[Carillon-info] Summer Carillon Series TONIGHT, 7pm - featuring Annie Gao!

[Yale Summer Carillonneurs]

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Dear friends,



Looks like we've crested the heatwave and are coasting into calmer
climes... *Our Summer Series continues in Branford Courtyard TONIGHT, June
27 at 7pm, with the phenomenal Annie Gao*! Annie is one of the foremost
performers of baroque music on the carillon—able to get a subtle
sensitivity out of 43 tons of bronze that normally would only be possible
with the finest finger nuances on harpsichord. We're truly in for a treat!


*As always, please spread the word far and wide to all your friends and
family; all are welcome, and the more the merrier. The gates at Branford
College open at 6:30pm, with the performance running from 7:00-8:00pm.
Bring a picnic basket, blanket and/or lawn-chairs along!* Some of our
guildmembers will also be around to help you or answer any questions you
may have—spot us by our blue lanyards and pink nametags. We love to chat,
so please don’t be shy!


The usual weekly details and reminders:

> Nothing compares to the feeling of being bathed in the sounds of bells in
> the open air, enjoying the evening together with others. But, if you are
> unable to make it, *some concerts may be livestreamed and the recording
> posted afterwards (depending on our recording engineer’s availability) on
> our YouTube channel*, at https://www.youtube.com/@yaleguild. No
> guarantees on which concerts will be streamed and recorded, though, so we
> recommend always aiming for attendance in person to avoid disappointment! *Last
> week, we were lucky enough to have livestreamed Paul Stelben's spectacular
> concert, and the recording for it is available
> here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arniuh5xopM
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arniuh5xopM>.*
>
The Guild is also delighted to offer *tours of Harkness Tower* as part of
> the Summer Carillon Concert Series, prior to most Friday concerts, but *unfortunately
> due to unavailability, there will be no tour today - it will likely
> recommence next week!* These tours are strictly capped at 15 persons per
> tour, on a first-come, first-served basis. The tour will begin promptly at
> 5:30pm (meeting at the corner of High St and Library Walk), and last about
> half an hour. The tour requires climbing over 130 steps to the carillon
> playing cabin, spread over the tour duration. *Please ensure your friends
> and family the Summer Series mailing list here
> <https://forms.gle/e6YkauWWnvz91jZaA> for information about these tours and
> the series in general.* Tours will take place throughout the summer, so
> don't fret if you don't get a spot this time round! You can also request an
> ordinary tour (for evenings other than Fridays) on our site:
> http://yalecarillon.org/request-tour.


We have attached Annie's program for tonight to this email. Her program
notes and bio also follow below. We're extremely lucky to also be having *Anne
Lu ’20*  joining Annie for a duet in the grand finale this evening - a
jazzy homage composed for Harkness Tower itself!


The program begins with two expressive Baroque works originally written for
> solo harpsichord, filled with written and unwritten musical embellishments
> characteristic of the time period. The next section contains two works by
> Haydn, the middle two movements from his Surprise Symphony for orchestra
> (including the famous "*Andante*" written to prevent audience members
> from falling asleep—watch out!) and a complete sonata written originally
> for the piano. The third section contains three Romantic works: two love
> songs written in different languages during different time periods for
> accompanied vocal solo, and the *Sonatine* by Colletti written
> specifically for solo carillon. The program ends with a carillon duet
> written specifically for Harkness Tower, played by Annie and Anne (BK ’20).
> You can hear the Yale Whiffenpoof song in the middle voice as the upper
> part decorates the melody with jazzy accompaniment.




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> *ANNIE GAO ’21* is a carillonist and software engineer from the sunny
> suburbs of Southern California. She first met the carillon in 2017 as a
> member of the Yale University Guild of Carillonneurs, completed her GCNA
> Carillonneur exam in 2020, and graduated from Yale in 2021 with a combined
> B.S./M.S. in Computer Science. She then had the tremendous privilege of
> continuing her carillon studies internationally with Geert D’hollander,
> Boudewijn Zwart, and Eddy Marien, and along the way, was selected for the
> quinquennial Kors Monster Festival Performance Nomination (2024), as well
> as The Diapason's "20 Under 30" list (2025). She has taught carillon
> performance masterclasses all over the United States, and currently serves
> the GCNA as chair of the Emerging Artists Grant committee and jury member
> of the Carillonneur Exam. In her free time, Annie enjoys competitive ping
> pong, puzzles and brainteasers, good reads, and opportunities to explore
> and improve her fascinatingly bad sense of direction.



And for a small taste of what to look forward to this evening, Annie has
kindly shared this fantastic video of her performing Sonata in D minor
(Jean Baptiste Loeillet de Gand, arr. G. D'Hollander):
https://youtu.be/wRkjS8m3CDA .


See you all soon!


Warm regards,


*Reshard L. Kolabhai & **Ian Haile*
Summer Carillonneurs, 2025 | Yale University Guild of Carillonneurs
New Haven, Connecticut
yalesummercarillon at gmail.com | http://yalecarillon.org/
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