--- title: Dordt Senior to Perform Organ Recital date: 2021-10-19T00:00:00-05:00 author: Jordan Eshelman canonical_url: "https://www.dordt.edu/news/dordt-senior-to-perform-organ-recital" section: News --- [ View Dordt News](https://www.dordt.edu/news) [Music](https://www.dordt.edu/news?category=music) Oct 19, 2021 # Dordt Senior to Perform Organ Recital Rachel Wordes is to perform an organ recital at Dordt ![]()The Dordt University Music Department is hosting an organ recital by senior Rachel Wordes on Friday, November 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the B.J. Haan Auditorium. The recital is free, and a public reception will follow. Louis Vierne’s fast and exciting “Carillon No. 21” will open the recital, followed by a more subdued “Passacaglia” by Buxtehude. The recital will also feature a Bach “Praeludium” and will conclude with all four movements of Boëllmann’s “Suite Gothique,” ending with the iconic “Toccata.” Wordes, of Renville, Minnesota, is majoring in Elementary Education. She has studied organ with Dr. Carrie Groenewold since 2019, and in 2018-19 she studied with Mrs. MaryLou Wielenga. Wordes serves as an instrumental and vocal accompanist in the Dordt University Music Department and has led hymn sings at Dordt for the past three years. She was the recipient of the Joe J. Dahm Memorial Music Scholarship in Keyboard in 2018-19; the Roossien Organ Scholarship in 2019-20; the John and Reona Reinsma Organ Scholarship in 2020-21; and the Ringerwole Organ Scholarship, and the Klanderman Family Organ Scholarship in 2021-22. Learn more about Dordt University’s [music program](https://www.dordt.edu/academics/programs/music-ba). As an institution of higher education committed to the Reformed Christian perspective, Dordt University equips students, faculty, alumni, and the broader community to work toward Christ-centered renewal in all aspects of contemporary life. Dordt, located in Sioux Center, Iowa, is a comprehensive university named to the best college lists by *U.S. News and World Report*, Forbes.com, *The Wall Street Journal*, *Washington Monthly*, and *Princeton Review*. ## Related Programs [ Bachelor's ![Male student playing the piano](https://d3evso2dxyohou.cloudfront.net/generalUploads/2024-04-05_002868.jpg?mode=crop&pos=center-center&w=59&h=39&c=09dce9e8&v=ca7798eaf63fe064258c2e680ffe132ee365053af4a5437b1558ad0db3a87753) ### Music Major ](https://www.dordt.edu/academics/programs/music-ba) [ Bachelor's ![Female student conducts in front of class](https://d3evso2dxyohou.cloudfront.net/generalUploads/2023-09-07_002420_2024-07-01-170456_azto.jpg?mode=crop&pos=center-center&w=59&h=39&c=6824daca&v=6afaac7b61fdbbed369ead4827b84bf0515ce519be05aa45eedcdac394894028) ### MusicMusic Minor Minor ](https://www.dordt.edu/academics/programs/music-ba/music-minor) --- [Previous Article ![Brick and concrete sign of "Dordt University" is surrounded by prairie grass](https://d3evso2dxyohou.cloudfront.net/generalUploads/front-entrance.jpg?mode=crop&pos=center-center&w=56&h=33&f=webp&c=460ee147&v=05c18acb8bf730fe9d56406fcd2b3f749f7c7b670e0e649e654cbe0f65b606bb) Music Oct 19, 2021 ## Dordt Senior to Present Violin and Flute Recital Senior Brianna Miedema will be presenting a violin and flute recital at Dordt Read More ](https://www.dordt.edu/news/dordt-senior-to-present-violin-and-flute-recital) [Next Article ![Brick and concrete sign of "Dordt University" is surrounded by prairie grass](https://d3evso2dxyohou.cloudfront.net/generalUploads/front-entrance.jpg?mode=crop&pos=center-center&w=56&h=33&f=webp&c=460ee147&v=05c18acb8bf730fe9d56406fcd2b3f749f7c7b670e0e649e654cbe0f65b606bb) Alumni Oct 05, 2021 ## An Impactful Education Kate (Van Weelden, '18) De Vries explains how Dordt's education impacted her Read More ](https://www.dordt.edu/news/an-impactful-education) [ ![]() ## View All Dordt News View News ](https://www.dordt.edu/news) Aug 19 General #### [International Student Orientation ](https://www.dordt.edu/events/international-student-orientation-2026-08-19) Aug 20 General #### [International Student Orientation ](https://www.dordt.edu/events/international-student-orientation-2026-08-20) Aug 20 Athletics Men's Soccer #### [8/20 8:00 PM Dordt University Men's Soccer at Carroll - Nelson Stadium ](https://www.dordt.edu/events/8-22-100-pm-dordt-university-mens-soccer-at-carroll) ![A picture of campus behind yellow prairie flowers](https://d3evso2dxyohou.cloudfront.net/generalUploads/2021-22/Buildings-and-Campus/2021-09-23_001574-1.jpg?mode=crop&pos=center-center&w=50&h=50&f=webp&c=3d670641&v=d2bdb7cbdc83e5be46d3a10afe8a1214a0e770536697eb0ddbe29e017d2e9577) <![CDATA[YII-BLOCK-BODY-END]]>