by Janice Ng | Mar 27, 2015 | News Slider
This week on Lumination News, Carly Bergthold and Sarah McGee give you the latest updates on local and Lipscomb news from the anchor’s desk. See what’s going on in world news with reporter Mignonne Bryant, and get caught up on Hollywood’s latest drama with Brittnay Estes. Also, Charlie Bateman gives you a look into the world of Lipscomb sports. The Allen Bell Tower has been a landmark on Lipscomb’s campus since 1999, but lately it has been much quieter than usual. Lumination’s Colleen Casner finds out why. This spring break, Lipscomb missions mobilized over 400 students to 21 trips to different parts of the world. The longest running spring break trip travels to the City of Children, an orphanage in Ensenada, Mexico. Reporter Erin King reflects with team members on the experience. Radnor Lake with all its natural beauty is very much an iconic part of Nashville among locals and Lipscomb students. Reporter Mignonne Bryant explores the history, land and animals that make it so unique. Do you have any story ideas or events you would like to see covered? E-mail our News Director at...
by Carly Bergthold | Apr 25, 2012 | News Slider
Have you ever wondered how the bells in Allen Bell Tower chime? And no, there’s no tiny man with mallets jumping around from bell to bell. What is in the bell tower is a called a carillon. A carillon is an assortment of various sizes of bells, controlled by a wooden structure similar to a piano. In order for a bell to ring, its corresponding wooden handle is pushed down. Songs can be programmed and produced automatically, though, so no one has to sit in the bell tower staring at his watch, waiting to ring the bells so that students will know chapel is starting. Donna King, Lipscomb’s resident carilloneur, is in charge of playing and recording music for the carillon. Most of the melodies you hear are recorded, but for special events like graduation, King plays live music. “It really makes a difference in the sound,” King says about playing live. When the carillon plays automatically, the bells are struck from the outside rather than the inside, and so the sound loses the nuance of a live performance. King learned how to play the carillon when Allen Bell Tower was built in 1999. Then a Lipscomb piano teacher, she was selected to learn, care for and record melodies on the carillon. “It’s easy to learn the carillon,” King said, “but it’s hard to be good at it. A carillon is a quirky thing.” For those desiring to play better, some universities offer majors in carillon. There are even carillon schools where students’ only option is studying carillon performance. The carillon in Allen Bell Tower is made up of 35...
