Norwich University Annual Summer Carillon Concert Series

For Immediate Release
June 16, 2010
Contact: Daphne Larkin
802-485-2886
dlarkin@norwich.edu

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Norwich University Annual Summer Carillon Concert Series

NORTHFIELD – Bring a picnic to Norwich University’s Upper Parade green and enjoy a free, hour-long carillon concert given by guest carillonneurs every Saturday in July at 1 p.m.

Here is the schedule:
July 3
George Matthew Jr.
Norwich and Middlebury

July 10
Hans Hielscher
Wiesbaden, Germany

July 17
Geraard & Richard de Waardt
Rotterdam, Netherlands

July 24
Marcel Siebers
Venlo and Cuijk, Netherlands

July 31
David Maker
University of Conn.

Norwich’s carillon, housed in the Adams Bell Tower, is one of only two such instruments in the state of Vermont. The carillon is the largest musical instrument in the world, and its history dates 500 years back to the Low Countries of Europe. The instrument consists of at least two octaves of carillon bells arranged in chromatic series and played from a keyboard. The instrument is sometimes known as "the singing tower."

For more information the public can contact 802-485-2318 or email nucarillon@norwich.edu.

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