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Commissioned music

As the leading promotor of the carillon art in North America, we advocate for new music. Through the Johan Franco Composition Fund Committee, we offer a recurring series of commissions, thereby enriching the repertoire with new musical perspectives. Often, we do so with a specific intent. For example, our 2022 commissions focused on increasing the repertoire for carillon played in concert with other instruments.

Since 1982, The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America has commissioned more than 2 dozen compositions for carillon. View all commissions to date in the GCNA Music Store or check out the individual works below.

Commissions awarded to date

Except as noted, all have been published by the GCNA.

2024

2022

2020

2018

2016

2012

2007

  • Music for Carillon, Op. 107, for solo carillon, by Lowell Liebermann, published by Theodore Presser and available through the GCNA

2004

  • Pealing Fire, for solo carillon, by Libby Larsen, published by the composer and available through GCNA

2003

  • Bravo Bells, for solo carillon, by Stephen Paulus, published by Paulus Publications and available through GCNA

1997

1995

  • Winter Song, for solo carillon, by Roy Hamlin Johnson

1993

1991

  • Easter Dawning, for solo carillon, by George Crumb, published by Edition Peters

1989

  • Triptych, for solo carillon, by John Pozdro

1983

  • Figments, for solo carillon, by Gary White

1982

Interested in commissioning carillon music?

We would be happy to help you out! Commissioning Carillon Music: A Guide to Getting Started (2020) was written by Tiffany Ng with the Johan Franco Composition Fund Committee, and it offers advice on getting started, obtaining funding, the process, the world premiere, and publication of the commissioned work.


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