Music by brilliant Black women composers and songwriters including Yvette Janine Jackson, Jessie Montgomery, Nina Simone, and the University of Michigan’s own Emmy-award-winning Jasmine Arielle Barnes will be performed on the 53-bell Charles Baird Carillon in Burton Memorial Tower. These women, unbowed and unbroken by systemic discrimination in the field of music, lead their respective genres from radio opera to jazz. Faculty, staff and student performers include Tiffany Ng, Jessi Grieser, Kentaro Toyama, and Gabriel Johnson.

Watch in person or via the livestream. If attending in person, dress for the weather. The 10th-floor bell chamber may be accessed via a combination of elevator and stairs. Take the elevator to the highest floor possible (floor 8), and then climb two flights of stairs (39 steps) to the bell chamber (floor 10). Hearing protection earmuffs are provided for visitors. Be prepared to walk on ice and snow in the bell chamber during winter. Built in 1936, the Charles Baird Carillon is not ADA accessible. Visitors with mobility concerns are invited to visit the carillon in Lurie Tower on North Campus.