by Matt Fey | Nov 21, 2015 | Uncategorized
Buzzfeed features Joey Brink taking requests on the carillon! In 1932, John D. Rockefeller gifted a 72-bell, 100-ton bronze carillon to the University of Chicago. In 2015, the University Carillonneur performed Drake’s Hotline Bling at lunchtime on a Friday. To reach...
by Matt Fey | Nov 18, 2015 | Uncategorized
By Hedy Weiss Shakespeare 400 Chicago – the yearlong international festival that will run throughout 2016, and is designed to commemorate the four hundred years since Shakespeare’s death in 1616 – has announced the events planned for January through March, 2016. The...
by Matt Fey | Nov 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
By John Y. Lawrence Musical tributes to the victims of the Holocaust are plentiful, but likeminded tributes to the musical culture that the Holocaust nearly destroyed are more rare. Such a tribute took place Sunday afternoon in Rockefeller Memorial Chapel....
by Matt Fey | Nov 3, 2015 | Uncategorized
By Sam Cholke Shrine of Christ the King has raised $50,000 in less than month since a fire ravaged the church. Rev. Matthew Talarico, a canon at the shrine at 6401 S. Woodlawn Ave., said the congregation has found great support among its neighbors as the church works...
by Matt Fey | Oct 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
Joey Brink leads an unsuspecting family visiting for Admissions Day up the 271-step tower It’s college visitation time, and I recently accompanied my daughter, Meg, and her friend, Savanna, to check out the University of Chicago. The information session was helpful,...
by Matt Fey | Jul 15, 2015 | Uncategorized
By M.L. Rantala Classical Music Critic The Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial Carillon in Rockefeller Chapel at the University of Chicago is the world’s second largest musical instrument. The largest is its sister carillon (also named for Laura Spelman Rockefeller) at...
