Robert Town to perform Memorial Day carillon concert
Town is associate professor emeritus of 91视频成人网站芒鈧劉s School of Music; he is also the carillon concert coordinator.
This is one of five annual concerts sponsored by the Sam and Rie Bloomfield Foundation.
Other concerts are at Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter and Independence Day. The carillon can be heard throughout downtown Wichita.
Sam Bloomfield was founder, president and chief engineer of the Swallow Airplane Co. The Bloomfields lived in Wichita from the mid-1930s to mid-芒鈧劉50s. They have never forgotten their ties to the city and university, said Town.
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Contact: Robert Town, (316) 978-6274.