Presented By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance
Wesley Arai plays the Baird Carillon: “Music by Emma Lou Diemer & Contemporaries”
"A Century of Women and the Carillon" Summer Concert Series
California carillonist Wesley Arai performs music by Emma Lou Diemer and in memory of carillon professor emerita Margo Halsted (1938–2023) on Burton Memorial Tower, as part of our “2023: A Century of Women and the Carillon” summer concert series. All concerts are free and family-friendly!
This year’s series features performers from across the country playing the great 53-bell Charles Baird Carillon in Burton Tower. The carillon is an outdoor instrument, and attendees are encouraged to bring picnic blankets, chairs, and anything else they’d like to feel comfortable. Concert programs and a carillon coloring book for kids are available from concert staff at or near the tower door. Restrooms are available in the Michigan League.
The nearest municipal parking structures are at 324 Maynard and at 510 E Washington. Street parking is limited.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Wesley Arai serves as University Carillonist at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he performs regularly on the 61-bell Storke Tower carillon and maintains an active carillon studio. He studied carillon with Jeff Davis at the University of California, Berkeley, where he received BA degrees in Mathematics and Statistics with a minor in Music. While earning an MA degree in Mathematics at the University of California, Los Angeles, Wesley continued to play the carillon and subsequently passed the advancement examination of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America.
An active recitalist, Wesley has performed extensively across the United States and abroad. He completed a recital tour of Europe in summer 2022, performing in England, Ireland, France, and Spain, including the 20th Perpignan International Carillon Festival and the 29th Barcelona International Carillon Festival. Other recent performances include recitals in Australia, the dedicatory recital for the carillon at the University of Washington, and performances at the 8th Berkeley Carillon Festival, the 76th Congress of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America, and the Springfield International Carillon Festival. Wesley is also an annual recitalist at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Spokane, Washington and is a frequent recitalist at Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove, California.
In addition to the carillon, Wesley has studied piano, trombone, and voice, and has performed in a number of different concert bands, marching bands, jazz bands, orchestras, and choral groups. He enjoys arranging music and occasionally performs some of his own arrangements on the carillon. Wesley’s day job is as an actuary.
This year’s series features performers from across the country playing the great 53-bell Charles Baird Carillon in Burton Tower. The carillon is an outdoor instrument, and attendees are encouraged to bring picnic blankets, chairs, and anything else they’d like to feel comfortable. Concert programs and a carillon coloring book for kids are available from concert staff at or near the tower door. Restrooms are available in the Michigan League.
The nearest municipal parking structures are at 324 Maynard and at 510 E Washington. Street parking is limited.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Wesley Arai serves as University Carillonist at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he performs regularly on the 61-bell Storke Tower carillon and maintains an active carillon studio. He studied carillon with Jeff Davis at the University of California, Berkeley, where he received BA degrees in Mathematics and Statistics with a minor in Music. While earning an MA degree in Mathematics at the University of California, Los Angeles, Wesley continued to play the carillon and subsequently passed the advancement examination of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America.
An active recitalist, Wesley has performed extensively across the United States and abroad. He completed a recital tour of Europe in summer 2022, performing in England, Ireland, France, and Spain, including the 20th Perpignan International Carillon Festival and the 29th Barcelona International Carillon Festival. Other recent performances include recitals in Australia, the dedicatory recital for the carillon at the University of Washington, and performances at the 8th Berkeley Carillon Festival, the 76th Congress of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America, and the Springfield International Carillon Festival. Wesley is also an annual recitalist at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Spokane, Washington and is a frequent recitalist at Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove, California.
In addition to the carillon, Wesley has studied piano, trombone, and voice, and has performed in a number of different concert bands, marching bands, jazz bands, orchestras, and choral groups. He enjoys arranging music and occasionally performs some of his own arrangements on the carillon. Wesley’s day job is as an actuary.
Cost
- Free - no tickets required
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