Carillon Concert Series

Born and raised in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Amy Heebner learned to play the carillon at Middlebury College where she was President of the Middlebury Carillonneurs. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Middlebury College and received her Master’s in Library Science from the University at Albany. She is a librarian at the New York State Library.

Amy is currently one of two city carillonneurs in Albany, and she is the organist at the Unionville Reformed Church. She is a board member, president and one of the founders of the Friends of the Albany City Carillon. In addition to her weekly performances for the city, she also plays at special city events. She has given concerts at various carillons in New York and New England. Amy became a carillonneur member of the Guild of Carillonneurs of North America in 2000.

In her free time Amy rows on the Hudson River with the Albany Rowing Center, plays badminton and softball, and skis downhill and cross country.

June 5, 2026 Program

Alma Mater (Walls of Ivy) Welsh Hymn Melody

Gamaliel Painter’s Cane Wiley/Wright, arr. George Matthew, Jr.

Music from Würzburg, Volume II Matteo Carcassi, arr. Jürgen Buchner
Caprice II
Caprice III

From the Opera, “Hansel and Gretel”
Evening Prayer Engelbert Humperdinck, arr. Ronald Barnes
Dance Engelbert Humperdinck, arr. Ronald Barnes

Bells
Fugue for Bells James B. Angell
Le joyeux Fondeur de Cloches Géo Clément
Variaties voor beiaard op “De navond komt zo stil” Koen Cosaert

Spanish Guitar Music arr. Mary Jo Disler
Study, Op. 44, No. 23 Fernando Sor
Study, Op. 29, No. 13 Fernando Sor
Tango “Maria” Francisco Tárrega

Big Band Music
Misty Erroll Garner, arr. Jos Lerinckx
Moonlight Serenade Glenn Miller, arr. Jos Lerinckx

Music from “Mary Poppins”
Chim Chim Cher-ee from “Mary Poppins”
Feed the Birds
Let’s Go Fly a Kite

Little Firefly John R. Knox

Bethena (A Concert Waltz)Scott Joplin, arr. Wesley Arai

Middlebury Carillon History:
In 1918, the Mead family gave a chime of 11 bells to the chapel of Middlebury College (less than 23 bells is called a chime: 23 or more is a carillon.) These original 11 bells were cast by the Meneely Bell Foundry of West Troy, NY. Some pertinent history: Paul Revere was a skilled silversmith. He was taught how to cast bells by a deserter from the occupying British army who, before being drafted, was a bellfounder with the Taylor Bell Company of Loughborough, England. Paul Revere took two of his sons into the bell founding business with him and also brought into the business his son-in-law, a man named Meneely. The Meneely Bell Foundry, first established in Massachusetts, and later moved to West Troy, NY, lasted until 1960. In short, the 11 largest bells in our carillon were cast by Paul Revere’s fifth- or sixth-times grandsons.

In 1983 after extended conversations between Alan Dragone, then chairman of the board of trustees, college president Robison, Emory Fanning, then chairman of the music department and George Matthew Jr., then carillonneur at Stamford, CT, it was decided to engage the Paccard Bell Foundry of Annecy le Vieux, France to expand the instrument to a full 48 bell carillon. The instrument was completed in 1986 and played for the first time at graduation that year.

That same summer, a series of carillon recitals on Friday evenings was initiated and has continued to now, its 40th summer. Middlebury has hosted carillonneurs from the United States, Canada and ten European countries over the years.