Berkeley Carillon Guild

Look at these beautiful bells! If you've ever wanted to learn to play them, now is your chance - the Berkeley Carillon Guild is once again offering its 1-unit DeCal course for Fall 2017, "Learn to Play the Sather Tower Bells: A Carillon Study", and APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN HERE: https://decal.berkeley.edu/courses/4153 . Applications will be due by September 2nd, 2017.

You'll get to learn about the basic techniques, mechanics, and history of the Campanile's grand Class of 1928 Carillon, while finishing off your semester by performing your favorite piece(s) on the bells!

PC: Chase Garcia

Just a week ago today, our Spring 2017 DeCal class spent the gorgeous evening performing an entire hour of beautiful music, rounding out the end of classes.

Through their and their mentors' hard work, these diligent students brought themselves from bells beginners to budding carillon connoisseurs in just one semester, and the members of BCG couldn't be happier with the result!

For now, the bells will be silent for finals week, but keep an eye out for opportunities to join the DeCal in Fall 2018, and check out bells.berkeley.edu to learn even more about us and the art of carillon!

(picture creds to our student, Chase Garcia!)