Carillon News

Newsletter of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America April 2008 NO. 79 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Inside Berkeley Hosts 2008 GCNA 3 Calendar 5 Nominations Congress and Carillon Festival 7 Overtones by Jeff Davis haven't yet received Regional Notes your Information and he seventh Berkeley Carillon Registration Brochure, 10 Summer TFestival and the 66th GCNA you can download a Recital Congress will be held June 10–13, black-and-white or a Series 2008. Featured artists will be color PDF from the 13 Installations, Jeremy Chesman, Linda Dzuris, website. Renovations, James Fackenthal, Andrea The University of Dedications McCrady, Gordon Slater, and the California at Berkeley 14 Take Notes: Sonos Handbell Ensemble. welcomes members and Carillon Presenters will be Joseph Daniel, friends of the GCNA to Education Margo Halsted, Justin Ryan, and campus and invites Kim Schafer. everyone to enjoy not 15 Foreign News Much information is already only the festival and 17 Reviews available on the web at congress but also the http://music.berkeley.edu/carillon, beautiful San Francisco 19 Something and the page will be expanded and Bay Area. Different updated as the event nears. If you S ather Tower, UC Berkeley

the famous Martini Tower of Groningen, all seven carillons in the province, quite different in character, are included in the WCF World program. At least three traveling carillons will be available. Concerts include congress and guild Congress 2008 recitals and spectacular concerts of carillon with electronics, four-hand carillon with In Groningen ringing bells, and a concert with traveling carillon and fusion band. At least seven new compositions will be presented for by Hylke Banning various instrumental combinations, and some of these new compositions will have he 16th World Carillon Federation a corresponding afternoon lecture. Free TCongress will be held from Sunday, sheet music will be available. July 13, until Thursday, July 17, in Excursions will be available to caril- Groningen, Netherlands. Based on the con- lons in the region and the bell foundry gress theme, "Theme with variations," a museum in Heiligerlee, and there will be diversified program has been developed by opportunities to visit some of the world- the Stichting Carillon Congress Groningen famous church organs in Groningen. An 2008 in cooperation with the board of the open-air bell founding event has also been Nederlandse Klokkenspel-Vereniging. In scheduled on the main square of Groningen. addition to the historic Hemony carillon in Martini Tower of Groningen see WCF Congress, page 4 1 Carillon News is published each April and November by the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America, a Carillon NEWS California non-profit corporation. GCNA Officers: HOW TO REACH THE GUILD Deadlines: Submissions for publication Dennis Curry, President Guild Web Page: must be received by February 15 for the dcurry@ford. com Spring issue and September 15 for the Ellen Dickinson, Vice-President http://www.gcna.org Fall issue. Submissions should be type- [email protected] Membership information and applica- written and double-spaced and are accept- David Johnson, Recording Secretary tions are available from: able by e-mail. Send materials to: [email protected] [email protected] Tim Sleep, Corresponding Secretary Tim Sleep [email protected] [email protected] 28W640 Warrenville Rd. Mark Lee Warrenville, IL 60555 David Hunsberger, Treasurer 410 South Michigan Ave.Suite 528 630-393-2137 [email protected] [email protected] Chicago, IL 60605 312-596-4022 Board of Directors: GCNA mailing labels are available to Dennis Curry (2008) GCNA members as a free download from the Opinions expressed in Carillon News Ellen Dickinson (2010) members only section of the Guild Web Page are not necessarily those of the editors, http://www.gcna.org. nor do they necessarily carry the endorse- Jim Fackenthal (2010) Helen Hawley (2009) Non-members may purchase labels for $45. ment of the GCNA. 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Halverson Carillon Directory Ellen Dickinson Carl Zimmerman Design and Production Carillon News Sue Bergren Jim Fackenthal Sue Bergren, Jim Fackenthal, Mark Lee Mark Lee Central Mailing Laurel Buckwalter Printing Examination Lisa Lonie Jeremy Chesman D & R Press, Chicago, IL Lee Cobb Special Thanks to David Hunsberger Geert Dʼhollander John Gouwens Copyright 2008 by The Guild of Carillonneurs in North Sam Hammond America. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole Pat Macoska or in part without permission is prohibited. All items Julianne Vanden Wyngaard submitted for publication become the property of the GCNA, except that contributors assume liability for Erratum: In Carillon News, no. 78, Fall 2007, page 20, Douai is incorrectly copyrighted photographs or music examples submit- ted, and assume responsibility for claims therefrom described as being in the Netherlands. Douai is located in France. Carillon News made against the publisher. For permission to reprint regrets the error. contact the co-editors at the address listed above. 2 From the President

Progress

n my last Carillon News Iarticle, I urged each of us to promote our art form, to become more proactive in our mission, and to improve our professionalism in all aspects of our work. As a result of these efforts, there are some real signs of . . . progress. (Not another pro -word!). Two major professional positions have recently been announced: the Dominion Carillonneur at the Houses of Parliament in Ottawa and the University Carillonneur posi- tion at the University of Michigan. These full-time opportunities are among the most cov- eted in the carillon world, and the respective institutions will have a tough job on their hands in reviewing all the potential candidates. Congratulations to Gordon Slater on his retirement after 30 years as the preeminent Canadian carillonneur, and congratulations to UM for restoring their tenured position in these tough economic times. Progress. Two major congresses will take place this summer. The 66th GCNA Congress and the Calendar 7th Berkeley Carillon Festival will take place in June. The World Carillon Federation will hold its 16th World Congress in Groningen in July. These are our main professional forums, and I urge everyone to participate in these great gatherings. Other major venues are holding Midwest Regional Meeting, festivals in June—the 47th International Festival at Springfield and the Centralia Springfield, Ill. June 2-3, 2008 International Weekend. Top-notch playing continues. Progress. At the University of Chicago, the Rockefeller Chapel is completing a total renovation Springfield International of the chapel, organ, tower, and carillon. Congratulations to Wylie Crawford and the univer- Carillon Festival, sity on this major effort. Mercersberg Academy will be adding a new bell to join those Springfield, Ill. June 1-7, 2008 lovely G & J’s. Progress. GCNA 2008 Congress, Finance Committee John Widman Jim Brown Jim Smith University of California at Franco Composition Fund John Gouwens John Courter Berkeley, Calif. June 10-13, 2008 Jeff Davis George Gregory Tin-Shi Tam World Carillon Federation 2008 Legal Dave Hunsberger Sue Jones Congress, Groningen, Tom Reif the Netherlands July 13-17, 2008 Membership Enrichment Janet Tebbel Helen Hawley Thomas Lee Phyllis Webb Music Publications Laura Ellis Lee Cobb Ellen Dickinson Our Board of Directors and - Carlo van Ulft–Arrangements Gordon Slater Committees have been busy in their Liz Berghout various endeavors. Our ad hoc commit- John Courter Sharon Hettinger tees (Examination and World Standard - John Gouwens–Compositions Justin Ryan Keyboard) have been especially hard at Nominations Beverly Buchanan Bill De Turk work; look for lively discussion at Sharon Hettinger Berkeley. The Barnes Memorial Policies, Procedures & Guidelines Gloria Werblow Beverly Buchanan Marie Robillard Scholarship is continuing to move for- Professional Concerns Gloria Werblow ward with offering its second scholar- ship; $6,000 is available for 2008. The Public Relations Linda Dzuris Norman Bliss Margo Halsted Web Committee is wrapping up design Julia Walton work on our new e-portal, while Carl Roster Wylie Crawford Sue Bergren Laurel Buckwalter Zimmerman was able to coax our old David Hunsberger website into a more navigatable format. Mark Lee Tim Sleep Music Publications has purchased a Tower Construction & Renovation Pat Macoska Steven Ball new scanner to permanently and elec- Wylie Crawford - president Dennis Curry - treasurer tronically store all our master music WCF Delegates Jeff Davis manuscripts. And Carillon News is now Pat Macoska Dave Johnson Arla Jo Anderton exercising the latest version of Quark Webpage & Internet Norm Bliss publishing software. Progress. Wylie Crawford Dawn Daehn All evidences that our ancient art Jm Fackenthal form is still expanding, still evolving, Julia Littleton Tiffany Ng still making progress. Carl Zimmerman, webmaster 3 from WCF Congress, page 1 for music, arts, education, business, and cuisine. The great number of students liv- You’re invited to Sixteen lectures on very different sub- ing in Groningen also contributes to a jects will be given in the following cate- diverse cultural scene for a city of this size. gories: campanology, musicology, educa- get into the The most important and most famous tion, history and organization. Besides museum in Groningen is the Groninger these topics, there will be introductions on Museum. The city also has its own science auction action! two aspects of carillon culture as to the museum, a comics museum, a tobacco beginning of a possible WCF standard on museum, its own City Theater carillon education and carillon construc- by Lisa Lonie (Stadsschouwburg), a big theater, and two tion. The location for most of the meetings major concert venues. ack by popular demand: the third The website of the congress, Bannual silent auction and sale to ben- http://www.carillon2008.nl, contains addi- efit the Ronald Barnes Scholarship Fund tional information and should be used to will take place during the 2008 GCNA register. If you register by April 15, the Berkeley congress during the banquet congress fee will be €180. After April 15, cocktail hour. Whether you’re looking for the fee will be €210. The congress fee a special piece of carillon music or an includes all lunches, coffee/tea, excursions, unusual bell related item, you are invited concerts, the congress banquet, a congress to join us to make this event great. New book, and a congress report. this year: assorted wine and liquors with a “campanological” flair. But we need your help, too. Do you Above: Academy Building meeting room have duplicate pieces of music in your Right: Bell foundry Museum, Heiligerlee library or scores that you know you’ll never (ever) play again? Have items of and lectures will be the Academy Building interest to bell and music enthusiasts? of the State University of Groningen. The Why not consider donating them for a tax adjacent tower of the university houses a deduction? Please contact Lisa Lonie at small 25-bell carillon with bells in major- [email protected] for details on how third tuning. to support this worthwhile event. Groningen is the capital city of the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. It has a population of 185,000 (including Looking back . . . 1948, 60 years ago approximately 40,000 students) and is by far the largest city in that area. The com piled by Bev erly Buchanan province of Groningen is bordered on the north by the Wadden Sea. Although land 1948 Congress: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Host, Percival Price. use around the city of Groningen is main- Officers: President, Percival Price; Vice president, Ray W. Wingate; Secretary-Treasurer, ly agricultural, the province is well known Melvin C. Corbett. The Guild consisted of about 60 members. 21 were present in Ann because of its large natural-gas fields. Arbor for the Guild photo including16 members. There were 12 recitals on the Baird In the 13th century, when Groningen Carillon besides informal playing on 3 other carillons that were visited. Everyone attend- was an important trade center, a city wall ing was invited to submit a program and play. (This invitation included students). was built. In 1614, the University of Programs were played by Sidney Giles, J. Bertram Strickland, Herman Dreher, Melvin Groningen was founded, and the city Corbett, Robert Kleinschmidt, Ray Wingate, Robert Donnell, Ronald Barnes, Emil expanded rapidly, requiring a new city wall Vendette, Remy Müller, Harold Symonds and Percival Price. Wendell Westcott recently to be built. That same wall would later, in rejoined The Guild and was among the visitors at the Congress. (Note: Mr. Westcott 1672, be fiercely attacked by the bishop of recently celebrated his 96th birthday in 2008). The Executive Committee shall act as a Münster, but the wall resisted and committee on membership and shall recommend all candidates for membership in the Groningen kept its freedom. Unfortunately, proper group. A motion was passed that the Executive Committee may appoint an the city did not escape the devastation of Examining Committee of three for the purpose of examining candidates as to their qual- World War II. By the end of the war in ifications and proficiency. Boyd Jordan was to investigate the possibility of incorporation 1945, the main square, Grote Markt, had of the Guild. A committee of three were to be appointed to communicate with the U.S. been largely destroyed. Fortunately, the Federal Trade Commission on the subject of the use of the word “carillon.” The ratio on Martini Tower and its church, the the Executive Board should be 3-1, Carillonneurs members to Associate members. Dues: Goudkantoor (“gold office”), and the City Carillonneur members $5, students $3. A society, Friends of the Carillon, was established Hall were undamaged. and may be national or international, with local chapters. Members of the “Friends” shall Although Groningen has a relatively not be considered members of the Guild. Anyone who was present at the Ottawa meeting small population for a city, it has a role as in September 1936 shall be considered a Charter member of the Guild. A Bulletin shall the main center of this part of the country be published following each annual meeting and at such other times as possible. 4 The Guild is an evolving organization. It Nominations for GCNA is to our credit that we have not remained stagnate, but have striven consistently to Board of Directors 2008 improve the professional aspects of the carillon art, through avenues such as attention to musicality and technical profi- he Nominations Committee presents a Principal Engineer at Ford Motor ciency, community relations, and educa- the following slate of GCNA members Company as Manager of International T tion. as candidates for three positions on the Safety. We have an immensely talented and Board of Directors for a term of three (3) He has been a judge on the GCNA div erse m em bership, and w e are fortunate years each. The election will take place at Examination committee, has prepared and that our many abilities are directed to pro- the 2008 Congress at the University of edited the Congress Host Handbook, host- moting the ideals of the Guild. Our California, Berkeley. Ballots will be mailed ed the 2001 Congress and served as membership is willing to entertain new to voting members May 1, 2008. GCNA president. He is a Carillonneur member and has served two terms on the ideas, to modify existing policies as need- ed, and, w hen w e disagree, to dev elop a Nominations committee: Board. policy or procedure that would benefit the Beverly Buchanan, William De Turk, and His vision for the GCNA and what he Guild in its collective role as caretaker for Sharon Hettinger. expects to contribute as a board member, if elected: carillons and carillon performance. Nominations 2008: As we continue to build on our strengths, I would like to promote more Dennis Curry - Continue with Agenda, as first emphasis on educating the general public Lynnette Geary introduced in 2004 about the carillon. This is something that James Winston Smith - Move the Guild forward toward a more each of us can do, day-by-day in our vari- Carlo van Ulft inclusive and exciting organization ous situations. Our best publicity, of John Widmann - Direct the Guild to be an advocate organization for the carillon course, is to play every chance we get. Current Board members and time - Be available to continue as president We can also give tower tours, make pre- served are: - Be available to participate in other sentations, distribute information, and cre- Term Expiring 2008 committee activities ate networks of interested people. We all have additional ideas on how to communi- Dennis Curry - 2 terms - Find opportunities to engage new cate our passion for the carillon to others. Jim Smith - 1 term members and supporters Education would, in turn, promote interest Carlo van Ulft - 1 term Term Expiring 2009 in true carillons and develop a better appreciation for the art of carillon per- Helen Hawley - 1st term Lynnette Geary has formance. Patrick Macoska - 2nd term been a member of the Gordon Slater - 1st term GCNA for over 20 Term Expiring 2010 years. She attends James Winston Ellen Dickinson - 2nd term congresses as often as Smith Jim Fackenthal - 3rd term job responsibilities has been a Carl Zimmerman - 1st term allow. She is the member of the Guild University for 21 years. He Carillonneur at Baylor University, Waco, attends congresses Tex., having been appointed September regularly. He is the Dennis Curry has 2006. Prior she served as Assistant Carillonneur at been a member of Carillonneur 1996-2006 and as Mercersburg Academy the GCNA for 19 Carillonneur at St. Alban’s Episcopal in Mercersburg, years and has attend- Church 1980-1988. Her responsibilities Penn. Responsibilities are playing regu- ed congresses regu- are maintenance, giving tower tours, les- larly for special occasions and giving larly. He is the sons to students, guest recitals, and play- about 15 concerts a year as part of the Carillonneur and ing for numerous campus events and any school term concert series. He gives fre- Associate Organist occasions requested by the university. quent tours of the bell tower, plays regu- at Kirk in the Hills Presbyterian Church Her major job is Assistant to the larly at several venues during the summer, in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., where he Dean for Arts and Science at Baylor. and advises others about the future of their plays the carillon regularly, organizes a She has served as Chair of the GCNA carillon or planning for a new one. He is summer series, and oversees maintenance Mailing Committee. She is a responsible for the maintenance of the car- that included a major renovation in 1999. Carillonneur member of the GCNA and illon at Mercersburg and sees to it that it His guest recitals throughout the United has not served on the board previously. is kept in excellent condition. A new large States, Europe, and Asia have included Her vision for the GCNA and what C#3 bell is to be added next year. international festivals - Springfield (2002) she expects to contribute as a board mem- He is retired except for his part time and Historic Bok Sanctuary (2003). He is ber, if elected: work at Mercersburg. GCNA Committee work includes Finance, cont. page 6 5 Barnes Scholarship, and Brochure. He co- sees the maintenance of the carillon; and designed and tailored to a situation that hosted the 2000 Congress, is a teaches carillon students. ex isted three decades ago. C hanges are nec- Carillonneur member of the GCNA and He gives annual guest concerts within essary. My goal is to keep this discussion has served one term on the board. the United States and abroad, and is also a aliv e and to address the concerns of the His vision for the GCNA and what he member of the NKV and VBV. His major membership. expects to contribute as a board member, work is music. if elected: Committee work for the GCNA is, or has been, on the Music Publications John Widmann It has taken an extraordinary amount Committee as Chairman of the subcom- has been a member of time to get the new flossy, glossy mittee for arrangements; the examination for 20 years and Brochure into print. We’ve had a lot of committee; and is a member of the ad hoc attends congresses excellent volunteer professional help and examination review committee. He is an regularly. He is the the quality of the final copy shows that. Associate member and has served one City Carillonneur We’ve got to do more to get our message term on the board. for the Joseph Dill out and if I can help in any additional His vision for the GCNA and what he Baker Carillon for way, I’m more than willing. I like the expects to contribute as a board member, the City of idea of having more regional meetings and if elected: Frederick, Maryland. He plays weekly doing special publicity for them wherever recitals on Sunday noon 48 Sundays a they may be. We are well exposed for the The GCNA is an organization that, at year and hosts a Summer guest series of congress but more meetings like the the moment, encompasses both profes- twelve invited recitals. He has given guest Texans do and the Springfield Festival sional and am ateur play ers. In order to recitals at Springfield, Ill., Ottawa, Ont., would give us additional needed publicity. remain an active organization that has sig- and Mercersburg Academy. The finance committee has, we hope, nificant impact, we need both the mem- He heads the Finance Committee and given a new direction for our investment bers that are the professional players as reviews the treasurer’s report, certifies it, strategy and appears to be paying off. well as the members for whom the caril- and also reviews the appropriateness of Our income has improved but so has our lon is a hobby or side interest. GCNA our investments of the guild’s savings. He risk. We need to scrutinize this plan a bit also welcomes carillon-owning institu- is a Carillonneur member of the GCNA, more closely than we have been doing. tions, bell founders, carillon installers and co-hosted the 2000 Congress, and has not I see the Barnes Committee as being interested fans. This makes our organiza- served on the board before. a great success thanks to the excellent tion very special, but immediately makes His vision for the GCNA and what he planning on the part of the members of it very difficult to manage. No annual expects to contribute as a board member, this committee. We have been very fortu- congress passes without hearing col- if elected: nate in the way this all came about and I leagues/friends comment that the congress think it demonstrates that the GCNA can was either too focused on “entertainment” I enjoy the GCNA . I especially accomplish anything it sets out to do, as or that it w as “too academ ic. ” In m y enjoy the aspects of the congress related demonstrated by the Barnes achievements. opinion, the board needs to try to keep a to education and training of carillonneurs, News of this success needs to be sent decent balance for both views. including the carillonneur exam, and also around to more institutions of higher Professionally, I intend to remain any masterclasses and other training ses- learning so that more candidates can be active in increasing the amount of pub- sions that we run at congresses. I think offered this rare opportunity. lished works available through the GCNA that it is wonderful that we have invested Publications Committee. As subcommit- our time, talent and money as a guild into tee chair of the “Arrangement” branch the research and education in A m erican Carlo Van Ulft (created in 2007), I try to encourage col- carillon music that the Barnes award has been a member leagues and friends to submit their offers. I would like to see us maintain for 20 years and arrangements for review and publication. and expand that interest for the future of attends congresses One of my goals in this capacity is to our wonderful and oft-misunderstood regularly. He is produce quality arrangements of works instrument. I am also keenly interested in Director and that appeal to a w ide audience. T he caril- the relations that carillonneurs have with Carillonist for the lon world is yearning for high quality (not their employers, and in improving that Centralia Carillon in necessarily technically difficult) arrange- relationship and understanding between Centralia, Ill. He ments that can be used for the multiple carillonneurs and their employers. I have gives 3 recitals per week, year round, and concerts we have to provide on a weekly made it my business to share my views additionally for special events. He over- basis and that, in general, appeal to the with guild board members in the past so I sees the administration and maintenance most difficult audience: the man in the might be represented in their actions. I of the carillon tower/park. street. would hope that if I am elected, guild He is also Carillonist/Adjunct Faculty As member of the Examination members would be comfortable and inter- member of the Principia College Music R eview Committee, I feel that the board ested in sharing their views, wants and Department in Elsah, Ill. There he gives needs to listen carefully to the member- needs with me so that I might represent one recital per week when college is in ship, while not forgetting that the current their interests. As a board member, I session and also for special events; over- examination process was basically would pursue those interests. 6 Overtones Regional Notes

Centralia Carillon Texas Regional Celebrates 25 Years Carillon Conference by Carlo Van Ulft by Lynnette Geary

he Centralia Carillon will be celebrat- he 16th annual Texas Regional Ting its 25th anniversary with two spe- TCarillon Conference will meet at cial carillon weekends. The first weekend Baylor University in Waco, Tex., on will feature prominent carillonists from October 17 and 18, 2008. We have open- Belgium, Denmark, and the Netherlands. ings for guest recitals on the 48-bell The second weekend will showcase some of McLane Carillon, and we invite proposals our own outstanding carillonists from the for a lecture/presentation at the conference. state of Illinois. During both weekends, additional social entertainment will be available for those in attendance. Affordable lodging is available within walking dis- tance of the carillon. For more informa- tion, call the Centralia Carillon at (618) 533-4381 or e-mail carlo@centralia-caril- Centralia Carillon lon.org. Weekend 2: Weekend 1: Illinois Carillon Weekend International Carillon Weekend Saturday morning, September 20, starting Friday evening, June 6, starting at 6:30 at 10:00 a.m.: Carlo van Ulft p.m.: Frans Haagen (Netherlands) and Saturday afternoon, September 20, start- Koen Cosaert (Belgium) ing at 2:00 p.m.: Sue Bergren and Tim McLane Carillon at Baylor University Saturday afternoon, June 7, starting at Sleep 2:00 p.m.: Ann Kirstine Christiansen Sunday afternoon, September 21, starting (Denmark) and Carlo van Ulft at 2:00 p.m.: Jim Fackenthal and Wylie Tentative Crawford plans include a visit to the 36- bell Petit Midwest Regional Meeting & Fritsen carillon by Karel Keldermans at St. Alban’s his year the Midwest Regional has as its topic “Women in the carillon Episcopal Tworld.” Presenters will be Arla Jo Anderton on “The Tech Carillon,” Bev Church. Buchanan on “Women Active in the 1950s and ’60s,” William De Turk on As sug- “Women Active before the GCNA,” Linda Dzuris on “The Carillon Program gested at and Clemson,” Julianne vanden Wyngaard on “The Carillon Program at the 2007 GVSU,” Gloria Werblow on “The Problems of Dealing with a Church Pastor,” regional conference at Cathedral Guadalupe Bev and Dick Buchanan on “Reforming the Student Advancement Process (Part in Dallas, we are collecting original com- 2),” and Carol Anne Taylor on “The Carillon at the Cathedral of Guadelupe.” positions and arrangements to be compiled The dates for the regional are June 2 and 3, 2008. Once again the Hilton offers in a book for conference participants. special rates to Regional and International Festival attendees. For more infor- Music and food and good friends: there is mation, contact Karel Keldermans at [email protected] or (217) 753- nothing better. 6219. See you in October.

7 Barnes’s “Arrangement, Transcription, or After a small break, John Courter 15th Annual Texas What?” and “Personal Criteria for played the fourth concert, which included Regional Carillon Composing and Arranging for the two excerpts from Six Rhythmic Studies Carillon,” were offered as excellent for Carillon by Wim Franken, who cele- Conference resources for further study. brates his 85th birthday this year. John also In the second presentation of the day, performed Three Folksong Settings and his by Carol Anne Taylor “Gregorian Chant and the Carillon,” pre- Suite No. 3 for Carillon. senter John Hammond spoke of Gregorian The closing concert, “A Recital of chant as an underutilized resource for Carillon Music Inspired by Gregorian he 15th annual Texas Regional melodies suitable to the carillon. Chant,” was performed by John Hammond. Carillon Conference was held October T Highlighting various compositional tech- His selections included a Dies Irae and a Te 12 and 13, 2007, at the Cathedral Shrine of niques, John shared examples from the car- Deum as well as his own compositions, the Virgin of Guadalupe in Dallas. illon repertoire, including pieces he would “Credo” and “Sanctus” from Mass of the The conference began with a wine-and- later perform in the final concert of the S acred Heart and “Ave Maris Stella” from cheese reception in the Grand Salon of the conference. Five Hymns to the Blessed Virgin. Finally, Cathedral. After the social, the first of five after lunch and a brief carillon concerts was presented by the host, regional meeting, the Carol Anne Taylor. The concert was dedi- tower was open for cated to the loving memory of Norma Jean those who wished to Anderson, who died on June 9, 2007, as a play. Thanks go to the result of injuries suffered in a car accident. recitalists and attendees She and her husband, Tom, traveled exten- for the enriching and sively, spending many of their 61 anniver- successful conference. saries in new places. Born December 18, 1924, Norma Jean was the embodiment of Texas Regional kindness and compassion and an unflinch- attendees ing advocate and friend to any and all who needed her. After the concert, dinner was served in “Bon Voyage” Bells Carillon sets sail for USA the Grand Salon. Copies of The Cathedral Carillon Book, containing new composi- ebruary 11, 2008: Today the Royal Eijsbouts Traveling Carillon was rechristened tions by John Acker, John Courter, George the Chime Master—Eijsbouts Mobile Millennium Carillon and embarked on an Gregory, John Hammond, Andrea F ocean voyage to the United States. The four-octave carillon will arrive at the Chime McCrady, and Carol Anne Taylor, were dis- Master Systems headquarters near Lancaster, Ohio, on March 1. tributed to the conference attendees. The The carillon is a manual-play performance instrument augmented with an auto- evening concert by George Gregory includ- matic-play system for preconcert entertainment. Chime Master has acquired a semi ed his selections from the book. A recep- truck and custom-modified trailer to move the bells. The carillon is scheduled for sev- tion with gelato followed the concert, cap- eral concerts and dedications this year. Chime Master is accepting bookings for open ping off the first day of the conference. dates in 2008 and the years beyond. Saturday morning, participants gathered The premier performance of the Mobile Millennium Carillon will be April 4, 2008, for a continental breakfast before moving at the inaugural First Fridays concert series in downtown Lancaster. The featured per- to the Cathedral Plaza to hear Dr. Andrea former is Dutch carillonist Rosemarie Seuntiëns, playing a program of selections from McCrady perform. With the excitement of her album Roaming Bells as well as new arrangements of American pop and jazz stan- the Colorado Rockies participating in the dards. World Series, Andrea closed her concert with “Take Me Out to the Ball Game.” The group moved inside for two presentations on the subject of composing for the caril- lon. The first presentation was given by John Courter, who outlined considerations in composing or arranging for the carillon. John focused on five main elements: over- tones, no control over decay, texture, acoustics, and the pitch of the carillon (concert pitch or not). Also, three articles from Issue 44 (1995) of the Bulletin of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America, Albert Gerken’s “Perspectives in Creating Music for the Carillon” and Ronald Chime Master–Eijsbouts Mobile Millennium Carillon 8 Naperville Appoints tion so thor- Arizona’s only carillon oughly. He says New City creates enthusiasm he looks forward to joining the Carillonneur GCNA and per- by Jenny King haps participat- ing in congress- n November oe Maher is a lifelong lover of choral es. 2007, the city I Jmusic. But when the tenor from Maher shares of Naperville, Philadelphia was asked by St. Barnabas on the carillon at Ill., Naperville the Desert organist and choirmaster Ty this Episcopal Park District, and Woodward to try his hand at playing the church with Millennium church’s new 25-bell Eijsbouts carillon a organist Mildred Carillon year ago, he hesitated. Merring. She, Foundation “I don’t have a background in key- too, is very appointed Tim board,” said Maher, who is a comptroller interested in Sleep Naperville by day and who loves to play his bass experiencing City recorder. larger instruments while exploring the Tim S leep Carillonneur. Tim Maher accepted the challenge and since challenges of this two-octave carillon. The follows Wylie Crawford, who stepped has been practicing almost daily in the carillon at St. Barnabas is played before down from the position last fall. Tim stud- tower at the top of just nine steps. He and/or after some Sunday services and occa- ied carillon with Wylie Crawford and John brings his enthusiasm for choral music sionally for other functions. It also is Gouwens, becoming a Carillonneur mem- with him, arranging vocal works for the played electronically on the hour during the ber of the GCNA during the 2004 new instrument that has captured his atten- day. Congress held at the Culver Academies, Culver, Ind. A retired middle school principal and The Changing of the Guard by Gordon Slater former band director, Tim is also organ- ist/pianist for Our Saviour’s Lutheran and t has been my honor and pleasure to hold the position of Dominion Carillonneur Knox Presbyterian Churches in of Canada for 31 years; I am the fourth person to hold the position since the Naperville. He plays regular recitals on I Peace Tower Carillon was installed at the Canadian Parliament Buildings in Ottawa the Millennium Carillon and the Laura in 1927. Although this job is not exactly what I thought it would be and is not Spelman Carillon at Rockefeller Memorial exactly what I might wish it to be, my tenure has been very rewarding. Chapel, University of Chicago. Wylie This position is within the Canadian federal civil service, but it is not a gov- Crawford will continue to teach lessons in ernment position because I do not report to a minister of the Crown (a Cabinet Naperville and will assist in the scheduling minister). Rather, I am one of some 1,100 people who report ultimately to the of the summer recital series as Music Speaker of the House of Commons. The purpose of us 1,100, as well as those Director. under the Speaker of the Senate and the Parliamentary Librarian, is to serve the Tim and Assistant City Carillonneurs politicians, both elected and appointed. In other words, we three groups of Sue Bergren, Jim Brown, Christine Power, Parliamentary employees help the Parliamentarians to do their jobs. and Mark Lee, along with Music Director This is the only one of Canada’s 11 carillons provided with a full-time position Wylie Crawford, perform regularly sched- for its carillonneur. Indeed, the number of full-time positions—just for playing one uled weekly recitals as well as performing carillon with no teaching requirement—in all the world is very small. for special events throughout the year. Artistic feedback is rare. The politicians are absorbed, quite properly, in their The Millennium Carillon was dedicat- constituents’ issues and can spare scarcely a thought for those of us who work to ed in June 2000, and the tower was com- make their jobs easier. I have enjoyed considerable media attention, however. pleted and dedicated in July 2007. The It has always been my goal that the music of the Peace Tower Carillon should tower is now open during the summer uplift, console, or entertain politician, employee, and tourist alike, as befits the months for tours that include both the occasion. Of course, the repertoire played must be thoughtfully chosen and prepared tower and visitors’ center/practice facility. with the greatest integrity so that the dignity of Parliament is maintained. The first Home to a 72-bell Eijsbouts carillon, the Dominion Carillonneur, Percival Price, said it well: “The carillon is the voice of tower offers an elevator to the gallery the Peace Tower, and the carillonneur controls that voice.” I am grateful to have level, with stairway access to the cabin and been entrusted with that glorious bronze voice. My gratitude extends also to those observation level at the top. Guild mem- of you who have supported me over the years by playing here, by writing letters, bers and friends are invited to visit when in and by answering my myriad questions. the area. Contact information to arrange a I will retire from this job at the end of June 2008. Thereafter I look forward to tour/visit can be found on the GCNA web- playing more recitals abroad, giving more master classes, and delivering more talks site. than my daily obligations have permitted. By the fall of 2008, I hope to have pub- lished a number of carillon arrangements on the SibeliusMusic website at http://www.sibeliusmusic.com. 9 Summer 2008 Recital Series CANADA CALIFORNIA Simsbury Theodore C. Butz Memorial Santa Barbara Simsbury United Methodist Church Carillon BRITISH COLUMBIA University of California, Santa The Foreman Carillon Mondays at 7:00 p.m. Barbara Sundays at 7:00 p.m. June 9, Frans Haagen Victoria Storke Carillon July 6, TBA June 16, Koen Cosaert Netherlands Centennial Carillon June 14, Commencement July 13, TBA June 23, Frank Deleu Sundays at 3:00 p.m., Ceremonies, Margo Halsted July 20, TBA June 30, Suzanne Magassy May–October June 15, Commencement July 27, Claire Halpert July 7, Roel Smit Saturdays at 3:00 p.m., Ceremonies, Margo Halsted August 3, Daniel Kerry Kehoe July 14, Tim Sleep and Sue July–August Bergren Additional recitals on civic and CONNECTICUT Storrs July 21, Gordon Slater – national holidays Storrs Congregational Church Christmas in July Rosemary Laing, Carillonneur Danbury Austin Cornelius Dunham Carillon July 28, Ronald Kressman St. James Episcopal Church University of Connecticut Carillon August 4, John Gouwens ONTARIO Bulkley Memorial Carillon Mondays at 7:15 p.m. August 11, Tiffany Ng Wednesdays at 12:30 p.m. June 16, George Matthew, Jr. August 18, Dave Johnson Ottawa July 2, TBA August 25, Wylie Crawford Peace Tower Carillon July 9, Gerald Martindale West Hartford July and August, every weekday July 16, TBA First Church of Christ Naperville except Canada Day (July 1), 2:00- July 23, TBA Congregational Naperville Millennium Carillon 3:00 p.m. July 30, TBA Gordon Stearns Memorial Carillon Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m. September to June, most weekdays, Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. June 10, Frans Haagen 12:00 noon to 12:15 p.m. Hartford July 3, Tin-shi Tam June 17, Koen Cosaert The carillon is silent during Holy Trinity College Chapel July 10, Margaret Angelini June 24, Frank Deleu Week and while the Dominion Plumb Memorial Carillon July 17, First Church July 1, Suzanne Magassy Carillonneur is on leave. Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m. and as Carillonneurs July 8, Roel Smit Dominion Carillonneur as indicat- noted July 24, Charles Semowich July 15, Tim Sleep and Sue ed above except for the following June 18, Trinity College Guild July 31, David Maker Bergren dates of Carillonneurs July 22, Gordon Slater Tuesday, July 15, June 25, Ann-Kirstine ILLINOIS July 29, Ronald Kressman Elizabeth Berghout Christiansen August 5, John Gouwens Tuesday, July 29, George Gregory July 2, Tin-shi Tam Centralia August 12, Tiffany Ng Tuesday, August 12, TBA Saturday, July 5, 8:00 p.m., Centralia Carillon August 19, Dave Johnson Tuesday, August 26, Daniel Kerry Kehoe International Carillon Weekend August 26, Trevor Workman William De Turk July 9, Anne Kroeze Friday, June 6, 6:30 p.m., Frans September 2, Wylie Crawford July 16, Dionisio Lind Haagen and Koen Cosaert QUEBEC July 23, Claire Halpert Saturday, June 7, 2:00 p.m., Ann Springfield July 30, David Maker Kirstine Christiansen and Thomas Rees Memorial Carillon Montreal August 6, Ellen Dickinson Carlo van Ulft 47th International Carillon Festival St. Joseph’s Oratory August 13, John Courter Illinois Carillon Weekend Saturday, Sunday, June 1, 7:00 p.m., Sundays at 2:30 p.m. September 20, 10:00 a.m., Laura Ellis July 6, Claude Aubin New Canaan Carlo van Ulft Sunday, June 1, 7:45 p.m., July 20, Daniel Kerry Kehoe St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Saturday, September 20, 2:00 p.m., Karel Keldermans August 3, Claude Aubin Tuesday, June 17, 7:30 p.m., Sue Bergren and Tim Sleep Monday, June 2, 7:00 p.m., August 17, Tiffany Ng George Matthew, Jr. Sunday, September 21, 2:00 p.m., Lyn Fuller Jim Fackenthal and Monday, June 2, 7:45 p.m., UNITED STATES New Haven Wylie Crawford Sharon Hettinger Yale University Tuesday, June 3, 7:00 p.m., ALABAMA Yale Memorial Carillon Chicago Sue Bergren Sunday, June 10 and Fridays at University of Chicago Tuesday, June 3, 7:45 p.m., Birmingham 7:00 p.m. Laura Spelman Rockefeller Laura Ellis Samford University June 20, Thomas Lee Memorial Carillon Thursday, June 5, 7:00 p.m., Rushton Memorial Carillon June 27, Ann-Kirstine Sundays at 6:00 p.m. Sharon Hettinger Celebrating the 40th Anniversary Christiansen July 6, Roel Smit Thursday, June 5, 7:45 p.m., of the Carillon July 4, Tin-shi Tam July 13, Tim Sleep and Sue Malgosia Fiebig Monday, May 5, 4:30 p.m., July 11, Jonathan Lehrer Bergren Friday, June 6, 7:00 p.m., Richard Watson July 18, Yale Summer July 20, Gordon Slater Sue Bergren Wednesday, May 7, 4:30 p.m., Carillonneurs July 27, Ronald Kressman Friday, June 6, 7:45 p.m., Stephen Brooks Knight July 25, Claire Halpert August 3, John Gouwens Lyn Fuller Thursday, May 8, 7:00 p.m., August 1, Ellen Dickinson August 10, Tiffany Ng Friday, June 6, 9:00 p.m., Stephen Brooks Knight August 8, Andrea McCrady August 17, Dave Johnson Festival Fireworks August 15, John Courter August 24, Wylie Crawford Saturday, June 7, 7:00 p.m., Malgosia Fiebig Glencoe Saturday, June 7, 7:45 p.m., Chicago Botanic Garden Karel Keldermans 10 INDIANA July 13, George Matthew, Jr. July 20, David Hunsberger Noyes Memorial Carillon July 20, Claire Halpert July 27, Lee Cobb Friday, July 4 and Sundays at Culver July 27, David Maker August 3, Liesbeth Janssens 4:00 p.m. Culver Academies August 3, Andrea McCrady August 17, Trevor Workman July 4, Suzanne Magassy Memorial Chapel Carillon August 10, Sally Slade Warner August 24, Dave Johnson July 13, James W. Smith John Gouwens Saturdays at 4:00 August 17, John Courter August 31, Dennis Curry July 20, Lyle Anderson p.m. except as noted July 27, Dave Johnson April 26, May 17, May 31 (7:30 Norwood Detroit p.m.), June 21, June 28, July 5, 12, Norwood Memorial Municipal Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian MISSOURI 19, 26 (Lee Cobb), August 30, Building Church October 4 Walter F. Tilton Memorial Carillon Sunday, July 31, 12:00 Noon, St. Louis Friday, July 4 at 3:00 p.m. and Liesbeth Janssens Concordia Seminary Carillon IOWA Mondays at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 22, 2:00 p.m. and June 30, Ulla Laage Detroit 7:00 p.m., Karel Keldermans Ames July 4, Lee Leach St. Mary’s of Redford Catholic Friday, May 16, 5:30 p.m., Iowa State University July 7, Anne Kroeze Church Karel Keldermans Stanton Memorial Carillon July 14, George Matthew, Jr. Saturdays at 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, May 27, 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, July 8, 7:00 p.m., July 21, Claire Halpert July 5, Patrick Macoska Karel Keldermans Suzanne Magassy July 28, David Maker July 12, Judy Ogden Tuesday, June 3, 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 5, 7:00 p.m., August 4, Andrea McCrady July 19, David Hunsberger Malgosia Fiebig Marc Van Eyck August 11, Lee Leach July 26, John Courter Tuesday, June 10, 7:00 p.m., August 18, John Courter August 2, Liesbeth Janssens Lyn Fuller KENTUCKY Tuesday, June 17, 7:00 p.m., MICHIGAN East Lansing Karel Keldermans Berea Michigan State University Tuesday June 24, 7:00 p.m., Berea College Allendale Beaumont Tower Carillon Karel Keldermans Draper Building Tower Grand Valley State University Wednesdays at 6:00 p.m. Mondays at 7:30 p.m. Cook Carillon July 2, Carlo van Ulft Springfield June 2, TBA Sundays at 8:00 p.m. July 9, Ray McLellan Missouri State University July 7, TBA June 15, Open Tower Event July 16, David Hunsberger Second Sundays at 7:00 p.m. August 11, Liesbeth Janssens June 22, Ulla Laage July 23, Lee Cobb June 8, Thomas Lee September 8, TBA June 29, Linda Dzuris July 30, Liesbeth Janssens July 13, TBA July 6, Carlo van Ulft August 10, Jeremy Chesman MARYLAND July 13, Julia Walton Grand Rapids September 14, Andrea McCrady July 20, GVSU Carillon Grand Valley State University October 12, Lee Cobb Frederick Collaborative Beckering Family Carillon Joseph Dill Baker Memorial July 27, John Courter Wednesdays at 12:00 Noon NEW JERSEY Carillon August 3, Lee Cobb July 2, Carlo van Ulft Sundays at 6:00 p.m. August 10, Ronald Kressman July 9, TBA Plainfield June 8, John Hammond August 17, Julianne Vanden July 16, Helen Hawley Grace Episcopal Church June 15, Geert D’hollander Wyngaard July 23, Julianne Vanden Sunday, August 24, 6:00 p.m., June 22, TBA Wyngaard David Maker, Peach Festival June 29, TBA Ann Arbor July 30, John Courter July 6, TBA University of Michigan Princeton July 13, Claire Halpert Ann and Robert H. Lurie Tower Grosse Pointe Farms Princeton University July 20, TBA Mondays at 7:00 p.m. Grosse Pointe Memorial Church Grover Cleveland Tower, The Class July 27, TBA July 21, David Hunsberger The Grosse Pointe Memorial of 1892 Bells August 3, TBA July 28, Lee Cobb Carillon Sundays at 1:00 p.m. August 10, TBA August 4, Liesbeth Janssens Tuesdays in July at 7:15 p.m. June 29, Laurel MacKenzie August 17, TBA August 11, Jenny King July 6, George Matthew, Jr. August 24, Gordon Slater August 18, Trevor Workman MINNESOTA July 13, Margaret Pan August 25, Dave Johnson July 20, Roel Smit Owings Mills September 1, Steven Ball Rochester July 27, Jeremy Chesman McDonogh School Mayo Clinic August 3, Lisa Lonie Fridays at 7:00 p.m. Bloomfield Hills Rochester Carillon August 10, Scott B. Parry July 4, Buck Lyon-Vaiden Christ Church Cranbrook Sunday, June 15, 4:00 p.m., August 17, Robin Austin July 11, TBA Wallace Memorial Carillon Jeffrey Daehn August 24, Lee Cobb July 18, Lauren MacKenzie Sundays at 5:00 p.m. Monday, June 30, 7:00 p.m., August 31, Claire Halpert July 25, Jeremy Chesman June 8, Joseph Daniel George Matthew, Jr. August 1, Patrick Macoska August 3, Liesbeth Janssens Sunday, July 6, 4:00 p.m., NEW YORK Suzanne Magassy MASSACHUSETTS Bloomfield Hills Sunday, August 3, 4:00 p.m., Albany Kirk in the Hills Presbyterian Marc Van Eyck Albany City Hall Carillon Cohasset Church Sunday, August 24, 4:00 p.m., Sundays and July 4 at 1:00 p.m. Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church Sundays at 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 Trevor Workman June 1, TBA The Cohasset Carillon Noon June 8, Amy Heebner Sundays at 6:00 p.m. June 15, Dennis Curry St. Paul June 15, George Matthew, Jr. June 29, Ulla Laage June 22, Ulla Laage House of Hope Presbyterian June 22, Claire Halpert July 6, Anne Kroeze June 29, Ronald Kressman Church June 29, TBA 11 July 4, TBA June 22, TBA Thunder Bag Pipe Band WASHINGTON July 6, Charles Semowich June 29, TBA August 13, Laurel MacKenzie July 13, Alexander Solovov, Elena July 4, TBA August 20, Lee Cobb Spokane Sadina and Sergei Gratchev July 6, TBA August 27, Janet Tebbel Cathedral of St. John the July 20, TBA July 13, TBA Evangelist July 27, Linda Dzuris July 20, TBA TENNESSEE Friday, July 4 at 9:00 p.m., Sunday, July 27, TBA July 20 at 7:00 p.m. and Thursdays Alfred August 3, “Lollipops and Sewanee at 7:00 p.m. Alfred University Balloons” Children’s Concert – The University of the South July 3, John Hammond Davis Memorial Carillon Richard Gegner Leonidas Polk Memorial Carillon July 4, Andrea McCrady Wingate Memorial Summer August 10, Liesbeth Janssens Sundays at 4:45 p.m. July 10, Laura Ellis Carillon Recital Series August 17, TBA June 15, John Bordley July 17, James W. Smith Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m. August 24, TBA June 22, Daniel Stipe July 20, Outdoor Labyrinth: July 1, Karel Keldermans August 31, TBA June 29, John Bordley Andrea McCrady July 8, John Widmann September 1, TBA July 6, J. Samuel Hammond July 24, David Hunsberger July 15, Gordon Slater July 13, Richard Shadinger July 31, Janet Tebbel July 22, TBA PENNSYLVANIA July 29, TBA VERMONT WISCONSIN Erie Rochester Penn State University, The Middlebury Green Bay University of Rochester Behrend College Floyd and Juanita Middlebury College First Evangelical Lutheran Church Hopeman Memorial Carillon Smith Carillon Fridays at 4:00 p.m. Kaap Memorial Carillon Mondays at 7:00 p.m. Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. May 25, Graduation, George Wednesday, July 2, 7:00 p.m., July 7, John Widmann July 17, Gordon Slater Matthew, Jr. George Matthew, Jr. July 14, Gordon Slater July 24, TBA June 27, Amy Heebner July 21, TBA July 31, TBA July 4, Sergei Gratchev Madison July 28, TBA July 11, Charles Semowich University of Wisconsin Fort Washington July 18, Claire Halpert Memorial Carillon Williamsville St. Thomas Church, Whitemarsh July 25, Linda Dzuris Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. Calvary Episcopal Church Catherine Colt Dickey Memorial August 1, Elena Sadina July 3, George Matthew, Jr. Niederlander Carillon Carillon August 8, Alexander Solovov July 10, Suzanne Magassy Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m.; addition- Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m.; additional August 15, George Matthew, Jr. July 17, Lyle Anderson al entertainment at 8:00 pm. entertainment at 8:00 p.m. Northfield July 24, Lyle Anderson July 2, Karel Keldermans July 1, Christmas in July; Lisa Norwich University July 31, Marc Van Eyck July 16, Gordon Slater Lonie and Steve Schreiber, Organ Saturdays at 1:00 p.m. August 7, Tiffany Ng July 23, TBA and Carillon Duets May 11, Graduation, George July 30, TBA July 8, George Matthew, Jr. Matthew, Jr. NORTH AMERICANS August 6, Gloria Werblow July 15, Barefeet, Blankets and July 5, Sergei Gratchev ABROAD Bells! St. Thomas Annual Picnic July 12, Gerald Martindale NORTH CAROLINA Contest; Laurel MacKenzie July 19, Claire Halpert John Bordley Belmont July 22, Blues, Berries and July 26, Linda Dzuris July 16 at 8:00 p.m., Lokeren, First Presbyterian Church Bells! Jeremy Chesman August 2, Elena Sadina Belgium William James Pharr Carillon July 29, “Fun” Raiser Concert; August 9, Alexander Solovov July 17 at 8:30 p.m., Roeselare, Sundays at 7:00 p.m. Patrick Macoska Belgium May 25, Mary McFarland and VIRGINIA July 21 at 8:30 p.m., Mechelen, Suzanne Fairbairn—Patriotic Kennett Square Belgium Extravaganza Longwood Gardens Arlington June 22, J. Samuel Hammond Chimes Tower Netherlands Carillon (Arlington Margo Halsted July 27, Mary McFarland Sundays at 3:00 p.m. National Cemetery) July 19, Leuven, Belgium June 8, Claire Halpert Saturdays, 2:00-4:00 p.m., May (University) OHIO June 22, Janet Tebbel and September, Memorial Day, July 20, Leuven, Belgium July 13, Roel Smit Independence Day and Labor Day; (St. Gertrude) Dayton July 27, Patrick Macoska Saturdays, 6:00-8:00 p.m., June, July 23, Tienen, Belgium Deeds Carillon August 3, Laurel MacKenzie July and August. Director- July 27, Nivelles, Belgium Sunday, August 10, 3:00 p.m., August 17, Lee Cobb Carillonneur Edward Nassor and July 28, Mechelen, Belgium Liesbeth Janssens guest carillonneurs August 2, Ath, Belgium Valley Forge August 4, Kortrijk, Belgium Mariemont Washington Memorial Chapel Luray August 5, Menen, Belgium Mary M. Emery Memorial Carillon Washington Memorial National Luray Singing Tower Memorial Day, Independence Day Carillon Belle Brown Northcott Memorial and Labor Day at 2:00 p.m. Wednesdays in July and August at Carillon Sundays May 25 through August 7:30 p.m. All recitals by David Breneman, 31 at 7:00 p.m. July 2, Doug Gefvert Luray Carillonneur May 25, Richard Gegner and July 9, George Matthew, Jr. Saturdays and Sundays in April, Richard Watson July 16, Roel Smit May, September and October at May 26, TBA July 23, Jeremy Chesman 2:00 p.m. June 1, TBA July 30, Patrick Macoska Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays June 8, TBA August 6, Music of the British Isles and Sundays in June, July and June 15, TBA – Doug Gefvert and the Irish August at 8:00 p.m. 12 Installations, Renovations, Dedications Renovation of Church Expands and Rockefeller Carillon Rededicates Chime at University of by Tim S leep Chicago Underway lainfield United Methodist Church, Plainfield, Ill., was given a chime of by Wylie Crawford P ten bells, dedicated in 1907. The original bells were cast by the Meneely bell foundry he renovation of the Laura Spelman of Watervliet, N.Y., under a contract that TRockefeller Memorial carillon at the called for bells that would be “thoroughly University of Chicago has been a long tone-tempered and correctly attuned to their time coming. The story of how it came to imported standards.” The bells rang fruition could not have been imagined and through 2005, when they were disabled dur- will be part of a more complete account ing the renovation of the church. During planned for a future GCNA Bulletin. This Rockefeller bells await restoration. the renovation, the bell tower was restored article, however, will focus on the reasons to its original format. Shortly thereafter, a frame, designed so that the smallest bells for, and nature of, the renovation. drive was begun with the goal of restoring reside at the top of the frame, thus allow- At 75 years of age, the second largest and expanding the chime from its original ing these higher-frequency bells to have musical instrument in the world, and the ten to 18 bells. “line of sight” to the ground, making them largest ever assembled at one time, was Chime Master Systems of Lancaster, more audible. In addition, care has been becoming more and more cantankerous to Ohio, in partnership with Royal Eijsbouts, taken to ensure that for the majority of lis- play and both discordant and difficult to was selected by the church to cast eight teners, the larger bells do not acoustically hear. Several factors contributed to this sit- new bells to be added to the original 1907 block the smaller bells. uation. One was Chicago’s industrially Meneely Watervliet ten-bell chime. 2. The removal of accumulated dirt and polluted air, which corroded the bronze and Analysis of the original bells revealed a grime on all bells down to, but not includ- lowered the pitch of the bells—particularly mean-tone temperament. The additional ing, the patina. the smaller ones. Another was the fact that bells not only had to match the timbre of 3. The replacement of original return the tower openings, which had originally the original bells but also had to be tuned springs and clappers on the smaller bells been fitted with moveable wooden shutters to match their temperament. The bell frame with clappers of greater weight. New sus- on tracks, were no longer moving and had was renovated, and new linkages and clap- pension bolts and umbrella system. been replaced by louvers. A third was that pers were installed. A new traditional caril- 4. The replacement of the single-sided no maintenance contract was in place for lon keyboard action that would support the roller bar action with a central radial action the instrument and, despite annual applica- five new bells with room for a future five using directed cranks and new linkages. tions of duct tape, silicone spray, and additional bells was manufactured, incorpo- This includes turning the clavier 180° and elbow grease by teams of dedicated volun- rating portions of the original chime stand. moving it to a more central position in the teers, the action connecting the clavier to The whole project needed to be completed playing cabin. the bells had seriously deteriorated.The cur- in time to commemorate the 100-year 5. The decoupling of the pneumatic rent renovation seeks to address each of anniversary of the original installation. hour-strike mechanism from the carillon these problems while at the same time tak- Jeff Crook of Chime Master Systems action. This item, plus the previous one, ing advantage of modern methods and mate- and Royal Eijsbouts technicians worked should result in a much more responsive rials to upgrade the instrument. As an closely on site with church officials to feel for the lower bells. unexpected bonus, a plan by the university complete the installation in time for the 6. The replacement of the batons, to demolish and replace both the playing December 9, 2007, dedication of the reno- spreaders, and pedals (but not the historic cabin and, consequently, the upper bell vated chime. Naperville, Ill., City Gothic-style frame) of the original clavier frame offered the possibility of rearranging Carillonneur Tim Sleep presented the dedi- with a World Standard clavier. Also, the the upper belfry. This last-minute develop- catory recital during the 11:00 a.m. wor- modification of the existing bench so that ment called for some quick thinking. ship service. Portions of the recital includ- it is vertically adjustable. Fortunately, we were able to enlist the ed selections from the original 1907 dedi- 7. The installation of a World Standard services of the “two Richards”—Strauss cation recitals, which were played on the practice clavier in the basement office, next and Watson—in time to take full advantage original ten bells, as well as new arrange- to the existing clavier.Work is anticipated of this opportunity. ments for all 18 bells. A short portion of to conclude in the months of April and The work is being done by Royal the recital incorporating the new bells can May, and a celebration is planned for Eijsbouts and encompasses the following be heard on the Chime Master Systems Saturday, June 7, as part of the university’s elements: website, http://www.chimemaster.com. 1. The construction of a new upper bell Alumni Weekend. 13 Friends Commemorate Take Notes: Ronald Barnes with Large Turkey Carillon Education Carillon Study at As one of this privileged group, I have by A ndrea M cC rady become an advocate for the sustainability Iowa State University of the campanile and carillon as an icon of n December 8, 2007, carillon col- Iowa State. I have acquired a plethora of Oleagues of Ronald Barnes gathered at knowledge that I share with anyone inter- the home of David Hunsberger and Neil by A m y Brandau ested in learning more. Please join me on Fang in Oakland, Calif., to commemorate a short tour of Carillon Study at Iowa State the tenth anniversary of the passing of Make our spirit great, true and valiant, University. . . . Ronald Barnes (November 2, 1997). like the Bells of Iowa State. Carillon lessons are open to any uni- Participants included Richard Strauss, versity student by audition; the primary John Agraz, Jeff Davis, Lori Lamma, hen Jim Wilson penned these lyrics prerequisite is an ability to read music. Brian Swager and his friend Thomas Wand the music of “The Bells of Iowa Although carillon instruction may be Tunsch, and David and Julie Morgan and State” in 1930, he could not have predicted included in the curriculum that leads to an their daughter Lydia. In addition to the that the song would continue to play undergraduate degree in music, the majori- Bay Area residents, the two co-chairs of prominently across Iowa State University’s ty of past and current students are the Ronald Barnes Memorial Scholarship campus decades later. Today’s faculty, staff, non–music majors. Carillon students come Fund Committee, Dave Johnson and and students hear “The Bells of Iowa State” from all university departments, with Andrea McCrady, flew in for the week- played frequently by either University majors in engineering, business, agricul- end’s festivities. They joined their hosts Carillonneur Tin-Shi Tam or her carillon ture, human science, and education. for a dinner atop Macy’s in Union Square students. In fact, each carillon student is Scholarships are provided to one or two on Friday night, delectable dim sum in required to play the song during his or her students each semester who continue caril- Oakland’s Chinatown on Saturday, and graduating semester. For me, this was lon lessons beyond the first semester. panoramic promenades along the Berkeley almost eight years ago. This spring I will Lessons are given weekly in the prac- ridge in brilliant sunshine. Andrea and have the pleasure of playing an encore per- tice room, where a practice console is Dave were assigned the duty of roasting formance as I graduate with another degree available 24 hours a day, every day, for the fowl, while the other attendees of the from Iowa State and two more years of car- both lessons and practice. This allows stu- dinner provided potluck dishes. After illon lessons. These lessons and all the dents to be well prepared before climbing everyone was thoroughly stuffed, the post- other activities included under “carillon les- the narrow, winding staircase up the cam- prandial conversation centered on reminis- sons” have been the highlights of both my panile to share their talent with the entire cences of Ronald Barnes’s life and carillon undergraduate and graduate studies. campus. Live practice is limited to philosophy. As a student at Iowa State, I make a evenings and weekends, with ample per- The weekend also coincided with the point of crossing campus at noon each day formance opportunities throughout the final recital of the semester by the to listen to the daily concert; I see other semester. Berkeley carillon students on Sunday students on the grassy mall and wonder Taking lessons at Iowa State is more afternoon. Seventeen students enthusiasti- how many realize they are actually listen- than just practicing the recommended one cally performed a large range of music and ing to a live performance. When I climb hour per day and performing the required then treated friends and family to a packed the narrow stairs of the Edgar W. and two concert performances. Students taking party in Jeff Davis’s office in the cam- Margaret MacDonald Stanton Memorial lessons develop lifelong friendships with panile. Another generation of carillon- Carillon to practice, I remember that I am each other and gain an appreciation for the neurs is set to carry on the wonderful a part of history and tradition, one of a very instrument. Each semester, students are legacy of Ronald Barnes. small group of students fortunate enough encouraged to play duets or quartets with to take carillon lessons. their fellow students. Lessons also include On a campus of more than 25,000 stu- ensemble experiences, group discussions dents, an average of six students take les- on carillon related topics, and semester sons each semester. Iowa State’s history of projects. Semester projects? Absolutely. providing carillon lessons to students goes Each student chooses an individual project nearly as far back as the carillon has been to supplement his or her learning experi- an icon of Iowa State. Ira Schroeder, the ences. Past projects have included writing first university carillonneur, began giving and arranging music for carillon, creating lessons in 1931. Since that time, more poster or multimedia presentations, writing than a hundred students have taken time out research papers, giving oral presentations, of their busy schedules to take carillon les- and creating artwork. Students also take sons. field trips to visit other carillons. During Who are these guys? Take N o tes continues on page 18 14 religious symbols. Further, the towers that Foreign News News from house them have become less accessible to Dutch-speaking the public because mechanization has eliminated the need for personnel to mount Staf Gebruers guilds the towers to activate the bells. To prevent this threat of anonymity, he urges com- Memorial plete inventories of existing bells. Another Translated and sum m arized by way to keep bells in the public’s mind Joost Dupon would be to create more expositions in churches or bell museums explaining cam- panological history. He remarks that there lok & Klepel, no. 99: is only one such museum in Wallonia, at June 2007 K Tellin. Four generations of the Sergeys family This issue of the newsletter contains a were responsible for a major part of the special contribution at the death of André bell founding activity in Belgium for near- Lehr. President Lemckert, Jos D’Hollander, ly a century. They were the last to cast Rainier Schütte, and Joost Eijsbouts con- bells in the country. However, during this tribute pieces celebrating the life, work, period, their base of activities shifted twice. and legacy of Dr. Lehr in the carillon An article by Jacques Sergeys, who direct- world. Dr. Lehr was the curator and driving ed the foundry during the last ten years of force behind the Bell Museum and one of its existence, describes these migrations. the most eminent campanologists of our Pierre (the author’s great-grandfather) start- time. ed the first foundry in Louvain in 1889 Perciv al Price, a m onk , and S taf Gebruers Heleen van der Weel takes us on a tour while married to a descendant of the Van at Mount Melleray, County Waterford of the renovated and enhanced bells at the Aerschodt and Van den Gheyn families, Nieuwe Kerk in The Hague. The bells that both experienced bell founders. He was had been installed when the “New Church” soon joined by his son Constant, who had orn in Antwerp in 1902, Staf Gebruers was built (in 1656: it all depends on what been trained by his uncle Dominique Van Bwas appointed the first carillonneur of you call new…) were supposed to provide Aerschodt. But because competition in St. Colman's Cathedral in Cobh (Ireland) both a chime and a swinging peal. The Louvain increased in the 1890s, Constant in 1924, in addition to being organist and bells fell into disuse and, by the ’70s, fell decided to move the foundry to Chênée (in choirmaster, positions he held until his into disrepair as well. Eijsbouts has now Liège), where it was active from 1893 until death in 1970. A prolific composer and restored them and added a computerized sys- 1928. During this period, Constant was arranger, he was also much in demand as a tem. The Hague has some of its finest and joined by his son François in the family choral and orchestral conductor and held most distinctive sounds back! business. In the intervening years, the numerous teaching posts, including that of Much of the rest of the issue is devot- competitive environment in Louvain had professor of music at Mount Melleray ed to the NKV’s annual meeting. Seminary in County Waterford. eased and Constant became nostalgic for An annual memorial lecture and student his former home. At the same time, a award, sponsored by former pupil Tom return to Louvain would help support an Jago and his wife, Ann, has now been News from effort by Jef Denyn to create, from existing established at University College Cork in foundries, a national foundry to be based in Staf’s memory. The first recipient of the French-speaking Louvain—a project that never reached award is UCC music graduate Treasa fruition. So it was that 80 years ago, Edmonds, who is currently studying at the guilds Constant and François loaded up 11 railway Royal Carillon School "Jef Denyn" in cars and returned to Louvain, where the Mechelen, Belgium. The inaugural lecture, family continued its activities until 1980. Translated and sum m arized by entitled "The Singing Tower," was deliv- Emmanuel Delsaute and Emmanuel Wylie Crawford ered to a capacity audience in the Aula Vanderheyden represented the ACW at a Maxima of the University on Wednesday, November meeting of the French e Bulletin Campanaire, of the November 21, 2007, by Boudewijn Zwart Campanological Society, where the theme Association Campanaire Wallonne of the Netherlands, featuring his unique L was the creation of an inventory of bells in (ACW) #53 – First Quarter, 2008 "Bell Moods" traveling carillon. Before the France. There is already a partial computer- lecture, Adrian Gebruers, Staf's son and ized database, and France also has an successor at St. Colman's as well as former attaché to the Culture Ministry who is pas- Guy De Plaen pens an editorial on the World Carillon Federation president, was sionate about bells. A lively discussion importance of preserving the campanologi- presented with an engraved silver trophy to was held, with a fruitful exchange of ideas cal history worldwide. He notes that, since mark the 80th anniversary of the Cobh car- toward a common goal: the preservation the 19th century, bells have lost their illon recitals. and promotion of the bell culture in both importance as timekeepers, alarms, and countries. 15 Serge Joris writes of his participation its meetings since its inception. He also Capelle la Grande for the site of the 2007 in the 15th colloquium of the German Bell describes a typical program, mentions the congress. He notes that this makes the Museum, held in October in Greifenstein. weak past attendance of Wallonian atten- fourth year in a row that the Congress has This is the second such meeting attended dees in recent years, and encourages all to been located in the north of France and by representatives of the ACW, and it attend this year’s meetings in Groningen hopes that it can move somewhat south in attracted 70 participants. Presentations on July 13–17. coming years. were made on, among other topics, the Bell gossip—The carillon of Charleroi An article from the journal La Nature founders Martin and Nicolas Legros of has been reinaugurated, after a 15-year dating from 1899 and authored by “L. Malmedy, the Herold family of Nuremberg, silence. The instrument was installed in Reverchon” discusses the difficulties of various technical studies on the evolution 1937 and comprises 47 bells by Michiels. tuning bronze bells. It cites the expertise of of bell profiles, mathematical modeling of Paccard has completely reworked its web- M. Thybaud, a Swiss tuner with 20 years bell sounds, acoustic modeling of steel site, logo, and museum, all in honor of the of experience, who says that the physics of bells, bells in the music of Rimsky- firm’s 210th anniversary. There are now a tube apply—more or less—to bells. He Korsakov, and the life and works of two “chamber carillons”; the first by then describes the process of tuning the Wilhelm Bender, Berlin’s carillonneur from Boudewijn Zwart is joined by another by prime tone of the bell, noting that it is 1911 to 1944. Frank Steyns of Maastricht. The Elias fam- much easier to lower the tone than to raise Two articles appear that describe other ily (father and daughters) have created the it. His current project is to tune the “curi- methods of ringing bells. Normally, I International Carillon and Organ Center in ous” ring of 12 bells in Lausanne, installed would not summarize them, since they do Portugal. Its first goal is the acquisition of in three closely situated towers. not directly deal with the carillon art. a traveling carillon. The 78-bell Petit & Michel Venant, secretary of Music at However, I found a few points worth men- Fritsen carillon at Hygeon College in Saint-Nicaise, describes the renovation of tioning, for those interested in etymology Taejon, South Korea, has been played only the carillon of Saint-Nicaise de Reims. and linguistics. The first article, by Philipe two or three times. But a Korean woman is Originally installed in 1936 by Paccard Slégers, describes triboleurs who hold forth attending classes in the Netherlands, and it with 33 bells, it was extended to 35 bells each year in Malmedy by pulling on ropes is hoped that she may soon activate this in 1942 during the German occupation. attached to the clappers of the bells to ring instrument. Music at Saint-Nicaise was formed in them. The second article, by Achim 1980, with the goal of restoring the organ Bursch, defines the word coptée, which is From L’Art Campanaire, the bulletin and carillon, both of which had fallen into basically the same method of striking the of the French Guild of Carillonneurs disrepair. The work on the carillon was fin- bells but which is practiced primarily sur- No. 62—April 2007 ished in 1999, including the installation of rounding Easter celebrations. This practice a practice keyboard. Now, all they need is a is found in orthodox churches (principally The cover of this issue shows the bel- carillonneur.… in Russia) as well as the Catholic areas of fry of the city hall of Capelle la Grande, An article entitled “Presidency and Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, site of the next Guild congress. This event French-Speaking” mentions that Wylie Switzerland, and Slovenia. Each country is will mark the 20th anniversary of the Crawford’s inaugural address to the World reviewed and its practices detailed in the French Guild’s meeting there in 1987, two Carillon Federation was delivered in both article. The practice has several different years after the installation of the carillon, English and French—a recognition of the names, depending on the language of the whose bourdon is a 1,350-lb G. (It bears an French language’s importance as one of the host country. In the German-speaking areas inscription that reflects the hope that it three official languages of the WCF. The of Belgium and Germany, for example, the will never be melted down to become a address is reprinted. term used is Beiern. [Translator’s note: cannon!) Alfred Lesecq remarks that certain Pierre Paccard writes an homage memo- beiaard is the Dutch word for “carillon.”] In letters from the 1980s indicate that the rializing the life and works of André Lehr. some other areas, the word used is instrument could have been solely auto- Bammschlagen, Bamm being ono- matic, which, according to the recommen- matopoeia for the sound made and schlagen dation of Paccard (and of many other From L’Art Campanaire, the bulletin meaning “to strike.” In Switzerland, the installers at the time), would have cost less of the French Guild of Carillonneurs method is called carillonnage and the initially and wouldn’t require a carillon- No. 63—July 2007 ringers are called carillonneurs. Finally, and neur. Fortunately, the automatic clock perhaps authoritatively, a Swiss publica- mechanism was supplemented by a President Jean Pierre Vittot remarks that tion defines sonner as swinging a bell so European standard carillon keyboard. there are seven candidates for this year’s that the clapper strikes both sides of the Weekly live concerts are given on Fridays performance exams and suggests that there bell, bourdonner as moving the clapper so at 6:00 p.m. might be an opportunity to create another that it strikes both sides of the bell, tinter President Jean Pierre Vittot notes that level of exam that would recognize higher as moving the bell so that the clapper this bulletin appears a bit late as a result of levels of carillon artistry. He predicts that strikes only one side, and copter as moving the delay in decision making on the part of this topic will surely be discussed at the the clapper so that it strikes only one side the potential hosts in Saint Amand les annual congress. of the bell. After all this, you can see the Eaux, who would have been the hosts for Another article from the journal La problems a poor translator encounters. this year’s congress but who declined to Nature is reprinted, this time dating from Serge Joris writes an article about the have the accompanying performance exams 1898. L. Reverchon is again the author, World Carillon Federation that lists all of take place in their tower. Thus, the shift to and this time the subject is the carillon of 16 Saint-Germain-l’Auxerrois. The article different from his ideals. Readers should reports that the instrument had 38 bells Reviews also compare Lehr’s book with the many with a total weight of 11 tons and a 2.2-ton other approaches to the carillon. In his C bourdon. Each bell, except the bourdon, book Beiaard-Kwaliteits-Standard (Belgian r. André Lehr’s Campanology had four hammers attached to the automat- Carillon School 2001), Marc van Eyck, an Textbook translated by ic drum, which was equipped with 29,184 D experienced carillonneur and technician Kimberly Schafer holes. It sounded twice daily, at 11:00 interested in the acquisition, playing, lis- a.m.and 4:00 p.m. Apparently, the drum tening, and maintenance of a fine instru- R eviewed by Jeffrey Bossin pegs did not directly activate the clappers; ment, offers his own detailed vision of the rather, it appears they served to release carillon, including many points not cov- This work, first published in 1976 and weights that provided the force to strike the ered by Lehr, such as where to listen, prac- translated into English by R. M. Ayres in bells. There was a 46-key piano-like key- tice possibilities, marketing, working with 1985, contains valuable information based board that controlled the same weights, architects, how to draw up a good contract on the author’s expertise and experience. allowing the performer to play a given note to acquire a carillon, etc. Ms. Schafer’s Though some of the drawings (clapper and up to five times per second. Two figures translation is flawed. Klangkleur is not keyboard) are out of date, the bulk of the are presented showing the mechanism, “sound color” but “tone color,” and I ran- text is still valid today, and Dr. Lehr added which is described as the first “truly domly found two passages rendered to mean some new information and drawings in mechanical” carillon. The next sentence the opposite of what Dr. Lehr wrote. At 2007. However, the book has its limita- then says,“Musical expression is clearly least the translation is concise and elimi- tions. Lehr is not a carillonneur or a musi- not a feature of this mechanism, but from nates Lehr’s many meaningless verbal cian but a scholar and a scientist and, above a hygienic point of view it is an apprecia- mannerisms. But the reader should all, a founder and a businessman represent- ble improvement for the carillonneur, who, approach this book armed with a sieve ing the postwar Dutch tradition of casting with the old system, is obliged to pay for good at separating the wheat from the and tuning bells and building carillons. musical expression with considerable mus- chaff. This tradition was embodied by the cular fatigue.” There follows a list of the Eijsbouts foundry, which Lehr managed for various French carillons of the era, along several decades, concentrating on quick and ngland’s Child: The Carillon with the number of bells for each instru- economic production methods (cement sand Eand the Casting of Big Bells ment. The author then notes that the casting, vertical tuning grooves, bell by Jill Johnston weight of a carillon is more important than bronze with 19% tin). There are omissions: just the number of bells in the ensemble. there is no mention of the World Standard R eviewed by Jim Fackenthal He points out that the five bells of the “car- console adopted in 2006—a landmark illon” of Westminster in London weigh 24 development—or of a suitable type or qual- Jill Johnston’s tons—more than the 56 bells of Châlons- ity of wood for keyboards, transmissions long-awaited book, sur-Marne, which had the largest number of other than the Dutch, the quality of stain- England’s C hild: T he bells of any carillon in France at the time. less steel for component parts, etc. This Carillon and the A listing of the carillon festivals for the book is about Dr. Lehr’s ideals. But it is Casting of Big Bells, summer is provided. Also included is a the practice, the hows and whys of the car- is required reading for description of the work to be done at illons we buy and play and listen to that are those interested in Tourcoing during the restoration of the important to us. To understand this book how one man’s busi- instrument. The work is scheduled to be the reader should examine the products of ness sense made completed in mid-December. Dr. Lehr’s teachings, i.e., the carillons in Gillett & Johnston The “Briefs” section notes a recent Florida (Clearwater and Gainsville for com- Bell Founders (G & J) a major player in increase in the theft of cowbells in position of the bronze and quality of the defining the North American carillon art. Switzerland and gives several warnings casting), Belgium (university library in England’s C hild is not, however, just a such as “Beware of buying bells with sup- Louvain for profiles and weights of the biography of her father, Cyril Johnston. ple collars and smelling of animals (an four highest bells and how well Lehr’s low The other subject, Johnston’s story about indication that they have been recently B-natural bell fits in with the other bells; her own research into her father’s life, is worn).” Also noted is the upcoming St. Rombouts Cathedral, Mechelen, for neatly stated in both the introduction and appearance in March 2008 of a movie fea- amount of metal removed from the largest Chapter 17: “Such a long shot for history turing the carillonneur of Bergues, entitled bells and how well they were cleaned, con- [Cyril Johnston’s career as a bell founder] Bienvenue chez les Ch’tis. Finally, it has dition of the metal bellframe, quality of would obviously involve a trade-off; I have been verified that the words cam panaire and wood for the keyboard, and timbre of the never imagined telling this story without campaniste will appear in the 2007 edition bells), and Germany (Market Church, an account of how I came to be the one to of the Petit Larousse Illustré. Wiesbaden, for timbre and ringing time of do it” (page 248). Many Carillon News the bourdon and how well the Kindler readers will remember Johnston’s presenta- swinging bell fits in with the rest of caril- tion at the GCNA congress in 2000 at lon). Compare these instruments with the Mercersburg Academy. There we heard carillon in Berlin-Tiergarten that Lehr pro- Johnston tell how she was conceived by duced according to my specifications, very Cyril during an affair with her American mother, who told her that her father had 17 died while she was an infant. Johnston’s instruments, under circumstances often turner. The book is published by Cadmus mother then undid the face-saving fiction worthy of mystery novels. Belmont Editions (San Francisco) and is available by sending her a published notice of Cyril College in Nashville, was convinced to from Johnston’s website Johnston’s actual death in 1950. The replace its 23-bell G & J instrument with (http://jilljohnston.com). If you want to Mercersburg presentation was delivered just a “carillonic device” by Schulmerich, who let Johnston know how much you appreci- two months after Jill Johnston signed a acquired the original G & J bells with a ate her effort, buy it from the website. The contract with a publisher to write the book promised of putting them in a museum, price is $27.95 (USD) plus shipping and about her father, but fans of Johnston’s and then tried to sell them. Perhaps most handling. While you are there, be sure to writing in Art in America, The New York notoriously, 56 treble bells were removed read (and reread) the archived Johnston Times Book Review, The Village Voice, from the carillon at the Riverside Church Letters. and any of her numerous books and online by Harry van Bergen and were replaced with columns (the Johnston Letter), will recog- van Bergen bells. The original G & J bells nize the jarring impact of learning her may have been melted down or sent else- from Take N o tes , page 14 father had been alive all along, how the where, possibly to Brazil. The stories con- revealed subterfuge affected her relationship stitute a powerful study of the life of a spring semesters, students have the oppor- with her mother, and how these events business titan, and a sobering overview of tunity to work with renowned national and forged a quest to study her newly discovered the turmoil that gave us some of our best international guest carillonneurs during the origins and to answer the sudden questions instruments. Carillon Festival, which includes the about her redefined identity. In this con- Jill Johnston’s account of how she Carillon Composition Competition. Most text, England’s C hild is the third of the came to tell the story of Cyril Johnston is important, carillon students become planned trilogy, following Mother Bound marvelous mystery writing. To enter and ambassadors of the carillon, conducting and Paper Daughter. discover the family Cyril Johnston had campanile tours and participating in other As a biography of Cyril Johnston, Jill with his wife, Mary, Jill introduced herself campus events to raise interest and aware- Johnston’s book is an important scholarly as “Joan Castile” to her half brother Arthur ness. history of some of the defining events in Johnston and, years later, to her half sister, The campanile plays a prominent role the North American carillon movement. Lady Rosemary Price. Johnston’s family at Iowa State; for decades the building that One such event was precipitated by the was resistant to having her enter their lives houses the treasured carillon has been seen rejection of five bells G & J delivered to (they fearing she wanted to claim family pictured on postcards, in students’ wedding the Elstree School in England (1906). Not money or embarrass them with a tell-all photos, and in promotional material for the wanting the recasting job to go to com- book). Yet she persisted. Johnston has university. Students frequently request spe- petitors, Cyril Johnston acquired a tuning discussed in previous writings how she cial performances for weddings and other machine, over the objections of his father, views understanding her father and her events held on campus. This rich history Arthur A. Johnston, a partner at G & J at paternal family as critical to understanding has found a new extension in the digital the time. The tuning machine allowed herself. On page 194, she states, “I tend to age. This past fall semester, all carillon G & J to recast the bells using the see origins, encompassing ancestral input, concerts—weekday noon concerts and stu- Simpson tuning principles in 1907. This as blueprints for mandatory futures.” In dents’ concerts—were made available on was the point from which G & J’s rise to this context, Johnston made a defining the Internet. With the addition of webcast- greatness may be tracked. Bell enthusiasts quest of finding the epigenetic birthright ing technology, every concert can be heard will remember that in 1895 and ’96, Canon denied her by the conventions of propriety, around the world. Besides the parents of Arthur Simpson, having spent decades the conventions that drove her mother to carillon students, one special group of peo- demonstrating that all the bells he heard lie. To exist outside a system built around ple listening in during webcasts is the ISU were out of tune, published the influential the legal structures of marriage and paternal Carillon Alumni and Friends Society. The essays “Why Bells Sound Out of Tune” and inheritance, Johnston reinvented herself as society is open for anyone to join, with a “How to Cure Them.” John Taylor Bell an artist. Still, this reinvention was not special focus on keeping past carillon stu- Founders and, later, G & J, were leaders in sufficient to escape the need to know her dents connected. implementing the Simpson tuning princi- father, as this connection remains of per- As my graduate studies draw to a close, ples to produce properly tuned bells, aim- sonal essence, legal structures notwith- I look forward to playing “The Bells of ing their efforts at improving the art of standing. Hence, the readers’ quandary: Iowa State” one last time on May 2, 2008; change ringing. Incidentally, they con- those of us who know and love Jill hope feel free to join me in my rite of passage tributed to the elevation of the carillon to a sincerely that publication of England’s by listening to the Iowa State Carillon concert instrument. Child will bring satisfactory closure to the webcast at While Cyril Johnston was Managing nagging questions about her origins and http://www.music.iastate.edu/carillon/. Director, he produced carillons of unprece- identity, yet those of us who crave dented size and international importance, Johnston’s continued literary output hope like the Houses of Parliament Carillon in that no source of creative impetus has been Ottawa, and the two giant Rockefeller closed off. instruments, one at the Riverside Church England’s C hild is beautifully illus- in New York City and the other at the trated, well indexed, and thoroughly University of Chicago. He also witnessed researched. Though scholarly by every the destruction and dismantling of his measure, it remains a compelling page- 18 now had something better in bells—tuned and ((a)) Something Different . . . Carillon of Bells. Mr. Houseman, I think visited the city early in spring of 1921 (and Mrs. Margaret P. Massey died A Tardy Tale January 29, 1921). Mr. Houseman, naturally, called upon some of the leading architects including Darling n the early 1980s, I contacted Percival Price (first carillonneur & Pearson and Sproatt & Rolph, having in mind ((car- Iat Metropolitan Church). It was my plan to track the origin of illons for)) the ((Peace Tower of the Parliament our carillon and learn the circumstances surrounding the idea of Buildings in Ottawa, and ((the Soldiers’ Memorial placing bells in the tower. Tower)) Hart House ((at the University of Toronto)). From his home in Ann Arbor, Mich., Prof. Price graciously At Mr. Massey’s request, S & R immediately cor- shared with me some of his history of yesteryear. In 1927, he responded with Gillett & Johnston of Croydon, received a letter from Walter S eldon, then S ecretary to Vincent England, having previously inspected the tower of the Massey (who was later appointed Governor General of Canada, Metropolitan Methodist church ((in 1925, it became the and who was brother of Raymond, the actor) that was a response Metropolitan United Church)) and reported same (to G to the question “What gave Mr. Chester Massey (Vincent’s & J) as having all the requirements for the very best set father) the idea of a carillon for Metropolitan?” of bells—making plans of same—which Gillett & It should be noted that Percival Price left Metropolitan in Johnston doubted, as they could not believe any church early 1926 to assume the duties of carillonneur at Park Avenue in Toronto built 50 years ago could possibly possess a Baptist Church, New York City. This move followed months of tower as reported by S & R. consultation between John D. Rockefeller Jr. (Park Avenue Mr. Massey asked me to confirm these reports, Church carillon benefactor) and Chester Massey (Metropolitan’s which I did, and elaborated still more on the possibili- carillon benefactor). ties. I would say that Sproatt & Rolph deserve the The following text was gleaned from the handwritten letter credit of making the recommendation coupled with the from Mr. Seldon, and I hope it will prove of interest to all. coincidence of Mr. Houseman’s recent visit to the city. Items enclosed in single parentheses are part of the letter; those Mr. Parkes and Mr. Fricker ((see note 3)) were then con- in double parentheses are my editorial comments. sulted, and the Church Officials were all glad to encour- age Mr. Massey in making the gift. James B. S later, You know the rest, and Mr. Massey having great Carillonneur Emeritus confidence in his architects, also in Seldon, it gave him great pleasure and joy to provide the first (harmonically April 9, 1927 tuned) Carillon in ((North)) America.

My dear Price: Very kindest regards, ((signed)) Walter Seldon I was glad to hear from your old Park Avenue “parking place” and wish I were there this Easter to ((Note 1: The bells in Pasadena referred to were either those of a near- enjoy, also to join in the march of the “Bells”. by church’s 11-bell chime or a few bells that graced a Spanish mis- sion in the area.)) Now for your question—“What gave Mr. C.D. ((Note 2: Mr. Houseman is presumed to have been a representative of Massey the idea of a carillon?” the English bell founders Gillett & Johnston, makers of the Massey You are familiar with Mrs. Massey’s illness, and Memorial carillon of 1922 at Metropolitan Church.)) while at Pasadena, California, the one thing that seemed ((Note 3: Mr. G. Harry Parkes was a church music committee member. to give her added joy was the ringing of the bells (at Dr. Herbert Austin Fricker was the organist and choir director.)) Pasadena) ((see note 1)). Mr. Massey’s one thought was to give joy to others… If the ringing of the bells at Pasadena could fill his wife ((with)) such joy mid pain and great suffering—he wished to cheer those in nearby hospitals and within the sound of the bells from the Metropolitan tower, in memory and love of the joy the In Memoriam ((Pasadena)) bells gave his wife as she entered into her rest. ufus C. "Buddy" Porter (H) died November 9, With this thought, Mr. Massey called into consul- R2007, in Dallas. He and his sister, the late tation his architects, Messrs. Sproatt & Rolph—and in Alicia Porter Washam, gave the Porter Memorial speaking with these two gentlemen yesterday, they con- Carillon to Highland Park United Methodist Church firm my statement—viz—Mr. Houseman ((see note 2)) in 1984. had recently visited the city ((Toronto)), as his firm supplied the City Hall with “Big Ben” and clock about 1895 ((first sounded January 1, 1899)), and was anxious to tell the city authorities that they ((Houseman’s firm))

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