The 62nd Congress of The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America

(May 6) All registrations from here on out are $100, for mail or online.

Shafer Tower, Ball State University

The setting:

Memorial Chapel

Looking down from the tower:

Views of the Instrument:

Accommodations will be available at the motel units on campus.

They  are short on amenities, but INEXPENSIVE! ($35 per night) 

The Motel Rooms are fully booked! (The deadline to reserve a room, May 24, has passed as well.) 
(No daily custodians, no TV, but they are air conditioned, and are on campus, very close to meeting places.)

There are many hotels in nearby Plymouth (20 minute drive).

For a "virtual campus tour," click here.

Link here to see recitalists and photos

Presentations will include:

• New video presentation on carillon technique by American and European carillonneurs.

• Introduction to new music publications by the GCNA, presented by John Courter

• Roundtable Discussion about the role of a consultant for carillon installations (Several participating carillonneurs and bellfoundry representatives)

• Musical Guess'ems

• Tower Clocks - Building a Better Mousetrap, by Gordon Slater

• Practical demonstration of basic carillon maintenance everyone should know, onsite in the tower.

• The intriguing recordings of gala performances by Daniel Robins at Chicago

Music that will be given its first GCNA congress performance, and in some cases, world première performance:

World Première: New composition by Milford Myhre (Franco Fund commission - if ready)

World Première: Prize-winning compositions from 2004 Composition Competition (published by the GCNA)

    First Prize: Sonata, by Neil Thornock

    Second Prize: Two Poems for Children, by Geert D'hollander

World Première: Pealing Fire, by Libby Larsen (Commissioned by the Johan Franco Composition Fund)

World Premiere: New 48-bell version of Sonata (1956) by Roy Hamlin Johnson (worked out in collaboration with the composer)

First GCNA congress performance: A Summer’s Night - a new composition written as a collaborative effort between John Pozdro and John Gouwens (Newly published by the GCNA)

First GCNA congress performance: Sonata for carillon (42 bells) by Robert Moore (Newly published by the GCNA)

First GCNA congress performance: Four-Octave version of Summer Fanfares by Roy Hamlin Johnson

Extra Trips

Monday, June 7

7:30 AM – Board Meeting (Eppley Stage), Displays (Art Gallery Area)

10:00 –10:45 – Welcome (Legion Building); Presentation by John Courter on new publications by the GCNA (many of which will be performed at this congress).

11:00 – Premières mini-recital: Libby Larsen piece, Competition Prize-Winners (Thornock, D’hollander)

11:45 – Congress Photo on lawn in front of Chapel (inside Chapel if weather is bad)

12:00  – Lunch on your own (Shuttle leaves from Chapel at 12:05.)

1:35PM – Shuttle returns to Chapel area

1:45 – Examination Recital #1

2:30 – Examination Recital #2

3:15 – 5:15 – General Business Meeting (Legion Building)

5:45 – Picnic Supper on campus  - Sponsored by John Taylor Bellfoundry Ltd.

7:30  – Recital by John Gouwens

Reception at Legion Lounge - Sponsored by Meeks & Watson

Tuesday, June 8

7:30 AM Board Meeting (Eppley Stage), Displays (Art Gallery Area)

9:00 – Examination Recital #3

9:45 – Examination Recital #4

10:30 – "Building a Better Mousetrap:" Presentation on Tower Clocks (Dicke Theatre) – Gordon Slater

11:15 – Musical Guess’ems (Dicke Theatre)

12:00 – Lunch (Shuttle departs from Eppley at 12:05, departs from town at 1:35) – Committee Meetings: Music Publications, Ronald Barnes Scholarship

1:45–2:45 – Additional Presentation (Details to be announced later) at the Eilleen Dicke Theatre

3:00 –4:15 – General Business Meeting (Legion)

4:30 –5:30  Free Time on the carillon (Sign-Up list)

Perhaps a refreshment break of some sort here

7:00 – Milford Myhre Recital

8:00 – Pizza Party (at Papa's Pizza) – yes, there WILL be beer! – Sponsored by Verdin/P&F

 Wednesday, June 9

7:30 AM – Board Meeting (Eppley Stage), Displays (Art Gallery Area)

9:00 AM – Recital by Stefano Colletti

10:00-11:00 AM – Business Meeting (Legion Building)

11:00-Noon –  This will probably be a multiple-choice period, with both technical and non-technical presentations offered in various places. Choices will be made at check-in for registration.

1.      Routine Maintenance EVERY Carillon Should Have (in the belfry) - John Taylor Bellfoundry

2.      (Weather permitting) Boat cruise around Lake Maxinkuckee – Naval Building Pier

3.      Displays time

Lunch – Shuttle departs from Eppley Auditorium  driveway at 12:10, Departs from town 1:50 – Committee Meetings: Examinations, Carillon News Committee

2:00 – 4:00 – Carillon Technique: Three Points of View (video: Stefano Colletti, Boudewijn Zwart, and John Gouwens) – Dicke Theatre

4:30 – Boudewijn Zwart recital

6:30 – 7:30 – Cocktail hour at Edgewater Grille

7:30 – Banquet – post-banquet reminiscences by Milford Myhre – Sponsored by Royal Eijsbouts

 Thursday, June 10

7:30 AM Board Meeting (Eppley Stage), Displays (Art Gallery Area)

9:00 – Come to Allendale in 2005 - Julianne vandenWyngaard (Dicke Theatre)

9:30 – 10:15 – Historic Recordings of Gala Performances by Daniel Robins at the University of Chicago (Dicke Theatre)

10:30 – Recital by David Hunsberger

11:30 – Lunch Shuttle leaves from Chapel at 11:35; Leaves from town at 1:00 – Committee Meetings: Franco Fund

1:15 – 2:00  Roundtable Discussion: The responsibilities of  carillon consultant

2:00 – 3:15 PM – Final Business Meeting (Legion Building)

3:15 – Final Time for Displays; Free time on the carillon until 4:00.

4:30 – Recital by Mary McFarland

5:30 – Dinner – on your own

7:30 – Recital by Justin Ryan

Afterglow reception at Legion Memorial Building - Sponsored by Paccard Fonderie des Cloches

Friday, June 11 (Post-Congress)

8:00AM – Depart Culver campus

10:30 (or upon arrival) – Demonstration of Scottish Rite carillon by Todd Fair, then free time on the carillon

11:15 – Lunch at Scottish Rite (concurrent free time on carillon continues)

12:15 – Depart for Muncie

2:00 – Recital by Tin-Shi Tam at Ball State University (48-Bell Paccard, Verdin action)

2:45 – Open tower and free time

3:45 – Depart for Culver

Meal stop en route (Wabash, Indiana)

Arrive Culver 7:15 PM?