Lyle Anderson is your average street musician. Except that he plays in the snow and cold, and if his audience really wants to hear him, they should stand about 60 feet away. Oh, and his instrument weighs several tons.
Anderson plays the university’s carillon near the top of the 85-foot bell tower on Observatory Drive. If you don’t know what a carillon is, it might be best to just come to one of his shows. “It’s simple to understand,” he says. “But it’s hard to describe.”