Carillon News
Two Dutch organist/carillonneurs were named Knights in the Order of Oranje-Nassau: Adolph Rots of Garrelsweer and Gert Oldenbeuving of Zutphen.
Carleton University (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) and the School for Studies in Art & Culture announce that the school’s Bachelor of Music program is now accepting applications from Canadian and international students wishing to pursue carillon performance studies. The university has installed a practice carillon in a specially designed room on campus, and has entered into an agreement with the House of Commons whereby Carleton students may play at regulated times on the Peace Tower carillon. For more information: www.carleton.ca/music.
Berea College, Berea, Kentucky, held a ceremony to rename the Berea College carillon after John Courter. Courter, who died in June 2010, joined the Berea College faculty in 1971 and served there for 39 years. He was music professor, organist, and carillonneur at the college and is highly regarded here and abroad for his carillon compositions. A large bronze plaque was installed in Draper Hall, which houses the carillon.
The University of Chicago’s Rockefeller Memorial Chapel has released a new compact disc of organ, choral, and carillon music, Rockefeller Gala I, recorded live at the chapel, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of John D. Rockefeller’s “final gift” that established the chapel and its diverse arts and spiritual programs. The 71-minute CD features university organist Thomas Weisflog, carillonneurs Wylie Crawford and James Fackenthal, and the Rockefeller Chapel Choir and Motet Choir under the direction of James Kallembach performing English, French, and American classics in the contemporary era. Almost all of this music was written during the lifetime of the chapel itself. Rockefeller made his donation in 1910, and the initial architectural drawings were created shortly after the end of the First World War. Construction was begun in 1925, and the chapel was dedicated in 1928. The E. M. Skinner organ was built with the chapel itself, and the carillon was installed in 1932. The CD can be purchased by mailing a check for $17 to: Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn Ave., Chicago IL 60637, attention Lorraine Brochu.
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