After the recital, Gerken will provide tours of the restored carillon. In case of inclement weather, the ceremony will be held in the Spencer Museum of Art auditorium. The recital will be repeated at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 27, and tours again will be offered after the recital. The recital will continue with selections by Ronald Barnes. Barnes was KU's first carillonneur, serving from 1951, when the carillon was installed, until 1963, when Gerken became carillonneur.
Barnes plans to attend the rededication.
I also thought it was important to include the works of Ronald Barnes and some of the people who were influenced by him. These composers have been very important in this century in carillon music, and KU has been instrumental in that. Gerken plans to resume the regular carillon recials at 8 p.m. Wednesdays and 3 p.m. Sundays starting June 5. No recitals are scheduled during university vacation periods or final examination weeks. The Wednesday recitals will move to 7 p.m. in the fall.