The Memorial Belltower's Maas-Rowe Carillon is a rare and innovative instrument with virtually no repertoire of its own. This concert journeys through disparate potential sonic worlds for the instrument, from baroque to avant-garde, folk song to film songs, in order to reveal this carillon’s potential for both beguiling lyricism and startling experimentalism. The world premiere of And They Shall Beat Their Swords Into Plowshares by Andrew S. Allen, written specifically for the Belltower, will bring those potentialities together.

To celebrate the restoration of NC State’s Memorial Tower carillon, as well as NC State’s 125th anniversary, join us for this free concert on the grounds of the Belltower. The performer will be Tiffany Ng, who serves as associate carillonist at the University of California, Berkeley, where she is a Ph.D. student in Musicology and New Media.