Presented By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance
Dr. Andrea McCrady plays the Baird Carillon: “Women of the North”
Dr. Andrea McCrady, Dominion Carillonneur of the House of Commons, Ottawa, Canada, plays Burton Memorial Tower for the finale of our “2023: A Century of Women and the Carillon” summer concert series. Her program “Women of the North” will present works and arrangements by Canadian women, including Indigenous composers Beverly McKiver (Anishinaabe), Rita Joe (Mi’kmaq), and Buffy Sainte-Marie (Piapot Cree). All concerts are free and family-friendly!
This year’s series features performers from across North America and the world playing the great 53-bell Charles Baird Carillon in Burton Tower. The carillon is an outdoor instrument, and attendees are encouraged to bring picnic blankets, chairs, and anything else they’d like to feel comfortable, and to seat themselves anywhere on Ingalls Mall. Concert programs and a carillon coloring book for kids are available from concert staff at or near the tower door. Restrooms are available in the Michigan League.
The nearest municipal parking structures are at 324 Maynard and at 510 E Washington. Street parking is limited.
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY:
Dr. Andrea McCrady was appointed Dominion Carillonneur of the Peace Tower Carillon in Ottawa, Canada 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 is an instructor in carillon studies at Carleton University in Ottawa. Dr. McCrady served for many years on the Board of the GCNA, and as its President from 1988–89. She has co-chaired the Ronald Barnes Memorial Grant Fund and the Heritage Music Committee, and served as secretary of the World Carillon Federation. In her spare time, Dr. McCrady explores the great Canadian outdoors by hiking, canoeing, and skiing.
To learn more about the centennial of women and the carillon, visit the U-M multimedia website www.CarillonWomen.org
This year’s series features performers from across North America and the world playing the great 53-bell Charles Baird Carillon in Burton Tower. The carillon is an outdoor instrument, and attendees are encouraged to bring picnic blankets, chairs, and anything else they’d like to feel comfortable, and to seat themselves anywhere on Ingalls Mall. Concert programs and a carillon coloring book for kids are available from concert staff at or near the tower door. Restrooms are available in the Michigan League.
The nearest municipal parking structures are at 324 Maynard and at 510 E Washington. Street parking is limited.
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY:
Dr. Andrea McCrady was appointed Dominion Carillonneur of the Peace Tower Carillon in Ottawa, Canada 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 is an instructor in carillon studies at Carleton University in Ottawa. Dr. McCrady served for many years on the Board of the GCNA, and as its President from 1988–89. She has co-chaired the Ronald Barnes Memorial Grant Fund and the Heritage Music Committee, and served as secretary of the World Carillon Federation. In her spare time, Dr. McCrady explores the great Canadian outdoors by hiking, canoeing, and skiing.
To learn more about the centennial of women and the carillon, visit the U-M multimedia website www.CarillonWomen.org
Cost
- Free - no tickets required
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