MEDIA CONTACT: Helene Snihur hsnihur@rochester.edu
585.275.7800

July 10, 2006

Hopeman Memorial Carillon Summer Recital Series, featuring Carlo J. van Ulft

TIME, DATE, AND PLACE: 7 p.m. Monday, July 31, on the Eastman Quadrangle in front of Rush Rhees Library on the University of Rochester's River Campus

ADMISSION: Free.
Note: Parking is available on University lots.

A native of the Netherlands, van Ulft studied organ and carillon. He served on the faculty of the world famous Jef Denyn Royal Carillon School in Belgium for 13 years and currently is the director of the Centralia Carillon in Illinois, where he also teaches at Principia College. Van Ulft will perform works by Haydn, Rossini, and Sibelius as well as such popular songs as "The Syncopated Clock" and "The Typewriter."

Concertgoers should bring blankets, lawn chairs, picnic baskets, and even a book to read and can sit anywhere on the Eastman Quadrangle in front of the library to enjoy the music. For more information, contact (585) 275-2828.

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