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  Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Yale University
Yale's 70 undergraduate majors are primarily focused on a liberal curriculum, and few of the undergraduate departments are pre-professional in nature.
Yale, like other Ivy League schools, instituted policies in the early twentieth century designed artificially to increase the proportion of upper-class white Christians of notable families in the student body (see numerus clausus), and was one of the last of the Ivies to eliminate such preferences, beginning with the class of 1970.
Yale supports 35 varsity athletic teams that compete in the Ivy League Conference, the Eastern College Athletic Conference, the New England Intercollegiate Sailing Associaton, and Yale is an NCAA Division I member.
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  Yale University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yale's 70 undergraduate majors are primarily focused on a liberal curriculum, and few of the undergraduate departments are pre-professional in nature (even the engineering departments encourage and require students to explore academic disciplines outside of engineering).
The rivalry between Yale and Harvard is long and storied, by far the oldest in the Ivy League; from academics to rowing to college football, their historic competition is similar to that of Oxford and Cambridge.
Yale, like other Ivy League schools, instituted policies in the early twentieth century designed to artificially increase the proportion of upper-class white Christians of notable families in the student body (see Numerus clausus), and was one of the last of the Ivies to eliminate such preferences, beginning with the class of 1970.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yale   (3920 words)

  
 Yale University   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The rivalry between Yale and Harvard University is long and storied, by far the oldest in the Ivy League; from academics to rowing to college football, their historic competition is similar to that of Oxford and Cambridge.
The Yale Russian Chorus[29], founded in 1953, is a predominantly male group of students and community members who sing liturgical and folk music of Russia and other Eastern European lands.
Yale is also known as the home of several senior societies and secret societies, including Scroll and Key and Skull and Bones.
www.tocatch.info /en/Yale.htm   (3839 words)

  
 Yale University Guild of Carillonneurs - News
A brief history of the carillon and the Guild (Yale Herald, Sept. 28, 2001)
Yale carillonneur Robert Bonds presents a concert at the dedication of the carillon at St. John the Evangelist (The Spokesman-Review, Aug. 29, 1969)
A Yale carillonneur is selected to perform at the dedication of the new carillon at St. John the Evangelist (The Spokesman-Review, Aug. 24, 1969)
www.yale.edu /carillon/news.html   (529 words)

  
 Carillon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Seated in a cabin beneath the bells, the carillonneur presses down, with a cupped hand or fist, on a series of baton-like keys arranged in the same pattern as a piano keyboard.
The keys activate levers and wires that connect directly to the bells' clappers; thus, as with a piano, the carillonneur can vary the intensity of the note according to the force applied to the key.
New Haven, Connecticut: Harkness Carillon in Harkness Tower at Yale University: 10 bells (a chime) installed in 1922, and an additional 44 bells installed in 1964, for a total of 54 bells.
www.encyclopedia-online.info /Carillon   (535 words)

  
 Yale University PAGE 2
Yale Forest Forum - mission is to understand, promote, and support the sustainable management of private forestlands through research, education, and outreach.
Yale Russian Chorus - tenor-bass a cappella choral ensemble comprised of members from Yale University in various academic disciplines and from the greater New Haven community.
Yale Spizzwinks(?) - a cappella group founded in 1914, the Spizzwinks(?) are the nation's second oldest collegiate froup.
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 Ellen Espenschied - Carillonneur
Dickinson joined the Yale Guild of Carillonneurs as a sophomore and was co-chair of the group during her junior and senior years.
In June 2000, she became a member of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America by playing a successful advancement recital at the annual congress, held that year in Frederick, Maryland.
Currently Ellen serves on the Board of Directors of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America, and is on the jury for the GCNA advancement exam committee.
ellen.cc /carillonneur.htm   (233 words)

  
 Search Results for guild - Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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 Yale Daily News - Student carillonneurs chime in
Guild co-chair Christina Meyer '06 said students are often surprised to learn that the bell-ringers are Yalies.
The guild has a long history with the school, as Jef Denyn sponsored an exchange program allowing Yale carillonneurs to study ringing in Belgium when the guild began.
One such step is inviting Jef Denyn students to the Guild of Carillonneurs of North America Congress the Yale Guild is hosting in June 2006.
www.yaledailynews.com /articles/view/15292?badlink=1   (969 words)

  
 Yale University --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!
Founded in 1701, it is the third-oldest institution of higher learning in the U.S. Yale's initial curriculum emphasized classical studies and strict adherence to orthodox Puritanism.
Yale's library, with more than 10 million volumes, is one of the largest in the U.S. Its extensive art galleries were established in 1832.
Yale is one of the most highly regarded schools in the nation; its graduates have included several U.S. presidents.
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 Calendar | Oct 15, 1999
Yale Concert Band: Performance of movie music by Aaron Copland, Franz Waxman, and Alfred Newman.
Yale Guild of Carillonneurs: Parents' Weekend carillon concert.
Yale Gilbert and Sullivan Society: Fall cabaret, featuring songs from Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operas.
www.yaleherald.com /archive/xxviii/1999.10.15/features/calendar.html   (520 words)

  
 Yale Alumni Magazine/ Scene on Campus
The Yale Alumni Magazine is owned and operated by Yale Alumni Publications, Inc., a nonprofit corporation independent of Yale University.
The content of the magazine is the responsibility of the editors and the board of directors, and does not necessarily reflect the views of Yale or its officers.
Originally mounted with ten bells (it now boasts 54) between 1917 and 1921, the carillon bongs out tunes twice a day during the school year, courtesy of student members of the Yale University Guild of Carillonneurs.
www.yalealumnimagazine.com /issues/2004_09/scene.html   (258 words)

  
 CTNHAVYU
Yale Univ. Guild of Carillonneurs (Su) PO Box 201964 New Haven, CT 06520-1964 T: (203)432-2309 [tower] E: carillon@yale.edu
The Yale University Guild of Carillonneurs maintains an extensive Website.
Yale's own Website might (or might not) show the tower in winter.
www.gcna.org /data/CTNHAVYU.HTM   (347 words)

  
 Yale Carillonneurs to perform at WFU
As part of their 2004 Spring Tour, the Yale University Guild of Carillonneurs will play Wake Forest University’s carillon in a free, public concert March 11 at 12 p.m.
According to the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America, carillons evolved from the lowlands of Holland, Belgium and northern France more than five centuries ago.
The town carillonneur played on market days and holidays, and it was said that good bells and good schools were the sign of a well-run city.
www.wfu.edu /wfunews/2004/022504c.html   (220 words)

  
 YALE SINGERS DELIGHT N-SA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
At Yale, Bailey is majoring in theater and music, ``with the accent on theater,'' he said.
Bailey sings during the school's Sunday morning services, and, as a member of the Yale Guild of Carillonneurs, he helps ring the large, tuned set of bells in the bell tower.
In September the Yale University Chorus - whose 34 members are students, members of the faculty and staff and some New Haven, Conn., residents - performed for Yeltsin and President Clinton at the White House.
scholar.lib.vt.edu /VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1995/vp950309/03080220.htm   (536 words)

  
 Carillon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
New Haven, Connecticut: The Yale Memorial Carillon in Harkness Tower at Yale University, 1922.
Ohio's largest with 57 bells, it was refurbished in 1988 from an electronic carillon to a traditional, mechanical carillon.
The Park's carillonneur performs live carillon concerts every Sunday during June, July and August.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Carillon   (1503 words)

  
 Alfred University : News
She is director of the Yale Freshman Chorus, and teaches choral conducting at the University of Bridgeport and music appreciation at a New Haven high school.
He began playing the carillon as a freshman and was co-chair of the Yale University Guild of Carillonneurs the past two years.
In June 2000, he became a Carillonneur member of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America by playing a successful advancement recital at the annual congress in Mercersburg, PA. A native of Vancouver, BC, he will return to Canada in the fall to begin law school at the University of Toronto.
www.alfred.edu /pressreleases/viewrelease.cfm?ID=731   (341 words)

  
 Longwood Gardens - Carillon
As an undergraduate, Ellen was co-chair and summer carillonneur of the Yale Guild of Carillonneurs.
Lonie is a carillonneur member of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA), is serving as a director of this organization, and has presented workshops at GCNA congresses.
She is a carillonneur member of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA), is serving as a director of this organization, and has presented workshops at GCNA congresses.
www.longwoodgardens.org /Carillon/Carillon15.htm   (6100 words)

  
 Organizations Music Web Links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
BC Guild of English Handbell Ringers - Background, officers, performance schedule for a group of 17 provincial choirs in British Columbia.
Guild of Carillonneurs in North America - Professional organization that promotes the art of carillon in North America.
Yale University Guild of Carillonneurs - Group information, discography, calendar, and sheet music library catalog.
www.searchmusicnetwork.com /Instruments_Percussion_Bells_Pitched_Tune_Ringing_Organizations.html   (1837 words)

  
 life
Perhaps the best decision I made at Yale was to "rush" for the Yale University Guild of Carillonneurs...
The largest bell weighs 5+ tons and is as large as the bedrooms that I slept in at Yale.
I was also a flautist in the Yale Precision Marching Band (YPMB) for three years.
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 Longwood Gardens - Carillon
By 2004, she had risen to the position of Co-Chair of the Guild, directing tower and instrument renovations and preparations to host the annual Congress of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America in 2006.
She has since studied the organ through the Yale Institute of Sacred Music and the carillon with Ellen Dickinson at Yale and Jeff Davis at the University of California, Berkeley.
She is a carillonneur member of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA), chair of the Examinations Committee, and served on the Board of Directors.
www.longwoodgardens.org /Carillon/Carillon11.htm   (1320 words)

  
 About the Soldiers' Tower Carillon - University of Toronto   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
He also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Yale University and he is the coordinator of U of T's Guild of Carillonneurs..
Roy began playing the carillon at Yale, and was a member of the Yale University Guild of Carillonneurs.
In June 2000, Roy became a Carillonneur Member of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA) by playing a successful advancement exam recital at the annual congress in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania.
www.utoronto.ca /carillon/rlee.html   (227 words)

  
 Yale Alumni Magazine: Arts & Culture
The plays are arguably the most celebrated long-term project in contemporary American drama, and six of them were premiered at the Rep. Six is a lot, says James Bundy, dean of the drama school.
Ruff (who celebrated 50 years as a member of the legendary Mitchell-Ruff jazz duo with a Yale concert at the end of April) investigated the churchgoing habits of Scottish immigrants who settled in the southern United States as long ago as the 1700s.
The exhibit's watercolors and etchings, by members of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, show the beauty of the plants; the Peabody herbarium sheets chronicle the history of the invasion.
www.yalealumnimagazine.com /issues/2005_07/arts.html   (4887 words)

  
 Roy Lee   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
He bagan playing the carillon as a freshman, and was co-chair of the Yale University Guild of Carillonneurs the past two years.
In June of 2000 he became a Carillonneur member of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America after playing a successful advancement recital at the annual congress in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania.
In addition to the carillon Roy plays French horn, piano and organ, and was a member of the Yale Concert Band, the Glee Club, and the Gilbert and Sullivan society.
www.msu.edu /~carillon/roylee.htm   (125 words)

  
 Carillons   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Carillon: a set of at least 23 bells that are chromatically tuned and played by striking manual and pedal keys on a keyboard, which permits control of expression through variation of touch.
Check out Yale's Guild of Carillonneurs webpage for more pictures and info about the Harkness carillon!
The bourdon (the largest and lowest pitch bell) is 20+ tons alone and is the heaviest carillon bell in the world!
www.geocities.com /fireseaweed/carillon.html   (183 words)

  
 Carillons in Connecticut
The carillonneur is David Maker, a member of the Trinity Guild.
The 54 bell Yale Memorial Carillon is the heaviest carillon in Connecticut, and, like the Trinity College carillon, was cast by the John Taylor & Co. foundry of Loughborough, England.
The carillon is played on a daily basis by the Yale University Guild of Carillonneurs, and there is a summer series with concerts on Fridays at 7:00pm from June 21 to Aug. 16.
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 YALE UNIVERSITY BOOKS SOURCE, FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS
Neben vielen amerikanischen Präsidenten wie Bill_Clinton haben auch dessen Frau Hillary_Clinton und der deutsche Altbundespräsident Karl_Carstens in Yale studiert.
Im 19._Jahrhundert wurde das Yale College um weitere Institutionen erweitert, so die ''Medical Institution'' (1810), die ''Divinity School'' (1822), die ''Law School'' (1843), die ''Graduate School of Arts and Sciences'' (1847), die ''School of Fine Arts'' (1869) und die ''School of Music'' (1894).
1887 wurde das Yale College in ''Yale University'' umbenannt.
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 Encyclopedia: Carillon
This article is about the modern musical instrument.
The carillonneur, the musician who plays the carillon, sits in a cabin beneath the bells.
The carillonneur presses down, with a loosely closed fist, on a series of baton-like keys arranged in the same pattern as a piano keyboard.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Carillon   (1098 words)

  
 Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Yale   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
This is an extract from The Middle East Open Encyclopedia, made possible through the Wikimedia Foundation.
Iraq Museum International always displays the most recent published revision of the source article, Yale; all previous versions may be viewed here.
They link directly to authoring tools for you to start writing a particular article.
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 2006 Congress of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA) at Yale University   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The keyboard ranges from G in the bass octave to C in the treble octave.
The carillon is played twice daily by undergraduate and graduate members of the Yale University Guild of Carillonneurs, the only entirely student-run and self-perpetuating organization of carillonneurs in North America.
Members of the Yale University Guild of Carillonneurs, April 2004.
www.yale.edu /carillon/gcna2006/yalecarillon.html   (232 words)

  
 The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America
A carillon bell is a cast bronze cup-shaped bell whose partial tones are in such harmonious relationship to each other as to permit many such bells to be sounded together in varied chords with harmonious and concordant effect.
The Guild is a member of the World Carillon Federation (WCF).
As part of the process of becoming a Carillonneur Member of the Guild, candidates must play an advancement recital which is judged by an advancement committee.
www.gcna.org   (645 words)

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