Music in the Air

Central’s 2010 Summer
Outdoor Carillon Concert Series

Featuring some of the world’s best carillonneurs performing on the 47-bell Paccard Carillon

Sunday, June 27 - 11:00 a.m.
Ian McKinley
From Provo, Utah, Ian is currently a student at the School of Music of Brigham Young University. A piano performance major, he also enjoys studying the carillon with Dr. Don Cook. He has performed on the BYU Carillon and in other bell towers in Ontario, Canada; Baltimore, Maryland and Minneapolis.

WCCO Television aired a story on our carillon concert series featuring Ian McKinley.  watch it here



Sunday, July 4 - 9:30 a.m.
Amy Johanson
From New South Wales, Australia, Amy
attained Carillonneur status in the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA) in 2006. She has degrees in Organ Performance from the University of Florida and the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. She is Assistant Carillonneur and University Organist at the University of Sydney, Australia.

Sunday, July 11 - 11:00 a.m.
Jonathan Lehrer
From New York, New York, Jon is is a graduate of the Belgian Royal Carillon School ‘Jef Denyn.’ He has played frequent recitals at Arlington National Cemetery. In 2008-2009 he performed the Cast in Bronze theatrical carillon show on the Mobile Millennium Carillon at Renaissance Festivals across the country.  watch a video of Jon performing Cast in Bronze here

Sunday, July 18 - 11:00 a.m.
Ronald Kressman
From Berkley, Michigan, Ron is is a member and Sub-Dean of the Detroit Chapter of the American Guild of Organists and a member of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America.

Sunday, July 25 - 11:00 a.m.
John Widmann
From Frederick, Maryland, John is Carillonneur of the Joseph Dill Baker Carillon for the City of Frederick, where he plays weekly recitals and hosts a summer recital series. Also a church organist, John attained carillonneur status in the GCNA in 1996 and has performed recitals throughout the United States and Canada.

This series is presented in collaboration with The House of Hope Presbyterian Church, Saint Paul.

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