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The Berkeley Carillon at 100

Sather Tower was completed in 1915, and so for the past year or so the university has been celebrating its hundredth birthday with a wide-variety of events. Celebrations began right after school began with a multi-media event with sound, light, and the participation of the earth in “Natural Frequencies,” a collaboration between several departments on … Continue Reading »

The Berkeley Carillon Institute

The Berkeley Carillon Institute was established in 1982 by Ronald Barnes, Berkeley’s first University Carillonist. The purpose of the Institute is to secure materials related to the carillon and to encourage and publish compositions and arrangements for the instrument. The library of the Berkeley Carillon Institute, a part of the Music Library at the university, … Continue Reading »

Music for Carillon

The Berkeley Carillon Institute publishes carillon music, available at no cost on the web. You can browse the index of available compositions, then download scores that interest you using your web browser and Adobe Acrobat Reader. All works are provided free of charge for performance and scholarly purposes. Manuel Blasco de Nebra Sonata No. 3 … Continue Reading »

Carillon Study

There are three areas of carillon study at Berkeley: Beginning group lessons, Private lessons (beginning, intermediate and advanced), and through DeCal. Regular carillon performance is limited to intermediate and advanced private students, although beginning group students have their lessons on the carillon, and the DeCal students give a final recital on the carillon each semester. … Continue Reading »

Carillon Guild

The Berkeley Carillon Guild is a student organized and run guild of players of the Berkeley Carillon. The guild consists of present and former students, townspeople and the professional staff of the carillon. The Guild is an organization within the Associated Students of the University of California (ASUC), which provides funding for guild activities. The … Continue Reading »

Sather Tower Carillon

[pbs_component_photo image_id=”5145″] The carillon program at Berkeley has several constituent parts. The most prominent part is, of course, performance, with thrice daily performances on the carillon an integral part of campus life. There is also an extensive instructional program and, under the umbrella of the Berkeley Carillon Institute, a library of photographs, music, manuscripts, books … Continue Reading »

Musicology placement

Alumni Job Placement in the Musicology Program, Department of Music (Includes all recipients of the PhD from 2002 – Present) Alums: Have an update? Let us know! 2023 Amalya Lehmann is Head of Academic Memberships at the Erdős Institute Kim Sauberlich is Assistant Professor of Music at the College of Charleston in Fall 2023. Parkorn … Continue Reading »

April 2018 eNews

Chair’s note Greeting from Morrison and Hertz Hall, First and foremost, it is with great sadness that I share with you the news that Professor Emeritus Olly Wilson (b. 1937) passed away peacefully on March 12 at the age of 80.  Professor Wilson was a prolific composer and scholar of African American music who taught … Continue Reading »

Private Instructors

Note: Instructors with a “C” in the column next to their name are currently active. Instructors with “A” in that column are available, but not currently active. Baroque Guitar, Lute and Theorbo Richard Savino C (510) 517-6929 email Baroque Harp Cheryl Ann Fulton C (510) 367-7107 Baroque Oboe Marc Shachman C (845) 323-2361 Baroque Recorder … Continue Reading »

Cal Day 2016

The Music Department was pleased to display a wide range of musical activities for Cal Day visitors. Concert manager Quelani Penland programmed this annual open house for UC Berkeley with exciting events located both inside and outside Hertz Memorial Concert Hall and Morrison Hall, for all to enjoy. Inside events included the kid-friendly Music Connection instrument workshop, … Continue Reading »

Bonnie Remembers Berkeley

My first acquaintance with Berkeley was the summer of 1967. I was a graduate student in ethnomusicology at UCLA and came up to spend part of the summer working on my Master’s thesis and also attending performances at the World Music Center funded by the Scripps family. I made a tour of the Department of Music. I also, with typical … Continue Reading »