Sally Slade Warner

Sally Slade Warner (1932–2009) was a leading American carillonneur, carillon composer and arranger, and a church organist. She played the carillon at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Cohasset, Massachusetts, and the former carillon at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts.

Life and career

Warner majored in organ performance at the New England Conservatory of Music. She commenced carillon studies with Earl A. Chamberlain at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Cohasset, Massachusetts, then earned a diploma in 1979 from the Royal Carillon School in Belgium studying with Piet van den Broek. She also pursued lessons with Milford Myhre at Bok Tower Gardens and passed the examination of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America in 1980. She became an active member of that Guild and of the World Carillon Federation.[1]

In 1985, Warner succeeded Earl Chamberlain as carillonneur of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, and also served for years as carillonneur, associate faculty member, and music librarian at Phillips Academy.

In 1988, Warner was awarded the Berkeley Medal from the University of California, Berkeley for distinguished service to the carillon. She was also recognized by the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America as an Honorary Member.[2] Her papers are preserved in the GCNA Heritage Music Collection. In 2019, the Guild established a Sally Slade Warner Arrangements & Transcriptions Competition in her honor.[3]

Selected musical works
  • Hymn Settings for Carillon, Set 3, Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (1995)[4]
  • Passacaglia on E-A-C, American Carillon Music Editions (1998)[5]
  • Variations for carillon on the song Die alder soetste Jesus (The most beloved Jesus), Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (2005)[6]

References
  1. Ramski, Tamara (September 9, 2016). "Finding Aid to the Anton Brees Carillon Library -- Indiv -- Warner, Sally Slade". Bok Tower Gardens Digital Collections.
  2. "The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America - History of the Guild". www.gcna.org. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
  3. "The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America - Arrangements & Transcriptions Competition". www.gcna.org. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
  4. Hymn settings for carillon, set 3, Guild of Carillonneurs in North America, 1995, OCLC 53010684, retrieved 2020-02-22
  5. Passacaglia on E-A-C, American Carillon Music Editions, 1998, OCLC 42410258, retrieved 2020-02-22
  6. Variations for carillon on the song Die alder soetste Jesus: (The most beloved Jesus), Guild of Carillonneurs in North America, 2005, OCLC 226315954, retrieved 2020-02-22
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