ECMS Fall Carillon Tour Sunday, October 5, 2014, 2-3pm, River Campus, Meet at Rush Rhees Library Circulation Desk

Dear Participant, Welcome to this one hour carillon tour on October 5, 2014, at 2pm. The carillon is located in Rush Rhees Library on the University of Rochester campus. Students with keyboard background have proven they can learn carillon quickly, usually making rapid progress through a semester lesson series, starting on the practice carillon and progressing to playing the bells in tower. Our carillon is a 50 bell instrument played from a baton and pedal console from the desk of using hands and feet. Any carillon is defined as a chromatic, touch sensitive tuned bell instrument in chromatic sequence numbered above 23 bells. Music notation looks similar to DORIS piano music, in both treble and bass clef. This carillon tour is intended to educate our students, acquainting them with this world culture instrument. The tour is also meant to AMAN introduce the carillon to new players from our community.

Adjunct Faculty, carillon Carillons are located in many of the universities of North American, including Ivy League and University of Rochester other top level achievement schools. Can you imagine the interview talking points for River Campus Music Department students announcing they play carillon to admissions officials of such schools? For our adult [email protected] community members, the carillon offers a fun “hands on” way to serve the campus community on a public instrument. Carillons need intergenerational carillon players. Phone: 585-671-7297 (hm), preferred Hopeman Carillon concerts during the school year are usually played by teams of carillon 585-733-1308 (cell) day of tour students including collegiate and community alumni participants. Url: https://rochester.edu/aboutus/carillon/ We invite teens and adults to try out your hands on this instrument, experience the joys and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/ downright fun of trying a skill that is passed down across generations amongst a global family University-of-Rochester-Carillon/ 119957801392640?ref=br_tf of enthusiastic practitioners. Our local player group is the University of Rochester Carillon Society. The national family is the Guild of Carillonneurs of North America and globally there Faculty, Lessons, keyboard: carillon is the World Carillon Federation. Continuing lessons are available in Rochester either Eastman Community Music School through Eastman Community School of Music, non credit, or University of Rochester for college credit. July carillon concerts take place annually on Mondays at 7pm. 26 Gibbs Street Rochester, 14604 Parking: Saturday/Sunday parking is free on UR campus. Park behind Rush Rhees library Telephone in the library lot or in Lot 2 north. 585.274.1400 Fax Meeting Place: Circulation desk, Rush Rhees Library off the lobby entrance. Late arrivals 585.274.1005 cannot be accommodated, as access is by keyed entrance only. Please arrive 10 minutes Email early to allow for convening the tour group. [email protected] Website Time: Tour starts at 2pm. www.esm.rochester.edu/community Registration: Registration limit: 6 applicants, first come, first served. Prospective students with keyboard http://www.esm.rochester.edu/community/ or mallet background of several years of study, ability to read both bass and treble clef to a files/Registrationform2.pdf sight reading level are encouraged to apply. Applications are first come, first served. A waiting list will provide substitutions for cancellations. Please provide 24 hours notice or Fall Carillon Concerts: more for cancellation. Application deadline October 1, 2014. MUR104 class students play informally: Fridays weekly between 5-6pm, ringing may Frequency of tour scheduling: Once per semester. also occur Sunday afternoons from student play 3:30-6pm Participants: Eastman Community Music School students, ages teens and up.

Meliora Concerts: Tour Description: Thursday, October 16 at 7pm Friday, October 17 at 4pm • Attendees will ride an elevator to the dome area above the library stacks of Rush Rhees Sunday, October 19 at noon Library. Location of concert: Eastman Quadrangle • Several flights of stairs are then climbed for entry to the carillon cabin located at the top of University of Rochester River Campus the dome. Those with fear of heights or medical issues regarding heights, please take your Free, Open to public, Bring seating individual comfort under consideration. We regret we have no way to accommodate those who cannot climb steps. Donations gratefully accepted for needed carillon refurbishment repairs (matching • The carillon cabin will be toured and explained including console keyboard introduction, grant available): bell attachments, keyboard organization, and method of play. Attendees will be given a Hopeman Carillon Fund (earmark donation) chance to ring a short piece of music. Pictures and video may be taken in cabin only, please Contact: ask permission. [email protected] Questions? Applications and queries contact: [email protected]. Please confirm Send your contact information if you would with Doris Aman your intention to attend following receipt of this welcome letter before like to be added to our community concert October 1, 2014. Tour subject to cancellation and rescheduling for insufficient notification email list with request to: [email protected] registration. One tour per semester.