Guild European Tour 2005
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People listening to the concert at the Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya

Guild with Anna Maria, carillonista of the Palau de la Generalitat

Royal Carillon School 'Jef Denyn' in Mechelen, Belgium

St. Rombouts Tower in Mechelen

Meredith looking at the clockwork in St. Rombouts

Tom, Emily, and Meredith playing "Bright College Years"

A poem about Flemish carillons by Victor Hugo in the Mechelen marketplace!

School director Jo Haazen giving a lesson to Eugenia

The Guild with Jo Haazen

Old Guild photos on display at the Museum of the Royal Carillon School

View from St. Peter's Church in Leuven

Tom playing at St. Gertrude's Church (Sint-Geertruikerk)

Yale's name engraved in the University Library in Leuven, Belgium

Jon trying out an "indoor" carillon at the Netherlands Carillon Museum

The curator of the carillon museum, Rainer Schütte, giving us a tour

Astrolabe clock at the carillon museum

Guestbook at the Old Church of Ede, the Netherlands signed by the Guild in 2000

Betsy playing the carillon at the Old Church of Ede

Betsy, Emily, and Eugenia ringing the swinging bell in the Great Church of Dordrecht

Claire playing at the Great Church

The Guild with Boudewijn Zwart and students of the Netherlands Carillon Institute

Tiffany trying out the organ at the Great Church

The Guild with Boudewijn in front of the travelling carillon

Yesol playing at the Westerkerk (West Church) in Amsterdam

Bells at the Westerkerk

View of Amsterdam

Netherlands Carillon School in Amersfoort

School director Jacques Maassen giving Han a lesson

The Guild with teachers and students of the Netherlands Carillon School

Boudewijn Zwart's fantasia on the Nokia ring tone [avi file]

 


Itinerary

March 5 - 6
Fly to Barcelona, Spain.
Attend Anna Maria Reverté's carillon concert at the Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya.

March 7 - 8
Play at the Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya.
March 8th: Visit bell anthropology professor Francesc LLOP i BAYO, leader of the Campaners de la Catedral de Valencia.

March 9
Fly to Mechelen, Belgium.

March 10
Study at the Royal Carillon School 'Jef Denyn' with director Jo Haazen and teacher Eddy Mariën.
Play at Sint-Romboutstoren.

March 11
Study at the Royal Carillon School with Jo Haazen and Eddy Mariën.
Play Geert D'hollander's newly refurbished carillon in the Sint-Gummariskerk in Lier.

March 12
Study at the Royal Carillon School with Jo Haazen, Eddy Mariën, and Elena Sadina.
Play at Sint-Pieterskerk, the University Library, and Sint-Geertruikerk in Leuven.

March 13
Travel from Mechelen, Belgium to Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Visit the Netherlands Carillon Museum in Asten.

March 14
Meet Boudewijn Zwart, founder and director of the Netherlands Carillon Institute in Dordrecht.
Play at the Grote Kerk and other carillons around Dordrecht.

March 15
Travel to Amsterdam.
Play at the Westerkerk and Oude Kerk.

March 16
Study campanology and Dutch carillon literature at the Netherlands Carillon School in Amersfoort with director Jacques Maassen and Gideon Bodden.

March 17
Fly home!