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    A "Fitbit" for your vocal cords

    January 15, 2019

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    Bienen School of Music lecturer Theresa Brancaccio discusses her Singer Savvy app – a vocal fatigue tracking system – on the Northwestern Digital Learning Podcast.

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    Music and Breath may mitigate childhood trauma from COVID-19 pandemic

    April 22, 2021

    A new interdisciplinary research project involving several Bienen faculty and alumni will examine how music might be used globally to improve children's health and well-being following the trauma of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Alumni Spotlight: Kangmin Justin Kim

    October 8, 2020

    Kangmin Justin Kim ’11 made history in 2019 by becoming the first male singer to play the role of Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro at London’s Royal Opera House. Learn more in this Alumni Spotlight feature. 

    Springing into Remote Learning

    September 1, 2020

    On Monday, April 6, the Bienen School of Music began a historic spring quarter. Rather than meeting in classrooms, studios, and rehearsal halls, students and faculty gathered virtually.

    Bienen School Represented at NATS Virtual Conference

    August 20, 2020

    Bienen School voice and opera faculty, students, and alumni played important roles in the National Association of Teachers of Singing’s 2020 National Virtual Conference in June.

    A "Fitbit" for your vocal cords

    January 15, 2019

    Bienen School of Music lecturer Theresa Brancaccio discusses her Singer Savvy app – a vocal fatigue tracking system – on the Northwestern Digital Learning Podcast.

    Marilyn Horne leads vocal master class

    April 7, 2016

    Mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne led a vocal master class at the Bienen School of Music on Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at the Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall in the Ryan Center for the Musical Arts.

    Bienen voice student fills lead role in Central City Opera’s ‘Man of La Mancha’

    July 28, 2015

    Alexander York, a master’s voice student of W. Stephen Smith, will replace baritone Robert Orth to perform the role of Don Quixote (Cervantes) in Central City Opera’s sold-out performance of Man of La Mancha on Tuesday, July 28, 2015.

    Four Bienen students to perform at Kennedy Center on April 21

    April 16, 2015

    Four students and one alumnus of Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music will perform in a concert at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, April 21, 2015, as part of the Kennedy Center’s Conservatory Project.

    Bienen School Stars of Tomorrow Perform at Kennedy Center

    April 18, 2014

    Four exceptional Bienen School student soloists will be featured in a concert at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, April 22.

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