Description
Carillonneur
Jeremy Chesman, Springfield, Mo.
Program
| TITLE | COMPOSER | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lament and Alleluia | Alice Gomez (b. 1960) |
| 2 | Sonata a Cimbalo Solo | Sybrandus van Noordt, arr. B. Winsemius (1660–1705) |
| 3 | The Rainbow Connection | Paul Williams (b. 1940) and Kenny Ascher (b. 1944), arr. S.S. Warner |
| 4 | Sonatine for Carillon Gracieux Comodamente Animé |
Ronald Barnes (1927–97) |
| 5 | Image No. 2 | Emilien Allard (1915–76) |
| 6 | Music from “Howl’s Moving Castle” A Walk in the Sky Merry Go Round of Life |
Joe Hisaishi (b. 1960), arr. J. Chesman |
| 7 | Jumper Rally | Paul Takahashi (b. 1967) |
About the carillonneur:
Jeremy Chesman is an artist, scholar, teacher and healer. He was the first person to earn a Master of Music in Carillon Performance from the University of Michigan. He later studied at the Royal Carillon School in Belgium as a fellow of the Belgian-American Educational Foundation, graduating with distinction. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in Organ Performance from the University of Missouri—Kansas City, and during the COVID-19 pandemic, he completed a degree in Speech-Language Pathology with a focus on voice disorders.
Chesman has dedicated his career to a deep study of music and its many dimensions. His pedagogical research led to the publication of “Making Music on the Carillon” and two recordings for Alfred Music of the music for the “Suzuki Organ School”, Volumes 7 and 8. He has presented invited masterclasses at institutions such as Yale University, the University of Michigan and the University of Texas. As a speech-language pathologist, he has presented research on the aging voice, caring for vocal performers and laryngeal health. He performs regularly on organ, carillon and harp across the United States and internationally in Australia, Canada, France, Belgium, Sweden, Portugal and the Netherlands. He is happiest making music on Sunday mornings with his faith community at St. James Episcopal Church, Springfield, Mo., where he seeks to use music as a glimpse of the divine.
