June 1, 2023 Music that Surrounds the Silence February, 2023 – Celebrating 30 years of community recitals, the Princeton University Carillon at the Graduate School located at 88 College Road West, Princeton, NJ 08544 will again host a season of summer concerts for the surrounding community. All concerts start at 1:00PM every Sunday July 2 through Labor Day Sunday and are held rain or shine. Admission is free. Please call 609-258-7989 or visit http://www.princeton.edu/gradschool/studentlife/residential/gradcollege/directions for additional information and directions. https://gradschool.princeton.edu/about/carillon “Music that Surrounds the Silence” 2023 Jul 2 Laura Ellis, Gainesville, FL Jul 9 The DeWaardt Family of Carillonneurs, The Netherlands Jul 16 Annie Gao, Irvine, CA Jul 23 Simone Browne, New York, NY Jul 30 Dennis Curry, Bloomfield Hills, MI Aug 6 Lynnli Wang, New York, NY Aug 13 Lisa Lonie, Blue Bell, PA Aug 20 Princeton Carillon Studio Members Aug 27 New Colleague Recital Noah Kravitz, Princeton, NJ Sept 3 Robin Austin, Chester Springs, PA The CARILLON is a musical instrument of 23 or more bells that when sounded produce music. Carillon bells are hung stationary with only the clapper moving against the lip of the bell. It is manually played from a console with both fists and feet activating batons and pedals attached to the clappers through mechanical linkage. There is no electronic assistance to ring the bells. Remarkable variations in expression are possible and controlled entirely by the carillonneur. The music can travel great distances in all directions, making it a community instrument for the public. The largest bell of the Princeton carillon weighs 12,880 pounds. Dedicated in 1927 the Princeton carillon is memorialized to The Class of 1892. The 67 bronze bells were cast in England, France and The Netherlands. The carillon is a program of University Chapel Music and made possible by an endowment established by the Class of 1892.
