A Lunchtime carillon concert. Free. Free Parking in the lot in front of the tower on Euclid Avenue also along Bellflower Rd behind the tower, a great place to hear the concert.
KEIRAN CANTILINA, Carillonist
Program
Beneath a canopy of trees Joey Brink
SCENES FROM THE CIRCLE JOEY BRINK
1. The Happy Dinosaur—The Cleveland Museum of Natural History
2. Test Flight—The Crawford Auto Aviation Museum
3. Shattered Symmetry—The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)
4. Night Passing the Earth to Day—Wade Park
5. Jubilant Bells—The Church of the Covenant
Scenes from the Circle was commissioned by The Friends of the McGaffin Carillon in University Circle to celebrate the rededication of the the carillon following our recent renovation. The work is dedicated to Keiran Cantilina.
Keiran Cantilina was introduced to bell instruments during his university years, where he was a player of Cornell University's historic twenty-one-bell chime. During his graduate studies at the University of Minnesota, Keiran began studying the carillon with Dave Johnson at the House of Hope carillon in St. Paul. In 2018–2019 he studied carillon in Belgium—the cradle of world carillon culture—with Koen Van Assche on a scholarship from the Belgian American Education Foundation. He graduated from the Royal Carillon School in Mechelen and was a finalist in the Queen Fabiola International Carillon Competition held in 2019. Keiran is a Carillonist Member of the Guild of Carillonists in North America. He has a BS in biological sciences and an MS in bioproducts and biosystems engineering. He is a principal research engineer in biomedical engineering at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute. Keiran is a member of the board of directors of the Friends of the McGaffin Carillon in University Circle.
Joey Brink is University Carillonist and Adjunct Professor of Carillon at the University of Denver, where he performs daily on the 65-bell Williams Carillon and teaches students in the Lamont School of Music. Prior to his move to Denver, Brink served as University Carillonist at the University of Chicago from 2015 to 2022, where he played the second largest carillon in the world. He has given masterclasses and workshops at Yale, Cornell, Wellesley, Indiana University, and the University of Michigan. In 2014 he won first prize in carillon performance at the International Queen Fabiola Competition in Belgium.
Brink began his carillon studies at Yale University with Ellen Dickinson, graduated with “greatest distinction” from the Royal Carillon School in Belgium under Eddy Marien, and studied further with Geert D’hollander at Bok Tower Gardens. An award-winning performer and composer, Brink has released two albums for carillon, composed over thirty original works for carillon, and published over forty arrangements for carillon. His works have been described as “impressionistic”, “shimmering”, and of a “quiet hypnotic power” - Chicago Classical Review. Prior to his career as a musician, he obtained engineering degrees from Yale and the University of Utah and conducted robotics research at NASA Ames. www.joeybrink.com
SCENES FROM THE CIRCLE
Within the Cleveland Museum of Natural History resides Haplocanthosaurus delfsi, the dinosaur affectionately known as "Happy". The dinosaur was discovered by a Yale Alum in The state of Colorado and is the only one of its kind discovered and preserved in its entirety anywhere in the world. The Happy Dinosaur conveys an imagined day in the life of Happy The Dinosaur, millions of years ago.
The Crawford Auto Aviation Museum houses one of the early engines that the Wright brothers used to fly their earliest planes. The music in Test Flight represents a test flight in such a plane, beginning with attempts at takeoff, eventual liftoff, cruising, and a successful landing.
Designed by architect Farshid Moussavi, the glass building of the Museum of Contemporary Art is often used as a mirror by passers-by. With a hexagonal base and a square top, the building’s slanted walls and unusual angles send reflections askew, reflecting a rather abstract and impressionist image of the surrounding city. Shattered Symmetry imagines a timelapse of the city, through the lens of the mirrored walls.
Night Passing the Earth to Day is the name of a bronze sculpture in Wade Park by artist Frank L Jirouch. The cast-bronze sculpture depicts two figures holding up the Earth, each figure seeming to struggle under the weight of the world. Night’s gaze is cast down as she passes the Earth to Day. The music here aims to capture the emotion of these two figures, as they meet each day to share their burden.
Jubilant Bells is a joyful and festive work that celebrates the rededication of the McGaffin carillon at the Church of the Covenant. This movement draws inspiration from composer John Courter’s Toccata Festevole, an energetic and jubilant finale to his Suite No. 1. As in Courter’s work, a light rhythmic motif anchors the music and sets the backdrop for a sweeping melody in the bass bells to emerge.
----Joey Brink
Greet the Carillonist following the concert at the Euclid Avenue Tower Entrance
The carillon can be heard from the grounds around the tower including the Case Western Reserve Campus behind the tower away from the Euclid Avenue traffic noise. Concerts are rain or shine and your car is also a place to hear the concert. Horn honking is an accepted form of applause at the end of the program.
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