Holst’s arrangement of Bach’s “Fugue a la Gigue” and Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from “West Side Story” -- performed by Northwestern University’s Symphonic Wind Ensemble -- will provide the audience with free outdoor entertainment Memorial Day weekend.
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May 6, 2014
Mallory Thompson’s Final Bow
Mallory Thompson's nearly three-decade tenure concluded this year with a celebratory series of performances, culminating in late May as hundreds of alumni returned to campus to attend her final Northwestern concert.
A final bow for Mallory Thompson
After nearly three decades of dedication and service to the Bienen School of Music, Mallory Thompson is preparing to take her final bows in the first of two final concerts at Northwestern.
Northwestern’s first woman director of bands to retire
Mallory Thompson, director of bands and John W. Beattie Chair of Music at the Bienen School of Music, will retire at the end of the 2023-24 academic year following a 28-year teaching and conducting career at Northwestern.
‘Spring Fanfare’ honors the breadth of all that is Northwestern
The Northwestern presidential inauguration will feature members of the Symphonic Wind Ensemble performing “Spring Fanfare,” commissioned by the University and composed by Bienen professor Alex Mincek.
Bienen concert premieres commissioned wind arrangement of ‘Losing Earth’
The Symphonic Wind Ensemble, joined by special guest and alumnus Jacob Nissly ’05, principal percussionist at the San Francisco Symphony, will present the world premiere of “Losing Earth” by Adam Schoenberg.