About the Guild

The Guild is the student organization responsible for ringing the bells in Harkness Tower. It is a self-perpetuating group: each fall, the current members give lessons to freshmen and sophomores (and sometimes graduate students) on the practice carillon, and, after auditions, elect new members to the Guild.

The Guild was founded in 1949 by Elliot H. Kone BR '49 as the Guild of Yale Bellringers. It was renamed in 1964, two years before the donation of 44 additional bells expanded the original chime to a 54-bell carillon.

We currently have 21 full-time members, and a few adjunct members. Each Guild member has their own ring spot (see above!). Our teacher is Ellen Dickinson, who is a Yale and Guild alum; she comes in a few times a week to give us lessons to help us continue playing beautiful music for all of campus!

Besides ringing bells for Yale's campus, the Guild does two yearly tours. The smaller tour is Mini-Tour, and past Mini-Tours have taken the Guild to Pennsylvania and Boston. The larger tour alternates between a European Tour and a Domestic Tour.

We also play handbells. For more information, click here!

During the summer, the Guild also hosts a summer series that invites carillonneurs from around the world to come play a weekly concert. In general, the Guild simply loves spending time together, so there are lots of snacks, dinners, movies, hanging out, and lots of general fun is involved!

Current Members

Click here for the list of Guild alumni.

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Reshard Kolabhai	Law 2029
Summer Carillonneur '25

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Ally Hu	Morse 2029
	Undeclared

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Parker Verran	Davenport 2029
	Undeclared

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Tyler Wu	Branford 2029
	Undeclared

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Sam Yu	Berkeley 2029
	Undeclared

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Bena Feng	Silliman 2029
	Undeclared

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Eric Gan	PHD 2029
	Microbiology

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Cecilia Sun	Saybrook 2028
Tour Manager '25-26	Mathematics & Humanities(?)

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Cecilia is from the rainy land of Seattle, WA. She is getting better at climbing stairs.

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Adriana Zhou	Hopper 2028
Treasurer	Undeclared

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Darren Kao	Ezra Stiles 2028
Heeler Monster	Undeclared

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Grace May	Trumbull 2028
Heeler Monster, Tower Keeper	Undeclared

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Grace plays the carillon.

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Eason Cao	Graduate Student 2027
	Biology

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Jewon Im	Franklin 2027
Heeler Monster, Publicity Manager, Librarian

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Daniel Wang	Jonathan Edwards 2027
Heeler Monster, Social Chair	Undeclared

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Stephen Xia	Morse 2027
Tour Manager	Mathematics

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Yu-Ting Chang	Trumbull 2027
	Astrophysics + Political Science

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Jeremy Ng	Trumbull 2026
Summer Carillonneur, Treasurer, Webmaster	Computer Science/Astrophysics

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Jeremy has been playing the piano, cello, and organ for a long time, because they have a BIG sound. Now he gets to play on one of the BIGGEST instruments there is. Lucky him.

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Ian Haile	Branford 2026
Social Chair, Tower Keeper	Mathematics

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Ian's friends would describe him as "a man of few words." Ian would describe himself as " ".

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Anna Jamison	Franklin 2026
	Humanities & Medieval Studies

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Anna likes ancient languages and gummy worms. She also likes the carillon.

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Savannah Curro	Graduate Student 2026
Summer Carillonneur	Master of Divinity

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In 2023, I graduated Summa Cum Laude from Mercer University with a BM in Organ Performance & BA in History. I am now enrolled in the Master of Divinity program at the Berkeley Divinity School ('26). On Sunday mornings, you can find me playing the organ & directing the choir at Westbrook Congregational Church.

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Carl Geiselhart	Saybrook 2026
	Chemistry

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Joey Tan	Pierson 2026
Tour Manager, Librarian	Computer Science

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Julia Zheng	Jonathan Edwards 2023
Co-Chair 2022-2023	S&DS, Global Affairs

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Loves bright, autumn mornings & runs in the rain. Avid fan of Debussy & dominant sevenths. Enjoys stand up comedy & bad puns. Rings big bells from chime to chime :)

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Daniel Lu	Davenport 2023
	Computer Science & Economics; S&DS

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Daniel has been living in Connecticut for over 20 years. When he's not playing bells, you can find him either on a frisbee field, petting dogs (he has an adorable German Shephard and Siberian Husky), or taking a well-deserved nap. He has a great love for food, and while he enjoys eating it, he's also working on improving his cooking skills.

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Michael Gancz	Murray 2021
	Music (MA/BA)

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Michael was taking their trombone out for a stroll when they strayed too far from the new colleges and got lost. Now they're stuck in Harkness Tower and can't get down. Please send help.

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Sarah Luckart	Branford 2019
	Psychology

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Sarah is interested in brains and tech, but not AI. Outside of the Tower, they fix computers, cook, and sometimes play viola. They have a collection of small succulents and their favorite is a red-headed cactus named George (Weasley).

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Lyndon Ji	Silliman 2016
	Sleeping

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Jyndon enjoys trips to Narnia, the land of ducks and fractals. He also greatly appreciates japanese writing utensils and anti-jokes.

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Ellen Dickinson
Guild Advisor and Teacher	Music

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Ellen '97, '99 MUS, has previously been a member of the Board of Directors of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America. She joined the Yale Guild in her sophomore year, and served as co-chair in her junior and senior years. She now serves as the Guild's advisor, and has two children, ages five and seven.