Welcome and Mabuhay!

Welcome to the website of the Carillon Tower – www.upcarillon.org -- an initiative of the Carillon Restoration Project of the U.P. Alumni Association (UPAA). The website presents the project, its goals and objectives, its main activities such as resource mobilization and other information aimed at saving, restoring and preserving the Carillon Tower. It outlines essential information on the history of the Carillon Tower, the U.P. alumni spirit behind it, its main features, some historical details and the kind of music that it plays. Yet, sadly, it has now been rendered silent for years due to the ravages of time, disrepair and neglect.

The website provides a brief description of the Tower’s state of condition; but, more than that, it points to what need to be done, the repairs and the renovations envisaged and the plans for its upkeep and maintenance as well as the development of new talents. It also sketches a vision of the Carillon Tower’s surrounding areas, to be called Carillon Plaza, where concerts could be held and where musical artists and performers would connect with audience and listeners.

The UPAA would like to see that these are realized by mid-2008 in time for the Centennial Celebrations of the University of the Philippines. But these would only be possible with your help. Thus, the UPAA calls on all U.P. alumni -- and others as well -- whether or not they are in the Philippines, in the United States, in Europe, in Asia and Africa and the rest of the world to join us in this collective effort to save and restore the Carillon Tower. The website’s donation page shows you how you can make a difference in this major endeavor.

Thank you and Mabuhay!