Site map for the GCNA Website

The Website of The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA) is organized as shown below.  Note that this map is conceptual rather than detailed, because the complete Website encompasses more than 2000 pages, and some sections are extensively cross-linked.

Home page - introduction to this Website; basic definition of a carillon

• Guild information section
  • About the Guild
    - Organization, and organizational documents
    - Contacts, officers and committees
    - Membership - History
  • Publications
    - Bulletin
    - Newsletter
    - Music for the carillon
    - Carillon directory
    - Standards
    
  • Gatherings - Annual Congresses, and other events
  • Other Activities
    - Ronald Barnes Memorial Scholarship
    - Composition Competition
  • Member Services
  • Connections - link to the World Carillon Federation

• What is a carillon?
  - History of the instrument
  - Music for the carillon
  - What makes carillon bells distinctive
  - How the carillon is played

• When and where to hear a carillon played:
  - The summer concert series schedule for the current year, identifying dates and recitalists; also available as a PDF.
  - For historical purposes, previous summers' schedules are available back to 2000.
  - Schedules of routine playing (i.e., other than summer series) may be available in the Data section (next below).

• Data section - nearly 2000 pages, organized as
  - an overview, pointing to a variety of collections of ->
  - indexes, organized geographically and/or topically, cross-referencing ->
  - a huge set of pages, each describing one carillon or other tower bell instrument.
  - Lists of great bells (whether in carillons or not).
  - List of bellfounders (active and historical) who produced bells for the instruments described, with indexes to their work.
  - Summaries provide statistical information about geographical or topical areas.
  * Together, these pages cover all known carillons, chimes, rings, etc., in North America, as well as most of those in the rest of the world.  (Inclusion of the remainder is in progress.)
  * The top page of this section provides not only an overview but also a detailed map and explanation of its contents.  In addition to the items listed above, that includes a glossary and various other supporting pages of related information.

• Recordings of carillons
  - Partial lists of published compact disc (CD) and cassette recordings of carillons and their music
  - List of a few other bell recordings
  - Partial list of sources for purchasing recordings
    (The Guild does not sell recordings.)
  - Link to a carillon discography elsewhere on the Web

• Links to Web pages of other bell-related organizations;
  - how to use the carillon-related e-mail list.

• Website News - chronological report of significant changes
  Bookmark that page to check for updates to this Website (excluding the Data section, which has its own News).

This page was created on 2007/11/20 and last revised on 2007/11/27.
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