Carillonist Julie Zhu will premiere Song for Erik, an inventive carillon composition by Swiss-Italian composer Simone Conforti that takes inspiration from the crunching sound of stopped clappers, which informs the harmonic spectrum of the electronics. Conforti is a celebrated acousmatic composer and flutist based in Paris where he teaches computer music at IRCAM. The rest of the program are also premieres of compositions written by Zhu’s students in her intermedia seminar NOISE.

FACULTY BIO
https://smtd.umich.edu/profiles/julie-zhu/

Free and open to the public; presented in conjunction with the 2025 U-M Organ Conference: "Ludus Chronalis: Time, Cadence, and Temporality in Keyboard Music and Sacred Spaces."