by Matt Fey | Dec 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
Does the name Joey Brink ring a bell? While an undergraduate student majoring in mechanical engineering, Brink was not only a star carillonneur on campus, his senior project focused on modernizing the centuries-old art of bell-ringing. Today, he ranks among the top...
by Matt Fey | Dec 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Hannah Steinkopf-Frank HYDE PARK — On Thursday, University of Chicago carillonneur Joey Brink and other student musicians will climb 271 steps in the Rockefeller Memorial Chapel to perform the annual Sleigh Bells concert — offering the public a chance to hear the...
by Matt Fey | May 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Peter Margasak If you’ve spent much time on the University of Chicago campus, you’ve heard the chiming bells of the Rockefeller Chapel carillon carrying across the grounds. I’d been hearing them for years before I learned how impressive the...
by Matt Fey | May 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Louis Harris The Rockefeller Chapel will be hosting the Carillon New Music Festival this Friday afternoon/evening and all day Saturday. This festival features the world premieres of 16 works, including several commissioned by the Rockefeller Chapel, which is on the...
by Matt Fey | May 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Susie Allen, AB’09 On a Friday afternoon in February, University carillonneur Joey Brink is getting ready to climb 240 of Rockefeller Chapel’s 271 stairs. From a small playing cabin near the top of the tower, he’ll perform David Bowie’s “Life on Mars” on the Laura...
