[2] In her early career, Vogelzang gained accolades at songwriting competitions, including the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Emerging Artist Showcase,[3] Telluride Troubadour Contest,[4] Rocky Mountain Folks Festival Songwriter Showcase,[5] and the National Women's Music Festival "Got Talent" Competition.

[14][non-primary source needed] In 2016, Vogelzang moved from Madison, Wisconsin to Los Angeles, California.

In 2017 Vogelzang and Adam Levy co-founded the NELA Song Salon, a songwriting workshop for fellow local musicians that later became a residency at the Bootleg Theater.

[15] Vogelzang recorded Beacon from 2017-2018 with co-producer Tyler Chester and musicians Adam Levy and Jay Bellerose, which later released in 2019.

Vogelzang has opened for Sara Bareilles,[16] Gillian Welch, Mirah, Laura Gibson,[17] Simone Felice,[18] Anais Mitchell, Wye Oak, and has shared the stage multiple times with Madison Cunningham,[19] Watkins Family Hour, Amanda Palmer,[20] Pearl and the Beard,[21] Franz Nicolay,[22] Emilyn Brodsky.