How to Use carillon in a Sentence

carillon

noun

• Behind the lovers and across the lake, a huge stone church — Kirk in the Hills — holds the base of a huge stone steeple, which envelops the famous Kirk in the Hills carillon.
  — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 9 Oct. 2021
• Kleem explained that there are two ways for the clock tower to perform as a carillon.
  — Rich Heileman, cleveland, 20 Nov. 2020
• The iconic 97-bell carillon is one of the largest musical instruments in the world in terms of number of bells.
  — Amy Aumick, OrlandoSentinel.com, 7 May 2018
• The new project would mount taller flagpoles, install a better plaza with planters and seating, and erect a 40-foot tower with a carillon to chime the hours.
  — Alaska Dispatch News, 20 Sep. 2017
• The latter, a 60-bell carillon, plays music at 1 and 3 p.m. daily, with short selections played on the hour and half hour.
  — Tara Bradley Connell, Orlando Signature, 28 July 2017
• The 205-foot Singing Tower, also known as Bok Tower, houses a set of bells — a carillon — that plays short concerts every day.
  — Marjie Lambert, chicagotribune.com, 19 Dec. 2017
• In 1993, this church, its carillon and the wide, scenic lake attracted a couple who'd come recently from Europe.
  — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 9 Oct. 2021
• Simsbury United Methodist Church will play its carillon bells.
  — courant.com, 15 Nov. 2021
• In addition to the elevator, there are also 253 steps that give visitors a view of the carillon bells.
  — Erin Hegarty, Naperville Sun, 1 June 2017
• Made partially from local stone, the tower houses a 60-bell carillon that is played twice daily.
  — New York Times, 16 Feb. 2018
• It’s not being billed as such, but with visits this summer from about a dozen players, performances at these two venues amount to a carillon festival.
  — Peter Dobrin, https://www.inquirer.com, 5 June 2019
• Mayo is the only medical center in North America that has a carillon.
  — Erica Pearson, Star Tribune, 21 May 2021
• Add half a million lights, strolling carolers, the sounds of a 62-bell carillon, and crackling firepits for a celebration that marries the best of nature and artifice.
  — Ellen Albanese, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Nov. 2022
• The carillon can be heard on both sides of the river and in nearby parking lots, so the park district is encouraging people to do social distancing.
  — Michelle Mullins, chicagotribune.com, 26 Dec. 2020
• The final gesture comes as a surprise: a sudden, brilliant cascade from opposite ends of the keyboard toward the center, a carillon from the beyond.
  — New York Times, 9 June 2022
• In 2001 the Rockefeller carillon played a concert in collaboration with Friends of the Gamelan, who spread out their own bronze instruments on the lawn below.
  — Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader, 24 May 2018
• After securing approval from the abbot, Father Sydor and five other priests-in-training had climbed the tower and taken turns pounding the batons of the carillon with their fists.
  — Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 2 May 2022
• Stone Mountain Park is the only place in Georgia to hear daily electronic carillon concerts.
  — AccessAtlanta, 17 June 2022
• Does Ann Arbor have ... wait ... umm ... yes, two carillons, both on the University of Michigan campus, where music students learn to play the instrument.
  — Susan Keaton, Naperville Sun, 8 June 2017
• Nearby, Markt square features a 13th-century belfry with a 47-bell carillon and tower with panoramic views.
  — Lea Lane, Forbes, 29 May 2021
• Typically, the carillon was played for brief interludes in advance of morning services and prayers.
  — Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 2 May 2022
• Carillon amenities include a swimming pool, kiddie pool, open-air pavilion, sport court, playground, private 12-acre lake, trails and front yard maintenance.
  — Star-Telegram, star-telegram.com, 21 May 2017
• In a world that suddenly got scary, a centuries-old sound of hope and reassurance will be offered across Northeast Ohio in free carillon concerts this weekend at four locations.
  — Brian Albrecht, cleveland, 20 Mar. 2020
• The reopening of the tower is good news for city carillonneur Tim Sleep, who is beginning to line musicians for summer carillon concerts.
  — Suzanne Baker, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2023
• Arranging themselves a few to each piano, these interlopers began to press the keys, too, for a climactic effect that eventually matched the rich, chaotic peal of a full carillon of church bells.
  — Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2018
• The carillon bells were removed from the original wooden flag tower seven years because the tower was deteriorating, and have been in storage.
  — Andrew Michaels, Columbia Flier, 26 May 2017
• Also in the tower are a research center, a library containing Edward Bok’s writings and the largest collection of carillon history and music in the world plus, near the top, the carillonneur’s office and studios.
  — Dewayne Bevil, OrlandoSentinel.com, 21 Sep. 2017
• The signing ceremony inside the sanctuary will be followed by a carillon concert and Eucharist procession.
  — Deepa Bharath, Orange County Register, 19 May 2017
• The daily carillon concerts are included with regular Bok admission.
  — Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 17 Nov. 2020

Last Updated: 3 Oct 2024