Carillon and Carry On: DC Basilica’s Bellmaster Rings On After 60 Years

Carillon and Carry On: DC Basilica’s Bellmaster Rings On After 60 Years

Robert Grogan, 85, has manually played the 56-bell carillon at the basilica every week since 1964. At Washington’s Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, carillonneur Robert Grogan has filled the sky with music after Mass for decades — a resounding echo of Easter joy.