Bradley Vogel
Interim Director of Traditional Music & Organist | (806) 763 4607 x 226 | BVogel@fumc.com
Bradley Vogel is a multifaceted artist, composer, and performer. His upbringing in First United Methodist Church of Cuyahoga Falls, OH, instilled in him a profound appreciation for music. Bradley attended Baldwin Wallace University, where he studied Organ Performance and Composition with Professor Nicole Keller, Dr. Clint Needham and Dr. Jonathan Sokol respectively. At BW, Bradley performed on multiple occasions with the BW Symphony Orchestra, Symphonic Wind Ensemble, and was an active member of BW Singers as well as the BW Jazz Ensemble in which he honed his skills on the piano.
Bradley earned the Mu Phi Epsilon scholarship for his organ playing in 2015. He was also fortunate to premier a number of original compositions through the New Music Concert series. Bradley gained additional experience as an organ technician at Leek Pipe Organ Co. where he tuned, restored, and cared for several church organs in the Northeast Ohio area. His first church organist position was at First United Methodist Church of Elyria.
As a church musician, Bradley understands the spiritual power music can channel and strives to bring that to the congregation on a weekly basis. He has the same devotion when it comes to his compositions. Inspired by the life and works of J.S. Bach, Bradley seeks to glorify God with his music and advocate for the pipe organ.
After receiving his Bachelor of Music degree, Bradley was fortunate to be accepted into the graduate program at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY. He studied with renowned organist and pedagogue, David Higgs. He also studied clavichord and improvisation with William Porter and organ history with Nathan Laube. In 2019, Bradley collaborated with Eastman composer, Charles Berofsky, and was selected for the AGO Student Commissioning Project. While studying at Eastman, Bradley served as the music director and organist of St. Mary’s and St. Mark’s Roman Catholic Parish in Holley, NY. It was through this position that Bradley was blessed to meet his future wife, Grace. They were soon married and now have a beautiful daughter, Eleanor.
Bradley and Grace are thrilled to start a new chapter of their lives and careers in Lubbock. Bradley is excited to be a part of the prestigious music ministry at FUMC and Grace is eager to start her own massage therapy practice. Bradley’s interests don’t stop at music. He is also a gifted artist and a bit of a gearhead who loves driving and tinkering with his 2001 Mustang Bullitt. Nowadays, his free time mostly consists of playing with his toddler, but he is looking forward to becoming a part of the community at FUMC Lubbock.