Friends, we have two bell festivals, one on change ringing and one on the carillon, coming up here in the month of May. First, the 6th Annual Illinois Tower Bell Bash will take place May 19-20. Ringers will gather to ring changes (what else?) at the Mitchell Tower at the University of Chicago on Saturday … Continue reading Two Chicago Bell Festivals in May
St. Chrysostom’s Episcopal Church, Chicago, IL
Dear readers: I am so remiss in not reporting on an important set of Chicago bells that it is downright embarrassing. And it is also embarrassing that I haven’t posted for a while on this blog. My apologies on both counts. The bells I should have written about months and months ago are those in … Continue reading St. Chrysostom’s Episcopal Church, Chicago, IL
Chicago Bells on the Radio
Chicago's Curious City radio show on WBEZ recently did a show on its city's bells! The crew did a marvelous job showcasing the different kinds of bells still rung by people-zvons, rings, chimes, carillon, kansho, and rin gong. Yours truly was interviewed for the show, naturally. Take a listen. And check out the interactive graphic.
To David Bowie
Space Oddity on the Dom tower carillon in Utrecht, the Netherlands! Performed by Malgosia Fiebig.
With Bells On 