Priorities

Your support enhances the Bienen School’s position as one of the nation’s leading music institutions by investing in these priorities:

  • Merit aid and scholarships for undergraduate and graduate performance majors, including international students, will allow the Bienen School to better compete with peer institutions for leading talent from around the world.

  • Endowment for Academic and Artistic Programming to support special initiatives including festivals, commissions, and student ensemble touring will enhance opportunities for students and faculty.

  • The training of Voice and Opera students will be strengthened through increased connections with major opera artists and professional opera companies, and the prominence of the program offers significant opportunities for enhancing the school’s visibility.

  • Endowing the Institute for New Music will enable the institute to undertake special initiatives such as festivals, lectures, guest artist residencies, and commissions of new works.

  • Endowing the Department of Music Performance will support studies in brass, jazz, percussion, piano, strings, voice, and woodwinds as well as band, choral, and orchestral conducting.

  • Endowed professorships will allow the Bienen School to recruit and retain artist-scholars who will assist in recruiting the nation’s best music students, bolstering the school’s reputation as one of the nation’s top-ranked music institutions.

  • The permanent creation of an unrestricted endowed deanship will allow the dean to focus on the school’s highest annual priorities.

Ways to Give

By Mail

Send your gift to the Bienen School of Music at the following address:
Bienen School of Music
70 Arts Circle Drive
Evanston, IL 60208-2405

By Phone

Call Northwestern University's Department of Annual Giving at 800-222-5603 and direct your gift to the Bienen School of Music.

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“Without the merit aid I received, I would not have had access to the highest caliber professors, rigorous and rewarding musical training, and the opportunity to practice in a world-class facility.”

Brannon Cho ’17

Rogers Society

The Henry and Emma Rogers Society honors and recognizes alumni and friends who have included Northwestern in their estate plans. We are grateful to members who have designated their gifts to benefit the Bienen School of Music.

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Jeanne Maxant Blanchet
Timothy Broege
David and Barbara Brubaker
Gwen Brubaker
Michael P. Buckley and Joellen Brassfield
Raymond E. Carnes
Donald and Christine Casey
Joanne (Kriege) Cruickshank and Ian Cruickshank
Sally S. and Bernard J. Dobroski
Thomas Doran Jr.
Nancy Dussault and William Valentine Mayer
Julius and Rebecca Erlenbach
Sheran K. Fiedler
Margee Filstrup and Scott H. Filstrup
Scott G. Golinkin
A. John Holstad
William T. Hopkins
Martin J. Koldyke
David Landis and Sean Dowdall
Janet Tuggle Leigh
Kenneth D. Lowenberg
Eric A. Lutkin
Sharon Foster Martin and R. Eden Martin
Nancy L. Meendsen
William Allen Murdock
Muriel Cooney Nerad
Lynn M. Nothdurft
Charles D. O’Kieffe
Nancy P. Orbison
Catherine White O’Rourke
Doris (Nielsen) Payne
Carolyn M. Pruyne
Dr. James Daniel Redmond and Cheryl Ann Redmond
Carole M. and Jerry N. Ringer, MD
Elizabeth B. Roghair and James E. Roghair
William E. Rosner and Linda M. Rosner
Mary Ann Novak Sadilek
Patricia Schaefer
Jeannette J. Segel
Kazuko Tanaka
Mallory B. Thompson
Anne Sautebin Tomlinson
Sharon Mohrfeld Werner and Robert J. Werner
Kiki L. F. Wilson

Lutkin Society

In 1892, on the verge of disbanding Northwestern’s music program, University leaders turned to the one man they hoped could save it: Peter Christian Lutkin. Born in Wisconsin and educated in Europe, this celebrated musician agreed to take the helm. He went on to inspire and elevate the direction of music at Northwestern for the next 36 years. What had been a program became a school in 1895, and over time the school helped set a new standard for excellence in music education and performance.

Today, amid one of the most defining eras in its history, our first dean’s vision of greatness lives on through The Lutkin Society as the Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music continues to aspire to ever-greater heights of artistic and academic excellence. The Lutkin Society represents the school’s closest friends, with membership offered to all patrons who contribute $1,000 or more in a given year.

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Lutkin Society Members

We are grateful to all who have made contributions to the Bienen School of Music. The donors below have made gifts totaling $1,000 or more from July 1, 2021, through December 31, 2022. We thank our many valued donors and friends who have made gifts of less than $1,000 during this period.

Founders Circle ($50,000 or more)

  • Anonymous
  • John L. Anderson ’76, ’77 MBA (’03 P)
  • Megan Paynter Anderson ’76 (’03 P)
  • Suzan L. Brady (’08 P)
  • Terry D. Brady ’87 MBA (’08 P)
  • Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation
  • Barbara Daly
  • George G. Daly ’65 MA, ’67 PhD
  • Allan Richard Drebin 
  • Margee Filstrup 
  • Scott H. Filstrup ’65, ’67 MBA 
  • Hollis S. French (’07 P)
  • T. Bondurant French ’75, ’76 MBA (’07 P) 
  • Marcia Lynn Friedl
  • Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund
  • Elizabeth Schroeder Hough ’94 MBA (’21 P)
  • Stephen C. Hough ’99 MBA (’21 P)
  • Michael R. Jacobson (’13 P)
  • Est. Gloria Ballinger Larkin ’62 (’97 P) 
  • Est. Alvis J. Meyer ’46
  • Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
  • Negaunee Foundation
  • Bonita Berning Paynter ’72, ’74 MBA
  • Carole Merrick Ringer ’60, ’61 MMus
  • Jerry Ringer
  • Rosemary J. Schnell ’54
  • Elizabeth Runnette Schroeder ’59 (’21 GP)
  • Schwab Charitable Fund
  • Carole Browe Segal ’60
  • Gordon I. Segal ’60
  • Todd A. Smith ’73 MBA 
  • Smith Family Foundation
  • Trine J. Sorensen-Jacobson (’13 P)
  • Terry D. Brady Trust
  • Est. Immanuel J. Wilk ’48 MS
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President’s Circle ($25,000–$49,999)

  • Boston Foundation
  • Carol Rice Bowditch
  • James Bowditch
  • Jane Stowers Dean ’70 (’96 P)
  • Richard H. Dean ’69 (’96 P)
  • Bernard J. Dobroski ’80 PhD
  • Sally Seibert Dobroski
  • Emily Rice Douglass ’66
  • Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
  • Michelle M. Gerhard ’82
  • Elaine Kondelis Jaharis ’81 (’17, ’18 P)
  • Kathryn M. Jaharis ’83
  • Steven M. Jaharis (’17, ’18 P)
  • Jaharis Family Foundation Inc
  • Kelly L. Kuhn ’87
  • Art Pancoe ’51 MS (’11, ’13 GP)
  • Frederick Pierce
  • Julia Chung Pierce ’84, ’85 MMus
  • Rice Family Foundation
  • Gail Ayres Steinmetz ’70
  • William C. Steinmetz ’74 MBA
  • Betty Alexander Van Gorkom ’42
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Dean’s Circle ($10,000–$24,999)

  • Henry S. Bienen ’09 H (’19, ’25 GP)
  • Leigh Buchanan Bienen (’19, ’25 GP)
  • Gary W. Burns
  • Michelle Miller Burns ’90
  • Patricia J. Cunningham
  • Dolores Kohl Education Foundation
  • Est. Alvin B. Dugar ’50
  • Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation
  • Selme Finnie (’16 P)
  • Shaun Finnie ’95 MBA (’16 P)
  • Howard L. Gottlieb (’99 GP)
  • Byron L. Gregory ’66, ’69 JD
  • Susan Gregory
  • Craig R. Hassler ’63
  • Dolores Kohl Kaplan
  • Donald V. Lincoln ’57
  • Holly L. McClintock (’09 P)
  • Kennon D. McClintock
  • McClintock Family 2008 Irrevocable Trust
  • Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc.
  • Alexander I. Rorke ’75, ’75 MA
  • Elizabeth Sturgeon Rorke
  • Joan Bainbridge Safford ’76 JD
  • Jeannette Junk Segel ’70
  • Helen Moore Thomas
  • Richard L. Thomas
  • Tichio Family
  • Tichio Family
  • Carol Yampolsky
  • Victor Yampolsky
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John Evans Circle ($5,000–$9,999)

  • Anonymous
  • Anastasia Boucouras (’81 P)
  • Jill E. Bunney ’97
  • Chauncey and Marion Deering McCormick Foundation
  • Bala Cumaresan (’24 P)
  • Barbara Varsik Deboer ’77 MMus, ’83 PhD
  • Barry Deboer
  • Deering Foundation
  • Colin E. Dougherty (’23 P)
  • Charles W. Douglas ’70 (’98, ’03 P)
  • Diane S. Douglas (’98, ’03 P)
  • Elizabeth Edblom (’23 P)
  • Daniel Feldstein (’23 P)
  • Frank H. Philbrick Foundation
  • Felicia Lynn Gerber Perlman ’92 JD (’23 P)
  • Kurt G. Lageschulte ’91
  • Virginia C. Lauridsen ’82, ’87 MMus
  • Mary Crawford Mark ’73 (’08 P)
  • Michael S. Mark ’72, ’73 MMus (’08 P)
  • Stacey Anne Marshall (’23 P)
  • Marilyn McCoy
  • Christine McQuinn
  • Robert E. McQuinn
  • Vaithehi Muttulingam (’24 P)
  • Joseph Nelesen ’04 MA, PhD
  • Jon K. Peck
  • Michael A. Perlman ’00 MBA (’23 P)
  • Dean H. Sayles ’60, ’60 MMus (’85 P)
  • Martha Stickney Sayles ’60 (’85 P)
  • Michael H. Schill
  • Joy C. Shih ’96, ’99 MA, ’01 PhD
  • Jane Arries Solomon
  • Michael Stodd ’85 MMus
  • Andrea Amdahl Taylor ’95 MMus
  • Mark Amdahl Taylor ’95 MMus
  • Charles R. Thomas
  • Adair L. Waldenberg ’72
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Fellows ($2,500–$4,999)

  • Anonymous

  • Association of American Railroads

  • Bertha Lebus Charitable Trust

  • Shirley Borloz (’22 P)

  • Melanie L. Bostwick ’04

  • Conan J. Castle ’51, ’52 MMus

  • Pegi Grossman Chapman ’73

  • Young Chung ’83, ’85 MD

  • Joanne Kriege Cruickshank ’57, ’58 MMus

  • Sandra Schubert Dagon ’62

  • Julius E. Erlenbach ’68 MMus, ’72 PhD

  • Rebecca Jane Erlenbach

  • Evanston Community Foundation

  • George & Arlene Rusch Memorial Foundation

  • Scott G. Golinkin ’74, ’75 MMus

  • Giancarlo Guerrero ’92 MMus (’22 P)

  • Sally Hagan

  • Katherine Fisher Heeren ’63

  • A. John Holstad ’62 MMus, ’74 DMA

  • Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago

  • Charlie Weaver Kobida

  • Daniel Kobida ’63

  • Joshua D. Krugman ’94, ’99 MMus

  • Julie Krugman ’94 MMus

  • Sherry Henry Kujala ’90 MMus, MBA

  • Walfrid Eugene Kujala

  • Michael Li (’22 P)

  • David Loebel ’72, ’74 MMus

  • Yinhui Lou (’22 P)

  • Eric A. Lutkin

  • Betsey Nodler Pinkert (’06 P)

  • Dale R. Pinkert ’64 (’06 P)

  • Presser Foundation

  • Guy J. Raymaker

  • Helen Jang Raymaker ’86, ’86 MBA

  • Aviva Fisher Rosenberg ’00 JD

  • Pinchas P. Rosenberg ’96, ’01 MD

  • Patricia Schaefer ’51

  • Horst P. Schastok

  • Sara L. Schastok

  • Kingsley G. Sears Jr. ’49

  • Lurline Willis Sears

  • James R. Stevens Jr. ’77 JD (’04 P)

  • Jennifer M. Stevens (’04 P)

  • Est. Barbara Parmalee Stuessy ’41

  • Jacalyn Thompson (’08 P)

  • William Thompson (’08 P)

  • Jon D. Wenberg ’90, ’92 MMus

  • Jonathan Blake Yarbrough ’06

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Members ($1,000–$2,499)

  • Anonymous

  • Janet Aliapoulios (’85, ’90 P)

  • Paul Aliapoulios (’85, ’90 P)

  • Stephen W. Alltop ’96 DMA

  • Mary M. Ashley ’82

  • Ayco Charitable Foundation

  • Diane Albanito Balke ’71 MMus

  • Jon W. Balke

  • David Yorke Bannard ’82 MMus

  • Gretchen Bataille

  • J. Mitchell Beeler

  • Gail J. Berenson ’67, ’68 MMus

  • Claire Bienen (’19 P)

  • Jennifer Billman (’22 P)

  • Matthew Billman (’22 P)

  • Alison Brunton Blackstone

  • Franklin Blackstone III ’81

  • James B. Bronk ’77

  • Suzanne Becker Bronk

  • Gwen L. Brubaker ’82 PhD

  • Kenneth Cahn

  • Carlos A. Carbonell ’97

  • Joni McMechan Checchia ’89

  • Paul Andrew Checchia ’89, ’99 GME

  • Linda Tatman Crisafulli ’68, ’69 MMus

  • Peter P. Crisafulli ’68, ’70 MMus

  • Chie Curley

  • Robert E. Curley ’56

  • Jane C. Deng ’92

  • Michael C. Dennis ’97

  • DePriest Family Foundation

  • Sean P. Dowdall

  • Janet Sally Dumas

  • Anne Weesner Eagleton ’58

  • Barbara Seablom Edwards ’55

  • Gary M. Esayian (’19 P)

  • Julie Ferrell Farrell ’01

  • Timothy R. Farrell ’02

  • Brooke Von Gillern Fermin ’99

  • David R. Fermin ’98

  • Sheran K. Fiedler ’74 MMus, ’82 PhD

  • Hung Fai Fong

  • Alan Glen Gibson ’82

  • Linda Laird Giedl ’69 MMus

  • Jerry Borchers Glennie ’53

  • Flavia Golden (’23 P)

  • Edwin G. Goldstein ’61

  • Donald N. Gray ’72 MMus, DMA

  • Alan C. Gregory ’71

  • Barbara Greis

  • Kay Griffel ’60

  • Beth A. Hebert ’72, ’73 MA/MS

  • Robert G. Heeren

  • Emilee Griffin Hervey ’76, ’77 MMus

  • Richard L. Hervey ’74 MA

  • Arthur J. Hill

  • Jackie Holland

  • James M. Holland ’54 MD (’86 P)

  • James R. Irwin ’51, ’52 MMus

  • Julie Jastrow

  • William T. Jastrow ’84 MMus

  • Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco

  • Doris J. Johnson ’55 MA/MS, ’71 PhD

  • Peter J. Jorgensen ’57

  • S. Jay Kennedy ’73, ’73 MMus

  • Elizabeth Torrey Knodel ’58 (’87, ’92 P)

  • William C. Knodel ’61 (’87, ’92 P)

  • Lawrence Kohn

  • Denise Kohn-Staehli

  • David L. Landis ’78

  • Katharine Lockwood Lang

  • Ron Lang

  • Marc D. Levy ’82

  • Gerrie Liaw ’00

  • Chengpin Lin (’26 P)

  • Deborah Tuchler Linder ’94

  • Jeffrey Arthur Linder ’92, ’97 MD

  • Nancy Tims Magill ’86 MMus

  • R. Hugh Magill

  • Michael C. Markovitz

  • Barbara Wood Marsh ’57

  • Rosemaria Martinelli ’82, ’82 MMus

  • Toni-Marie Montgomery

  • Elizabeth Schlecht Murrill ’71

  • Stephen R. Murrill

  • Raymond D. Narducy ’74 MA, ’81 PhD

  • Robert Neuenschwander ’77 DMA

  • Nancy P. Orbison ’75, ’81 MMus

  • Harry A. Pascal (’02 P)

  • Peggy Pascal ’77 MMus (’02 P)

  • Patricia Schaefer Trust

  • Davin E. Peelle ’03

  • Jennifer Harris Peelle ’02

  • Linnea Marie Perelli-Minetti ’09

  • Jack H. Reiske ’56, ’57 MS, ’62 PhD

  • Kate Kloss Roberts ’94

  • Kenneth W. Roberts ’93 MBA, MEM

  • Elizabeth B. Roghair

  • James E. Roghair

  • Julianne Romeo ’82

  • Linda Rosner (’05, ’07, ’10 P)

  • William E. Rosner ’75, ’76 MBA (’05, ’07, ’10 P)

  • Mary Ann Novak Sadilek ’61, ’62 MMus

  • James R. Sanders ’73 MA, ’80 PhD

  • Nancy Gorgol Schkurman ’72 MMus

  • Christina Conway Shaver ’97

  • Jonathan F. Shaver ’98 MBA

  • Ellen Shaw

  • Lowell E. Shaw ’51, ’56 MMus

  • Shirley C. Shriver

  • Elizabeth J. Soete ’72

  • Shakila Marie Stahl

  • Stephen M. Stahl ’73, ’75 MD

  • Josefien Stoppelenburg

  • David R. Storch ’06

  • Richard Strachan

  • Elizabeth Kirkpatrick Vrenios ’63 MMus

  • Avonelle Stevenson Walker ’62 MMus

  • Michael B. Wallace ’91

  • Conan Ward (’20 P)

  • Susan Ward (’20 P)

  • Janice Schroeder Weiland ’79 MBA

  • Kristina Follrath Wilson ’77 MMus

  • Winning Ways Foundation

  • Darren Wu ’93 MMus

  • Arthur Yee (’23 P)

  • Weilin Yih (’26 P)

  • Yajai Yodin ’92

  • Tingting Zhang ’03 MMus, ’08 DMA

  • Ling Zhao-Markovitz ’89 MMus

  • Connie Zyer (’08 P)

  • David E. Zyer ’99 MBA (’08 P)

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