Carillon Concerts

August 9 at 6:00 pm

Andrea McCrady
Peace Tower, Ottawa, Canada

Dr. Andrea McCrady was appointed Dominion Carillonneur of the Peace Tower Carillon in 2008. She began playing the carillon in 1971 at Trinity College, Hartford, CT (B.A., 1975). While in Europe on a post-graduate fellowship, she studied at the carillon schools in the Netherlands, Belgium, and France. During medical school at McGill University, Montreal, she was carillonneur at St. Joseph’s Oratory, followed by her hospital residency in Toronto, where she played at the University of Toronto and the Canadian National Exhibition. From 1990–2008, she coordinated the carillon program at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Spokane, WA, where she also practiced family medicine. In 2008, she retired from medicine upon receiving a Bachelor of Music magna cum laude from the University of Denver. She joined the faculty of Carleton University in Ottawa in 2012 as instructor in the first carillon studies program in Canada. Dr. McCrady served for many years on the board of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA), and as its President from 1988–89. She has co-chaired the GCNA Ronald Barnes Memorial Grant Fund and the Heritage Music Committee. She served as secretary of the World Carillon Federation (WCF), 1990–96, and has given presentations or recitals for the 1996, 2002, 2014, 2021 and 2023 WCF congresses.

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August 30 at 6:00 pm

Chi lan “Jess” Ip
University of Chicago, IL

Jess Ip is currently a first-year physics Ph.D. student at MIT. She began learning the carillon under Joey Brink and later Alex Johnson during her undergraduate years at the University of Chicago. During her time there, she also served as a board member and the vice president of the UChicago Guild of Carillonists. In 2023, she graduated with a double major in physics and philosophy and became a carillonist member of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America. She now plays regularly at the Norwood Town Hall Carillon and the St. Stephen's Cohasset Carillon. In her spare time, she enjoys painting, reading, and discovering new postcards to add to her collection. Although she has absolutely no sense of direction, she still loves to go hiking and exploring museums, where she often finds herself getting lost.

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September 6 at 6:00 pm

John Widmann
City of Frederick, MD

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 27 at 6:00 pm

Lisa Lonie
Princeton University, NJ

Lisa Lonie is University Carillonneur of Princeton University (New Jersey), and carillonneur at two area churches: St. Thomas’ Church, Whitemarsh (Pennsylvania), and at The Church of the Holy Trinity (Philadelphia), which houses the oldest carillon (1882) in North America. She’s also a regional carillon instructor for the North American Carillon School, an affiliate of The Royal Carillon School “Jef Denyn” of Mechelen, Belgium. Known for her musical wit and creative programming, Lonie has performed in internationally acclaimed carillon festivals and congresses. Lonie is a graduate of the Pennsylvania State University with dual degrees in German and economics. Besides her musical interests, she is the Executive Assistant to the President of Salus University.