Hopeman Carillon Summer Concert: Sheryl Modlin — July 27

Sheryl Modlin plays the second concert of the 2026 Hopeman Carillon summer series. She is a carillonneur from Ohio and, in her other life, a pediatric anesthesiologist at the Cleveland Clinic. Her program moves from Bach and Florence Price to the spiritual "Wade in the Water" and the Beatles' "Here Comes the Sun."

The Hopeman Memorial Carillon is fifty bells weighing more than three tons, played live from a cabin roughly 186 feet up inside the Rush Rhees tower. Nothing about it is automated. Everything you hear on the quad below travels from one person's hands and feet through bronze. Bring a blanket, bring a picnic, and let the whole campus turn into a concert hall with no walls.

Date: July 27, 2026 Time: 6:30 PM Location: Eastman Quadrangle, in front of Rush Rhees Library, University of Rochester River Campus Cost: Free — no tickets, no reservations Parking: Free in the library lot at 755 Library Road after 4:00 PM

Just show up. Spread out on the lawn any time before 6:30 and settle in. Full programs for the 2026 series are published by the University of Rochester's Memorial Art Gallery carillon program.