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Simonds, Harold B.
No full textHarold B. Simonds studied carillon with Anton Brees at Mercersburg Academy (Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, United States). He was organist, choir director, and carillonneur at Saint Chrysostom's Church (Chicago, Illinois, United States/see AACF – USIL – Sa) for many years. Simonds also taught carillon and arranged music for the carillon
Slater, Gordon
No full textGordon Slater (1950-) is a carillonneur, organist, and conductor. He started studying carillon at a young age with his father, James B. Slater, at the Metropolitan United Church (Toronto, Ontario, Canada). He also studied with Robert Donnell at the Peace Tower at
the Houses of Parliament (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) and Milford Myhre (Bok Tower Gardens, Lake Wales, Florida). He is a carillonneur member of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America. He has been Dominion Carillonneur of Canada and carillonneur of: University of Toronto (Toronto, Ontario Canada), Rainbow Tower (Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada), Exhibition Place (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), Peace Tower-Houses of Parliament (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
van den Boom, Chris
No full textChris van den Boom (1932-) studied carillon with Staf Nees at the Royal Carillon School (Mechelen, Belgium). He has been City Carillonneur of Bergen op Zoom (Netherlands)
van Hoey, Gustaaf
No full textGustave (Gustaaf) van Hoey (1835-1913) studied carillon for a short while and composed carillon music
van Hoof, Jef
No full textJef van Hoof (1886—1959) was a composer, organist, pianist, conductor, and carillonneur. He studied at, became a teacher at, and then became a Director at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp. He taught at the Royal Carillon School (Mechelen, Belgium) for many years
Wagemans, Andre
No full textAndre Wagemans (1922-) he studied with Staf Nees and Jef van Hoof at the Royal Carillon School (Mechelen, Belgium). He was City Carillonneur of Tienen (Belgium)
Zimmerman, Carl Scott
No full textCarl Scott Zimmerman is a carillonneur and campanologist. While a student at Trinity College (Hartford, Connecticut, United States), he learned to play the carillon. Zimmerman has done extensive research on bells, carillons, chimes, and foundries and the information he has collected is available on his website TowerBells.org
Zwart, Boudewijn
No full textBoudewijn Zwart (1962-) studied carillon with Leen ‘t Hart and Peter Bakker at the Netherlands Carillon School (Amersfoort, Netherlands). In 1990, he won the Queen Fabiola Competition. He is president of the Euro Carillon association. Zwart owns and performs on a traveling carillon named “Bell Moods” and is carillonneur of several Dutch cities
17th International Carillon Festival
No full textProgram for the seventeenth International Carillon Festival (ICF) held at Bok Tower Gardens between February 23 and March 3, 2002. Carillonneurs included Milford Myhre (USA), J. Samuel Hammond (USA), Helen Hawley (USA), Koen van Assche (Belgium), Sjoerd Tamminga (Netherlands), and William (Bill) De Turk (USA). In addition, the festival featured a recital by Martha Rearick (flute) and Gary Wolf (piano) from the University of Central Florida (UCF), and performances by Ensemble Galilei and Honky Tonk Angels at the Lake Wales Art Center, as well as art exhibitions "Images of Light: Panoramic Photographs of Florida" by Doug Cavanah and "The Jewels of Nature" by Stephen Koury.Computer generated transcript is available upon request.Lake Wales (Fla.); Florida