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Summer Music Series

Visit Trinity College for this Hartford tradition! Five Wednesday evenings of concerts in the Chapel followed by concerts on the Main Quad featuring Trinity’s 49-bell carillon.

Wednesday evenings
July 2025

6:00 p.m. Concerts inside the Chapel
7:00 p.m. Carillon Concerts on the Quad
Rain or shine; bring a picnic!

July 2

  • 6:00 p.m. Wendy Kerner, harp
  • 7:00 p.m. Joseph Min, New York, New York
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July 9

  • 6:00 p.m. Harmonia V
    Jennifer Berman, flute, Janet Rosen, oboe, Jim Forgey, clarinet, Jackie Sifford Joyner, bassoon, Robert Hoyle, French horn
  • 7:00 p.m. Janno den Engelsman, Middelburg, The Netherlands
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July 16

  • 6:00 p.m. Edward Pleasant, baritone, Jonathan Vaughan, piano
  • 7:00 p.m. Kevin Chang, Chicago, Illinois
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July 23

  • 6:00 p.m. Resurgam Quartet
    Harry Kliewe, soprano saxophone, Colette Hall, alto saxophone, Sean Tanguay, tenor saxophone, Michael Raposo, baritone saxophone
  • 7:00 p.m. Ellen Dickinson, Trinity College Carillonist
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July 30

  • 6:00 p.m. New Haven Quartet
    Gregory Tompkins, violin, Stephanie Hug, violin, Ellen Higham, viola, Tom Hudson, cello
  • 7:00 p.m. Andrea McCrady, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Behind the Soundtrack of Trinity

It would be difficult to find a member of the Trinity College community who has never heard the bells of the historic Trinity Chapel. Ellen Dickinson—musician, composer, and college carillonneur at Trinity—is the woman behind that music and has served the college for a decade.