George Matthew Jr. rings in carillon community

During the school year, every day without fail, at 12:30 p.m., 88-year-old George Matthew Jr. ascends the 75-step staircase of the Middlebury College Chapel to play music that rings out for the entire campus to hear. He doesn’t tote his instrument along with him, like most other musicians would. His instrument is the carillon.

On the evening of Friday, July 7, the air around Middlebury will ring with the beauty of the College Chapel carillon bells, and a new season of performances will begin. 

On the evening of Friday, July 7, the air around Middlebury will ring with the beauty of the College Chapel carillon bells, and a new season of the most public of performances will begin.

The beautiful sounds of ringing bells will fill the air again this summer, as the 37th annual Middlebury College Carillon Series treats audiences to free performances in and around the Middlebury Chapel. Each year, musicians from around the world come to … (read more)