Culver Academies, Culver, Indiana, announce carillon recitals by John Gouwens, academy organist and carillonneur, Saturdays at 4:00 p.m.:
June 2 (7:30 p.m.), 6/16, 6/23, 6/30,
July 7 (Joey Brink, guest recitalist), 7/14, 7/12,
September 1, October 6.
For information: www.culver.org.
Brian Swager is carillon editor for THE DIAPASON.
The World Carillon Federation will hold its 14th congress in Oslo, Norway, 27 June through 1 July. Her Majesty Queen Sonja will be the patron for the congress which is being held in Norway for the first time. Vegar Sandholt, Oslo Municipal Carillonneur, is the congress host.
Four carillons will resound in Oslo during the congress. The 49-bell carillon in the Oslo City Hall was cast by Olsen Nauen of Tonsberg in 2000. A lightweight instrument of 48 bells was installed by Olsen Nauen in Oslo Cathedral in 2003. The new 37-bell Olsen Nauen carillon in the Uranienborg Church is slated for dedication during the congress. The Olsen Nauen mobile carillon will also be in town for the event. Lectures will be held at the City Hall. A tour will take participants to visit carillons outside of Oslo and the Norwegian Bell Foundry. The congress theme is “The Voice of the City.” For information: www.carillon.org.
The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America will hold its 62nd congress at the Culver Academies, Culver, Indiana, 7-10 June. John Gouwens is the congress host. The congress will feature the 51-bell Gillett & Johnston carillon in the Culver Memorial Chapel. There will be excursions before and after the congress to visit carillons at Notre Dame, La Porte, and Ball State University. Recitalists include Milford Myhre, David Hunsberger, Justin Ryan, Mary McFarland, John Gouwens, Boudewijn Zwart, Stefano Colletti, George Gregory, and Tin-shi Tam. There will be a new video presentation on carillon technique, an introduction to new GCNA music publications, and a practical demonstration of basic carillon maintenance. For more information, contact John Gouwens, 574/842-8387, [email protected].
Event: John Gouwens
Date: June 30, 2012
Time: 4:00 P.M. (Eastern Time)
Event: John Gouwens
Date: June 23, 2012
Time: 4:00 P.M. (Eastern Time)
Brian Swager is a contributing editor to The Diapason.
Historic Bok Sanctuary announces its 19th International
Carillon Festival to be held 28 February through 7 March 2004. The festival will
feature guest carillonneurs Geert D'hollander (Belgium), Bernard Winsemius (The
Netherlands), John Courter (Berea, Kentucky), David Hunsberger (Berkeley,
California), as well as resident carillonneurs Milford Myhre and William De
Turk.
This will be Milford Myhre's final official festival
appearance, as he will be retiring at the end of June 2004. This festival will
also be a part of the 75th anniversary celebration of Historic Bok Sanctuary.
Events will include daily recitals at 3 pm, a moonlight recital by D'hollander
at 8 pm on Thursday 4 March, carillon and art exhibits, and non-carillon
concerts as well.
Information is available from Bill De Turk; Historic Bok
Sanctuary; 1151 Tower Blvd.; Lake Wales, FL 33853-3412; 863/676-1154. E-mail:
<[email protected]>
The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America has announced
its biennial Carillon Composition Competition. The competition is open to
composers of any age or nationality. Compositions must be of four to ten
minutes' duration and playable on a four-octave carillon (47 bells, C, D, E,
chromatic to c4). Compositions which have already been performed or published,
or which were written prior to August 1, 2001, are ineligible. First
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> prize is $800 (US) and second prize is
$400. (The judges reserve the right not to award either prize.) Prize-winning
pieces are premiered at a congress of the GCNA and published by that
organization. Deadline for submissions is 15 January 2004.
The competition is organized by the Johan Franco Composition
Fund Committee, which is also active in commissioning new music for carillon.
For information: John Gouwens, attn: Composition Competition, The Culver
Academies, 1300 Academy Rd., #133, Culver, IN 46511-1291;
