Spring 2003 · Vol. 32 No. 1 · pp. 111–21
Pieces of Tabor College Music History
TABOR COLLEGE MUSIC INSTRUCTORS, 1935-2003
| 1936 | Herbert C. Richert Mrs. Paul Groening |
| 1937-42 | Ella Franz Herbert C. Richert |
| 1943 | Margaret Kyner Herbert C. Richert |
| 1944 | Ralph Bengston Herbert C. Richert |
| 1945-46 | Ella Franz Herbert C. Richert |
| 1947 | Ralph Bengston Ella Franz Herbert C. Richert |
| 1948 | Ralph Bengston Ella Franz Paul W. Ratzlaff Herbert C. Richert |
| 1949 | Ralph Bengston Ella Franz Paul W. Ratzlaff Herbert C. Richert Mabel Warkentin |
| 1950 | Ralph Bengston Eleanor Brown Ella Franz Paul W. Ratzlaff Herbert C. Richert Mabel Warkentin Paul W. Wohlgemuth |
| 1951 | Ralph Bengston Eleanor Brown Ella Franz Herbert C. Richert Paul W. Wohlgemuth |
| 1952 | Josephine C. Elsen Herbert C. Richert Dorothy Shoup Paul W. Wohlgemuth |
| 1953 | Josephine C. Elsen Herbert C. Richert Paul W. Wohlgemuth |
| 1954 | Josephine C. Elsen Archie Kliewer Herbert C. Richert Paul W. Wohlgemuth |
| 1955 | Josephine C. Elsen Archie Kliewer Herbert C. Richert p. 112 |
| 1956-58 | Ruth Bixel Josephine C. Elsen Archie Kliewer Paul W. Ratzlaff Herbert C. Richert |
| 1959-60 | Ruth Bixel Josephine C. Elsen Archie Kliewer Herbert C. Richert |
| 1961 | Ruth Bixel Thomas Collins Larry Feil Herbert C. Richert |
| 1962-64 | Ruth Bixel Thomas Collins Larry Feil Herbert C. Richert Paul W. Wohlgemuth |
| 1965-66 | Thomas Collins Larry Feil Carl Gerbrandt Alice Hostetler Loewen Herbert C. Richert Paul W. Wohlgemuth |
| 1967 | Thomas Collins Wallace M. Dunn Larry Feil Carl Gerbrandt Herbert C. Richert Paul W. Wohlgemuth |
| 1968 | Thomas Collins Wallace M. Dunn Larry Feil Jay Harder Robert Jones Paul W. Wohlgemuth |
| 1969 | Wallace M. Dunn Larry Feil Robert Jones Paul W. Wohlgemuth |
| 1970 | William R. Braun Marilyn Cruit Wallace M. Dunn Larry Feil Leland Suderman Paul W. Wohlgemuth |
| 1971 | William R. Braun Wallace M. Dunn Larry Feil Paul W. Wohlgemuth |
| 1972-74 | Wallace M. Dunn Larry Feil Robert Hauck Paul W. Wohlgemuth |
| 1975 | Wallace M. Dunn Larry Feil Fred Garlett Robert Hauck Paul W. Wohlgemuth |
| 1976 | Wallace M. Dunn Larry Feil Fred Garlett Paul W. Wohlgemuth p. 113 |
| 1977 | Wallace M. Dunn Larry Feil Jonah Kliewer Wesley Loewen Lonn Richards |
| 1978-81 | Larry Feil Wallace M. Dunn Jonah Kliewer Wesley Loewen Lonn Richards |
| 1982-83 | Jonah Kliewer Charlotte Kroeker Wesley Loewen Lonn Richards |
| 1984 | Jonah Kliewer Charlotte Kroeker Glenn Litke Lonn Richards |
| 1985-91 | Jonah Kliewer Glenn Litke Lonn Richards Karen Schlabaugh |
| 1992 | Jonah Kliewer Lonn Richards Karen Schlabaugh Eunice Stackhouse Mark Suderman |
| 1993-94 | Jonah Kliewer Lonn Richards Karen Schlabaugh Mark Suderman |
| 1995 | Jonah Kliewer Lonn Richards Mark Suderman |
| 1996 | Carol Gingerich Jonah Kliewer Lonn Richards Mark Suderman |
| 1997-98 | Jonah Kliewer Christina Long Lonn Richards |
| 1999 | Richard Cantwell Christina Long Kristine Lyon Brad Vogel |
| 2000 | Richard Cantwell Kristine Lyon Brad Vogel |
| 2001-02 | Richard Cantwell Kristine Lyon Sheila Schmitt Brad Vogel |
| 2003 | Richard Cantwell Sheila Schmitt Julia Schroeder Brad Vogel |
| Note: The year given indicates the spring of the academic year. | |
Tabor’s first music instructor, Katharine Friesen, spring 1909
Tabor Oratorio in the Hillsboro Mennonite Brethren Church, 1915, with director A. D. Schmutz, Tabor’s first music instructor with a graduate degree in music
p. 115
Tabor College Orchestra, 1919-1920, with director A. E. Janzen (seated in center), and Martha Stelting-Voth, first Tabor student to graduate with a music diploma (standing fourth from left)
p. 116
Tabor’s first a cappella choir with H. W. Berg, director, 1925-1926
p. 117
Men’s Quartet, 1919-1920: Back row (l to r): P. E. Schellenberg, H. S. Foth. Front row: Edward Hamm, Herbert C. Richert
Men’s Octet, 1956 (l to r): Earl Hagen, Robert Dick, Eugene Vogt, Jim Gaede, Ed Rempel, Cal Ewert, Larry Martens, Wilfred Martens
p. 118
Last Tabor College Choir directed by Herbert C. Richert, spring 1960
p. 119
Tabor College Choir with Dr. Paul Wohlgemuth, director, 1973
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Tabor College Choir with Dr. Jonah Kliewer, director, 1990
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