Davee Media Library

Bienen School lecturer, soprano, and composer Patrice Michaels immortalized and humanized her mother-in-law, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in the song cycle The Long View: A Portrait of Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Nine Songs. Pritzker School

Hear how performing artists have remained resilient in the face of concert hall and theater closures, how they have galvanized as a community to address social injustice, and how they are preparing for a landscape that will look distinct

Jesse Rosenberg, associate professor of musicology, discusses opera in the time of lockdown. His lecture explores historical perspectives in the current crisis affecting the field of live opera.

Music education faculty and doctoral fellows from the Bienen School of Music share creative strategies for online teaching and music making.

Bienen School of Music faculty members Stephen Alltop and Joachim Schamberger discuss the extraordinary challenge and opportunity of creating an entirely remote recording and filming of Monteverdi’s Orfeo.

Dean Toni-Marie Montgomery addresses the Class of 2020 and introduces distinguished convocation speaker Jennifer Higdon.

Bienen School of Music faculty members share a heartfelt message with the Class of 2020.

Lecturer of Conducting and Ensembles Alan Pierson recommends an eclectic mix of rhythmic and introspective contemporary music by Bec Plexus, Emily Wells, and Ellen Arkbo.