(ONGOING 2022-2025) Stories from the Tower
Oral Histories of North American Carillonists’ Lives and Legacies. Check back here for updates!
Supported by a Ronald Barnes Memorial Grant from the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA)
A Century of Women and the Carillon (Contributing Author, 2023)
Go to CarillonWomen.org to check out this interactive website that celebrates 2023 as the centennial of women’s full entry into the carillon profession! Contribution: Page on Jane W.W. Bancroft and Daughters, carillon philanthropists who provided multigenerational support for the Cohasset Carillon.
“Built on the ArcGIS StoryMaps platform, CarillonWomen.org features entries by dozens of authors, enriched with interactive maps, photographs, video and audio, and extensive bibliographies about women who were active as performers, composers, authors, instrument makers, and philanthropists.”–Editor-in-Chief Tiffany Ng, Musforum, 2023
The Growth of Ukrainian Carillon Culture (2023)
What Defines a Contemporary Carillon Culture? Global Perspectives, Best Practices, and a Case Study of Carillon Growth in Ukraine (2021)
Thesis establishing an analytical framework for studying and assessing “contemporary carillon culture,” and a case study analysis of Ukrainian carillon culture based on original research and interviews. Submitted and successfully defended (summa cum laude) at the Royal Carillon School “Jef Denyn” in June 2021. Presented at the GCNA Congress in Chicago, IL, USA, in June 2022.
Supported by a fellowship from the Belgian American Educational Foundation (BAEF)
Ukrainian Carillons and Where to Find Them (2021)
List of Ukrainian carillons with some technical details and locations.
Supported by a fellowship from the Belgian American Educational Foundation (BAEF)
Simone Browne, Carillonist 