The bells will toll at the Spring Carillon Festival 1996 this weekend.

Iowa State carilloneur and adjunct assistant professor Tin-shi Tam will start the festival by giving a recital today at 5 p.m.

During Tam’s recital, she will be playing a piece called “Ukrarian Suite for the World,” a tribute to all of the people who were killed in the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear explosion, Tam said.

UNESCO tried to get carilloneurs across the country to play music in remembrance of the people who were killed on the 10-year anniversary, which is today, she said.

“I’m playing this piece to let people be aware of all the people who died because it is 10 years exactly,” Tam said.

On Saturday at 2p.m. a seminar will be given by Margo Halsted, university carilloneur and assistant professor of campanology at the University of Michigan. She will be discussing the old and new ways of playing the carillon, Tam said.

She will also be showing slides for the seminar called “The Carillon of Yesterday and Today,” that will be held in Room 130 of the Music Hall.

During her own recital at 3 p.m., Halsted will play a variety of music including folk songs, transcriptions of classical and popular music and some traditional carillon music, Tam said.

Wrapping up the events on Saturday, a Campanile tour will take place at 4 p.m.

A family concert, including performances by the Ames Children’s Choir, ISU Dance Tour Company and seven ISU student carilloneurs will be held Sunday at 2 p.m., Tam said.

The Ames Children Choir features 35 boys and girls ages 10 to 14 from the greater Ames area, according to Sylvia Munsen, ISU assistant professor of music education and founder and artistic director of the choir.

“Hopefully,” Tam said, “the concert will show that the carillon is not just a solo instrument, but that it can work in groups too.”

Tam encourages people from the university and the Ames community to come and enjoy the weekend.

All of the events are free and open to the public and will be held in front of the Campanile on campus.