Dr. Linda Dzuris: Carillon Master Class

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Dr. Linda Dzuris (BM ‘92, MM ‘93, DMA ‘98) will teach a master class to carillon students on the 60-bell Lurie Carillon. Visitors are welcome to visit the second floor via elevator, but are asked not to interrupt the master class taking place on the third floor.

Dr. LINDA DZURIS became Clemson’s first University Carillonneur in 1999 and is a Professor of Music in the Department of Performing Arts. Additionally, Dzuris is a performance instructor of the North American Carillon School, which was established in 2013 as affiliate and American representative of the Royal Carillon School ‘Jef Denyn’ in Mechelen, Belgium. She received her B.M., M.M., and D.M.A. degrees in organ performance and church music from the University of Michigan. Carillon study was also done in Ann Arbor, MI, with additional study at The Netherlands Carillon School in Amersfoort, the Netherlands. Dzuris is a former board member and president, a current adjudicator on the Associate Carillonneur Evaluation Committee, and a juror on the Carillonneur Exam Committee for the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America. She has been a featured guest artist in carillon concert series throughout the United States, the Netherlands, France, and Switzerland. In 2017, Dzuris performed concerts on behalf of the GCNA at the 19th World Carillon Federation Congress held in Barcelona, Spain. American Carillon Music Editions and the Yale University Guild of Carillonneurs publish her original carillon compositions.

This event is part of the 2024 University of Michigan Organ Conference / Great Lakes Regional Carillon Meeting, supported by the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance and a Fall/Winter Gatherings Grant from the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America.