October 4–5, 2024: Great Lakes Regional Carillon Gathering
The 2024 U-M Organ Conference (Oct. 4–5) took place as a Great Lakes Regional Carillon Gathering at Burton Memorial Tower and Lurie Tower. The program featured guest artists Jonathan Lehrer (Michigan State University) and Dr. Linda Dzuris (Clemson University) in recitals and masterclasses. Featured composers were Dr. Julie Zhu and Navajo composer Connor Chee (midwest premiere of “Into the Glittering World,” additional new carillon arrangements, and his new Etudes for Piano).
Virtual Reality Exhibit
Virtual reality exhibit “Otsi’tsistó:sera: Native Plants and Planting Songs at the Carillon” in Burton Tower, featuring Indigenous music by Dawn Avery and Beverley McKiver and interactive native plant exhibits
Student Performers with Connor Chee
Student performers with guest composer Connor Chee at the Fisk Organ
Baroque Chamber Music Concert
Baroque chamber music concert led by Joseph Gascho at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
Joseph Gascho and Gabriel Johnson
Joseph Gascho and student Gabriel Johnson present lecture/demonstration “Alloys, Acoustics, and Assemblies: A Brief Survey of Bells in the Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments”
A Century of Women and the Carillon‘s Timeline of “Firsts”
A Century of Women and the Carillon‘s Timeline of “Firsts” since 1950 by Tiffany Ng, Michelle Lam, and Sarah Penrose was the final product of a major research project. This project produced a multimedia timeline.
Past Conferences
- 2024: Great Lakes Regional Carillon Gathering
- 2023: Time Play: Inventing Future Sounds and Scholarship in the Historical Keyboard Realm
- 2022: Our Own “Clavierübung”: Past, Present and Future in American Keyboard Practice
- 2021: Passions and Visions
- 2020: Creative Collaborations in a Time of Change
- 2019: Building Bach: His Foundations & Futures
- 2018: Trailblazers: Women’s Impact on Organ, Harpsichord, Carillon, and Sacred Music