Carillon Concerts

June 5 at 6:00 pm

Hunter Chase
Washington, DC
Hunter Chase studied the carillon as an undergraduate at the University of Chicago, first with Oliver McDonald and later with Jim Fackenthal. For three years, he served as president of the Guild of Student Carillonneurs at the University of Chicago, a student organization dedicated to instruction and promotion of the carillon. In 2017, he took 5th prize in the Thomas Rees International Carillon Competition, in Springfield, IL. He currently performs regularly at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC and the Netherlands Carillon in Arlington, VA. He holds a Ph.D. in mathematics and recently completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Maryland studying model theory and machine learning.

June 26 at 6:00 pm

Amy Hamburg-Mead
Arthur Metz Bicentennial Carillon, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Amy Hamburg-Mead began her carillon studies with Albert Gerken at the University of Kansas (KU) while pursuing a B.F.A.in music theory with minors in composition and piano performance. After earning her degree from KU, she pursued graduate studies at the University of Michigan, where she studied the carillon with Margo Halsted and Stephen Ball. Several years ago, she and her husband relocated to Bloomington, IN, where she performed the first recital on the expanded and refurbished Arthur C. Metz Bicentennial Grand Carillon.

In recent years, she studied with Wade Fitzgerald and performed and passed her exam in 2024 to become a full member of the nationally recognized Guild of Carillonneurs of North America (GCNA). She is a recipient of the 2024–2027 GCNA “Emerging Artist” Grant and is also co-editor of the Bulletin, the academic journal published by the GCNA. She enjoys mentoring and premiering new carillon pieces by student and professional composers, and this summer she will be touring and playing carillon recitals in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Minnesota, as well as her usual appearances at the Metz.

July 31 at 6:00 pm

Carol Anne Taylor-Procter
Dallas, Texas

August 7 at 6:00 pm

Keiran Cantilina
The McGaffin Carillon, Cleveland, Ohio
Keiran Cantilina first got involved with bells as an undergraduate at Cornell University, where he joined the student group that plays the university's historic 21-bell chime. He held leadership roles in that organization for two years, and he still returns to Cornell every year as a member of the Chimes Advisory Council. As a graduate student at the University of Minnesota, he continued his interest in bells by studying the carillon with Dave Johnson at House of Hope Presbyterian Church in St. Paul. With Johnson's support, he was awarded a grant from the Belgian American Education Foundation that enabled him to pursue a one-year accelerated program in carillon performance at the Royal Carillon School "Jef Denyn" in Belgium. He concluded that year with a diploma cum laude and a prize as one of the finalists of the Queen Fabiola International Carillon Competition. Between these events, he passed the professional carillonneur exam for professional membership in the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA).

Since then, Cantilina has been active in the GCNA as a current member of the board of directors and a juror on the GCNA's exam committee. He is also a member of several other committees in both the GCNA and the World Carillon Federation. He currently holds the position of assistant carillonneur at Church of the Covenant in Cleveland, Ohio, and he was recently elected president of the board of directors of the Friends of the McGaffin Carillon. Outside of carillon, Cantilina works as a biomedical engineer for the Cleveland Clinic.

August 21 at 6:00 pm

Michael Gancz
Hoover Tower, Stanford University, Stanford, California
Making their Longwood Gardens debut, Michael Gancz (b. 1999) is a carillonist, composer, and music researcher currently pursuing a Ph.D. at the Stanford University Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics. Gancz is a carillonneur member of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America and a graduate of the Royal Carillon School 'Jef Denyn' in Mechelen, Belgium. Although they have performed carillon concerts all over the world, Gancz hails from just down the road in Rockville, Maryland.

September 4 at 6:00 pm

John Widmann
City Carillonneur, the City of Frederick, the Joseph Dill Baker Memorial Carillon
John Widmann is the city carillonneur for the City of Frederick, MD, where he plays recitals every Sunday at 12:30 pm, year-round, on the Joseph Dill Baker Carillon in Baker Park. He has now held that position for 32 years. Widmann graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and completed his Master of Music degree from Towson University in 2011. In 2021-2022, Widmann received his diploma, “met Onderscheding” (cum laude) at the Royal Carillon School “Jef Denyn” in Mechelen, Belgium.

In addition to his Sunday recitals, he retired three years ago from Frederick County Public Schools where he was a general/vocal music teacher. He is also the organist and choirmaster at St. Francis Episcopal Church in Potomac, MD. Widmann became a carillonneur member of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America in 1996, and is a past member of the national board of that organization. He maintains an active concert schedule and has played frequently in the US, along with recitals in Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, England, Canada, and the Netherlands Antilles. He lives in Frederick with his wife and sometimes their two grown children.

September 11 at 6:00 pm

Michelle S. Lam
The Netherlands Carillon, Arlington, VA
Michelle S. Lam is an associate carillonneur at the Netherlands Carillon in Arlington, VA and at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC. Previously, she was the carillonist at Grosse Pointe Memorial Church in Grosse Pointe Farms, MI. She started her carillon studies at Wellesley College and continued at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Dr. Lam attained carillonneur status from the Guild of Carillonneurs of North America (GCNA) in 2022, and serves as a director on the GCNA's board and as chair of the GCNA's Finance Committee.  

Dr. Lam's recitals and work in the carillon community focus on highlighting people of color, women, and lesser played works. With co-author Dr. Elisa Tersigni, she published The North American Carillon Community Survey in 2025, the first comprehensive study of the continent's carillon culture, with a focus on diversity and accessibility. Outside of carillon, she graduated with her economics Ph.D. in 2023 and works as an antitrust economist in Washington, DC.  

September 25 at 6:00 pm

Julie Zhu
University of Michigan
Julie Zhu is a composer, artist, and carillonist. Her work stands interstitial to instrumental music, electronics, and performance within settings ranging from chamber music stagings to art museum sound installations to experimental film scores. Concision and poetry characterize her most recent music, with an emphasis on gentle noises. Zhu has been commissioned by Radio France, Dark Music Days Reykjavík, GMEM Marseille, GRAME Lyon, Sansusī Latvia, Chamber Music America, and various friends and ensembles. As a carillonist, Zhu regularly performs on the Burton and Lurie Tower at the University of Michigan where she is an assistant professor of Performing Arts Technology. During her time as a visual artist in New York City, she was the resident carillonneur at Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue.