Ellen Espenschied, Carillonneur

Albany City Hall

August 4, 2002

1. Prelude, Opus 232 Isaac Albeniz/ Marcel Siebers

2. Sicilienne (from Serenade I) Ronald Barnes

3. Early American Tunes Arr. Milford Myhre

Simple Gifts Shaker Tune

Chester William Billings

Yankee Doodle Traditional

4. Two Irish Tunes

a. Londonderry Air arr. Sally Slade Warner

b. Fisher’s Hornpipe arr. Percival Price

5. Andante cantabile Wolfgang A. Mozart/ Milford Myhre

6. Two Folksongs Arr. Milford Myhre

a. Annie Laurie Scottish

b. Greensleeves English

7. Dutch Carillon Music

Intermezzo II Leen ’t Hart

Passepied Willem Pijper

8. Two Folksongs

The Peddler Russian/ Wendell Westcott

Highland Laddy Scottish/ Ronald Barnes

9. Jan de Mulder Suite Jos d'Hollander

10. At the Opera Arr. Gerard de Waardt

a. Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffman Jacques Offenbach

b. Carmen Suite Georges Bizet

Ellen Espenschied holds the Master of Music degree in organ from the Yale School of Music and Institute of Sacred Music, and the Bachelor of Arts in music from Yale College. She is Director of the Yale Freshman Chorus, and directed the Yale Summer Chorus for four years. She has taught choral conducting at the University of Bridgeport, and music appreciation at High School in the Community (New Haven). She is Director of Music and organist at Tabor Lutheran Church in Branford, CT. As an undergraduate, Ellen was co-chair and summer carillonneur of the Yale University Guild of Carillonneurs. She is a Carillonneur member of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America.