Guild of Carillonneurs in North America
Encyclopedia
The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America is a professional society of carillonneurs in the United States
and Canada
, dedicated to the promotion of the carillon
art. The GCNA was founded in Ottawa, Ontario in 1936 and is a member of the World Carillon Federation (WCF). It holds an annual congress at which it examines prospective carillonneurs for competence.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, dedicated to the promotion of the carillon
Carillon
A carillon is a musical instrument that is typically housed in a free-standing bell tower, or the belfry of a church or other municipal building. The instrument consists of at least 23 cast bronze, cup-shaped bells, which are played serially to play a melody, or sounded together to play a chord...
art. The GCNA was founded in Ottawa, Ontario in 1936 and is a member of the World Carillon Federation (WCF). It holds an annual congress at which it examines prospective carillonneurs for competence.