Gerkin keeps playing
The carillon music heard by football fans climbing back up Mount Oread after home games this fall was provided, as in the last six years, by Albert C. Gerken, KU carillonneur and assistant professor of music theory. A member of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America, he thinks his music is expressive and has an atmosphere of its own.
Gerken plays the keyboard manually from a small room near the bell chamber of the tower.
The KU World War II Memorial Campanile is widely recognized, both materially and esthetically, as one of the world's finest. The 53 cast bronze bells of the carillon were made in Loughborough, England. The bells range in weight from twelve pounds to seven tons.
Photos by Greg Gorman