Get with the chimes
Matt Aranda, a music student at North Idaho College, records his composition on the carillon. “I was kind of going through something happy and if you heard it while you were walking around on campus that you would kind of just think about the NIC atmosphere,” Aranda said. “After I wrote it, I thought it kind of sounded like a bird tune, so I called it 'Watch for Birds,' which I think is very appropriate because we have a lot of birds on campus.”
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Music student Joseph Hoisington, center, records his piece “Trepidation” on the carillon while Dwayne Huff, assistant professor of music, left, and music student Matt Aranda watch in Molstead Library on Wednesday. “I thought it would be funny to do a piece that was foreboding as if you were late to class,” Hoisington said. “It’s supposed to kind of leave you hanging a little bit and make you a little nervous to be late.”
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Music student Adam Russell records his piece on the carillon in the Molstead Library. “I’m still kind of getting used to composing so I thought it was definitely a good learning experience to get used to writing notes on the staff and then going at the keyboard to play them," said Russell who is studying to be an elementary school music teacher. "It was definitely in a different style being on a carillon versus another instrument, so it was definitely a different experience for me.”
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The carillon bell harp chimes produce all of the notes played across campus every quarter-hour. It is housed in the Special Collections room in Molstead Library on North Idaho College campus.
Photo courtesy of Andy Finney
COEUR d'ALENE - For those who hear the chimes sounding every quarter-hour at North Idaho College, new and original tunes courtesy of NIC music students will soon play....
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