 108/i

16. Lesson VI: Luke 2:1-7

17. Vaughan Williams: Wassail Song

18. Lesson VII : Luke 2:8-16

19. Holst: Christmas Day

20. Lesson VIII: Matthew 2:1-11

21. Goeller: Christmas Fantasy for Orchestra

22. Lesson IX: John 1:1-14

23. Wilberg: Carol to the King

24. Collect & Blessing

25. Silent Night

Dr. Sean Vogt attended Central College (Pella, Iowa) where he was a winner of Central’s Concerto/Aria competition and named a Cox-Snow distinguished scholar. He also studied in London, serving as Assistant Organist/Choirmaster at St. Cuthbert’s Church in Woodgreen.
Holding a master’s and doctoral degree in choral conducting from the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University and Michigan State University respectively, Sean has served as the Artistic Director and Conductor of the Steiner Chorale, a semi-professional chorus, Assistant Conductor of the MSU Chorale, sabbatical professor for the 100-voice MSU Men’s Glee Club, and Music Director for St. Jude’s Catholic Church, a parish of 5,000.

Having conducted many major works for chorus and orchestra, Vogt was one of the featured conductors at the Oregon Bach Festival where he worked closely with Helmuth Rilling, conductor of the International Bach Academy in Stuttgart, Germany, and conducted the all-professional chorus and orchestra in three public performances. He has also prepared choirs for early music specialist, Paul McCreesh, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, soprano Kathleen Battle, and the now associate conductor of the New York Philharmonic, Xian Zhang.

In addition to degrees in choral conducting, Vogt worked on the doctorate in organ at the University of Iowa, holds a diploma in organ from the Haarlem Internationale Zomeracademie voor Organisten (The Netherlands), and a master’s degree in organ from Southern Methodist University. Along with several organ dedications, he has performed as soloist at the National Cathedral (Washington, D.C.), St. Philip’s Cathedral (Atlanta), Fourth Presbyterian (Chicago), and internationally at St. Stephen’s Cathedral (Vienna), St. Peter’s Church (Vienna), Linz Cathedral (Linz), and Schweiklberg Abbey (Vilshofen). He has played continuo with several orchestras and has well over a decade of experience as a collaborative pianist with vocalists and instrumentalists.

Dr. Vogt has twenty years of experience in the field of church music and has worked with choirs at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. He has served as the American Choral Directors Association’s Repertoire and Standards Chair: Music and Worship for the state of Iowa and faculty member for the National Leadership Program for Musicians (LPM) serving small congregations. He currently serves as department chair and director of choral activities at Mount Marty College in Yankton, South Dakota.

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