Norwich University is hosting its final Summer Carillon Concert on Saturday, August 3, 1:00-2:00 PM, featuring carillonneur George Matthew, Jr., our regular gifted performer on the Hill.*
It's free and open to the public, rain or shine. Come and enjoy the beautiful sound from the Adams Bell Tower by this talented carillonneur! Please bring a chair (umbrella recommended).
For information contact the Office of the Commandant at (802) 485-2135 / commandant@norwich.edu.
*George Matthew, Jr. has been carillonneur of Norwich University and Middlebury College in Vermont since 1986. A church organist since the age of 13, he is currently organist at St. Thomas & Grace Episcopal Church in Brandon, Vermont. For eleven years he was accompanist for the Middlebury Community Chorus. In 2005 he was named Artist of the Year by the Vermont Chapter American Guild of Organists. Mr. Matthew has made 40 carillon concert tours of the USA and 13 of Europe, performing in Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, France, England, Ireland, and Scotland. In all, he has played over 200 carillons.
In 2004, he played the dedication recital of the new carillon of University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He has composed and arranged about 100 pieces for carillon, including a number of ragtime piano works; his rather unusual European debut was an all-ragtime program in Ostende, Belgium. His popular ragtime piano performances and accompanying lectures are in demand at area community centers and colleges. He has studied carillon with Arthur Bigelow and Frank Law, organ with Hugh Ross and Ernest White, and composition with David Barnett. He is a graduate of Columbia, Bridgeport, and Wesleyan Universities. He is married to Irish wire harpist Sherri Matthew.