DATE: April 17, 2008

CONTACT: Linda Dzuris, (864) 656-6366
ldzuris@clemson.edu

WRITER: Glenn Hare, (864) 656-1478
ghare@clemson.edu

University of Michigan graduate promoted to associate professor at Clemson

CLEMSON, S.C. — University of Michigan alumna Linda Dzuris has been promoted to associate professor of music with tenure in the department of performing arts at Clemson University.

Dzuris holds bachelor's (1992), master's (1993) and doctoral (1998) degrees in music from Michigan.

She is the Clemson University first carillonneur, performing regularly on the Clemson University Memorial Carillon, a unique instrument comprised of 47 French-made bells located in the tower of Tillman Hall. Dzuris began teaching at Clemson in 1999 as a part-time lecturer and started teaching full-time in 2002. 

“Linda has gone above and beyond the requirements that have been established by the department; the College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities; and Clemson University,” said Rick Goodstein, department chairman. “I applaud her for her numerous professional accomplishments and the positive recognition she has brought to Clemson.”

In addition to playing the carillon, Dzuris teaches applied carillon and organ, music appreciation, music courses in the Calhoun Honors College and other performing arts core courses. She received a Dean of Undergraduate Studies Grant for her class, Sound Design: Music in Film and Other Media.

As a performer, Dzuris has given recitals across the United States and in Europe. Her original compositions are published through American Carillon Editions. This summer, she will perform three works for carillon and pre-recorded music by Ad Wammes at the Seventh Berkeley Carillon Festival and Sixty-sixth Congress of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America at the University of California, Berkeley. Dzuris also will present at the 2008 Regional Carillon Conference as part of the 47th International Carillon Festival in Springfield, Ill., which is focusing on “Women and the Carillon World.” At the conference she will talk about her role in building the carillon program at Clemson University.

Internationally, Dzuris has studied at the Romainmoter Summer Institute in Switzerland and the Nederlandse Beiaardschool in Amersfoort, Netherland.

Clemson University is the only university or college in South Carolina where students can learn to play the carillon.  Private and group lessons are given through the department of performing arts. The lessons are open to all students, no matter their course of study. Since 1999, more than 100 Clemson students from more than 40 different majors have taken carillon lessons and classes.