Norwich is hosting a Summer Carillon Concert Series on the Upper Parade Ground. Two more Saturdays remain. It's free and open to the public, rain or shine held on the Upper Parade Ground. Featuring carillonneurs:
July 27, 1:00-2:00 PM - Lee B. Hatch, Tilton Memorial Carillon, Norwood, MA *
August 3, 1:00-2:00 PM - George Matthew, Jr., Norwich University and Middlebury College
Come and enjoy the beautiful sound from the Adams Bell Tower by these talented carillonneurs! Please bring a chair (umbrella recommended).
* Lee B. Leach, carillonneur at Tilton Memorial Carillon at the Town Hall of Norwood, Massachusetts, earned his Bachelor of Music degree from the University of California at Santa Barbara in music composition. He also has a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University. Mr. Leach became interested in performing on the Norwood carillon in 1995 after learning that no other Norwood resident played there regularly. He contacted Sally Slade Warner who agreed to give him instruction later the next year on the carillon at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, in Cohasset. He now coordinates all Norwood carillon activities, which include Christmas and other holiday recitals and plays the occasional Sunday service at St.
Stephen's Church. Mr. Leach has performed at the House of Hope in St. Paul, Minnesota, Middlebury College, and Norwich University in Northfi eld, Vermont. He has played in recitals at Trinity College, Hartford, at St. James Episcopal Church, Danbury, at West Hartford, New Britain, and at First Presbyterian Church, Stamford, Connecticut.
He regularly participates in the Summer Recital Series in both St.
Stephen's Episcopal Church and at Norwood, Massachusetts, most recently in 2020. In 2023, he had the honor to perform in the opening recital of the Guild of Carillonneurs of North America annual meeting at St. Stephen's Church in Cohasset, Massachusetts.