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
Tour Manager	Undeclared

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Ally has grown to like stairs.

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Parker Verran	Davenport 2029
	Undeclared

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Tyler Wu	Branford 2029
	Undeclared

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I like big bells

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Sam Yu	Berkeley 2029
Heeler Monster, Publicity Manager, Newsletter Editor	Humanities & MCDB

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Sam is from the not-so-snowy land of Vancouver, Canada. Ask him about his favorite Disney soundtracks to play on the carillon, tips for amassing a rubber duck collection, or the best spots to hike in the Pacific Northwest.

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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
Co-Chair '26-27, Tour Manager '25-26	Mathematics & Humanities

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Cecilia is from the rainy (and comparatively bell-less) land of Seattle, WA. She is getting better at climbing stairs. Ask her about knitting topological surfaces!

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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
Treasurer, Librarian, Newsletter Editor	Political Science, Linguistics

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Grace is from the very cool, exciting state of Kansas! She likes crocheting, gardening, rocks, and climbing the Harkness Tower stairs. Ask her about climbing trees during tour!

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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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Talk to Jewon about how she brought 3 buckets of Haribo candy from Eurotour '26 back to the US on a carry-on.

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Daniel Wang	Jonathan Edwards 2027
Heeler Monster, Social Chair, Tour Manager	Not Climbing Stairs

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A LA native turned unapologetic East Coast supremacist, Daniel lives for London Fogs, Proust, and Emilien Allard.

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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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Ian Haile	Branford 2026
Co-Chair, 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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Victoria Lu	Silliman 2025
Newsletter Editor	Art/EVST

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Tori loves to play out-of-season holiday music.

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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, 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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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.