68th Congress of the GCNA
June 14-17, 2010 - Naperville, Illinois
The Millennium Carillon Foundation invites you to the 68th Congress of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America, to be held Monday, June 14th through Thursday, June 17th, 2010 in Naperville, Illinois, with registration and opening festivities on Sunday afternoon and evening. (For those of you who might be interested, a Women's Triathlon event will be held in this same area on Saturday, June 12th and will end at 1 PM on Sunday, June 13th.)
Naperville is a city of 140,000 residents located off Interstate 88, just 28 miles (45 km.) west of downtown Chicago. The city is served by Burlington North (Metra) and Amtrak trains. It is a family-friendly city, the oldest in DuPage County, and was voted one of the three best places to live by Money Magazine. More information about Naperville can be found at http://www.visitnaperville.com/.
The host carillon is a 72-bell Eijsbouts instrument, funded by the citizens of Naperville. Beside it is a newly-renovated Visitor Center, which will be your registration location. Both are at the foot of Rotary Hill, just off Aurora Avenue. Ample parking is available at the Centennial Beach lot, at Jackson Avenue and West Street.
SCHEDULE: Download a 1-page Schedule of Congress events (PDF) which you can print.
PRESENTATIONS: The theme of this year's Congress is "The Carillon with Other Instruments." In keeping with this theme, recitals and presentations will include music for carillon with orchestra, with percussion, and with calliope! In addition to guest recitals and master classes by world-renowned carillonneurs, planned presentations will address Physical Aspects of Carillon Performance, Carillon with Other Instruments panel discussion, Copyright Issues for Web-published Works, the Music of LaSalle Spier, Building a Practice Keyboard, the Creation of the Naperville Millennium Carillon, the Renovation of the Rockefeller Chapel Carillon, and Editing and Publishing Web Recordings.
DAY TRIP: Tuesday, June 15 will be devoted to a travel day. We will board busses in the morning and will spend most of the day at the University of Chicago's Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, where attendees will have the opportunity to hear and try out the newly-renovated 72-bell Gillett and Johnston carillon (second heaviest in the world), as well as the newly-renovated E. M. Skinner organ (the largest in Illinois). After that, we will travel scenic Lake Shore Drive northward to the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe. There, we will tour 24 gardens spread over 385 acres, followed by a dinner on the shore of the Great Basin and a sunset carillon recital.
OPTIONAL POST-CONGRESS EVENT: On Friday, June 18, Congress attendees may visit the Sanfilippo Victorian Palace and its "Place de la Musique" which features a carousel, an Orchestrion Room, and a Music Room with a restored 8,000 pipe, 80-rank Wurlitzer organ (including a 32-note Deagan tubular tower chime). Details are available at http://www.placedelamusique.org/ Attendees will leave from the hotels at 8:45 AM. The visit is scheduled from 10 AM to 1 PM, which should allow participants time to reach the airports (O'Hare is closer) for a mid-afternoon departure.
| SPONSORS | |
| Chicago Botanic Garden | Naperville Park District |
| Chime Master Systems | Rockefeller Memorial Chapel |
| City of Naperville | Royal Eijsbouts |
| Meeks, Watson & Co. | Verdin Company |
| Millennium Carillon Foundation | |
ACCOMMODATIONS
Holiday Inn Select
1801 North Naper Boulevard, Naperville, IL 60563
The Holiday Inn Select is the host hotel for the GCNA 2010 Congress. This full-service hotel boasts 426 guest rooms and suites and is located minutes from downtown Naperville.
To reach the Holiday Inn Select from Chicago, take I-88 West to the Naperville Road exit. At the end of the exit ramp, turn left onto Freedom Drive. Go approximately 0.5 miles south to Diehl Road. Turn left and proceed approximately 0.3 miles east on Diehl Road to the hotel on your left.
Dates: June 13-18, 2010 (Sunday 3PM evening through Friday noon)
Reservations via Internet - Click
this link
and select dates for reservations.
To view all rooms, select "No Preference" for room type.
Reservations via Phone - Call 1-630-505-4900 or 1-800-HOLIDAY.
(Special rates for the GCNA Congress expired on May 14.)
Courtyard Chicago Naperville by Marriott
1155 East Diehl Road, Naperville, IL 60563
The Courtyard Chicago Naperville is also offering group rates. It offers 147 guest rooms and suites and is located within a brisk walk of the Holiday Inn Select.
Reservations via Internet - Use this link to start the reservation process.
Reservations via Phone - Call 1-630-505-0550.
(Special rates for the GCNA Congress expired on May 14.)
TRAVEL
Please do not plan your arrival on Tuesday, June 15th, unless you are willing to catch up to the rest of the participants with your own transportation. We will be having a travel day and therefore do not plan to have registration available on that day in Naperville. Also, note that the Congress Photo is scheduled for Monday at around 6 PM.
A taxi ride to the hotels from either O'Hare or Midway costs about $50.
TRANSPORTATION TO/FROM THE HOTELS
You will be responsible for travel to your chosen hotel in Naperville, but once here, we plan to have adequate shuttle service to get you to and from the two hotels to downtown Naperville - the location of the carillon, the presentations, dining, and shopping - a distance of about 5 miles. We will also provide busses for the travel day. Therefore, you should not need to rent a car.
HOWEVER, if you are planning to bring a car to the Congress, and if you are willing to offer others rides during the Congress and Post-Congress, PLEASE BE SURE to indicate this on your registration form. This will allow us to plan more accurately for shuttle busses, as well as transportation to the Friday "Place de la Musique" event.
QUESTIONS?
Questions about the Congress can be addressed to the Congress Host, Wylie Crawford, via email (Wylie@Crawford.net) or telephone (847/328-5193).
REGISTRATION
You can print the registration form and send it along with payment (made out to "Millennium Carillon Foundation") to the following address:
GCNA 2010 Congress
c/o Tim Sleep
28W640 Warrenville Road
Warrenville, Illinois 60555
You can register online, paying by credit card through PayPal, at http://www.naperville-carillon.org. Note that this method of registration will cost US$10 more than mailing payment with the registration form.
(The early registration fee option expired on May 1.)