Annie Gao, guest carillonneur
Cello Suite I, BWV 1007 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Minuet I & II
Gigue
Selections from Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood) Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
I. Von fremden Landern und Menschen (“Of Foreign Lands and Peoples”)
VII. Traumerei (“Dreaming”)
Soundscapes from America
Plink, Plank, Plunk! Leroy Anderson (1908-1975)
The Dying Poet Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869),
arranged for carillon by M. de Goeij
Inspired by Medieval Chants
Gregorian Triptych John Courter (1941-2010)
I. Requiem aeternam
II. Dies irae
III. In paradisum
Chartres Roy Hamlin Johnson (1929-2020)
Jazz Hits
It’s Only a Paper Moon Harold Arlen (1905-1986)
Blue Moon Richard Rodgers (1902-1979)
Heart and Soul Hoagy Carmichael (1899-1981)
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Annie Gao is a carillonist and software engineer from the sunny suburbs of Southern California. She first met the carillon in 2017 as a member of the Yale University Guild of Carillonneurs, and graduated from Yale in 2021 with a combined B.S./M.S. in Computer Science. She then had the tremendous privilege of continuing her carillon studies internationally with Geert D’hollander, Boudewijn Zwart, and Eddy Marien, and currently performs and teaches all over the United States and Europe.
Annie serves the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA) as chair of the Emerging Artists Grant committee, and jury member of the Carillonneur Exam. In her free time, she enjoys competitive ping pong, puzzles and brainteasers, good reads, and opportunities to explore and improve her fascinatingly bad sense of direction.
