Also called: Carillon Player, University Carillonist
Plays the carillon, a huge instrument of 23 or more bells in a tower, played with fists and feet on a wooden keyboard.
A carillonneur climbs a bell tower, plays daily concerts over campus or the city, arranges music for bells, and teaches students. Universities like Yale and Michigan have carillons.
Many positions are part-time.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Music training plus carillon study; certification through the Guild of Carillonneurs.
Ways in: 4-year college, Certification. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Music, Organ Performance.
Growing about average. Fewer than 200 carillons exist in North America.
Low risk for 10 years. Automatic bell players exist, but live carillon concerts and teaching are a tradition universities keep human.
Classes: Piano/keyboard, Music theory, Band or choir, PE/fitness.
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