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Posted inMusic

The Slow Bell Trio features some of Chicago’s most adventurous experimentalists

by Joshua Minsoo Kim August 2, 2019August 18, 2021

A few years ago, percussionist Mike Weis recorded the sounds of the Rockefeller Chapel’s carillon and then slowed down the tape he’d used to capture them. Entranced with the result, he named a new project after the endeavor. The Slow Bell Trio includes Weis and two fellow Chicago experimentalists, woodwind player Keefe Jackson and drummer […]

Posted inBlogs

Rockefeller Chapel presses its majestic carillon into service for a two-day festival of new music

by Peter Margasak May 24, 2018August 18, 2021

This weekend you can hear adventurous new compositions played on 100 tons of bronze bells hanging in a church tower.

Posted inBlogs

Carillonneurs play the world’s largest musical instruments—and they’re all but invisible

by Ryan Smith June 6, 2017August 18, 2021

UIC grad student Hunter Chase competes in the first “open” competition for carillonneurs ever held in the United States.

Posted inNews & Politics

The conspicuous obscurity of the world’s largest instrument—the carillon

by Ryan Smith June 1, 2017August 18, 2021

The carilloners performing at the Rees International Carillon Competition in Springfield’s Washington Park on Saturday night are heard but not seen.

Posted inMusic

Mike Weis of Zelienople on the perfect musical pain relievers

by Luca Cimarusti December 1, 2015August 18, 2021

Plus: Steven Hess of Locrian on mind-bending death metal, the Reader‘s Luca Cimarusti on Jandek and John Mayer, and more

Posted inBlogs

The Reader’s Agenda: Sun 8/19

by Drew Hunt August 19, 2012August 19, 2021

What’s on the Agenda for Sunday, August 19, 2012

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