by Bailey Rankin, Student Reporter
A six-year-old blonde girl sits in the car with her mom. The radio plays as fields flash by and the road stretches before them. They both hum along to a song. Soon the little girl starts to not only sing, but harmonize with the radio. She receives a shocked look from her mother.
“Wait! Who taught you how to do that?” her mother exclaims. The only answer she gets is a shrug of the shoulders as a young Madison Hofen continues to sing.
She hasn’t stopped since.
Hofen, a vocal performance major, is now preparing for her junior recital. The recital will take place Nov. 7 at 7 p.m. in room 200 of the Fine Arts building on the Northwestern Oklahoma State University campus. The event will showcase the skills Hofen has acquired as a student.
The recital will include 12 songs, with some performed in languages such as Italian, French, German and English.
Hofen has been practicing her music for the last few months.
She said the toughest tasks of preparing for her recital were memorizing all 12 songs. However, she said she looks forward for the chance to show her hard work.
Hofen comes from a musical
family. She said her grandma was a very talented pianist and musician, and her grandma had a lot of influence on her.
“I’ve been singing for as long as I can remember,”
“It’s always been natural to me.”
Not only does Hofen sing, but she has also been the drum major of the band and the president of the choir.
She was named the 2018 Ranger Homecoming Queen. She said she chose to attend Northwestern because it gave her the opportunity to do all of the things she loves.
She felt that other colleges would have made her choose between the multiple opportunities offered to her here at Northwestern.
“Music has always had a huge impact on my life,” she said. “It’s always been something I’m passionate about, and I knew I wanted to do for the rest of my life.”
From an early age, she knew that she wanted a career that involves music in some way. In the future, she plans to teach and hopes to find a job leading worship at a church.
“Guess what our daughter can do?” This simple question directed to Hofen’s father that day in the car made a six-year-old blonde girl feel special, and it led her on a path in life filled with music.
She hasn’t stopped singing since.
And she says she never will.