Carillons at The University of Michigan

06/17/2026

We begin our summer carillon concert series on July 13 at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Tower on North Campus, continuing through August 3. Concerts take place on Mondays at 7 p.m. and are open to the public, free, and family friendly.

On July 13, U-M SMTD alumnus Dr. Jeremy Chesman returns to perform at his alma mater, where he earned his master's degree in carillon. Ellen Dickinson's July 20 program "Joys of Summer" features music about colors in nature, rejuvenation, and summer nights. On July 27, Smithsonian astronomer Dr. Margaret Pan performs a virtuosic program. To close, U-M students will perform a joint concert on August 3.

All carillon concerts are outdoors, rain or shine, and staff are available to direct attendees to accessible facilities.

Stay tuned for more details on our performers and their recitals!

05/05/2026

Congratulations to Meghan Wysocki on her graduation and attainment this past year of Associate Carillonneur status in The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America! 🎓🔔〽️

Meghan Wysocki recently graduated with degrees in Medical Anthropology and Music, studying carillon under Dr. Tiffany Ng and Carson Landry and organ under Dr. Caroline Robinson. Meghan enjoyed four years in the Carillon Guild at the University of Michigan, including two as president. She serves on the editorial board of the national carillon journal and works for the University's arts prescription program. Outside of her work, you can find Meghan reading, cooking, and listening to live music.

04/29/2026

Congratulations Joe Antrim on earning a second degree at U-M and passing the Associate Carillonneur Exam of The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America!

Joe Antrim is a graduating Masters student in Biomedical Engineering and a previous Minor in Music. He has studied carillon under Professor Tiffany Ng for over two years, and originally found his passion for learning and performing the carillon during his undergraduate years at the University of Michigan, where he graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Cellular and Molecular Biomedical Science. Outside of the classroom, Joe is also a pianist, vocal musician, and avid downhill ski racer, but finds himself gravitating most often to the heights of Ann Arbor’s Burton Memorial and Lurie towers. After graduating in Spring 2026, Joe will move to Boston to work in the research and development of large molecule biopharmaceuticals, and he hopes to continue his carillon fervor in new towers in New England.

04/28/2026

Congratulations to graduating student Sarah Penrose, who recently earned the Associate Carillonneur designation from The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America!

Sarah Penrose recently graduated from the University of Michigan School of Information with a Master of Science degree, focusing on User Experience Research and Design. She has studied the carillon since September 2023, first with Carson Landry and then with Dr. Tiffany Ng. However, her interest in the carillon began in September 2022, when she served as a student researcher alongside Dr. Ng on the “A Century of Women and the Carillon” archival and outreach project. Her work involved conducting archival research on underrepresented women in carillon history, updating the www.CarillonWomen.org site with a multimedia timeline of women who were the first in their areas to break glass ceilings, and leveraging community outreach to spread awareness of over 100 years of women's contributions to the carillon field. While studying the carillon, she performed various works by women composers, including Gladys Watkins and Jean Miller, to uphold her dedication to the centennial. She was also an active member of the Carillon Guild at the University of Michigan for two years. This May, Sarah is moving to Knoxville, Tennessee to serve as the Web Designer for the University of Tennessee Tickle College of Engineering.

12/17/2025

Join us for some holiday musical cheer at an unusual bell concert location: the North Campus Research Complex!

Join us this Friday, Dec. 19 at 12:00 PM for our monthly lunchtime concert at NCRC. This month's program will feature bells, carillon, and a Ukrainian dulcimer recently donated to the Stearns Collection.

12/17/2025

08/11/2025

Thanks for the feature, The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America! A growing number of U-M carillon students have earned the GCNA's Associate Carillonneur Exam or Carillonneur Membership certifications, and/or co-presented with Prof. Ng at GCNA Congresses. We're looking forward to continuing our growing student involvement!

07/26/2025

Our last concert of the summer carillon series approaches! Join us on Monday at Lurie Tower! 7 PM, open to all!! Claire Janezic is an American carillonist living in Belgium. She’s currently a Masters student at the Lemmensinstituut (Leuven, BE) studying carillon in a pedagogical context with Carl van Eyndhoven. She also receives carillon lessons from Koen Cosaert. Claire’s carillon journey began at the University of Rochester, graduating in 2022, where she also taught carillon and organized a weekly carillon concert series. Her carillon education continued under Koen Van Assche at the Royal Carillon School ‘Jef Denyn’ (Mechelen, BE), through a Fellowship from the Belgian American Educational Foundation. After graduating in June 2023, Claire studied with Geert D'hollander as a Blanchard Carillon Fellow at Bok Tower Gardens (FL, USA). In 2024, she was laureate of the International Carillon Competition "Queen Fabiola" (Mechelen, BE) and won the first prize of the International Carillon Interpretation Competition (Brielle, NL). Claire currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America, and is the assistant carillonneur of Turnhout. She has performed concerts in Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Lithuania, the Netherlands, and the US, both as a solo artist and as a member of the Carillon duo “Fellowship of the Ring” with Sydney Nguyen (USA).

07/20/2025

Come out this coming Monday (7/21) to our third recital of the Summer Carillon Concert Series, held at Burton Memorial Tower! This week’s performer is Trevor Workman. Trevor was appointed Carillonneur by Bournville Village Trust in 1965. Now in his 60th year as Carillonneur, Trevor continues to give twice weekly recitals on Bournville Carillon throughout the year. He has completed extensive recital tours of Europe and the United States and regularly plays in the Netherlands, Belgium, and France.
In 2018, Trevor was recognised by the late Queen - HM Queen Elizabeth II when he received the British Empire Medal in the Birthday Honours list for “Services to the British Carillon Society and to the Community of Bournville.”
In 2019, Trevor was honoured and privileged to be invited to be a member of the jury for the ‘International Queen Fabiola Carillon Competition’ in Mechelen, Belgium. He is currently serving a second term in office as President of the Carillon Society of Britain and Ireland (CSBI) and is active in promoting the carillon and the carillon art in England.

We additionally encourage you to check out Dr. David Lorch’s gorgeous LEGO recreation of Burton Memorial Tower (pictured attached)! It will be exhibited outside the tower during the concert. See you there!!

07/12/2025

UPDATE: Jon Lehrer will be performing our second summer carillon concert this coming Monday, July 14th! The concert, titled "Something Old, Something New," will still be on Central Campus, performed on the Baird Carillon, at 7 PM. Jon Lehrer is the 2nd University Carillonneur of Grand Valley State University and the 6th University Carillonneur of Michigan State University. A graduate of Yale University and the Royal Carillon School of Belgium, Jon is also a laureate of 5 international competitions for carillon, including the Queen Fabiola, the NKV, and the Alexius Julien Baroque Competitions. A regular on the global stage, he has also toured for the Canada Council for the Arts as a concert soloist, and on the North American renaissance festival circuit as a musican-entertainer. Jon was once a data scientist and cancer researcher but now focuses on creating moments of beauty for a busy university communities, advancing the carillon art, and instructing the next generation of carillonneurs.