Music in the air!
Our 2011 summer carillon concert series was stunning!
Do you know that Central’s 47-bell carillon is the third largest in the State of Minnesota? The House of Hope Presbyterian Church, Saint Paul, has one more bell (48) and the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, has two more (49). By comparison, the famed Minneapolis City Hall carillon, played on occasion by Central member Clarance Smith, has only 15 bells.
Rebecca Jorgenson Sundquist, who, as a former staff member, was involved in the building of the bell tower (completed in 2005), said that Central’s carillon is really a “national treasure.” She also said that Central is very fortunate to have what so few churches have and that it was the intent of the bell tower donors that it not only call people to worship, but also be a “musical gift to the community.”
Our annual summer carillon concert series is produced in collaboration with House of Hope Presbyterian Church.
Read about our guest artists and watch excerpts of their performances here!
Sunday, July 3 - 9:15 a.m.
Trevor Workman, Bournville, England
Trevor is City Carillonneur of Bourneville, a village on the south side of Birmingham, and is Past President of the British Carillon Society. He is active in the World Carillon Federation (WCF), is also a member of The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA), and performs regularly in Europe and North America. On the Web, see "Trevor Workman Carillonneur," for his video performance of Mendelssohn's "Violin Concerto in E Minor," Movement 2, which he arranged for carillon. This is Trevor's first appearance at House of Hope.
Sunday, July 10, 2011 - 11:00 a.m.
Anna Kasprzycka, Gdansk, Poland
Anna Kasprzycka makes her first appearance in North America this summer. Anna has studied carillon in Belgium with Carl van Eyndhoven and Geert D'hollander, and in The Netherlands with Gert Oldenbeuving. A frequent recitalist in Europe, she will perform mostly Polish music in her House of Hope program. On the Web, see "Anna Kasprzycka Sunrise Sunset" for her performance video filmed at Gdansk's Oliwa Cathedral, where she plays regularly.
Sunday, July 17, 2011 - 11:00 a.m.
Margo Halsted, Pasadena, California
Margo Halsted is University of Michigan Carillonneur Emerita, where she was University Carillonnist from 1987 to 2003, and Adjunct Professor of Music at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she plays and teaches on the 61-bell instrument in Storke Tower. She has been a featured recitalist and speaker at both Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA) and World Carillon Federation (WCF) meetings. See Web listings for her professional involvements. Margo has performed in all countries with an established carillon tradition, taught, composed and rediscovered and written about historic carillon manuscripts. She is an advocate for contemporary composers, whose work she has frequently commissioned and premiered.
Sunday, July 24, 2011 - 11:00 a.m.
Jim Fackenthal, Chicago Illinois
Jim Fackenthal is Assistant Carillonneur at The University of Chicago, where he plays the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Carillon, and is Research Associate and Assistant Professor, University of Chicago Center for Clinical Cancer Genetics. He is an member of the piano program at the University of Chicago and plays recorder and viola da gamba with its Early Music Workshop. An active carillon recitalist, he has played at two recent meetings of The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA) and performs regularly throughout North America. He has served on its Board of Directors and for many years edited its newsletter. Jim last performed at House of Hope in 2002.
Sunday, July 31, 2011 - 11:00 a.m.
Dave Johnson, St. Paul, Minnesota
Dave Johnson has been Carillonneur of House of Hope since 1993. He has presented recitals throughout the United States and is active in the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA), having served on its Board of Directors and for ten years as its Recording Secretary. In June 2010 he was elected President of the Guild. He taught history at Kansas Wesleyan University and Pacific Lutheran University and is the author of two histories of Hamline University, a 150th anniversary history of House of Hope and a history of Presbyterian Homes and Services of Minnesota. He retired from the University of Minnesota, where he was Vice President for Programs at the Minnesota Medical Foundation, in 2005.
Our 2011 summer carillon concert series was stunning!
Do you know that Central’s 47-bell carillon is the third largest in the State of Minnesota? The House of Hope Presbyterian Church, Saint Paul, has one more bell (48) and the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, has two more (49). By comparison, the famed Minneapolis City Hall carillon, played on occasion by Central member Clarance Smith, has only 15 bells.
Rebecca Jorgenson Sundquist, who, as a former staff member, was involved in the building of the bell tower (completed in 2005), said that Central’s carillon is really a “national treasure.” She also said that Central is very fortunate to have what so few churches have and that it was the intent of the bell tower donors that it not only call people to worship, but also be a “musical gift to the community.”
Our annual summer carillon concert series is produced in collaboration with House of Hope Presbyterian Church.
Read about our guest artists and watch excerpts of their performances here!
Sunday, July 3 - 9:15 a.m.
Trevor Workman, Bournville, England
Trevor is City Carillonneur of Bourneville, a village on the south side of Birmingham, and is Past President of the British Carillon Society. He is active in the World Carillon Federation (WCF), is also a member of The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA), and performs regularly in Europe and North America. On the Web, see "Trevor Workman Carillonneur," for his video performance of Mendelssohn's "Violin Concerto in E Minor," Movement 2, which he arranged for carillon. This is Trevor's first appearance at House of Hope.
Sunday, July 10, 2011 - 11:00 a.m.
Anna Kasprzycka, Gdansk, Poland
Anna Kasprzycka makes her first appearance in North America this summer. Anna has studied carillon in Belgium with Carl van Eyndhoven and Geert D'hollander, and in The Netherlands with Gert Oldenbeuving. A frequent recitalist in Europe, she will perform mostly Polish music in her House of Hope program. On the Web, see "Anna Kasprzycka Sunrise Sunset" for her performance video filmed at Gdansk's Oliwa Cathedral, where she plays regularly.
Sunday, July 17, 2011 - 11:00 a.m.
Margo Halsted, Pasadena, California
Margo Halsted is University of Michigan Carillonneur Emerita, where she was University Carillonnist from 1987 to 2003, and Adjunct Professor of Music at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she plays and teaches on the 61-bell instrument in Storke Tower. She has been a featured recitalist and speaker at both Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA) and World Carillon Federation (WCF) meetings. See Web listings for her professional involvements. Margo has performed in all countries with an established carillon tradition, taught, composed and rediscovered and written about historic carillon manuscripts. She is an advocate for contemporary composers, whose work she has frequently commissioned and premiered.
Sunday, July 24, 2011 - 11:00 a.m.
Jim Fackenthal, Chicago Illinois
Jim Fackenthal is Assistant Carillonneur at The University of Chicago, where he plays the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Carillon, and is Research Associate and Assistant Professor, University of Chicago Center for Clinical Cancer Genetics. He is an member of the piano program at the University of Chicago and plays recorder and viola da gamba with its Early Music Workshop. An active carillon recitalist, he has played at two recent meetings of The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA) and performs regularly throughout North America. He has served on its Board of Directors and for many years edited its newsletter. Jim last performed at House of Hope in 2002.
Sunday, July 31, 2011 - 11:00 a.m.
Dave Johnson, St. Paul, Minnesota
Dave Johnson has been Carillonneur of House of Hope since 1993. He has presented recitals throughout the United States and is active in the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA), having served on its Board of Directors and for ten years as its Recording Secretary. In June 2010 he was elected President of the Guild. He taught history at Kansas Wesleyan University and Pacific Lutheran University and is the author of two histories of Hamline University, a 150th anniversary history of House of Hope and a history of Presbyterian Homes and Services of Minnesota. He retired from the University of Minnesota, where he was Vice President for Programs at the Minnesota Medical Foundation, in 2005.
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