[Carillon-info] REMINDER: Summer Carillon Series FINALE TOMORROW, Aug 8, *6:40pm*-8pm - and donations for local nonprofit Music Haven!

[Yale Summer Carillonneurs]

One last reminder that *our final concert this evening will begin at 6:40pm*
for the performers to welcome everyone before ascending the tower! The
music will begin at 7pm.

*Our digital program for today is attached. *We'll have printed copies in
the courtyard too, but* we ask that, to start, folks share the printed
program copies as much as they're able to, so we don't run out too quickly.*
(The full season's program on our website will be updated next week to
include our program as well - keep an eye out if you'd like to download and
save that full version.)

We really would love to have everyone present in person for our last
concert in this absolutely perfect weather, but if you're unable to make it
(or if you want to watch what happens in the cabin while you enjoy your
picnic down below), the *livestream link* is here
<https://www.youtube.com/live/rnXbfut30kw>. And please don't forget about
our *donation drive for Music Haven this evening*!

See you all soon!

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


On Thu, Aug 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM Yale Summer Carillonneurs <
yalesummercarillon at gmail.com> wrote:

> [image: Yale Summer Carillon Series 2025 Banner.png]
> *This is an important one—please read to help us out, if you can!*
>
> Dear friends,
>
> *Can you believe how time has flown?* After Andrea McCrady's stunning
> performance last week (recording here <https://youtu.be/7X6xFE1UT2w?t=158>
> ),* this week's concert will sadly be the last time we will all be
> gathering for the season... We—Reshard and Ian, your honored Summer
> Carillonneurs for 2025—along our wonderful team of student carillonneur
> assistants, have been so delighted to welcome you all each week since June*,
> both in person and remotely via YouTube
> <https://www.youtube.com/@yaleguild/streams>. It's made us *so *deeply
> proud to see our community grow in leaps and bounds, with young listeners
> and old, and old listeners and new, and friends and family and strangers
> all joining our throng along the way—all of us discovering or rediscovering
> the unique joy that the carillon can bring, and feeling for ourselves how
> the bells have brought us all together. Across the past couple of months
> we've ushered in many hundreds of guests into Branford Courtyard's warm,
> green, sunny embrace, and brought eight professional carillonneurs to our
> beloved Harkness Tower from all over the United States and beyond.
>
> *Together, we've made this Summer Series one for the books. From the
> bottom of our hearts—thank you.*
>
> We *cannot *wait to finally perform for you ourselves tomorrow. (We may
> only be student performers in our very earliest years of carillon study,
> but we still plan to knock your socks off!) We ask that, if possible, you
> arrive tomorrow a bit earlier than usual, at 6:40pm—we plan to say our
> announcements and season's thank-yous then, so we performers can climb the
> tower to start the music at 7pm. As always, when we are done performing, we
> will come downstairs just after, where we'll say our final goodbyes to each
> other for the season.
>
> And, as announced last week, *our final concert will happily feature
> something very special*, to keep our spirit resonating long after our
> picnics have been packed up for the last time. *Please read on!*
>
> Many of our audience have thanked us for the joy the carillon has brought
> them over the past months, and asked us if there's something they can do in
> turn to support the carillon, financially or otherwise. We have always said
> that we only ask that our community spreads the word and brings new
> listeners along whenever they can, so the joy of the carillon can be shared
> with more and more people and our community can continue to grow in leaps
> and bounds.
>
> Now, we're delighted to announce another way of giving back and supporting
> the carillon: *At our own concert tomorrow, we as the Summer
> Carillonneurs will also be boosting calls for donations for a phenomenal
> local registered nonprofit, Music Haven <https://www.musichavenct.org/>.*
> Music Haven provides tuition-free music lessons to 100 children in the New
> Haven school system, along with one-on-one mentorship, instruments, music
> books, academic tutoring, field trips, healthy snacks and more for a
> holistic experience of support—and thus *"giving all kids a chance to
> play"*. *89% of Music Haven students are from low-income families, and
> Music Haven provides their students with access to the world of music that
> otherwise would be much more difficult to attain.*
>
> And so, *in celebration of the close of the season tomorrow—but ONLY IF
> and ONLY to the extent that you are willing and able to do so!—**we will
> be asking members of the audience and our wider Summer Carillon community: **if
> the series has brought some small joy to your summer, please consider
> making a voluntary donation of any size to Music Haven, to keep spreading
> the joy of music to others. *We ask that you *please specifically
> identify this donation as arising from your Summer Carillon Series
> experience—just add a note/comment saying "Carillon", so we can keep track
> of how much we have raised.* *EVERY little bit counts, no matter how big
> or small! *If we all do what we can, it will add up in a big way, and as
> a community we will really make a whole world of difference for the kids.
>
> *We intend to work together with Music Haven where possible to use these
> funds to support the brand-new introduction of some carillon-related
> projects and programs within their organization, guided by how much we are
> able to raise through this effort. *We hope that, together, our Summer
> Series community's support will lead to the building of something wonderful
> and new that will carry our shared spirit through the rest of the year, and
> keep moving New Haven's love of the carillon to ever greater heights.
>
> *Our wonderful friends at Music Haven will be present in the courtyard
> tomorrow to help collect cash, change and checks (we will have donation
> envelopes available), and to answer any questions you may have. We will
> also have guides to Music Haven's site to make credit card donations—if
> you'd like to make a credit card donation already, or to mail a check, you
> can do so here
> <https://musichavenct.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/musichavenct/donation.jsp> (again,
> please just add a "Comment" that it is related to the Summer Series).*
> In-kind donations (such as of second-hand instruments) are also able to be
> discussed with Music Haven directly. *Applicable donations would be
> tax-deductible on the basis of going to a registered 501(3)(c)
> organization, although it would be for the donor to ensure that the
> donation meets any applicable legal requirements.* Again, we know that
> everyone knows their own unique circumstances best, and so any such
> donations would be FULLY voluntary—the concert series remains free and open
> to all, and you do NOT have to pay to continue enjoying our concerts. (You
> can see why our spirit resonates so strongly with Music Haven's!)
>
> More information, from Music Haven's "About" page
> <https://www.musichavenct.org/about-music-haven>:
>
> "At the heart of our model is the relationship between teacher and
>> student, and the relationships between the young musicians themselves. Our
>> students develop resilience and self-confidence, and gain a collective set
>> of invaluable life experiences — all in the service of learning to create
>> something beautiful together. Students come by school bus each afternoon
>> from more than 25 different schools throughout the city to our 7000 sf
>> programming space. They have access to practice rooms, rehearsal studios,
>> and performance space, as well as classrooms for music theory,
>> improvisation, and homework help. They are each taught one-on-one by a
>> member of our resident professional string quartet and are mentored by the
>> same teacher over many years. The deep, long-term relationships we develop
>> with our students and their families make it possible for us to make a lot
>> more than music."
>
>
> And here's a wonderful pic of the students from their page!
>
> [image: Music Haven.jpg]
>
> And that's it! *So, for the last time this year: See you all soon!*
>
> Warmest 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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