
Visit Bok Tower Gardens as they host some of the nations finest carillonneurs for a series of performances for a global event during the Florida Carillion Festival.
The Florida Carillon Festival
January 31, 2025
Bok Tower Gardens hosts Linda Dzuris.
Dr. Linda Dzuris became Clemson’s first University Carillonneur in 1999 and is currently Chair of the Department of Performing Arts. Additionally, Dzuris is a performance instructor of the North American Carillon School, which was established in 2013 as an affiliate and American representative of the Royal Carillon School ‘Jef Denyn’ in Mechelen, Belgium. She received her B.M., M.M., and D.M.A. degrees in organ performance and church music from the University of Michigan. Carillon study was also done in Ann Arbor, MI, with additional study at The Netherlands Carillon School in Amersfoort, NL. Dzuris is the immediate past president of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA) and has been a featured guest artist in carillon concert series throughout the United States, The Netherlands, France, and Switzerland. In 2017, Dzuris performed concerts on behalf of the GCNA at the 19th World Carillon Federation (WCF) Congress held in Barcelona, Spain and currently serves as a North American delegate to the WCF. American Carillon Music Editions and the Yale Guild of Carillonneurs publish her original carillon compositions.
February 28, 2025
Bok Tower Gardens hosts Elizabeth Vitu.
Elizabeth Vitu (1957), student of Charles Chapman and James Leland, is official carillonneur of the Amédée Bollée carillon at the Perpignan Cathedral in France. She is assistant carillonneur in Carcassonne. As well as being the artistic director for Perpignan’s International Carillon Festival, which is in its 23rd year, Elizabeth also organizes the biennial International Carillon Composition Competition in Perpignan, under the auspices of the Sacred Music Festival. She writes articles for diverse carillon guild bulletins, has recently published an article in Carillon and Bell Culture in the Low Countries, and performs carillon concerts throughout Europe and the United States.
Access is included with general admission to the gardens, or membership. For more details on the Florida Carillon Festival visit boktowergardens.org