Free carillon concert this evening

Storrs Congregational Church UCC will hold a carillon concert at 6 p.m. Sept. 1 on the church lawn. The public is invited.

The concert features Dr. David Maker, former UConn professor and band director, playing on the church's historic Austin Cornelius Dunham Carillon, located high in the church's steeple.

The Carillon's bells have been serenading the Storrs-Mansfield area since 1931. The instrument is the only carillon east of the Connecticut River and one of the few carillons anywhere that are completely American made. It is the last and largest carillon manufactured by the legendary Meneely Bellfounders.

Maker assumed stewardship of the Dunham Carillon in 1994, and his advocacy resulted in the instrument's renovation in 2011.

The concert will be held rain or shine.