Current Use
The instrument is currently rung by Guild members twice a day when classes are in session, and in the evening during the summer. From September to May, rings occur at 12:30 p.m. and 5:00 p.m., times chosen to avoid disturbing University classes. During the summer, the Guild hosts a concert series of guest carillonneurs on Friday evenings.
Every fall semester, a number of Yale undergraduate students who wish to learn how to play the carillon can audition ("heel") for a place in the Yale University Guild of Carillonneurs. After attending an introductory meeting, these students receive nine weeks of basic instruction on how to play the carillon. During these nine weeks they have access to Yale's practice carillons to prepare two audition pieces, which are performed for judges (current Guild members), along with a standardized exercise and sight reading. Each year, four to eight auditioners ("heelers") are admitted to the Guild and allowed - after further practice - to perform regularly on the carillon.
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