Free Summer Carillon Concert Series returns
VALLEY FORGE » Washington Memorial National Carillon at Washington Memorial Chapel in Valley Forge will present the 2022 Frank P. Law Summer Carillon Concert Series in July and August.
The series starts on Wednesday, July 6, and features performers from America, including one of the world’s leading carillonneurs Belgian-born Geert D’hollander, and a carillonneur from Poland.
This year, the series welcomes three performers new to Valley Forge, as well as welcomes back returning favorites. And the ever-popular Irish Thunder Pipes & Drums is scheduled to perform again on Aug. 17. The series concludes on Aug. 31.
As always, the concerts start at 7:30 p.m. and are free and open to the public. These are hour-long outdoor concerts, so bring a blanket, lawn chair, snacks or dinner. The Chapel Cabin Shop will be open before the concerts for refreshments and souvenirs. All concerts are played rain or shine.
Washington Memorial National Carillon is located in Valley Forge National Historical Park at Washington Memorial Chapel, Route 23, Valley Forge.
For more information, visit www.wmchapel.org.
Here is the full schedule of concerts:
• July 6 — Wade FitzGerald, Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, Bryn Mawr
• July 13 — Geert D’hollander, Bok Tower Gardens, Lake Wales, Fla.
• July 20 — Lisa J. Lonie, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J.; St. Thomas’ Church, Whitemarsh, Ft. Washington, Pa.; and The Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia
• July 27 — Anna Kasprzycka, Gdansk, Poland
• Aug. 3 — Claire Janezic, University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y.
• Aug. 10 — Hunter Chase, Washington, D.C.
• Aug. 17 — Music of the British Isles: Doug Gefvert, Washington Memorial Chapel, Valley Forge; Irish Thunder Pipes & Drums, Swedesburg, Pa.
• Aug. 24 — John A. Widmann, The City of Frederick, Maryland
• Aug. 31 — Doug Gefvert, Washington Memorial Chapel, Valley Forge