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Carillon at Indiana University

 

 

Indiana University’s

Arthur R. Metz Bicentennial Grand Carillon

in its new home, the Cox Arboretum, January, 2020

 

 

 

Associate Instructor of Carillon:  Lynnli Wang lynnwang@iu.edu

Information regarding applied carillon study can be found here.

 

 

Amy Hamburg Mead,

Jacobs School of Music Pre-College String Program (music theory)

and Associate of the JSoM Carillon Program

 

Fall 2020 Meet Me at the Metz Carillon Concert Series

We invite you to join us for weekly socially-distanced carillon recitals every Saturday from noon-12:45 pm,  beginning September 5 through November 21, 2020.  Bring your blanket, a picnic basket, and enjoy music in the fresh air and scenic landscape of IU’s Cox Arboretum.

 

  • September 5:  Welcome, Back! performed by Carillon Associate Amy Hamburg Mead

  • September 12, Lynnli Wang’s Debut Recital

  • September 19:  “Rosie Meets the Carillon” Storytime and Recital – a child friendly  event!

  • September 26:  Bells, Bells, Bells 

  • October 3:  Falling for the Metz – an Autumn Serenade 

  • October 10:  Take a (Fall) Break with the Metz

  • October 17: Celebrate the Sunshine 

  • October 24 : Ringing and Singing Some Favorite Tunes

  • October 31: Bats in the Belfry Halloween Fun

  • November 7: The Frost is on the Pumpkin

  • November 14:  Harvest Home

  • November 21: Friendsgiving

 

Close up of bells.

Bi-Weekly Ringing on Metz

Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:00 pm

from September 8th  through November 19th

IU carillonneurs can be heard performing solos and duets on the Metz.

 

 

 

Other upcoming events:

 

Dedication and Inaugural Recital

 

Due to COVID–19, and with the health and safety of our guests in mind, the dedication of the Metz Bicentennial Grand Carillon and dedicatory recital scheduled for Sunday, April 26, 2020,  was cancelled and will be rescheduled as soon as feasible.  We look forward to hosting world-renowned carillonneur Geert d’Hollander for this event. Please check this site for further updates regarding its rescheduled date.

 

 

Carillonneur Geert d’Hollander, recitalist for our upcoming dedication of the Metz Bicentennial Grand carillon

 

Music Annex Carillon Receives a Face Lift

 

 

April 1, 2020

Our much loved practice carillon is removed from its perch on top of the Music Annex forrepairs, improvements and a new console, provided by Sunderlin Bell Foundry.

Expected date of its return to campus:  Fall, 2020

Removing bells from the top of the “round building,” Music Annex