by rockefellerchapel | Jul 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
Music graduate student Jacob Reed was recently featured in UChicago News for his “Bach at Bond” concert series, a series of 30 recitals that Reed performed on Bond Chapel’s Reneker Organ over the course of eight months. Each concert was accompanied...
by rockefellerchapel | Oct 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
The Driehaus Foundation has awarded a $500,000 grant to the University of Chicago to restore and repair the stained glass in Rockefeller Memorial Chapel’s grand south window. Located on the University’s campus in the Hyde Park neighborhood, the medieval style Chapel...
by rockefellerchapel | Oct 9, 2023 | Uncategorized
We share in the following prayers of peace compiled by the U.S. Interreligious Committee for Peace in the Middle East (please click or tap “Read More” for the attachment). Prayers for Peace attachment
by Matt Fey | Sep 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
From The Diapason: Alex Johnson is appointed the seventh university carillonist for Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. He leaves a position at the University of Texas, Austin, where he has taught carillon students, and the...
by Matt Fey | Jul 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
The University of Chicago will host the a series of free public concerts June 15-19 at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, celebrating the 90th anniversary of the campus instrument and convening musicians and scholars from across the continent. The events are held as part of...
by Matt Fey | Sep 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
Following a year and a half of closure due to the pandemic, Rockefeller Memorial Chapel will once again allow visitors inside its historic space beginning Tuesday, Sept. 28 and continuing through Autumn Quarter. “The Rockefeller Chapel calendar has been filled with...
by Matt Fey | Jun 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
Two members of the University of Chicago Guild of Carillonneurs at Rockefeller Chapel, fourth-year Maria Krunic and third-year Joseph Min, passed their professional certification exams this month with the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA). After preparing...
by Matt Fey | Apr 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
Wishing a beautiful Easter, Passover, and Spring weekend to all. The bulletin for our annual Easter service – this year an entry in the Sundays from Rockefeller podcast, available on all platforms – can be located here for viewing or download.
by Matt Fey | Mar 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
Like so many in our community and around the world, we are angered and horrified by the acts of violence visited on our Asian friends across the country, particularly in the past year. As citizens of the University of Chicago, while we are committed to the free...
by Matt Fey | Feb 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
What was it like returning the Rockefeller Chapel and the carillon? Joey Brink: Returning to the instrument on June 15 [2020] was a breath of fresh air. For me, it was empowering, uplifting and deeply gratifying. I began playing on June 15, Monday through Friday,...
