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No. 82 November 2009 CarillonNews www.gcna.org Newsletter of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America Longwood Gardens the Setting for Features 67th GCNA Congress Longwood Gardens pro- GCNA Congress vided a spectacular setting for at Longwood the Congress activities. The Gardens . 1 business meetings and pre- sentations were conducted in the Visitor Center Audito- New Carillonneur rium, and the artists and ex- Members . 6 amination recitals took place at the nearby Chimes Tower. 2010 Congress in The 61 foot Chimes Tower was built in 1929 to house a Naperville . 8 set of 25 tubular chimes in- stalled by the J.C. Deagan Marketing the Company. In 1956, the Carillon . 9 chimes were replaced by a 32-note electronic system which was used until 1989. Photo Collage . 21 by Lynnette Geary see Longwood Gardens, page 3 he 67th GCNA Congress met at Long- Twood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pa., Plus from June 21–25, 2009. Longwood Gardens was established by Calendar . 3 Pierre du Pont who bought the property from the Peirce family in 1906 so that he Overtones could preserve the trees. Through his man- Regional Notes . 10 agement, formal gardens, fountains, an Open Air Theater, and a Conservatory were Foreign News . 14 added to the estate. The Longwood Foun- dation was established in 1937 and received Notices . 19 government approval in 1946 to operate the gardens for public education and enjoy- In Memoriam . 22 ment. Longwood Gardens now covers 1,050 acres with 20 indoor and 20 outdoor gardens. It hosts an extensive educational program and sponsors horticultural and per- forming arts events year round. 1 Carillon News is published each April and November by the Guild of Carillon- neurs in North America, a California non- Carillon News profit corporation. 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Halverson 701 Sheridan Road Evanston, IL 60202 On page 3 of Carillon News, no. 80, Fall 2008, Design and Production 847-328-2333 (h) the statement that Tintinnabulum was created by Sue Bergren, Jim Fackenthal, Mark Lee [email protected] the Flemish Carillon Guild is incorrect. Printing Tintinnabulum, the organization managing the Brussels carillon, was in fact created by the com- D & R Press, Elmwood Park, IL GCNA Committee listings Archives Bill De Turk, chair bined efforts of the City of Brussels, the Flemish Copyright 2009 by The Guild of Carillonneurs in North Carillon Guild (VBV), the Walloon Cam- America. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole Barnes Andrea McCrady, Dave panological Association (ACW), and the Brus- or in part without permission is prohibited. All items sels cathedral, each of these four organizations submitted for publication become the property of the Scholarship Johnson, chairs GCNA, except that contributors assume liability for Fund Robin Austin, Dave having delegates in the Tintinnabulum board. In copyrighted photographs or music examples submit- 2008, about 25 carillonneurs were invited by Hunsberger, Lisa Lonie, ted, and assume responsibility for claims therefrom Tintinnabulum to play the Brussels carillon. made against the publisher. For permission to reprint Janet Tebbel contact the co-editors at the address listed above. Carillon News regrets the error. 2 At the Longwood Gardens Congress, the Board reviewed the report and recommen- from the President dations of the Ad Hoc Exam committee, ably chaired by Carlo Van Ulft, and the Calendar Board agreed to continue on to the next level of investigation. Their charter was to 49th International Carillon 'examine' the current process and the report Festival, Springfield, Ill. was presented to the Board and to the gen- June 6–June 12, 2010 eral membership in our business meetings. This next effort will take a look at the pos- Midwest Regional Carillon sibility of more than one level of carillon proficiency. Festival, Springfield, Ill. The charge to the new ad hoc exami- June 7 and 8, 2010 nation committee: • Develop a proposal for more than one 2010 GCNA Congress, level of carillon proficiency Naperville, Ill. Evolution • Analyze the e-mail discussions to date • Contact others as needed to gain an un- June 13–17, 2010 s mentioned before, the strength of our derstanding of all perspectives Aorganization is in our diverse mem- • Compare process with other professional bership. I am greatly impressed that the on- organizations (e.g. American Guild of Or- going discussion on our e-mail listservers ganists) has been highly professional and thought- • Recommend accreditation process: stan- haven’t subscribed to our listserver, go to provoking. Many interesting points con- dards, repertoire, adjudication http://www.gcna.org/mail-lists.html for in- tinue to be made, and I have personally • Use Lisa Lonie and Carlo van Ulft as ex- structions.) responded to each sender stating apprecia- pert references It is clear that we need to pursue new op- tion for their comments which would be • Target dates: Board review (Dec. 2009), portunities for certain members. considered as we evolve this organization. general membership (June 2010) While we have seen familiar names in the e- Pat Macoska has agreed to lead this new Evolution. mails, there have been several other mem- effort, and looks forward to evolve this bers (and non-members) which may have guild with a new dimension. Some com- not been so familiar. It is encouraging that mittee members are yet unconfirmed as of new voices are now being heard. Evolution, the writing deadline. Status will be com- and not revolution. municated via periodic e-mail. (If you from Longwood Gardens, page 1 Board of Directors, new attendees, non- tally the ballots for a later report to the North-American guests, the examination membership. Royal Eijsbouts installed a 62-bell carillon chair and judges for 2009. We observed a Officer and committee reports were pre- in the tower in 2001. The carillon sounds moment of remembrance for those we lost sented. There was a proposal whether the quarter hours throughout the day and this year: Paul Hicks, Robert Lodine (from members would be agreeable to having full plays tunes on the hour on weekdays and on 1984), Aimé Lombaert, John Pozdro, David reports available online, or possibly distrib- the hour and half hour on the weekends. Shayt, Piet van den Broek, and Jerome uted prior to the Congress, and that sum- On Sunday evening, guests enjoyed an Werblow. mary reports would be presented at the elegant reception in the Conservatory, en- Cleverly disguised, and with full musi- annual meeting, allowing more time for tertained by harpist Janet Witman from the cal accompaniment, special detective Peter questions and discussion. Brandywine Celtic Harp Orchestra. The “Brother Dr. Steven Ball, Assistant Professor of following Host Recital by Lisa Lonie and Blues” Carillon and Campanology at the Univer- Janet Tebbel was a perfect introduction to Gunn (a.k.a. sity of Michigan, and a specialist in theater the 67th Congress.