Bring a picnic and a lawn chair to the Upper Parade Ground on the beautiful campus of Norwich University and enjoy a free outdoor concert performed on the Charlotte Nichols Greene Memorial Carillon. This week's guest carillonneur is Tiffany Ng.

The summer concert series takes place rain or shine on five consecutive Saturdays from July 7 to August 4. All concerts begin at 1 p.m. Programs feature a variety of classical, folk, traditional, Broadway, and contemporary music arranged specifically for carillon.

The largest musical instrument in the world, the carillon is played with both hands and feet from a mechanical keyboard. Notes are played by striking levers stoutly wired to the clappers of a tower's many bells. Norwich's carillon, one of only two such instruments in the state of Vermont, comprises 47 bells, the largest of which weighs 3500 pounds.

These free, outdoor recitals are open to everyone and parking is free and handicapped accessible. At the conclusion of each performance, the bell tower will remain open and guests are invited inside to meet the musician, view a demonstration on the instrument, and peek into the belfry for a look at the bells themselves.

Only two concerts remain:
July 28: Tiffany Ng
Carillonneur and Professor of Music, University of Michigan

August 4: Nikita Gratchev
Graduate, Belgian Carillon School

For more information please contact George Matthew at gmatthew@middlebury.edu or 802-247-9873.