Joey Brink became the sixth University of Chicago carillonist in 2015. Brink directs a carillon studio of 20 students, teaches weekly lessons, manages the twice-daily recital schedule on the 72-bell Rockefeller Memorial Carillon, and performs for major University events, summer festivals, and conferences. He, along with his student assistants—fourth-years Emily Kim, Joseph Min, and Joao Francisco Shida—will perform Prof. Augusta Read Thomas’ piece titled “Crescat scientia; vita excolaur” at the Oct. 29, 2021, inauguration of Paul Alivisatos as the 14th president of the University of Chicago.

Read more about Brink and how he and his team of student musicians adapted to play the carillon during the pandemic in this January 2021 Q&A from UChicago Arts, or, check out this Spring 2018 profile by The University of Chicago Magazine.

“Sometimes I’ll just say I’m a teacher or a musician. Then people might say ‘What do you play?’ and that opens up a can of worms. But if I’m feeling talkative, I’ll say I play in a bell tower and I teach bells. It’s the most fun when people don’t believe me. They actually think I’m kidding. That’s happened a couple of times.” –Joey Brink, in an 2018 interview with The University of Chicago Magazine.