Almost nothing went as planned for senior Joel Roeber going into this semester, but that hasn’t stopped him from working toward earning his degree.
Roeber, who will receive his Bachelor of Music in Music Education next semester, recently completed his senior recital in a non-traditional way because of limitations caused by the pandemic. The senior recital is pivotal to music students’ progress and ability to graduate, so he said the setbacks he faced were overwhelming at times.
“The story of my senior recital involves a lot of COVID taking away opportunities, and persevering anyway,” Roeber said.
Initially, he said his recital was scheduled for April 2020, which got canceled due to the breakout in COVID-19 cases. He couldn’t practice with any of the other people who were involved and had to reschedule for December.