VALLEY FORGE — Washington Memorial National Carillon at Washington Memorial Chapel in Valley Forge will present the 2025 Frank P. Law Summer Carillon Concert Series in July and August.
The series starts on Wednesday, July 2, and features performers from America, England and Belgium. This year, organizers welcome four carillonneurs new to Valley Forge, as well as welcoming back returning favorites. And the ever-popular Irish Thunder Pipes & Drums is scheduled to perform for us again on August 13th. The series concludes on Wednesday, Aug. 27.
As always, the concerts start at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesdays and are free and open to the public. These are hour-long outdoor concerts, so bring a blanket, lawn chair, snacks or dinner. The Chapel Cabin Shop will be open before the concerts for refreshments and souvenirs. All concerts are performed rain or shine.
Here’s the schedule of upcoming performances:
• July 2 — Doug Gefvert, from Washington Memorial Chapel
• July 9 — Jennifer Lory-Moran, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
• July 16 — Wesley Arai, University of California, from Santa Barbara, California.
• July 23 — Margaret Pan, from Boston, Massachusetts.
• July 30 — Austin Ferguson, The Rochester Carillon, Mayo Clinic, from Rochester, Minnesota.
• August 6 — Trevor Workman, Bournville Carillon, from Birmingham, England.
• August 13 — Music of the British Isles; Doug Gefvert, from Washington Memorial Chapel; and Irish Thunder Pipes & Drums, Swedesburg, Pennsylvania.
August 20 — Jasper Depraetere, St. Pieter & Pauwelchurch, Mol; and St. Gummaruschurch, Lier; Belgium; Teacher – Royal Carillon School ‘Jef Denyn’, Mechelen, Belgium.
August 27 — Anne Lu, from New York, New York.
Washington Memorial National Carillon is located in Valley Forge National Historical Park at Washington Memorial Chapel, Route 23, Valley Forge. Visit www.wmchapel.org for more information.
