Join us at Lurie Tower to hear Claire Janezic, an American carillonist living in Belgium. She’s currently a Masters student at the Lemmensinstituut (Leuven, BE) studying carillon in a pedagogical context with Carl van Eyndhoven. She also receives carillon lessons from Koen Cosaert. Claire’s carillon journey began at the University of Rochester, graduating in 2022, where she also taught carillon and organized a weekly carillon concert series. Her carillon education continued under Koen Van Assche at the Royal Carillon School ‘Jef Denyn’ (Mechelen, BE), through a Fellowship from the Belgian American Educational Foundation. After graduating in June 2023, Claire studied with Geert D'hollander as a Blanchard Carillon Fellow at Bok Tower Gardens (FL, USA). In 2024, she was laureate of the International Carillon Competition "Queen Fabiola" (Mechelen, BE) and won the first prize of the International Carillon Interpretation Competition (Brielle, NL). Claire currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America, and is the assistant carillonneur of Turnhout. She has performed concerts in Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Lithuania, the Netherlands, and the US, both as a solo artist and as a member of the Carillon duo “Fellowship of the Ring” with Sydney Nguyen (USA).
CONCERT INFORMATION: Summer carillon concerts are free and open to all, including to families and their pets. The music happens rain or shine. Please note that concerts are scheduled on both Central and North Campus, so plan your commute accordingly. When you arrive, take a program from the stand near the tower and have a seat outdoors wherever you like, or bring your own lawn chair or blanket (even your own picnic!). Concert staff wearing nametags will be available to answer questions or direct you to accessible restrooms and other facilities. For best acoustics, sit far enough away from the tower to have a direct line of sight to the bells.
PARKING: There is limited metered visitor parking behind the Walgreen Drama Center. Additional street parking along Bonisteel Blvd. is available after business hours, and metered visitor parking is available by the E.V. Moore Building (lot NC10), the North Campus Recreation Building (lot NC44), and the Art & Architecture Building (lot NC43).
Programs will be posted a week before each concert at www.gobluebells.com
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