July 25,
2005
Carillon series wraps up
rab a blanket or lawn chair and head to the Eastman Quad for the final two performances of the Hopeman Memorial Carillon Summer Recital Series—the Groningen Carillon Duo on July 25 and Tim Sleep, a retired band director and middle school principal from Illinois, on August 1.
Members of the Groningen Duo, who were appointed as city carillonneurs in the Dutch city of Groningen in 2002, are Auke de Boer and Adolph Rots. Their program will highlight the versatility of the carillon, featuring Baroque music by Domenico Scarlatti and J.C. Bach, classical works by Joseph Haydn, marches by Franz Schubert and John Philip Sousa, and popular American tunes.
Rots studied music at the Utrecht Conservatorium and the Netherlands Carillon School, has published several articles on bells and organs, and teaches music pedagogy. De Boer, who performed solo on the Hopeman Memorial Carillon in 2002, studied carillon, organ, conducting, and church music. He also teaches and is the city carillonneur of Dokkum. The duo has toured in Denmark, Belgium, France, and the United States.
Sleep will perform a variety of music, including classical selections like the “Danse Boheme” from the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet and a medley of songs by American composer George Cohan. Sleep is a carillonneur member of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America, a professional membership based on an applicant's examination and recital. He currently serves as organist for Our Saviour's Lutheran Church and Knox Presbyterian Church in Naperville.
The Hopeman Memorial Carillon, an instrument of bells connected to a keyboard, is located in the landmark tower of Rush Rhees Library. It is one of only six carillons in New York and contains 50 bells that were imported from Holland. Its total weight is 6,668 pounds. Concertgoers can sit anywhere on the Eastman Quadrangle in front of the library to enjoy the music.
For more information, contact x5-2828.
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