New ‘Cats to Old ‘Cats: Farewell Concert
Monday, May 5, 2025 at 7:30pm CDT
Pick-Staiger Concert Hall
Bienen horn professor emerita Gail Williams (‘76 MMus) gives a farewell performance including her current students, a horn choir, and alumni performers. Professor of horn at the Bienen School beginning in 1989, Williams retired from her full-time position in Spring 2022 and has continued to teach part-time at the Bienen School. A member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1978 to 1998, she was also a member of the Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra and principal horn of the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra. Dedicated to performing and promoting chamber music, Williams is an original member of Summit Brass and founding member of Chicago Chamber Musicians, with whom her recording of Mozart works received a 2006 Grammy nomination. In 2005, she received the Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence Award from Northwestern.
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Pick-Staiger is a 972-seat hall located in the Arts Circle on the Evanston campus of Northwestern University. The main lobby entrance for concerts is on the west side of the building (revolving and regular doors). Since its inception in 1975, the hall has functioned as both a classroom and performance facility for Bienen School of Music performing ensembles, faculty recitals, festivals, and professional guest artists.