Davee Media Library

Lectures and Interviews

Composition PhD candidate Noah Jenkins discusses his experience writing for, and collaborating with, the Mivos Quartet.

The Institute for New Music functions as the nerve center of all contemporary music activities at Northwestern University.

Bienen School of Music alumnus Howard Reich (77), a longtime music and arts columnist for the Chicago Tribune, delivered the Bienen School’s convocation address on Saturday, June 22, 2019 at

Jennifer Higdon, winner of the 2018 Michael Ludwig Nemmers Prize in Music Composition, reflects on her first Bienen School residency. The Bienen School of Music welcomed Higdon Oct.

Jane Chu, former chairperson of the National Endowment of the Arts, delivered the Bienen School of Music’s 2018 convocation address on Saturday, June 23, 2018, at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall.

Ben Wulfman ’19 MMus, a master’s horn student of Gail Williams, discusses and prepares for his recital.

An Tran ’23 DMA, a guitar student of Anne Waller, prepares for and discusses his recital.

Mezzo-soprano Gabrielle Barkidjija ’18, ’20 MMus, a student of Karen Brunssen, discusses and prepares for her recital.