Guest Recital: Carson Landry, carillon

Carson Landry is lecturer of music and University Carillonist at the University of Rochester (NY), where he plays multiple recitals per week and teaches an active studio of 15 to 20 students. Passionate about using bells for social good, he specializes in performing works by diverse artists and integrating carillon performance into daily campus life.

 

Previously, Carson was carillonist of Grosse Pointe Memorial Church in Michigan and held fellowships at Bok Tower Gardens (FL) and the Thomas Rees Memorial Carillon (IL). He holds a master’s degree in carillon performance from the University of Michigan (where he studied with Drs. Tiffany Ng and Pamela Ruiter-Feenstra), a diploma from the Royal Carillon School in Belgium (where he studied on a Fulbright scholarship), and a BA in music studies from Principia College. Carson is an active recitalist in North America and Europe (Belgium, the Netherlands, and Lithuania). He serves the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America as corresponding secretary and as chair of the professionalism, diversity, equity, and inclusion committee.