U-M Organ Conference: “Clapper Shock: A Carillon + Electronics Concert” by Julie Zhu

Name: U-M Organ Conference: “Clapper Shock: A Carillon + Electronics Concert” by Julie Zhu
Start: 2025-10-06T12:00:00-04:00
Location: 1230 Murfin Ave, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Michigan 48109

Schedule

Mon, 06 Oct, 2025 at 12:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

1230 Murfin Ave, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Michigan 48109 | Ann Arbor, MI

Dr. Julie Zhu (SMTD) performs a recital of carillon and electronics on the 60-bell Lurie Carillon. Audiences are invited to listen outdoors in Eda U. Gerstacker Grove.
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.
This event is part of the 2025 U-M Organ Conference, "Ludus Chronalis: Time, Cadence, and Temporality in Keyboard Music and Sacred Spaces": https://smtd.umich.edu/performances-and-events/organ-conference/