Finding Aid to the AACF -- Indiv -- Halsted, Margo Bok Tower Gardens Anton Brees Carillon Library 1151 Tower Blvd. Lake Wales, FL 33853 (863) 734-1227
[email protected] www.boktower.org Finding aid encoded by: Abigail Hassett Date Added: 8/8/2016 Collection Information: Collection ID: AACF I.MHals Collection Name: AACF -- Indiv -- Halsted, Margo Personal Name/ Bok Tower Gardens Corporate Entity: Collection Date: 1973/9999 Acquisition Info: Donors to the collection include: The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America Abstract: Margo Halsted is a carillonneur and professor at the University of California. She first discovered the carillon at Stanford, and then went on to further study the instrument at The Netherlands Carillon School. She taught organ and carillon at the University of Michigan School of Music from 1987-2003. In 2008, she began teaching at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She has held many positions within the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America. Extent: 0.10 linear ft. 0 boxes Finding Aid Edition: 1.0 Language: eng Access Restriction Usage Restriction Yes Biographical/Historical Note: Margo Halsted is a carillonneur and professor. She received both her bachelor's in music and master's in education from Stanford University (Stanford, California, United States), and then a second master's --this time in music -- from University of California, Riverside. She first discovered the carillon at Stanford, and then went on to further study the instrument at The Netherlands Carillon School (Amersfoort, Netherlands/see AACF -- NLAF -- Ne). Some of her teachers included James B. Angell, Lowell Smith, and Jacques Lannoy. She taught organ and carillon at the University of Michigan School of Music (Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States) from 1987-2003.