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Carillon News No. 82

Carillon News No. 82

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.. Deagan Marketing the Company. In 1956, the ...... 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 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. Jury John Agraz, John Bordley, GCNA Officers: John Courter, Roy Hamlin Deadlines: Submissions for publication Dennis Curry, President [email protected] Johnson, Loyd Lott, Arla must be received by February 15 for the Jo Gideon, alternate, spring issue and September 15 for the Ellen Dickinson, Vice-President Janet Tebbel, alternate fall issue. Submissions should be type- [email protected] written and double-spaced and are appre- David Johnson, Recording Secretary Brochure Julia Littleton, chair ciated by e-mail. Send materials to: [email protected] Steven Ball [email protected] Tim Sleep, Corresponding Secretary Bulletin Ellen Dickinson, chair [email protected] [email protected] Mark Lee Laurel Buckwalter, 410 South Michigan Ave. Suite 528 David Hunsberger, Treasurer Jeremy Chesman, Claire [email protected] Chicago, IL 60605 Halpert, Margo Halsted, Dave Johnson, Kimberly 312-596-4022 Board of Directors: Schafer Dennis Curry (2011) Opinions expressed in Carillon News Ellen Dickinson (2010) Bylaws Gloria Werblow, chair are not necessarily those of the editors, Linda Dzuris (2012) Beverly Buchanan, nor do they necessarily carry the endorse- Bill De Turk, Sue Jones ment of the GCNA. Laura Ellis (2012) Jim Fackenthal (2010) Back issues of Carillon News, if avail- Carlo van Ulft (2011) Carillon Ellen Dickinson, chair Directory Jason Lee, able, cost $2 per issue. Submit checks in John Widmann (2012) Carl Zimmerman US dollars only, payable to “GCNA.” Carl Zimmerman (2010) For further information contact: 1 position TBD (2011) Bill De Turk - GCNA Archivist Historic Bok Sanctuary Carillon News Sue Bergren, Mark Lee, HOW TO REACH THE GUILD 1151 Tower Boulevard chairs, Jim Fackenthal Lake Wales, FL 33853 863-676-1154 (w) Guild Web Page: Central Mailing Laurel Buckwalter ********************************* http://www.gcna.org Co-Editors Examination Lisa Lonie, chair Sue Bergren and Mark Lee Membership information and applica- Jeremy Chesman, Lee tions are available from: Cobb, Jeff Davis, Editorial Staff John Gouwens, Pat Wylie Crawford, Joost Dupon, Tim Sleep Macoska, Tin-Shi Tam, Tammy Ghattas, and Dave Johnson 28W640 Warrenville Rd. Warrenville, IL 60555 Julianne Vanden Wyngaard Story Contributors 630-393-2137 Ad hoc Pat Macoska, chair A. Brandau, B. Buchanan, T. Collins, [email protected] Steven Ball, Todd Fair, W. Crawford, D. Curry, F. DellaPenna, John Gouwens, Carol Lens, E. Fruhauf, L. Geary, J. Gouwens, Kimberly Schafer, G. Gregory, M. Jacklin, D. Johnson, GCNA mailing labels are available to Carol Anne Taylor J. King, L. Lonie, A. McCrady, E. Nassor, L. Rumbouts, A. Stewart, J. Widmann GCNA members as a free download from the members only section of the Guild Web Page Finance John Widmann, chair Photo Credits http://www.gcna.org. Committee Jim Brown S. Bergren, C. Bordley, A. Brandau, Non-members may purchase labels for $45. T. Collins, D. Curry, F. DellaPenna, Send label requests and changes of address to: see Committees, page 21 G. Gregory, H. Hawley, M. Jacklin, J. King, L. Lonie, A. McCrady, E. Nassor, Errata L. Rumbouts, J. Widmann, Back page Wylie Crawford photo: Denise R. 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 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- 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 Orchestra. The “Brother Dr. Steven Ball, Assistant Professor of following Host Recital by Lisa Lonie and Blues” Carillon and 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. Tim Sleep) organ, presented a session on the “Historic GCNA attendees met in the Visitors Cen- distributed of Philadelphia.” Milestones noted ter Auditorium for Monday’s sessions. Paul and col- were: the installation of eight Whitechapel Redman, director of Longwood Gardens, lected bal- bells in 1754 in Christ Church Cathedral; welcomed the group and gave an overview lots for the the story from its arrival in of the mission for the Gardens, with an em- new board Philadelphia in 1752, its ill-fated sound test, phasis on the performing arts. Congress members. its repair–twice–by John Pass and John host Emily Moody, Performing Arts Assis- He and his Stow, and its place in American history as a tant Manager, was introduced to enthusias- assistants symbol of freedom; the installation of the tic applause in anticipation for a memorable then de- 17-ton Gillett & Johnston bell atop the Congress. The first business session in- parted to the continues on next page cluded introductions of the Officers and the bunker to 3 Wanamaker Men’s Store in 1925; and the the First United Methodist Church of Ger- The Chapel was completed in 1917 and public arts project of the 39 bells on lamp mantown. The carillon was installed in 1927 houses the National Patriots . posts on the Avenue of the Arts, in opera- and renovated by Verdin/Rick Watson in Meneely installed fourteen bells in the tion from 1996 –1998, designed to play 1990. It has 50 bells in pitch and is Tower in 1926, and the carillon was ex- compositions on the hour during the busi- used for special occasions and a summer panded to 58 bells by Paccard in 1963. Jon ness day. recital series. Lehrer and Carlo van Ulft presented artist Lisa Lonie moderated a session for Jason Lee represented the Class of 2008 recitals–again, beautiful music in a beautiful “Exam Adjudication 101.” A lively discus- for a recital at the Miraculous Medal Shrine setting–followed by the annual pizza feast sion was led by exam committee members in Philadelphia. The carillon of 26 Paccard and visits to the Chapel and the carillon Jeff Davis and Julianne Vanden Wyngaard. bells was installed in 1900-01; renovated tower. The evening concluded with the ded- Audio and visual examples displayed a and extended to 47 bells by Arthur Bigelow ication of a bench sponsored by the students range of playing quality from poor to ex- in 1952; and restored in 1975 under Janet of Frank Law, Carillonneur of the Washing- cellent, and it was informative for commit- Dundore’s tenure as carillonneur. It is the ton Memorial from 1953- tee members to articulate both the specific fourth oldest carillon in North America. 1985. and the subjective elements considered for a passing exam performance. In the late afternoon, the new publica- tions artist recitals were presented by Sue Bergren, Tim Sleep, Linda Dzuris, Jeff Davis, Lee Cobb, John Gouwens, and Eliz- abeth Berghout. With such an array of new music, excellently performed, by the way, Wednesday, June 24, included the fol- there is no lack for indulgence in new caril- lowing announcements in the morning busi- lon literature this year. ness session: the Texas Regional Congress Barnes Scholar Carol Anne Taylor, pre- will meet in San Antonio, October 16-17; sented an artist recital at St. Thomas’ the first annual Percival Price Symposium Church, Whitemarsh. The 48-bell Petit and will feature a recital, a master class, and a Fritsen carillon, Rick Watson design, was lecture by William De Turk at the Peace installed in 1974 and dedicated to Cather- Tower Carillon, House of Commons, Ot- ine Colt Dickey. It seemed to be a theme for tawa, Ontario, October 3; the 2012 GCNA the conference: a beautiful setting with ex- Congress will meet at . cellent music. Also, we were well-fed (al- Dr. Andrea McCrady nominated Sally ways an important consideration) with Slade Warner for honorary membership in Following a picnic dinner near the Philly cheese steaks in the parish hall. the Guild. The nomination was greeted with Chimes Tower, Ed Nassor presented an The afternoon business meeting featured applause, cheers, and unanimous agree- artist recital of “Chestnuts and Classics: a continuation of committee reports, with a ment. Congratulations to Sally for a well- Musical Parings on the Carillon.” He played question and answer session, and a presen- deserved honor. a broad variety of styles ranging from tation of the treasurer’s report. In board ac- Roy Wilbur, Project Manager for the Pachelbel and van den Gheyn all the way tion, committee reports should be submitted Marketing Innovation Program at The Pew through Erroll Garner and Duke Ellington. by May 15, 2010, and will be available on- Center for Arts and Heritage, presented a The evening concluded with the annual line and printed for distribution at the an- session on “Marketing a Successful Caril- Ice Cream Social hosted by Meeks & Wat- nual congress. Also, the current lon Concert Series.” He offered some very son, followed by a viewing of the 1923 examination jury will continue for 2010. good, practical ideas about strategic plan- silent film The Hunchback of Notre Dame Brian Mathias and Melissa Weidner were ning for a series and how to market your starring Lon Chaney. Steven Ball accompa- welcomed as new carillonneur members events for the most productive results: nied the movie on the recently restored after successful examination recitals on know your audience, provide clear commu- 1929 Longwood organ. The organ has Monday. nication, and use as many tools as you can, 10,010 pipes and is the largest residence The nominations committee reported that from traditional mailings to Internet media organ in the world. It is traditionally played the new board members are Linda Dzuris, to reach your on Sunday afternoons and for sing-alongs Laura Ellis, and John Widmann. Congratu- market. during the Christmas season. The intermis- lations to all, and thanks to the nominations Robin Austin, sion was announced by a fire alarm siren, committee for their work. carillonneur at complete with flashing lights, and the audi- The day concluded with a visit to Wash- Princeton Uni- ence was invited to enjoy the fresh air on ington Memorial Chapel at Valley Forge. versity and ex- the terrace of the Conservatory for several There was particular interest in the reserved ecutive director minutes. parking space for the carillonneur. Many of development Tuesday, June 23, was a full day of vis- pictures were taken to be forwarded to var- for The Chil- its to area . Margaret Pan and Wes- ious church-college-municipal administra- dren’s Hospital ley Arai presented the Class of 2008 recital tors. of Philadelphia, on the Shelmerdine Memorial Carillon at National Patriots Bell Tower, Valley Forge presented a ses- 4 sion on fund-raising for the carillon. bells believed to be made by Pieter He- nied by recorded classical, patriotic, and Clearly identifying your primary needs, mony, J. du Mery, and A. van den Gheyn. popular tunes. It was an amazing display to such as growing an endowment, funding a The carillon was enlarged to 43 bells in transport viewers to quite another world. recital series, or establishing a maintenance 1953 by Petit & Fritsen, and enlarged to 47 The post-congress trip on Friday began fund will help to target donors who could bells in 1977, also by Petit & Fritsen. How- with a visit to the Middleton Family Caril- contribute to the carillon. References rec- ever, the older bells were of such poor qual- lon at Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church. ommended were Roadmap to Fundraising ity, that Laurel was inspired to investigate The carillon was installed by Petit & Frit- Success by Timothy Seiler, The Millionaire the claim that they were made by 17th and sen in 2005, and enlarged in 2006 to 47 Next Door by Thomas J. Stanley and 18th century bell founders. She found that bells. The group took turns investigating William D. Danko. the older bells were indeed counterfeit, and both the organ and the carillon and then pro- Both of these sessions provided quality was responsible for the carillon’s upgrade ceeded to the next stop at Macy’s depart- information, both for those who are in- in 2006 by Meeks & Watson. ment store in downtown Philadelphia for a volved in active fundraising, and those who Afternoon artist recitals were presented noon concert on the famous Wanamaker are considering campaigns. Fundraising and by Roy Kroezen, carillonneur of the Taylor organ by Peter Richard Conte. Great fun. marketing are essential for any organiza- carillon of Zwolle, in a recital of Dutch and Following the recital, the carillon group was tion, and certainly no less for the carillon. American composers to commemorate the invited to view the massive console with 6 The annual group photo was organized(!) 400th anniversary of American and Dutch manuals, 729 stops, 168 piston buttons, and in front of the Chimes Tower just before friendship, and Gert Oldenbeuving, caril- 42 foot controls. The organ was designed by lunch. The issue of hunger seemed to focus lonneur in , Lochem, Groenlo, Win- George Ashdown Audsley for the St. Louis attention on the project at hand, and so with terswijk, and Nijmegen, who performed a World’s Fair in 1904. John Wanamaker minimal distraction, we managed to acquire program of baroque masters. bought the organ in 1909 for his new store a photo in a reasonable amount of time. in Philadelphia, and enlarged it from the The afternoon featured two examination original 10,000 pipes to the present–day recitals followed by an artist recital by Sara 28,500 pipes. The organ is played for daily Elias, Managing Director of the Fundação and for special occasions. CICO for the promotion and teaching of the After lunch at the Terminal food court, arts. Her program included her own com- Philly cheese steaks and all, we enjoyed an positions and selections by John Courter, organ recital by Nathan Laube at the Veri- Sjef van Balkom, Jef Rottiers, and Raul Fer- zon Hall Kimmel Center. The Fred J. rão. The afternoon business meeting included Cooper Memorial Organ is the largest con- Another fine evening concluded with the a presentation by Wylie Crawford for the cert hall organ in the . It has annual Barnes Silent Auction and an excel- 2010 Congress, June 13-17, at the 72-bell 6,938 pipes and 111 stops, designed by lent banquet in the Conservatory. Although Eijsbouts Millennium Carillon in Lynn Dobson. several able assistants provided an enter- Naperville, Ill. The theme for the Congress The last stop for the musical crawl was a taining libation auction, Jim Smith’s wit and will be “Carillon and Other Instruments.” visit to the Founders Bell at the PNB build- finesse were sorely missed. The Guild will Visits to area carillons are planned for the ing. The bell was cast by Gillett & John- certainly feel the loss of his enthusiasm and Rockefeller Carillon at the University of ston in 1926, and at the time was the largest love for the carillon. Chicago, and the Theodore C. Butz carillon tuned bell in the world. It was commis- at the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe. sioned by Rodman Wanamaker as a memo- Frank DellaPenna, with a little help from rial to his father John Wanamaker and to his friends Jon Lehrer and Wylie Crawford, celebrate the Sesquicentennial of the United delighted both Guild members and park vis- States. It sounds a low D and weighs 15 itors with an evening performance of Cast tons, representing one ton for each decade in Bronze. The instrument of 35 bells, cast of American independence. The group had by Petit & Fritsen in 1980, was available a private tour to view the bell, and it was throughout the week for carillonneurs to rung at 5:00 p.m. as a special demonstra- play, and provided an added appreciation tion. for the evening presentation. The traveling Emily Moody deserves a tremendous On Thursday, June 25, Joe Hannigan of carillon Cast in Bronze was created in 1991 thank you for her work on a beautifully or- Weston Sound presented a session on to bring the art of the carillon to more lis- ganized Congress. The artist recitals and “Recording the Carillon – A Professional’s teners. The show appears at music, art, and presentations, the trips, the food, the Perspective.” His experience provided a renaissance festivals, and notably has per- grounds, and the business sessions repre- substantial wealth of advice on types of formed at Disney World’s Epcot Center, sented hard work and dedication on the part audio files, microphones, and equipment se- played in Central Park for the Mass of of so many people who contributed to a tups that should be considered in prepara- John Paul II, has appeared on the NBC very successful Congress. We all enjoyed tion for recording the carillon. Today Show, and played for Alice Cooper’s the benefits, and shall feast on the memo- Laurel Buckwalter gave us quite a saga 2004 benefit concert. ries and all that we learned until next year. on the Davis Memorial Carillon at Alfred The day ended with a fantastic light and University. The University had accepted a water show with music. Varied patterns of gift in 1937 from alumni and faculty of 35 water and colored lighting were accompa- 5 2011 Examination - at a glance - New Carillonneur Members nformation for the 2011 GCNA Exami- by Lisa Lonie Ination to obtain carillonneur membership Chair, Examinations Committee is available online (http://www.gcna.org) after January 1, 2010. he Examination Committee and Membership of the GCNA are pleased to announce Tthat the following individuals successfully passed the examination for Carillonneur The required pieces and pricing are avail- certification at the 2009 Congress at Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. able from the publishers after January 1, 2010. To order, please contact Laura Ellis Brian Mathias studied carillon with ([email protected]). Don Cook and has served as Associate Carillonneur at Brigham Young University Gavotte I & II, (J.S. Bach/arr. Winsemius, in Provo, Utah since August 2005. He NL School publication to be available via earned a Bachelor and Master of Music GCNA) degree, with a concentration in Organ Per- Slavic Dance (Pozdro/GCNA) formance, from Brigham Young Univer- Dance of the Tower Bells sity in April 2008 and August 2009 (Janssens/GCNA) respectively. He is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Organ The application and fee ($40 non-re- Performance at the . fundable) is to be postmarked by Nov. 2, He performs frequently as a guest organist 2010. All applicants must be Associate at the Salt Lake Tabernacle. His interests members of the GCNA in good standing include composition, particularly for with dues paid by November 2. New mem- organ, carillon, and choral, cooking, and bership applications must be postmarked by spending time with wife, Alicia. November 2, 2010, and sent to the GCNA corresponding secretary. Membership ap- Brian Mathias plications are available on the website. 2011 Examination Dates and Deadlines: Melissa Weidner studied carillon with Robert Grogan and Todd Fair, and plays January 1, 2010: Examination information on the Williams Carillon at the University available via download (http://www.gcna.org). of Denver. She earned a Bachelor of Music degree with a concentration in November 2, 2010: Application and $40 Music Theory from the University of Ore- fee postmarked on or before this date sent gon and a Master of Music degree in Sa- to the exam chair. No exceptions. cred Music with a concentration in Organ Performance from The Catholic University January 18, 2011: Eight (8) CD recordings of America. Her musical interests include and eight (8) copies of all scores on water- Gregorian and Baroque organ music, mark template postmarked on or before while her hobbies include tun- this date sent to the chair. No exceptions. ing and repair, poetry, and hiking. Approx. Jan. 25 - March 29: CD screening process by jurors Melissa Weidner Approx. April 1, 2011: Results of CD We offer our congratulations, applaud all candidates on their performance, and look screening process forward to their future contributions to the GCNA and to the profession. Approx. May 2, 2011: Eight (8) copies of Carillonneur membership in the GCNA not only benefits the individual with renewed all pieces and program for Congress confidence as a performer, but also serves as testament to the public of our ongoing recital sent to chair, postmarked on or be- commitment to carillon musicianship and advancement of the carillon art. fore this date if candidate successfully passes at the CD level.

June, 2011: Congress at Kirk in the Hills, Bloomfield Hills, Mich. 6 Knox Recognized for Sally Slade Warner Extraordinary Awarded Honorary Service Membership by Lisa Lonie The following letter of recommendation for Honorary Carillonneur membership t its annual congress at Longwood was presented at this year’s GCNA Con- AGardens, the GCNA formally recog- gress at Longwood Gardens: nized John Knox with the Extraordinary Service Award, honoring John for his con- he theme of this congress has been to Margaret Angelini, Sally Slade Warner, tributions to the North American and inter- Tpromote the accessibility of the caril- Bernie Cooper national carillon communities. For more lon. We can all agree that our instrument’s accessibility is enhanced by the pro- than 50 years, John has worked tirelessly to gramming of high-quality music, played well by the resident carillonneur, and expand the repertoire through arrange- further increased by fostering guest recital series, workshops, regional gatherings, ments, compositions, and commissions for and national conferences. A colleague who has excelled in all these aspects is Sally players worldwide, in terms of not just Slade Warner. quantity, but more importantly, of quality. Sally has been carillonneur at St. Stephen’s Church in Cohasset, Mass., since The Extraordinary Service Award was 1985, when she succeeded her first carillon teacher, the late Earl Chamberlain. In unanimously and enthusiastically approved 1973, Sally was employed as an assistant in the Music Department and as director by everyone in attendance. of the Record Library at Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass. An organist by pro- fession, she was attracted to the carillon by hearing Mr. Chamberlain play for the American Guild of Organists (AGO) chapter meeting in 1974. In 1977, she was named Academy Carillonneur and Instructor in the Carillon, teaching the Fuller Prize students the art of carillon playing until the Phillips Tower was closed be- cause of structural hazards in the 1990s. After four years of study with Mr. Cham- berlain, she attended the Jef Denyn Royal Carillon School in , , for one academic year, studying with Piet van den Broek and earning the final diploma met grote onderscheiding (magna cum laude) in 1979. She also studied for a short time with Milford Myhre, whom she first met at an AGO convention in Denver in the 1960s. She faithfully attended the Bok Tower International Festivals, performing there on several occasions. In 1988, she was awarded the Berkeley Medal of the University of California for distinguished service to the carillon. She is also an honorary (ornery?) Texan carillonneur. A Carillonneur member of the GCNA since 1980, Sally has served on the Board of Directors and on many committees. She hosted a memorable GCNA congress at The 2009 Ronald Barnes Scholarship Cohasset in 1996 and continues to organize a guest recital series at St. Stephen’s Auction and Sale was a huge success! every summer. During the Longwood Congress, just over Sally holds the Choir Master and Associate degrees from the AGO, and she has $2,800 was raised. Fun and laughs been a dedicated member of its Boston and Merrimack Valley chapters since the abounded, especially when the auction 1950s. She was sub-dean of the New Choir Directors’ Guild and served as came down to its last minutes. Congratu- organist at the Church of St. John the Evangelist on Beacon Hill for 30 years. She lations to all of our winners! Tim Sleep, continues to be an active substitute organist. While she is a devoted Episcopalian, you have a newly-revealed talent for ex- she confesses, “I love playing for the Unitarians. You never know what they’re tracting bids from people that may keep going to do next!” you busy long into your retirement! What sets Sally apart is her superb skill in adapting and arranging music for the Humble auction co-chairs, Janet Tebbel carillon. Her many arrangements of hymns, folksongs, and popular melodies are and Lisa Lonie, are going to take a year’s completely idiomatic to the instrument and infused with style and wit. Her music is sabbatical and resume the bidding and published both by the GCNA and ACME, and she is also wonderfully generous in buying frenzy in 2011 at the congress to be sharing her music collection with her fellow musicians. Her pieces are performed held at Kirk in the Hills, Michigan. Since throughout the carillon world, and many have been recorded. We have come to de- that congress will mark our milestone 75th pend on Sally for excellence in taste and for providing us with marvelous material anniversary as well as being held in con- for recitals of any theme. junction with the WCF, we anticipate a Sally has supported our art and made it truly accessible to players and listeners huge response. Colleagues, keep the auc- alike. Therefore, at this congress it is entirely appropriate to nominate and approve tion in mind as you organize, review and Sally Slade Warner for Honorary Membership in the Guild of Carillonneurs in clean out—your trash may be our treasure! North America. 7 Planning for 2010 Congress in Naperville by Wylie Crawford

ore and more, within the carillon Mcommunity here and abroad, we are seeing our bells performing in concert with other instruments. The 2010 GCNA Con- gress Committee has therefore chosen “The Carillon in Concert with Other Instruments” as a timely theme for its meeting in Naperville, Ill. Registration will begin on Sunday, June 13, followed by a festive wel- coming evening concert, open to the public. Plans are well under way for the 2010 GCNA Congress which will be held in Naperville. GCNA recitals, presentations, and other Tim Sleep, Chuck Seidel, Wylie Crawford, Christine Power, and Sue Bergren had just com- events will take place during the week, cul- pleted a conference call with last year's conference host, Emily Moody, to discuss last minating with a banquet on Thursday night, year's congress. June 17. Most of the activities for this congress include Toru Takao, Anna Maria Reverté, will take place in downtown Naperville Koen Van Assche, Elizabeth Vitu, and (home to 140,000 residents and the third- Boudewijn Zwart. largest city in Illinois) around the 72-bell The events at the University of Chicago Eijsbouts carillon in Moser Tower. A travel will include an organ recital by University day is planned for Wednesday to visit the Organist Tom Weisflog on the newly re- newly restored 72-bell Gillett & Johnston stored E. M. Skinner organ, a presentation instrument at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel on the restoration of the carillon, and free in Chicago and the 48-bell Petit & Fritsen time on both instruments. carillon at the Chicago Botanic Garden in We plan to close the travel day at the Glencoe. Botanic Garden with open tours of the many Thanks to overwhelming interest after gardens, a sunset recital, and the traditional the presentation at the 2009 congress, we beer-and-pizza party. have confirmed that the post-congress event At all locations, there will be activities on Friday, June 18, will be a visit to the San- suitable for spouses and their families. filippo Victorian Palace’s Place de la These include, in Naperville, the historic Musique in Barrington Hills, Ill. Although Naperville Settlement, the Park District’s this venue is a private estate and not open Go-Pass activities (paddle boating, swim- to the public—and generally not open to ming, etc.), the DuPage Children’s Mu- any visitors on Fridays—we have prevailed seum, and shopping and dining (just three upon the owners to allow us in on this par- blocks from the carillon). Around the Uni- ticular occasion. The visit is scheduled for versity of Chicago, tours of Frank Lloyd 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., which should allow time Wright’s Robie House and visits to the Uni- Millennium Carillon, for post-congress participants to get to versity’s Oriental Institute and the Museum Naperville, Illinois O’Hare Airport in time for a Friday evening of Science and Industry are available. return home. More information and the PowerPoint The congress events in Naperville will presentation from the 2009 congress can be include new music presentations, a special found at http://www.gcna.org/ presentation on the music of LaSalle Spiers, documents/Congress-2010.ppt . recitals by the two newly minted carillon- neurs from the 2009 congress, a history of the development of the Naperville carillon, and several recitals with other instruments, including a commissioned piece for carillon and percussion. Confirmed guest recitalists 8 Marketing the Carillon by Frank DellaPenna have it available at all events, online, and in tain them. If you can convince them of the Marketing introduction local music shops in your area. If possible, importance of the carillon program to the offer to do special birthday or anniversary community, they will help you. o promote the carillon means that you concerts for people in your community for There are several local PBS stations al- Thave to assume the role of marketing a fee to compensate you for your time. ways looking for interesting and educa- director in addition to being a carillonneur. Offer to do a concert for returning sol- tional programs. Don’t expect them to fund If you want your carillon to succeed, you diers, or for all veterans. Local businesses a documentary on the carillon. They have have to treat it like any other business. You will often sponsor such events. their own funding problems. Try to make it have to create a product and find a means These are just a few ideas, but this is the as easy as possible for them to put you on of selling it to your customers. process. List all of the ways you can use the air. That means that you have to produce To do this requires work, imagination, your carillon with other professional organ- your own program on the carillon and sub- and a complete marketing plan. izations in your area. Try to develop a pro- mit it to them. It would be better if you ac- gram that will include schools, universities, tually handed it to them. It is easy to say folk dancing groups, re-enactment groups, “no” on the phone, but not so easy to say gymnasts, choirs, bagpipers, any group of “no” to someone’s face. people that you might be able to use with the carillon. Visual presentation The more people you can get involved, the more success you will achieve. Try to While the carillon is one of the most remember to treat your carillon as a unique beautiful instruments to hear, I often re- product that your community needs. You member what the Epcot Show Director told have to believe this in your heart and make me. He said, “I hired you because people them feel like their lives will be unfulfilled listen to music with their eyes.” The play- without the carillon. The important thing to ing of the carillon is interesting to watch. At remember is that the carillon has to reach some point each and every carillonneur out into the community if you expect people should have a DVD showing how the caril- The product to support the carillon program. lon is played. The actual content of the DVD will depend on what you are trying to Each carillon in its own environment Media contact accomplish with the DVD. has something unique to offer to the com- munity. You have to develop a means of get- It may be of extreme ting people involved with your carillon. importance to establish That means that you have to develop a com- a personal relationship plete product line using your carillon. Sit with the local media. down and write a list of all the ways you You might offer to buy might be able to use the carillon in your them lunch, and you community. may want to be sure For example, set up a schedule and let you know something people know they can visit the tower for a about the person you tour of the instrument and demonstration. plan to meet before the Contact all the schools in your area and en- lunch meeting. Find out courage them to have a field trip to your where they went to carillon. If you have universities in your school (they may have area, invite the music professors to a lunch- attended a university eon, recital, and a tour of the instrument. If that had a carillon on campus). Talk to them For example, you might want to have a the University has a music department, you about articles they have written and try to completely educational DVD that explains might initiate an annual composition con- find some common ground where you can the carillon, its history, the number of in- test for the carillon. The winning composi- bring the carillon program into the conver- struments in the world, and several exam- tions can be performed on a particular date sation and how the carillon program has ples of you playing the instrument. Such a and publicized in all the local papers and on been set up to benefit the entire community. DVD would be very useful for public local radio and TV stations. You might offer to bring them up the tower. speaking engagements for schools or local Play the carillon with a choir, dancers, or Chances are, if you have done your home- clubs looking for a guest speaker. Music gymnasts at the base of the tower. All of work, they will do a feature article and sub- teachers might also use this DVD to educate their families will attend and discover the sequent releases for specific events. The students about the carillon. carillon. Make a CD of your carillon and trick is to establish the contacts and main- continues on next page 9 continued from page 9

Churches Overtones

Every church in your area should know about the carillon. Why? Because they might end up buying a carillon someday, that’s why. You might want to organize a luncheon, recital, and tour of the carillon to all the priests and pastors in the area. You Regional Notes might want to play a religious recital so they Solutions proposed for consideration in- can imagine that sound coming from their Midwest Regional cluded: church. You might not want to play the Conference Asks • Three tiers of certification correspon- theme from The Exorcist or Never on Sun- ding to basic, intermediate, and advanced day. “Ready or Not? levels of performance • Graded pieces of exam music, choices Carillon lessons or master classes Does Process Make to be made from a list of carillon literature • Reference performances available on- Here is an interesting thought. What if Perfect?” line for candidates to hear you offered every music teacher in the local • Apprentice judges training along with schools and every music professor in local by Tom Collins experienced judges to practice uniform colleges one free lesson on the carillon? If standards that is too much work, you could invite eady or Not? Does Process Make Per- • Local or regional judging of candidates them for a luncheon and master class on the Rfect?” was the title of the 13th Midwest for basic and intermediate levels before ad- carillon, and give them each an opportunity Regional Carillonneurs’ Conference at- vanced examination playing at an annual to play the instrument. You might end up tended by 31 participants in Springfield, congress. with a few students or, at the very least, a Ill., June 1 and 2, 2009. The conference Presentations elicited spontaneous inter- few colleagues for other musical projects host, Springfield Park District Carillonneur ested comments, opinions, and questions with the carillon. Karel Keldermans, together with his wife from those present with the hope of using Linda, meticulously planned meetings to and implementing ideas for future commu- Conclusion create an awareness of the potential of the nications, commitments, and developments. carillon art in North America and abroad. During both conference afternoons, car- It is my belief that the carillon is one of The conference theme culminated in illonneurs Sue Bergren and Tim Sleep of the most unique cultural treasures a com- three years of analyzing, discussing, and re- Naperville played selections of new ACME munity may possess. It is also my belief that thinking the student examination process carillon scores (http://americancarillonmu- if the carillon is not treated as a business viewed from the perspective of candidates, siceditions.com) on the Petit & Fritsen 67- with a complete marketing plan, it will fail. instructors, and jurors from preparation bell Rees Memorial Carillon at Washington If you want to ensure success, write up your through final performances. Park. Because the Midwest Conference was business plan and make an appointment A panel discussion was composed of held to coincide with Springfield’s 48th In- with the most successful business owner in Beverly Buchanan (Arlington Heights, Ill.), ternational Carillon Festival, evening festi- your city. Ask him to review your marketing George Gregory (San Antonio, Texas), val recitals were also included in the plan for the carillon and to offer sugges- Sharon Hettinger (Lawrence, Kan.), and conference’s valuable activities. tions. Once your marketing plan is finished, Karel Keldermans, with Dick Buchanan as go to work. Good luck. moderator. Individual presentations were delivered by John Agraz (Berkeley, Calif.), Sue Bergren (Naperville, Ill.), Laurel Buckwal- ter (Alfred, N.Y.), Karel Keldermans, Tim Sleep (Naperville, Ill.), Julianne Vanden Wyngaard (Grand Rapids, Mich.), and Glo- ria Werblow (Williamsburg, N.Y.). Among problems discussed were intim- idation and self-exclusion of potential can- didates, students attending no congresses before or after their examination recitals, judges using different and arbitrary stan- dards, inefficient use of congress time, the various difficulties encountered by the can- Midwest Regional Attendees didates and judges, and the overexposure of home audiences to exam pieces. 10 th Karel Keldermans, carillonneur for the 48 International Rees Memorial Carillon, presented virtu- University of Carillon Festival osic music from various eras, including Michigan Carillon Mauro Giuliani’s “Variations on a Theme Impresses by Mozart” from The Magic Flute Program Expands (ACME), arranged for carillon by Jürgen by Tom Collins Buchner. He also included music specifi- by Jenny King and Carrie Poon cally written for his instrument. Peter Langberg, formerly City Carillon- ashington Park in Springfield, Ill., he is fielding neur of Løgumkloster, , performed with its Rees Memorial Carillon, was another team this year. One that re- W an entire program of original carillon music, T the site of the 48th annual world-famous In- quires no stadium or courts, no uniforms or including Roy Hamlin Johnson’s Chartres ternational Carillon Festival, held from May pep rallies. (GCNA) and Jacques Maassen’s Reflexes. 31 through June 6, 2009. Every evening, In September, University Carillonneur A second recital featured arrangements and two scheduled recitalists each played 45- Steven Ball was joined by Sipkje Pes- transcriptions from the Romantic period, in- minute programs, resulting in a total of 12 nichak, Carrie Poon, and Jenny King in the cluding “The Swan” from Le Carnaval des recitals on the 67-bell Petit & Fritsen caril- growing carillon department housed in Bur- Animaux by Camille Saint-Saëns. lon during the week-long celebration. ton Tower. Julianne Vanden Wyngaard, carillonneur “Sipkje Pesnichak is working on her for two carillons on the campuses of Grand master’s in performance on the oboe and is Valley State University in western Michi- a second-year carillon student,” Ball said. gan, played music of Ronald Barnes, as well “She serves as our department librarian. as John Courter’s Cortege and Fugue, John And we have hired Carrie Poon, a master’s Pozdro’s Who Will Dance with Me? in carillon performance student, as our pub- (GCNA), and Milford Myhre’s Three De- lic relations liaison, and carillonneur Jenny signs (GCNA). King as a lecturer,” he said. Carillon programs in the ideal setting of According to Ball, it has been more than Washington Park were well attended by 30 years since there has been a second car- local residents and visitors, thanks to the or- illonneur on staff at the university, which ganizational skills of Karel Keldermans and has the oldest carillon instruction and cam- the enthusiastic work, support, and public- panology studies program in the United ity by the Rees Carillon Society and the States. Carillon Belles. The evening crowds re- Ball said this fall the university is creat- ceived the wide variety of recitals with ing a kind of incubator program, combining demonstrated enjoyment. the talents of artist, engineer, and musician After the Friday evening performances, Rees Tower, Springfield, Illinois to create a bell-founding operation. a spectacular 30-minute aerial fireworks “We hope to be able to offer bell found- display, sponsored by the Springfield Park Jan Bezuijen, City Carillonneur of Goed- ing as a class in the 2010-2011 academic District and the Rees Carillon Society, ereede, the , included in his two year,” he said. thrilled the large crowd of carillon listeners programs a variety of compositions written who watched the pyrotechnics. Below from left, Carrie Poon, Jenny King, or arranged by Dutch and Belgian carillon- Sipkje Pesnichak, and Steven Ball are neurs, including Sjef van Balkom’s dwarfed by the 12-ton Taylor bell Sonatine II (ACME publication) and Leen ’t of the Baird carillon in Burton Tower at Hart’s Dorische Suite. the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Laurel Buckwalter, University Carillon- neur at Alfred University in Alfred, N.Y., played selections from Ronald Barnes’s Ap- palachian White Spirituals (ACME) as well as a movement from Kamiel Lefévere’s Al- fred Suite and Gershwin Medley, arranged by John Courter. George Gregory, carillonneur and or- ganist at Central Christian Church, San An- tonio, Texas, performed a recital in which much of the music had been dedicated to him. In his second program, Julianne Van- den Wyngaard joined him to play primo in duets written by Ronald Barnes: Andante Cantabile (GCNA) and several of his 12 Classical Country Dances (ACME). 11 brass quin- tet, by Halifax No Carillon Festival 2009 Sárek On- Longer Rings drej of Prague, by Amy Brandau Czech Re- by Alan Stewart public. The owa State University Department of premiere of he chime of St. John's United Church IMusic and Theatre hosted the 2009 Car- this piece Tof in Halifax, Nova Scotia, illon Festival on Saturday, September 5. remains to ceased to ring on January 4, 2009. The con- This year’s theme was Irish music. The fes- be sched- gregation, founded in 1793, has vacated tival featured guest carillonneur Adrian Ge- uled. what was its third building, built in 1920. bruers, from Cobh, . His wife, Liz, Professor Changing demographics in the downtown joined him for the day. Gebruers had reduced Sunday attendance from 1,200 The day began with a seminar by Pro- performed to 200. The large building became too fessor Gebruers titled “Irish Carillon a carillon costly to maintain and to heat. Music.” Attendees heard the history of Ge- Stanton Memorial Carillon recital on The congregation has temporarily moved bruers’s home carillon in St. Colman’s central campus in the afternoon that in- two blocks down the street and around the Cathedral. Pictures allowed the audience to cluded pieces arranged by Gebruers him- corner to the Maritime Conservatory of Per- understand the history and also appreciate self. He also played “Allegretto Grazioso” forming Arts. It is hoped that the church the beautiful location. Professor Gebruers from Celtic Suite, composed by his father, property will be redeveloped with a smaller played multiple recordings of Irish carillon Staf Gebruers, and Prelüdium, by his uncle, and more cost-efficient building that in- music, including Golden Dance (2003) by John Gebruers. Iowa State University Car- cludes a seniors’ assisted-living center. David Harold Cox. The recordings took the illonneur Tin-Shi Tam, along with Carillon These plans, however, do not include a bell audience through the short time period rep- Alumni Society members, mingled among tower. resented by carillon music in Ireland. the crowd to answer questions, pass out pro- I took this opportunity to retire from bell The Irish theme carried through the day grams, and provide cookies in the shape of ringing after doing it for 21 years. as the ISU Celtic Dance Society performed bells and campaniles. three Celtic dances for the audience and The day concluded with tours of the provided some lessons for those willing to Stanton Memorial Carillon. try out Celtic dancing.

ijsbert Kok, of Bodegraven, the GNetherlands, talked with pre-concert tower visitors at Christ Church Cranbrook in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., in July. Figur- ing some guests might like to learn about the carillon before the regular 5:00 p.m. programs, Christ Church Cranbrook staff asked Kok and David Johnson (St. Paul, Minn.) to give early demonstrations on the A lunch was held in the music building, 50-bell Booth-Wallace instrument. Kok, allowing the festival attendees to visit with who has studied improvisation extensively the Gebruerses and other carillon alumni. in the Netherlands, wowed visitors with his An impromptu discussion on electronic impromptu variations on their suggested chimes brought out much debate and dis- hymn tune, “Forest Green.” Regular post- cussion. program tower tours have been a staple In conjunction with the festival, a caril- here, where Music at Christ Church Cran- st lon composition competition was held to brook sponsored the 81 summer series this encourage the writing of original carillon year in Bloomfield Hills. (Photo and cap- compositions by young composers. Adrian tion provided by Jenny King.) Gebruers, Jeffery Prater, and Tin-Shi Tam judged 15 entries from the United States, , the , , and . This year’s winning composi- tion is Hunting St. Hubert for carillon and 12 Bells for Senator Kennedy by Ed Nassor

arillonneurs have many advantages I began to play my recital promptly at Ccompared to other musicians, in part 6:00, fully aware that the audience could because of the nature of our profession. see from the carillon down to Memorial Because we play an unusual instrument, Bridge and, if the wind blew from the we are more often than not permitted to northwest, the people at Memorial Bridge program our recitals ourselves; we are not could hear the . It usually told what to play. Because we play seemed that the audience that evening had such a public instrument, we always make come not to hear the carillon but to wit- our best impression when playing a pro- ness history. Because recitals at the gram of music that touches the heart of the Netherlands Carillon do not require a community. printed program, I immediately abandoned Such was the case on the evening of the program I had prepared that week, in- August 29, 2009, the final night of the 46th stead playing a solemn program including concert series of the Netherlands Carillon, Bach’s “Prelude in C Major” from The adjacent to the northeast gate of Arlington Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 (“Ave National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. It was Maria”), Handel’s “Dead March” from provisation on “When Irish Eyes Are a week when I had been preparing to play Saul, Bach’s “Bist Du Bei Mir” as well as Smiling” and an arrangement of “America a light summer program of familiar classi- his “Sonatine” from Actus Tragicus, the Beautiful.” I continued by playing the cal arrangements from The Magic Flute by Gluck’s “Minuet and Trio” from Orfeo, national hymn, then concluded the recital Mozart and proto–world music style caril- and Bach’s “Sheep May Safely Graze.” with the national anthem. Throughout the lon compositions like Gamelan and Jhala At that point I could see over my shoul- recital, I could hear applause from the au- for carillon, Op. 106 by Alan Hovhaness der that Memorial Bridge had been closed dience of the ground between numbers. and Prelude to Manvantara and Kongai, to traffic because the funeral cortege was The administering park ranger, Migel Soul of the Great Bell by John Diercks. I arriving. I stopped playing and tolled the Roberson, said that it was the best carillon had planned to intersperse these pieces bourdon bell once a minute until the pro- recital he had heard, a number of people at with nocturnes by Emilien Allard, Johan cession crossed Memorial Bridge and en- the base of the tower immediately after- Franco, and Margo Halsted because the tered Arlington National Cemetery. From ward greeted me with similar enthusiasm. sun sets during the final 15 minutes of the the tower of the Netherlands Carillon one All too often, carillonneurs play high in recital, causing the concert to conclude in could see the long procession of vehicles their tower and feel remotely, if at all, con- the dark. slowly wind their way down lower Consti- nected to the audience on the ground. But It was obvious in Arlington, however, tution Avenue, past the Lincoln Memorial, every so often, historical events focus our that this was no ordinary evening. Parking and onto Memorial Bridge. The entire vision toward the same subject, where the spaces, usually plentiful during the final route was flanked by spectators standing carillonneur has the opportunity to lead his week in August, were virtually nonexist- on both sides of the roadway. Memorial or her audience to a heightened apprecia- ent, with many people walking toward Bridge was designed to be a symbolic link tion of the moment. Such was my privi- Memorial Bridge and the main entrance to across the Potomac River between the lege on that last Saturday of August. Arlington National Cemetery. This was the north and the south, uniting the Lincoln day that Senator Edward Kennedy was to Memorial on the northern end with the be buried. Senator Kennedy’s procession Lee-Custis Mansion, home of confederate was to arrive in Washington, DC, from General Robert E. Lee, on the southern Boston in the mid-afternoon, stop at the end of the bridge. I don’t know what oth- Capitol building, then pass over Memorial ers felt as they saw motorcycles escorting Bridge to the senator’s final resting place the hearse and several buses of the in Arlington Cemetery. He was to be Kennedy family across that bridge, but it buried near his two brothers, John Fitzger- seemed to me that now, at last, the ald and Robert, at 5:30 p.m. The carillon Kennedy brothers were together again. recital was to start at 6:00, so it was with When the final vehicle had crossed the some surprise that I heard on my arrival to bridge, I paused for a minute of silence be- Arlington that the casket had just arrived fore resuming the recital with arrange- at Andrews Air Force Base at 5:30, a full ments of Fauré’s “Pie Jesu,” then Franck’s two hours behind schedule. “Panis Angelicus,” followed by an im- 13 This project replicates the listening con- was named after the four daughters of the Foreign News ditions of the golden age of the carillon. The late Queen Juliana, mother of the reigning Great Beguinage is an ensemble of approx- Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands. The bells imately 100 small houses, mainly from the are visible through a bow window directly Gets Fourth 17th century, mixed with grass areas, and it above the keyboard. is free of any traffic noise. Consequently, During the recital, a seated friendly au- Carillon with Bells the 500 inhabitants of the complex—all stu- dience, proud of their instrument, filled the dents or personnel of the University of Leu- large room housing the keyboard; many lis- from the American ven—can enjoy the bell music in excellent teners were also on the grounds and several Engineers’ conditions. tour groups were visiting the museum. The new carillon will be played by Uni- The program Julianne and George played Memorial Carillon versity Carillonneur . With consisted of solos as well as five duets com- this instrument, the University of Leuven posed or arranged by Ronald Barnes. We by Luc Rombouts becomes the first European university to think it was the first time duets had been possess two carillons. And with four singing played on the only carillon on any of the towers, Leuven now ranks second among Caribbean Sea’s many islands. hen the Gillett & Johnston carillon in cities worldwide, preceded only by the city the library tower of the University of W of . Leuven was restored in 1983, 16 treble bells More information about the new carillon were taken out in order to be replaced by can be found at http://www.kuleuven.be/ new bells with a heavier profile. Since July cultuur/beiaard/beiaard_groot_begijnhof.html. 2009, these bells have formed the core of a new carillon of 45 bells that is located in the St. John the Baptist church of the Leuven Great Beguinage. To add to the 16 Gillett & Gregory and Johnston bells, Royal Eijsbouts cast 29 new bells with the same profile and tuning fea- Vanden Wyngaard tures as the originals. The design of the new bells was inspired by the tuning book of Play Curaçao The Four Royal Children Carillon at the Cyril Johnston and the treble bells of the Laura Curaçao Museum Spelman Rockefeller Memorial Carillon at the University of Chicago. The bourdon weighs 189 Details of the history of the Curaçao car- kg and sounds D2. Although light in pitch and illon by Janet Dundore appeared in vol. 35 profile, the bells have an excellent “singing” of the Bulletin of the Guild of Carillonneurs quality. The keyboard is the World Standard in North America (1986), p. 26–31. keyboard of 2006.

News from French-Speaking Guilds

translated and summarized by Wylie Crawford

by George Gregory From L’Art Campanaire, the bulletin of the French Guild of Carillonneurs (GCF) ulianne Vanden Wyngaard and George #68—April 2009 JGregory were invited by museum cura- tor Kahrine C.G. Durguti-Martijn to play a resident Jean Pierre Vittot tells the story joint recital on March 19, 2009, on the Pof the carillon of Grézieu la Varenne, “Four Royal Children” 47-bell Eijsbouts which this year celebrates the 70th anniver- carillon at the Curaçao Museum, Willem- sary of its 25-bell carillon. In the year of its stad, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles. founding, this instrument had but six bells. St. John the Baptist Church of the Leuven The museum is a reconstructed military Over the years, and through several stages, Great Beguinage quarantine hospital built in 1853 especially the citizens of this small town just west of for yellow fever patients. The carillon, lo- Lyon have collected the funds to acquire 19 cated on the roof, was installed in 1951 and more bells. All but one of these bells were 14 founded by successive generations of the that ensues during an organ renovation be- spelling the instrument “carrillon”–states Paccard family. It is on this instrument, and tween the purists who wish to restore the that “bell music is always a musical joke.” also the traveling carillon of Prague, where organ to its original state and the modernists The article then continues with a listing of the candidates for this year’s examinations who want the organ to reflect today’s musi- information about carillons of the time, will perform as part of the annual meeting cal tastes. The parallels to the carillon which will continue in the next issue. of the French Guild. world are obvious. Patrice Latour notes, and appreciates, the The advancement examinations are de- recent appearance of the online photo scribed. First, for carillons of more than 23 archives from the Mechelen carillon school bells, there nine levels, divided into three From L’Art Campanaire, the bulletin of [See the accompanying translation of Le cycles. Then, for carillons of fewer than 23 the French Guild of Carillonneurs (GCF) Bulletin Campanaire #59 for details]. He bells, there are four levels in a single cycle. #69—July 2009 also notes that the same search engine can Each level represents a year of study. Each be used to search for anything– “orgel” for level has one or two required pieces and one resident Jean Pierre Vittot celebrates the organ photos, “Lannoy” for photos of Mau- piece chosen by the candidate. The annual Pfact that the national carillon exam, rice Lannoy, or city names. The photos are meeting will take place on July 4 and 5, which occurs immediately before the annual high resolution and can be “generously” en- with July 3 reserved for the exams. congress, has been “decentralized” out of larged. The Administrative Council of the Guild northern and into the Rhône Alpes One obituary is recorded, for Louis met in Grézieu on December 7, 2008. for the first time since its inception in 2004. Pronier, honorary member of the Guild There was some discussion about separat- He also notes that, for the first time, a sep- since 1975 and co-founder of the carillon ing the exams from the meeting because of arate exam track is being offered for those committee in Maubeuge. the small size of the Grézieu carillon. But who play carillons [sic] of fewer than 23 it was decided that various organizations bells. Each track has five candidates–more would contribute funds to acquire a travel- than ever. The traveling carillon of Prague Le Bulletin Campanaire of the ing carillon. At this time, the Belgian trav- will be present and will be used for the tra- Association Campanaire Wallonne (ACW) eling instrument was planned and budgeted ditional track’s exams, and the 25-bell #57—First quarter 2009 at 2,000 euros, plus lodging. The registra- church carillon of Grézieu la Varenne will tion fees for the participants should not ex- be used for the smaller track. Finally, he Translator’s note: A reminder–this periodi- ceed 38 euros, including meals and tours of notes that the restoration of the Dunkerque cal covers the three areas of interest to the local attractions. carillon is in the works. ACW : bells in general, carillons, and tower An outline of the day-by-day events for A tract written by Paccard in 1942 is re- clocks. My summaries generally reflect the upcoming exams and congress is given. produced that discusses the technical chal- only those articles that concern carillons. Following this, there is a description of the lenges of connecting a set of bells to an Aimé Lombaert Contest in Wavre. [See the organ. How to allow the bells to resonate n his New Year’s message, Belgian Pres- accompanying translation of Le Bulletin properly before damping them (if at all)? Iident Jean-Christophe Michallek cele- Campanaire #58 for details.] How to vary the force with which the set of brates past accomplishments of the Next, there is a reprint of a lecture given bells (or each bell) is struck, given that the Association and describes them as early by Patrice Latour in which he takes an arti- organ doesn’t transmit any variation in signs of (r)evolution in the bell world. cle that appeared in the Musical Revue, touch? The device used for this purpose is Among these accomplishments are the re- dated 1834, and provides his commentary a “Barker machine.” The tract is not de- animation of carillons long silent, the es- to bring his audience up to date on the state signed to answer these questions but uses tablishment of the WCF 2006 keyboard of the carillon today. The article, written by the Barker machine as a possible mecha- standard, the beginning of a new carillon a Monsieur Fétis, insists that the “violence nism to solve the problems. The next arti- class in Liège, the publication of a collec- of exercising two arms and two feet” for an cle in this issue then gives a description of tion of compositions by Léon Henry, and hour requires a carillonneur to shed his or the Barker machine, which is a pneumatic the new ACW internet site her clothing. Further, he claims that “it is device that was originally designed to re- (http://www.campano.be). rare that a carillonneur isn’t forced into bed duce the perceived weight of heavy organ Christian Boon memorializes Aimé after having completed this long and diffi- keys. It was designed in 1839 by Charles Lombaert, who died too soon, having just cult task.” This, and many “truths” of the Spackmann Barker, an English organist celebrated his 63rd birthday. An internation- early 1800s are updated and corrected by working in Paris and was used with large ally known performer, he was an instructor Monsieur Latour. coupled organs to make their touch lighter. in choral music and carillon at Oudenaarde, Finally, Monsieur Latour takes a theme Jacques Martel offers an extract from Gand, Wetteren, and Deinze. He also served from a novel by Nicolle Morelle, The - Popular Flemish Customs, dated 1889, as city carillonneur for , , ing Garden, which deals in part with what which describes the art of the carillon at that Deinze, Grammont, Brakel, and Damme. literature should be played on an organ, and time, as well as various historical accounts Raymond Jacob provides a ten-page il- applies it to our carillon world. He includes of the first carillon, which claim–in addition lustrated description of the carillon of two passages: the first describes the narrator to the 1510 instrument in Oudenaarde–an Malmedy, which dates from 1786 and in- as becoming more willing to appreciate ac- instrument in Belgium as early as 1487, and cludes a manual keyboard as well as two au- cessible art, in addition to the more subtle even one in Osnabruck as early as 1404. In tomatic playing mechanisms, one historic and “snobbish” tastes that he had previously passing, the article notes that Jean Jacques held. The second passage describes a battle Rousseau, in his musical dictionary–besides continues on next page 15 and the other electronic. The historic mech- recitals in 2008, while inspiring some ex- to drive swinging , are further de- anism provides from one to four hammers citement in ecclesiastical circles. They pro- scribed in this article by examining a mech- per bell, permitting the rapid striking of a pose to create a CD as a fundraiser, which anism supplied by the Campa firm and a bell. Martin Legros cast the 40 bells, of will be sold to the tourists who frequent the recent renovation in Seraing by Marq-Pir- which the lower 35 are connected to the au- Cathedral St-Michel. They solicit carillon- let. tomatic mechanism. The manual keyboard neurs who would like to perform for this To commemorate the 40th anniversary of was installed in 1952. CD on the 49-bell Eijsbouts instrument. Géo Clément’s death, the ACW has decided New publications: the Bell Patrimony of As part of its 11th International Carillon to publish a representative collection of his Greater Leuven has been published by Festival, the Wavre Carillon Committee an- works. M. Clément, who was largely re- Peeters Printers (http://www.Peeters-Leu- nounces the first Aimé Lombaert Contest, sponsible for the revival of the carillon in ven.be). This 335-page tome was written by which will take place on September 12, in the second half of the 20th cen- Twan Bearda, Jacques Sergeys, and Jef 2009. It will give aspiring carillonneurs tury, composed more than 40 works for car- Teugels and catalogs in great detail more (i.e., those who have not yet earned a illon and 42 exercises. The publication will than 300 bells in the area surrounding Leu- diploma) a chance to demonstrate their tal- be in two parts, one of which is finished and ven, including those in churches, convents, ents and calls for a 20-minute performance includes 50 pages of music written between university buildings, public buildings, and from each candidate, including required 1947 and 1967, plus a biography. It costs 14 museums. It represents 20 years of research pieces. Only ten candidates will perform. euros (plus 6.30 shipping) and is available by the Campanae Lovanienses organization. Two required pieces, both composed by Mr. from the ACW. To purchase, send an e-mail The cost is 55 euros plus postage. Lombaert, will be available beginning in (preferably in French) to secretariat@cam- April. Prizes include up to 300 euros in pano.be. Le Bulletin Campanaire of the cash, plus a weekend for two in Wavre, plus A “do-it-yourself” practice keyboard by Association Campanaire Wallonne (ACW) invitations to play several recitals in Wavre Marc Van Eyck (carillonneur at St. Gertrude #58—Second quarter 2009 in 2010. Church in Leuven) is described by means of New publications: Heleen van der Weel an interview with Serge Joris, accompanied édric Leclercq summarizes the annual has published a 152-page book on the caril- by photographs. It consists of a silent baton- Cmeeting of the ACW, held in Huy, the lon and its performers, up to the year 1800. and- (recovered from a ren- home of a 49-bell carillon (19 Hemony and It describes the history of the instrument in ovation of an existing instrument), which is 16 Vanden Gheyn bells). The meeting was the northern part of the Lowlands, listing then attached to an electronic ivory key- attended by 30 members and will be further nearly 500 performers, their training, their board, a mechanical connection between the reported in a subsequent bulletin. tasks, their remuneration, their repertoire, two, and a sound system. When a baton is The Organizing Committee reports that etc. It includes an extended bibliography depressed, the connection causes the ivory 2010 marks the 500th anniversary of the ex- and is accompanied by a CD. The cost is 19 key to be depressed, creating the sound istence of the manual carillon, according to euros (plus postage), and the editor is Ver- through loudspeakers (or headphones). the archives in Oudenaarde. It was from this loren in Hilversum (http://www.verloren.nl) Thanks to various weights and springs, this date that the carillon could be considered its system allows for trills and rapid play as own instrument. The NKV (Dutch Guild), Le Bulletin Campanaire of the well as transposition and other features, de- the VBV (Flemish Guild), and the GCF Association Campanaire Wallonne (ACW) pending on the capabilities of the electronic (French Guild) will join with the ACW in #59—Third quarter 2009 keyboard. You can watch a video showing celebrating this anniversary. All carillons in how to do it at http://www.youtube.com/ the Lowlands will play a new composition n editorial by Philippe Slégers, son of watch?v=JkHLwS1zYo0. by Geert D’Hollander on June 19 at 2:00 Athe last active bell foundry in Wallo- Gossip: The carillon of Soignies has been p.m.; a new carillon composition for caril- nia, describes the long evolution of bell restored, as of May. A new carillon has been lon and wind instruments will be published ringing, from the single ringer climbing the proposed for Dinant, and an exposition so- in the Netherlands; a duet festival will take tower to pull a rope to today’s complex bell liciting contributions will be on display place in Bruges in September; the National systems, which involve various tradesmen until August. The first four bells of a future Carillon Museum in Asten, the Netherlands, from mechanics to electricians, from com- private carillon in Rettigny have been bap- will host a carillon symposium on Novem- puter and communications specialists to (of tized. ber 6 and 7; the Davidsfonds publishing course) carillonneurs. With all these diverse In Flanders, the opening concert of the house will issue a book on the history of the experts in the tower, who gets to decide season was dedicated to the memory of carillon; and an interpretation contest for what steps must be taken to improve and Aimé Lombaert; the 19-bell carillon in the ancient music will be organized in Lier. maintain tower installations? Usually, it is Great Beguinage was extended to 45 bells This list of events is expected to grow as the the people who control the purse strings, (it is now the fourth carillon in the city of year approaches. It can be viewed at and they often lack the background or judg- Leuven); the carillon school in Mechelen http://www.carillon500.eu (in Flemish and ment to make proper decisions. Slégers has put its photo archives online at French). notes that this problem is not limited to Wal- http://www.beeldbankmechelen.be (type Pierre Chantrenne and Thibaut Boudart lonia. He proposes that the ACW can offer “beiaardschool” in the “snel zoeken” box); report on the activities of Tintinnabulum, an its assistance to improve this situation. and the music school in Haalter has in- organization formed to renovate the carillon An earlier issue (first quarter 2007) de- stalled a practice keyboard using the 2006 in Brussels. This enterprise is now five scribed the functioning of linear motors. World Standard. years old and has organized a season of 28 These motors, which can be effectively used 16 compiled by Beverly Buchanan Highlights from 50 years ago - 1959 The 1959 Congress: Christ Church Cran- Deaths of Carillonneurs in 1959: Robert Dedications and Rededication: brook, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, hosted Kleinschmidt, Carillonneur at the Rainbow Arthur Bigelow played the dedicatory by Maurice Garabrant, Carillonneur and Bridge, Niagara Falls, Ontario, died in Buf- recital on the Leonides Polk carillon at the Music Director. falo on February 2, 1959; Boyd Jordan, University of the South, Sewanee, Ten- Recitalists: Fred Marriott, Milford Myhre, Municipal Carillonneur and Mayor of nessee on April 12, 1959. The Taft Memo- Dr. C.G. B. Garrett, Wendell Westcott, Mariemont, Ohio, died March 27, 1959; Jef rial Carillon in Washington, D.C. was Emilien Allard, Robert Donnell. Student Van Hoof of the Beiaardschool of Meche- dedicated by Arthur Bigelow on April 14, Advancement recitals: Robert Schaaf, len died April 24, 1959; Maurice 1959. The Noyes Memorial Carillon, Charles Rhyne, James Vaughan (at Grosse Garabrant, Music Director and Carillon- House of Hope Presbyterian Church, St. Pointe Memorial Church) Organ Recital: neur, Christ Church Cranbrook, Bloomfield Paul, Minnesota was rededicated on Octo- Mary Moore Grenier. Detroit area carillons Hills, Michigan died September 29, 1959, ber 25, 1959 by Arthur Bigelow visited: Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian shortly after the conclusion of the 1959 Church, Christ Church Grosse Pointe, Congress that he hosted. The First Annual Mid-American Sympo- Grosse Pointe Memorial Church sium of Contemporary American Music Officers: President - Melvin C, Corbett, Additional New Carillonneur Member: was held at the University of Kansas and Vice President - Ronald Barnes,Secretary - Robert M. Olton, Jr. (played at Trinity Col- featured a recital of contemporary carillon Theophil Rusterholz, Treasurer - Frank lege, Hartford, Connecticut, May 1959.) music played by Ronald Barnes. Johnson Honorary members: In 1959 donors of New Recordings released in 1959: (12 GCNA member, Mary Moore Grenier, carillons were automatically invited to be- inch 33 1/3 rpm) James J. Drummond at studying organ and carillon in the Nether- come Honorary members. W. Dudley Gale, the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota,; lands, was perhaps the first woman to play III, donor of carillon at the The University Wendell Westcott playing the carillon at a recital on the old Hemony carillon in the of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee and Otto the First Lutheran Church, Green Bay, Wis- tower of the Oude Kirk in Amsterdam. Kaap, donor of carillon at First Lutheran consin. Emilien Allard playing the carillon Church, Green Bay, Wisconsin, accepted at the Oratory of St. Joseph in . Ronald Barnes edited selections from the the invitation to become honorary members. Dupont Repertoire, available to members Wendell Westcott gave a report of the 1959 Additions, new carillons, renovations: for 25¢ per page. North America Recital Tour of 38 concerts Contract for 77 bell carillon at Kirk in the by Staf Nees. Specific comments received Hills, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan awarded Winner of the 1959 annual competition repeatedly in notes by listeners: 1) sensitiv- to Petit and Fritsen, to be completed by Oc- for student carillonneurs held at Trinity ity of touch and expressiveness 2) masterful tober 1959. James Akright to renovate the College, Hartford, Connecticut: Jack style and interpretation 3) mystical power 48 bell carillon at First Congregational Thrower; runnerup, Carl Zimmerman. to move 4) prodigious technical ability 5) Church, Lincoln Nebraska. Four bells were capacity to “get more out of the bells.” added to the carillon at Michigan Sate Uni- Ira Schroeder hosted a carillon workshop versity, East Lansing, Michigan. at Iowa State University during the Thanks- giving holiday.

compiled by Lisa Lonie Advancement Anniversaries per 2009 Name Location Year Anniversary

Don Wellington 1949 60

Edward Mack Wellesley 1954 55 Ronald Haldeman Wellesley 1954 55 Donald Kitchen Kansas 1954 55 Fred Fahrner U. Michigan 1954 55

James S. Vaughan Grosse Pointe 1959 50 Robert D. Schaaf Cranbrook 1959 50 Charles Rhyne Cranbrook 1959 50 Robert Olton, Jr. Trinity College 1959 50

continued next page 17 2009 Anniversaries continued

Name Location Date Anniversary

Ennis Fruhauf Nat. Cathedral 1964 45 Robert B. Grogan Nat. Cathedral 1964 45

Jeffrey Light New Haven 1969 40 Max Gould New Haven 1969 40 Robert Bonds New Haven 1969 40 Bruce Eberle New Haven 1969 40

Leslie Mahaffey Mariemont 1974 35 Bruce Rosenblum Mariemont 1974 35 James G. Saenger Mariemont 1974 35 Janet Tebbel Mariemont 1974 35

Claude Aubin Lake Wales 1979 30 Loyd Lott Lake Wales 1979 30 Laura Hewitt Whipple Lake Wales 1979 30 Richard P. Strauss Lake Wales 1979 30 Dr. Andrea McCrady Lake Wales 1979 30

Don Cook Madison 1984 25 Katharine W. Webster Madison 1984 25

Marcia de Bary Albany 1989 20 Russell Sorensen Albany 1989 20 Paul R. Emmons Albany 1989 20 Beth Teggatz Albany 1989 20 Dennis Curry Albany 1989 20 Lisa Lonie Albany 1989 20 Larry Weinstein Albany 1989 20

Herbert Colvin Provo 1994 15 David Osborn Provo 1994 15 David Long Provo 1994 15 Brandon Blazo Provo 1994 15

Julianne Vanden Wyngaard Ames 1999 10 Elizabeth E. Berghout Ames 1999 10 Doug Hebert Ames 1999 10 Dr. Frecky Lewis Ames 1999 10 David M. Maker Ames 1999 10 Michael Conrady Ames 1999 10 Hisako Konno Ames 1999 10 Jeremy A. Chesman Ames 1999 10 Adrian Tien Ames 1999 10 Rändel L. Wolfe Ames 1999 10

Tim Sleep Culver 2004 5 Sue Bergren Culver 2004 5 Rhonda Sider Edgington Culver 2004 5 Edward Lee Cobb Culver 2004 5

18 Notices she co-founded the Jubilate Ringers, a com- have been written (completed) on or later munity ensemble. She is the than August 1, 2007. Older pieces will not Ellen Dickinson Named founding director of the Weston Summer be considered. Pieces previously adjudi- Chorus and directed the Yale Summer Cho- cated in this competition are also ineligible. Trinity College’s New rus for five seasons. Each composition must be an original com- Carillonneur At Trinity, Dickinson will play the caril- position for carillon (not a transcription or lon for such College events as convocation arrangement of another work). Full-scale and commencement, as well as for Chapel compositions based on pre-existing by Michele Jacklin events. She will also direct the Carillon melodies (such as hymns) are allowed, pro- Summer Music Series held on Wednesday vided the melody in question is not under evenings; instruct students in playing the copyright; however, please be advised that carillon; oversee the use and maintenance the judges will be seeking original compo- of the instrument; and coordinate and pro- sitions rather than mere arrangements of mote the Trinity Guild of Carillonneurs. tunes. Compositions employing additional The 49-bell Plumb Memorial Carillon instruments, pre-recorded sounds, or addi- housed in the Trinity Chapel tower is one of tional performers (more than one carillon- the finest in the country. Built by the John neur) will not be considered. Furthermore, Taylor foundry, the carillon was dedicated this work must be one which has never been in 1932, with the consecration of the performed (publicly), published, or awarded Chapel. In 1934, Trinity President Remsen a prize in a previous competition, as the B. Ogilby hosted the first gathering of winning piece(s) will be premièred at a con- North American carillonneurs. That meet- gress of the GCNA. Entries must be ing led to the founding of the Guild of Car- playable on a four- (47 bell) carillon. illonneurs of North America (GCNA) at the (Pieces for smaller ranges are fine; pieces second such gathering, which was held in for larger ranges must include alternate llen Dickinson begins her job as Trin- , Ontario in 1936. The carillon was notes that make the piece playable effec- Eity’s new carillonneur beginning Sep- expanded in 1978 from its original 30 bells tively on 47 bells.) Winning pieces will be tember 1, it was announced by Trinity to 49, which extended its range to four oc- published by the GCNA. (Winning com- Chaplain Allison Read. taves. The bourdon weighs 5,600 pounds posers are required to assign publication “I am thrilled that Ellen will join us,” and is tuned to B natural. rights to the GCNA.) Compositions must said Read. “In consultation with leadership “I trust that this historic instrument is in reach the chairman of the committee, John from the Guild of Carillonneurs of North good hands and have no doubt that the tra- Gouwens, (who will be acting as coordina- American, an on-campus search committee dition of excellent musicianship, as well as tor, not as a judge, to assure anonymity of selected Ellen from among several qualified community life and student involvement composers) no later than January 15, 2010. applicants. We were all very impressed with that are the hallmarks of Trinity’s Plumb The results will be established within a few her application, performance, and interview. carillon, will continue,” said Read. weeks, and composers will be notified Dickinson discovered the carillon at Yale shortly thereafter. The composition must be University, where she received a BA in between four and ten minutes’ duration (in- Music and a master’s degree in organ from clusive). the Yale School of Music and Institute of Carillon Composition To enter, submit five clear, easy-to-read Sacred Music. As an undergraduate, Dick- Competition copies on single-sided pages (good photo- inson was co-chair and Summer Carillon- copies, no FAXES) of your composition. neur of the Yale University Guild of Announced Your name must not appear anywhere on Carillonneurs. She has attended the Sum- the music. Please list your name, address, mer Academy at the Netherlands Carillon by John Gouwens and phone number(s) on a note enclosed School in , and in June 2000, she with the music. On this same note, please played an advancement recital to become a state the date the composition was written n the interest of encouraging new works carillonneur member of the Guild of Caril- (completed), verify (state) that it has never composed expressly for the carillon, the lonneurs in North America (GCNA). She I been performed, and include your signature. Guild of Carillonneurs in North America is serves as GCNA vice president and as edi- Submit these materials to: tor of its annual Bulletin. Dickinson has per- pleased to announce a Composition Com- petition. As many as two prizes may be formed carillon concerts throughout the John Gouwens awarded, the first prize being $800.00 (US) United States, Canada, and Europe. Att’n Composition Competition and the second prize $400.00 (US). The full Dickinson currently serves as Yale Uni- 1300 Academy Road, #133 rules are available on the GCNA website at: versity's carillon consultant and adviser. She Culver, Indiana 46511-1291 (USA) http://www.gcna.org/composition-competi- is Director of Music at Norfield Congrega- E-Mail: [email protected] tional Church in Weston, Conn. In 2006, tion.html including a link to a downloadable PDF file. Briefly, each composition must continues next page 19 from Competition, page 19 Should you have any questions, please con- Barnes Scholarship tact Mr. Gouwens, either by e-mail, or by mail at the above address. Application Deadline is The judges for the competition will be: John Courter, Berea, Ky. March 1 Jeff Davis, Berkeley, Calif. Tin-Shi Tam, Ames, Iowa Thomas Lee, Philadelphia, Pa., he GCNA invites applications for the 2010 Ronald Barnes Memorial Scholarship. Alternate Judge TThe deadline for postmarked applications is Monday, March 1, 2010.

To preserve anonymity of the composers, Barnes (1927–1997) was a major force in establishing an American approach to car- we ask that composers refrain from con- illon performance, composing, and arranging. His compositions and arrangements for tacting, directly or indirectly, any of the the instrument altered the entire nature of the modern carillon repertory, not only in above people. Questions may be directed to North America but eventually throughout the world. To honor his extraordinary con- John Gouwens. tributions, the Guild established the Ronald Barnes Memorial Scholarship Fund in For further suggestions about compos- 1998. ing for the carillon, see the following web The scholarship honors Barnes’s passion for American carillon music by helping location: http://faculty.culver.org/ to provide an opportunity for North Americans to pursue studies, within North Amer- ~gouwenj/compcar.asp#composing ica, in North American carillon performance, composition, music history, or instrument A video demonstration (with accompa- design. All North Americans are eligible to apply. nying printed notes and examples) will shortly be available as a free download at A total of $3,000 is available for distribution to one or more individuals in 2010. the website location given below. The An application and procedural information are available on the GCNA website, demonstration may also be purchased in http://www.gcna.org. For further information, contact Barnes Scholarship Committee DVD format. Ordering information will be co-chairs Andrea McCrady and David Johnson. Andrea McCrady can be contacted at provided at the website: 239 Fireside Drive, RR 1, Woodlawn, Ontario K0A 3M0, Canada; or by e-mail at http://carillon.vrvisuals.com amccrady @msn.com. David Johnson can be reached at 820 Holly Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota 55104; or by e-mail at [email protected].

New Publication from Fruhauf Music by Ennis Fruhauf

or all of you who play the carillon and The two volumes of An Album for the G up to tenor C that are present in four-and- Fare on the lookout for additions to your Carillon are available at a subscription rate a-half-octave instruments have been in- music library, Fruhauf Music Publications ($30, including domestic Priority Mail and cluded for aesthetic reasons; optional octave has prepared a new edition of An Album for handling). Specific details about purchase pitches are provided where necessary, and the Carillon, in two compact 8 1/2–by–11 and delivery are available by phone, e-mail performers will want to make careful softbound volumes. inquiry, postal mail, or the Internet. For the choices when adapting selections from one These volumes are a mixture of new and latter, please consult the website for Fruhauf carillon to another. Technical demands old: first offered in 2003–2004 in a loose- Music Publications at http://www.frumus- range from beginning to intermediate stu- leaf format, the collection has been refor- pub.net, where a home page billboard lists dent levels, with several extended compo- matted into two bound volumes of 38 and this new publication; hyperlinks lead to ta- sitions that will provide musical 36 pages of music, respectively. The origi- bles of contents, forewords, and afterwords challenges for advanced players. nal contents have been augmented by five for each volume. additions, two of which were prepared for An Album for the Carillon is intended Fruhauf Music Publications the occasion of this publication. Included primarily for a chromatic four-octave in- P.O. Box 22043 are settings of familiar hymn tunes and folk strument. Some settings fall within a three- Santa Barbara, CA 93121-2043 melodies, arrangements of several selec- and-a-half-octave range, and individual http://www.frumuspub.net tions from the classics, and ceremonial verses or variations lie within two and a half [email protected] music and national anthems. . Occasional lower notes from low phone: (805) 682-5727

20 from Committees, page 2 2010 Congress Wylie Crawford, chair

Franco John Gouwens, chair 2011 Congress Dennis Curry, chair Composition John Courter, Jeff Davis, Michigan carillonneurs Fund Thomas Lee, Tin-Shi Tam 2012 Congress Linda Dzuris, chair Legal Dave Hunsberger, chair Sally Harwood, Sue Jones, th Roy Lee 67 GCNA Congress

Membership Carol Anne Taylor, chair Enrichment Helen Hawley, Diane Heard, Thomas Lee, Janet Tebbel, Phyllis Webb @

Music Publications Laura Ellis, chair Carlo van Ulft – Arrangements Lee Cobb, Ellen Longwood Gardens Dickinson, Gordon Slater John Gouwens – Compositions Liz Berghout, John Courter, Sharon Hettinger, Justin Ryan

Nominations Beverly Buchanan, chair Bill De Turk, Sharon Hettinger, Sue Jones

Policies, Procedures & Guidelines Gloria Werblow, chair Beverly Buchanan, Marie Robillard

Professional Gloria Werblow Concerns

Public Relations Linda Dzuris, chair Norman Bliss, Joseph Daniel, Frank Della Penna, Margo Halsted, David Maker, Ray McLellan, Carol Anne Taylor

Roster Wylie Crawford, chair Sue Bergren, David Hunsberger, Mark Lee, Tim Sleep

Tower Construction & Renovation Pat Macoska, chair Steven Ball

WCF Delegates Wylie Crawford, president, Dennis Curry, vice presi- dent, Janet Tebbel, Carl Zimmerman, treasurer

Webpage & Internet Dave Johnson, chair Arla Jo Gideon, Norm Bliss, Wylie Crawford, Dawn Daehn, Jim Fackenthal, Julia Littleton, Tiffany Ng, Carl Zimmerman, webmaster 21 cersburg welcomed girls. Jim was pleased derstood. She talked of practicing in a In Memoriam to form both the Women’s Ensemble and closed practice room on the one day, Mercersburg’s Chorale, a mixed-voice seemingly alone in the building, until she choir. heard bellowing in the hallway: “USE THE The carillon was played at Jim’s memo- SECOND FINGER, FERN!” How did he rial service on September 12 by Dianne know? Heard, Michele Prokopchak, Jon Lehrer, The Jim we knew was the Jim others Julia Littleton, Dennis Curry, and John Wid- knew. His brother-in-law related that he had mann. The service was packed in Mercers- been summoned, on many occasions, to burg’s large chapel, featuring a lot of music pick up Jim at all hours. This was due to as well as informative, and, of course, en- Jim’s forgetfulness about filling gas tanks. tertaining remembrances of Jim. After the “Come get me, I’ve run out of gas.” “Where organ prelude, which was a setting of “For are you?” “I don’t know.” Wirt invited all All the Saints” by Leo Sowerby, Larry to share stories of Jim after the service out- Jones, the school chaplain, welcomed all in doors at the reception. He said, “If you don’t attendance, inviting them to listen as acad- have a Jim Smith story, either you didn’t emy organist Jim Brinson played J. S. know him, or you need to check your vital Bach’s “Toccata and Fugue in d minor” signs.” Wirt also remarked about Jim’s BWV 565, Jim’s favorite work. Listeners struggles with technology. GCNA members were later treated to Brinson’s playing of will probably recall Jim’s struggles with Jim Smith: Bach’s “Sheep May Safely Graze”, and “Reply” and “Reply to all” in e-mails that Ralph Vaughan Williams’s “Rhosymedre.” were not always intended for larger reader- The organ postlude was another favorite of ship. Wirt also recalled Jim’s obsession with Carillonneur, Organist, Jim’s, the “Toccata” from Organ Symphony collecting floridly written obituaries, often No. 5 by Charles Marie Widor. The congre- from our southern states. gation joyfully sang hymns, including “All Jim will be remembered in the GCNA as Educator, Curmudgeon Creatures of Our God and King” (Lasst uns a carillonneur member and board member Erfreuen), “God of the Ages” (National until his death. He will be lovingly remem- by John Widmann Hymn), and “O My Soul, Bless Your Re- bered by all for his creative, hilarious auc- deemer” (Stuttgart). A choir made up of tioneering of the Ronald Barnes auction and those in attendance from the Mercersburg his membership and devotion to the Barnes ames Winston Smith was born May 11, Chorale the Mercersburg Community Cho- Scholarship committee. He will be sorely 1939, and recently passed away on Au- J rus sang Mozart’s “Ave Verum Corpus.” missed by the GCNA. Guild members who gust 20, 2009, at his home on Seminary Jim had also helped found the community attended the Ames congress in 1999 will Street in Mercersburg, Pa., not far from chorus in Mercersburg, a group that has fondly remember Jim’s description of his , to which he devoted grown in size and stature and that usually coat-hanger fix to the sink in his room at the his life. He grew up in College Park and performs with full orchestra in the chapel. A Iowa State University Union, which had Laurel, Md., and graduated from High Point former student, Angela Carstensen ’85, sang two separate faucets for hot and cold, both High School in Beltsville, Md. His under- Mozart’s “Laudate Dominum.” Alumnae spring loaded. graduate study was at the University of members from Mercersburg’s Women’s En- Maryland, and his graduate study was at semble performed Mercersburg’s Alma Lyle Anderson related this story: Westminster Choir College in Princeton, Mater, which Jim Smith had arranged. N.J., where he received the Master of Music While the service was long, it didn’t Back at the Bok Winter Festival in March degree. He began his teaching career at St. seem so. Many people had much to say of 2004, I was walking one afternoon on Mark’s School in Dallas, moving on to the about Jim. All of it revolved around the fact what I thought was a semi-remote garden job of organist at Mercersburg Academy in that in his career at Mercersburg, he had path when I heard Jim call to me from what- 1965. Jim was hired to play the organ, along worked very hard to obtain “curmudgeon” ever large automobile he had driven down with teaching a Bible class. He spent quite status and was very proud of that. One of from Pennsylvania, at first startling me be- a bit of time studying the New Testament to his students talked of taking piano lessons cause I didn’t know it was possible to drive present good lessons to the Academy’s stu- from Jim: a car in that part of the grounds (and proba- dents upon his arrival there, at which point He would come in the office [she was bly it wasn’t really permissible). He wanted he discovered that he would be teaching an somehow there first] and greet me with to know if I could accompany him on an er- Old Testament course. “Hello, dear.” He would work at his desk on rand which would entail a short drive. Cu- Jim liked to play poker with the other a mound of paperwork as I played my riosity thusly piqued, I said “sure.” In male teachers at Mercersburg. He struggled pieces, seemingly not listening, that was, typical fashion, he only gradually revealed to remember which hand beat which and al- until I did something he didn’t like. “You that what he wanted to do was go to the ways kept a notebook open on the table with need to use the third finger there, not the Lake Wales cemetery and have his picture reminders about that. When he arrived fourth!” How did he know? My sister also taken next to Anton Brees’s grave, and of there, Mercersburg was a boys’ school, but took lessons from him later. He called her course regaling me with many fascinating that changed in the early ’70s when Mer- “Fern,” for some reason that she never un- stories, anecdotes, and gossip in the process. 22 He directed the brief photo shoot, and as I Outside of his musical endeavors, Jim had my camera also with me, I duplicated it was also a longtime member of Mercers- with mine. Although Jim reminded me that burg’s Town Council and was president of Brees had been the first carillonneur at Mer- that council for several years. He was in- cersburg, it has never been clear to me why strumental in starting Mercersburg’s His- it was important for him to be photographed toric District program. Jim wore many hats. in the same frame with the tombstone. As I Indeed, Jim liked to put his hat on statues. look at these today I notice that he and He would often place his hat on top of a Anton attained almost exactly the same Greek-style statue near his office at Mer- lifespan. cersburg Academy, seemingly to let all know that he was there. His hat still remains on a dog statue in the Smiths’ front lawn on Seminary Street as I write this article. Jim is survived by his wife, Carol; his children, Ted, Hannah and Sarah, and Ted and Hannah’s spouses and several grand- children. He is succeeded at Mercersburg’s carillon by Jim Brinson, who has already at- tended some of our congresses and looks forward to his continued association with the GCNA. We need to take Wirt Wine- brenner’s recommendation to heart in our next congress: let’s tell some Jim Smith stories.

Laurel Buckwalter told this story:

John Widmann and Jim had very kindly invited me to play guest recitals at Frederick and Mercersburg in order to be better pre- pared for my hoped-for examination recital the next year. Jim was working somewhat frantically at the last minute to get the pro- gram done for my recital. When he showed up with it at the last minute, I noticed the name on the cover was Karen Buckwalter, not Laurel Buckwalter. Turns out he also knew a Karen Buckwalter [Karen Buckwal- ter is an organist in the south-central Penn- sylvania area]. I did wonder if the audience was confused or not.

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