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.
Reshard Kolabhai |
Law 2029 |
Adriana Zhou |
Hopper 2028 |
Cecilia Sun |
Saybrook 2028 |
| Mathematics & Humanities(?) |
Cecilia is from the rainy land of Seattle, WA. She is getting better at climbing stairs.
Darren Kao |
Ezra Stiles 2028 |
Grace May |
Trumbull 2028 |
Eason Cao |
Graduate Student 2027 |
| Biology |
Jewon Im |
Franklin 2027 |
| Heeler Monster, Publicity Manager, Librarian |
Daniel Wang |
Jonathan Edwards 2027 |
| Heeler Monster, Social Chair | Undeclared |
Stephen Xia |
Morse 2027 |
| Tour Manager | Mathematics |
Yu-Ting Chang |
Trumbull 2027 |
| Astrophysics + Political Science |
Jeremy Ng |
Trumbull 2026 |
| Summer Carillonneur, Treasurer, Webmaster | Computer Science/Astrophysics |
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.
Ian Haile |
Branford 2026 |
| Social Chair, Tower Keeper | Mathematics |
Ian's friends would describe him as "a man of few words." Ian would describe himself as " ".
Anna Jamison |
Franklin 2026 |
| Humanities & Medieval Studies |
Anna likes ancient languages and gummy worms. She also likes the carillon.
Savannah Curro |
Graduate Student 2026 |
| Summer Carillonneur | Master of Divinity |
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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Yule Zhang (Arrow) |
Franklin 2026 |
| Historian | Comparative Literature |
From Anchorage, Alaska, Arrow likes Carillon-ing, piano-ing, foreign language-ing, writing, and eating sushi.
Carl Geiselhart |
Saybrook 2026 |
| Chemistry |
Joey Tan |
Pierson 2026 |
| Tour Manager, Librarian | Computer Science |
Zoe Pian |
Timothy Dwight 2025 |
| MB&B |
Zoe is a pianist from the small town of New York City. When she isn't holed up in her bedroom, she can be found touching grass on science hill and making a futile but considerable effort to establish an interspecies friendship with New Haven birds.
Victoria Lu |
Silliman 2025 |
| Newsletter Editor | Art/EVST |
Tori loves to play out-of-season holiday music.
Peter Zhang |
Berkeley 2025 |
| Co-Chair | Ethics, Politics & Economics |
Peter is from the frozen land of Vancouver, Canada. When not training to climb spiral staircases, he is probably shovelling peanut M&Ms into his mouth in a upper-floor, window-facing Bass cubicle.
Jiayi Liao |
Morse 2025 |
| Historian | History of Art / Econ & Math |
Jiayi (Joyce) is from Beijing, China. On a sunny afternoon, you can find her chilling outside the Beinecke, taking a walk in the cemetery, or climbing (spiral) stairs. She loves museums, books, and (good) food!
Isaiah Suchman |
Morse 2025 |
| Publicity Manager | Linguistics |
If it's after midnight, Isaiah is probably trying to find the Tower light switch so he can get in an "early evening" practice. Otherwise, he might be hiking, fiddling with the fonts on his computer, satiating his Wikipedia addiction, or spelunking in the deepest recesses of the Humanities Quadrangle.
Eric Wang |
Morse 2025 |
| Co-Chair | Molecular, Cellular, & Developmenta |
Mitchell Dubin |
Franklin 2025 |
| Economics |
Meher Sethi |
Franklin 2025 |
| Ethics, Politics, & Economics |
Jessica Liu |
2025 |
| Social Chair | Applied Mathematics |
Tiffany Toh |
Saybrook 2025 |
| Electrical Engineering |
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Sharon Ahn |
Murray 2024 |
| Music |
Sharon is probably in rehearsal, in a practice room, or napping (or any combination of the above)... Please leave a message after the tone. *facgce*
Daniel Pak |
Graduate Student 2024 |
| Biomedical Engineering |
Daniel loves watching awesome people play awesome music. Hopefully he will actually get to practicing and play like that someday. In addition to the carillon, he has recently rekindled his interest in electric guitar.
Lea Kim |
Hopper 2024 |
| Chemistry and Music |
Lea is an iced latte aficionado from Solon, Ohio. When she is not mastering the art of climbing stairs, Lea spends her time playing the violin, drawing chair conformations, and watching all and every food-related video on the internet.
Maggy Lambo |
Silliman 2024 |
| Treasurer, Webmaster | Electrical Engineering |
Nathan Moran |
Franklin 2024 |
| Music |
Julia Zheng |
Jonathan Edwards 2023 |
| Co-Chair 2022-2023 | S&DS, Global Affairs |
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 :)
Daniel Lu |
Davenport 2023 |
| Computer Science & Economics; S&DS |
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.
Evan Hochstein |
Morse 2023 |
| Linguistics |
Evan is from Austin, Texas and can't stop learning languages. He loves listening to and playing music from around the world, especially when he can actually understand the lyrics. When the aliens come, he doesn't know if he will be able to decipher their language like Amy Adams, but he will certainly play the bells for them.
Adam Chen |
Timothy Dwight 2022 |
| M.A./B.A. History of Art |
Oh no, someone mentioned Bach to Adam and now he won't stop talking. Other topics to avoid: genealogy, Baroque architecture, and really just art history in general.
Michael Gancz |
Murray 2021 |
| Music (MA/BA) |
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.
Sarah Luckart |
Branford 2019 |
| Psychology |
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).
Lyndon Ji |
Silliman 2016 |
| Sleeping |
Jyndon enjoys trips to Narnia, the land of ducks and fractals. He also greatly appreciates japanese writing utensils and anti-jokes.
Ellen Dickinson |
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| Guild Advisor and Teacher | Music |
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.