Ring Schedule (Spring 2025)
Ring Schedule (Spring 2025)
| 12:30 PM | 5:30 PM | |
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| Sun |
Jewon
Anna |
Adriana
Cecilia Eric |
| Mon | Ellen | |
| Tue | Daniel |
Grace
Jeremy Zoe |
| Wed |
Savannah
Jessica |
Reshard
Carl Joey |
| Thu |
Isaiah
Meher |
Ian
Joyce Michael |
| Fri |
Peter
Mitchell |
Darren
Stephen Tori |
| Sat |
Yu-Ting
Daniel |
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Sunday
Sun
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Monday
Mon
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Tuesday
Tue
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Wednesday
Wed
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Thursday
Thu
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Friday
Fri
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Saturday
Sat
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:30 PM |
Jewon
Anna |
Ellen | Daniel |
Savannah
Jessica |
Isaiah
Meher |
Peter
Mitchell |
Yu-Ting
Daniel |
| 7:00 PM |
Adriana
Cecilia Eric |
Grace
Jeremy Zoe |
Reshard
Carl Joey |
Ian
Joyce Michael |
Darren
Stephen Tori |
About the Guild
The Guild is the student organization responsible for ringing the bells in Harkness Tower. It is a self-perpetuating group: each fall, the current members give lessons to freshmen and sophomores (and sometimes graduate students) on the practice carillon, and, after auditions, elect new members to the Guild.
The Guild was founded in 1949 by Elliot H. Kone BR '49 as the Guild of Yale Bellringers. It was renamed in 1964, two years before the donation of 44 additional bells expanded the original chime to a 54-bell carillon.
We currently have 21 full-time members, and a few adjunct members. Each Guild member has their own ring spot (see above!). Our teacher is Ellen Dickinson, who is a Yale and Guild alum; she comes in a few times a week to give us lessons to help us continue playing beautiful music for all of campus!
Besides ringing bells for Yale's campus, the Guild does two yearly tours. The smaller tour is Mini-Tour, and past Mini-Tours have taken the Guild to Pennsylvania and Boston. The larger tour alternates between a European Tour and a Domestic Tour.
We also play handbells. For more information, click here!
During the summer, the Guild also hosts a summer series that invites carillonneurs from around the world to come play a weekly concert. In general, the Guild simply loves spending time together, so there are lots of snacks, dinners, movies, hanging out, and lots of general fun is involved!
Current Members
Click here for the list of Guild alumni.
Reshard Kolabhai
Law 2029Adriana Zhou
Hopper 2028Cecilia Sun
Saybrook 2028
Mathematics
Cecilia is from the rainy city of Seattle, WA. She is getting better at climbing stairs.
Darren Kao
Ezra Stiles 2028Grace May
Trumbull 2028Eason Cao
Graduate Student 2027
Biology
Jewon Im
Franklin 2027 Heeler Monster, Publicity Manager, Librarian
Daniel Wang
Jonathan Edwards 2027 Heeler Monster, Social Chair
Undeclared
Stephen Xia
Morse 2027 Tour Manager
Mathematics
Yu-Ting Chang
Trumbull 2027
Astrophysics + Political Science
Jeremy Ng
Trumbull 2026 Summer Carillonneur, Treasurer, Webmaster
Computer Science/Astrophysics
Jeremy has been playing the piano, cello, and organ for a long time, because they have a BIG sound. Now he gets to play on one of the BIGGEST instruments there is. Lucky him.
Ian Haile
Branford 2026 Social Chair, Tower Keeper
Mathematics
Ian's friends would describe him as "a man of few words." Ian would describe himself as " ".
Anna Jamison
Franklin 2026
Humanities & Medieval Studies
Anna likes ancient languages and gummy worms. She also likes the carillon.
Savannah Curro
Graduate Student 2026 Summer Carillonneur
Master of Divinity
In 2023, I graduated Summa Cum Laude from Mercer University with a BM in Organ Performance & BA in History. I am now enrolled in the Master of Divinity program at the Berkeley Divinity School ('26). On Sunday mornings, you can find me playing the organ & directing the choir at Westbrook Congregational Church.
Yule Zhang (Arrow)
Franklin 2026 Historian
Comparative Literature
From Anchorage, Alaska, Arrow likes Carillon-ing, piano-ing, foreign language-ing, writing, and eating sushi.
Carl Geiselhart
Saybrook 2026
Chemistry
Joey Tan
Pierson 2026 Tour Manager, Librarian
Computer Science
Zoe Pian
Timothy Dwight 2025
MB&B
Zoe is a pianist from the small town of New York City. When she isn't holed up in her bedroom, she can be found touching grass on science hill and making a futile but considerable effort to establish an interspecies friendship with New Haven birds.
Victoria Lu
Silliman 2025 Newsletter Editor
Art/EVST
Tori loves to play out-of-season holiday music.
Peter Zhang
Berkeley 2025 Co-Chair
Ethics, Politics & Economics
Peter is from the frozen land of Vancouver, Canada. When not training to climb spiral staircases, he is probably shovelling peanut M&Ms into his mouth in a upper-floor, window-facing Bass cubicle.
Jiayi Liao
Morse 2025 Historian
History of Art / Econ & Math
Jiayi (Joyce) is from Beijing, China. On a sunny afternoon, you can find her chilling outside the Beinecke, taking a walk in the cemetery, or climbing (spiral) stairs. She loves museums, books, and (good) food!
Isaiah Suchman
Morse 2025 Publicity Manager
Linguistics
If it's after midnight, Isaiah is probably trying to find the Tower light switch so he can get in an "early evening" practice. Otherwise, he might be hiking, fiddling with the fonts on his computer, satiating his Wikipedia addiction, or spelunking in the deepest recesses of the Humanities Quadrangle.
Eric Wang
Morse 2025 Co-Chair
Molecular, Cellular, & Developmenta
Mitchell Dubin
Franklin 2025
Economics
Meher Sethi
Franklin 2025
Ethics, Politics, & Economics
Jessica Liu
2025 Social Chair
Applied Mathematics
Tiffany Toh
Saybrook 2025
Electrical Engineering
Sharon Ahn
Murray 2024
Music
Sharon is probably in rehearsal, in a practice room, or napping (or any combination of the above)... Please leave a message after the tone. *facgce*
Daniel Pak
Graduate Student 2024
Biomedical Engineering
Daniel loves watching awesome people play awesome music. Hopefully he will actually get to practicing and play like that someday. In addition to the carillon, he has recently rekindled his interest in electric guitar.
Lea Kim
Hopper 2024
Chemistry and Music
Lea is an iced latte aficionado from Solon, Ohio. When she is not mastering the art of climbing stairs, Lea spends her time playing the violin, drawing chair conformations, and watching all and every food-related video on the internet.
Maggy Lambo
Silliman 2024 Treasurer, Webmaster
Electrical Engineering
Nathan Moran
Franklin 2024
Music
Julia Zheng
Jonathan Edwards 2023 Co-Chair 2022-2023
S&DS, Global Affairs
Loves bright, autumn mornings & runs in the rain. Avid fan of Debussy & dominant sevenths. Enjoys stand up comedy & bad puns. Rings big bells from chime to chime :)
Daniel Lu
Davenport 2023
Computer Science & Economics; S&DS
Daniel has been living in Connecticut for over 20 years. When he's not playing bells, you can find him either on a frisbee field, petting dogs (he has an adorable German Shephard and Siberian Husky), or taking a well-deserved nap. He has a great love for food, and while he enjoys eating it, he's also working on improving his cooking skills.
Evan Hochstein
Morse 2023
Linguistics
Evan is from Austin, Texas and can't stop learning languages. He loves listening to and playing music from around the world, especially when he can actually understand the lyrics. When the aliens come, he doesn't know if he will be able to decipher their language like Amy Adams, but he will certainly play the bells for them.
Adam Chen
Timothy Dwight 2022
M.A./B.A. History of Art
Oh no, someone mentioned Bach to Adam and now he won't stop talking. Other topics to avoid: genealogy, Baroque architecture, and really just art history in general.
Michael Gancz
Murray 2021
Music (MA/BA)
Michael was taking their trombone out for a stroll when they strayed too far from the new colleges and got lost. Now they're stuck in Harkness Tower and can't get down. Please send help.
Sarah Luckart
Branford 2019
Psychology
Sarah is interested in brains and tech, but not AI. Outside of the Tower, they fix computers, cook, and sometimes play viola. They have a collection of small succulents and their favorite is a red-headed cactus named George (Weasley).
Lyndon Ji
Silliman 2016
Sleeping
Jyndon enjoys trips to Narnia, the land of ducks and fractals. He also greatly appreciates japanese writing utensils and anti-jokes.
Ellen Dickinson
Guild Advisor and Teacher
Music
Ellen '97, '99 MUS, has previously been a member of the Board of Directors of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America. She joined the Yale Guild in her sophomore year, and served as co-chair in her junior and senior years. She now serves as the Guild's advisor, and has two children, ages five and seven.