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Aug. 10, 2000
Carillon Concert, Reception to Honor Graduate School
Princeton, N.J. -- The Graduate School at Princeton University invites the public to a free carillon concert and reception, Sunday, Aug. 27 at 1 p.m. in celebration of the Graduate School's Centennial.
The performance, at Cleveland Tower of the Graduate College, will feature Dr. Scott B. Parry playing works by Bach, Handel, Mozart, Bizet, Beethoven and Schubert. The Graduate College is off Springdale and College Roads in Princeton.
The Princeton University carillon is the fourth largest in the world, with 67 bells. It was given to the University by the Class of 1892.
Parry, a Princeton resident and Princeton University alumnus from the Class of 1954, studied with the University's first carillonneur, Professor Arthur Bigelow. He has performed on more than 50 carillons in nine countries and has led handbell groups throughout the northeast. A psychologist and author of six books, Parry is chairman of Training House, Inc., a consulting and publishing firm.
The concert is one of many programs and lectures throughout 2000 and 2001 that will honor the 100th anniversary of the Graduate School. The events will offer "an opportunity to celebrate the School's distinguished history, the contributions of its alumni to scholarship and research, education, public policy and industry, and the School's contributions to Princeton's teaching and research programs," said Princeton University President Harold T. Shapiro, a Graduate School alumnus.
For further information about the concert, which is co-sponsored by the Princeton University Chapel Music Office and the University Office of Community and State Affairs, call 609-258-3654. For information about other events connected with the Centennial of the Graduate School, contact the School at 609-258-2742.