by Matt Fey | May 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Peter Margasak If you’ve spent much time on the University of Chicago campus, you’ve heard the chiming bells of the Rockefeller Chapel carillon carrying across the grounds. I’d been hearing them for years before I learned how impressive the...
by Matt Fey | May 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Louis Harris The Rockefeller Chapel will be hosting the Carillon New Music Festival this Friday afternoon/evening and all day Saturday. This festival features the world premieres of 16 works, including several commissioned by the Rockefeller Chapel, which is on the...
by Matt Fey | May 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Susie Allen, AB’09 On a Friday afternoon in February, University carillonneur Joey Brink is getting ready to climb 240 of Rockefeller Chapel’s 271 stairs. From a small playing cabin near the top of the tower, he’ll perform David Bowie’s “Life on Mars” on the Laura...
by Matt Fey | Apr 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
Carillon New Music Festival Press Release University of Chicago’s Rockefeller Chapel Presents Sixteen World Premières in Festival of New Music for Carillon Friday May 25, 2018, 5 pm to 8 pm, and Saturday May 26, 2018, 10 am to 5:30 pm, at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel...
by Matt Fey | Dec 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
By Joey Brink The Carillon The carillon is one of the most public of instruments. Situated in bell towers in the heart of public spaces, carillonneurs perform for entire communities. Though all who wander near the tower will hear the music, most will never know who it...
by Matt Fey | Dec 1, 2017 | Uncategorized
By Corey Hall IN THE BEGINNING – JULY 25, 1964, TO be exact – Brazilian samba singer Astrud Gilberto and saxophonist Stan Getz brought “The Girl from Ipanema” to life, and the world watched in wonder. This highly-respected performance, from an album that also featured...
