The University of Florida Carillon Studio is made up of students who have auditioned and committed to upholding the tradition of performing in Century Tower. The studio meets as a class once a week alongside private lessons with the professor. The UF Carillon Studio is on Instagram! Follow us @ufcarillon. Be sure to like our Facebook page! 

Daily Performances in Century Tower

UF carillonneurs perform Monday thru Friday while classes are in session from 12:35-12:50PM & 4:55-5:10PM. Have you ever wondered what it is like to perform in Century Tower? Wonder what the tower looks like inside? Check out this exclusive UF Century Tower Carillon Tour to find out what it is like to be a carillonneur at UF!

The UF Carillon Studio Concert Series 

The UF Carillon Studio Concert Series offers a chance to hear the UF Carillon during a forty-five minute recital. 

Listeners are encouraged to find a location at least 100 feet from the tower for an optimal listening experience. Concert details for each program will be available via a link below.

Join us for the following concerts for Fall 2024: 

FALL 2024
Sunday, August 25, 1:55PM: UF Carillon Studio 
Sunday, September 22, 1:55PM: UF Carillon Studio
Thursday, October 24, 6:45PM: Michael Dixon, "A Celebration of Bells", a preface to the UF Wind Symphony's "Bells and Lovers" concert
Thursday, October 31, 7:20PM: Annual Halloween Spooktacular presented by the UF Carillon and Organ Studios
*The carillon studio portion of the Spooktacular will be livestreamed* (Livestream will begin at 7PM, ghostly carillon performers will appear around 7:50PM). Watch here!
Saturday, November 9, 6:15PM: Duo Bellini: Guest Artists, Florida Carillon Festival
Sunday, November 17, 1:55PM: UF Carillon Studio
Sunday, December 8, 1:55PM: Annual UF Carillon Studio Holiday Concert
Saturday, December 14, 6:15PM: Annie Gao & Geert D'hollander: Guest Artists, Florida Carillon Festival

For fun memories of our 2022 Halloween Extravaganza, check out the video of the performance; click on the 38:45 mark for the carillon performances!!

We had a great Carillon Conference in January 2024, here's the program booklet. 

In the News

UF recently featured carillonneur Mark Zhang in The Sounds of Century Tower. Nicely done!

UF carillon studio members Michael Dixon and Rayyan Merchant were awarded a composer-performer grant from The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America. Click here to learn more about the grant and view a performance of Dixon's "Albireo."

Carillon studio graduate Wade FitzGerald (BM Outside Field/'19) was appointed Associate Instructor of Carillon and University Carillonneur at Indiana University, Bloomington, in Fall 2022. Wade graduated from Indiana with an MM in Organ Performance in May 2024.  

The UF carillon was featured in a recent article in the Orange and Blue Magazine. Carillonneur Ryan Childress was featured!

Carlos Colón-Ortiz, a biomedical engineering student with a music performance minor in carillon, was awarded a 2022 SallySlade Warner Arrangement & Transcription Performance Award. His work was a transcription of El Coquí, a traditional Puerto Rican Danza by José Ignacio Quintón (1881-1925). Due to this distinction his piece was performed at the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial Carillon at the University of Chicago (IL) during the annual congress of The Guild of Carillonneurs of North America in June 2022.

Florida carillons were featured in a recent segment of Florida Frontiers. The carillon discussion begins at the 21:20 mark of the show (or when there is about 7:39 left in the program). The feature includes sounds from the UF carillon and interviews with Dr. Ellis and UF carillon studio graduate, Wade FitzGerald! Thanks to Margot Winick for this wonderful feature on the carillon art in Florida. 

UF Carillon Studio member Lauren Bradley was recently highlighted on the UF IFAS blog.

The 40th Anniversary of the UF Carillon was highlighted on WJCB 20 News. The College of the Arts documented the day in this video. The Gainesville Sun also featured the anniversary in this article.