Jon Lehrer is appointed carillonneur of Grand Valley State University, responsible for the university’s two carillons in Grand Rapids and Allendale, Michigan. He will also continue in his position at Beaumont Tower, Michigan State University, East Lansing. Lehrer assumes the primary role of performing on the Cook Carillon Tower on the Valley Campus in Allendale and the Beckering Family Carillon Tower on the Pew Grand Rapids Campus, part of the City Campus. The GVSU position is supported by the Kindschi University Carillonneur Endowment that was established by a lead gift from Doug and Barbara Kindschi.
Lehrer is a laureate of international competitions for carillon, most notably the Queen Fabiola International Carillon Competition, where he was also awarded the SABAM prize for the best interpretation of Flemish carillon music. He is the winner of the 2010 International Carillon Competition of the Dutch Carillon Guild, and he was the highest ranked competitor in the International Alexius Julien Competition for Baroque music. In 2008 he graduated with great distinction from the Belgian Royal Carillon School ‘Jef Denyn’ where he studied with Eddy Mariën, Geert D’hollander, and Koen Cosaert. He has performed numerous concert tours spanning Europe and North America and has been a frequent guest artist at the annual North American carillon congresses.
For information: gvsu.edu and https://www.jonlehrer.com/.
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