Bienen alumna, opera star Grace Bumbry (1937-2023)
May 9, 2023
Grace Bumbry ’58, one of the world’s most renowned opera singers and an alumna of the Northwestern University Bienen School of Music, died May 7 at age 86.
Handel’s 'Alcina' is centerpiece of 2023 Dunbar Early Music Festival
May 1, 2023
The Bienen School of Music showcases the music of George Frideric Handel with its latest Evelyn Dunbar Memorial Early Music Festival May 21-28.
Bienen pianist selected for Ensemble Connect
April 24, 2023
Chelsea Wang, a doctoral piano student at the Bienen School of Music, has been chosen as a member of the prestigious Ensemble Connect.
Lidiya Yankovskaya to address Bienen School class of 2023
April 14, 2023
Maestra Lidiya Yankovskaya will present the Bienen School of Music’s convocation address on Sunday, June 11, 2023.
Two Bienen students awarded 2023 Luminarts Fellowships
March 29, 2023
Master’s horn student Momoko Hasselbring Seko and doctoral piano student Wenting Shi have been named 2023 Fellows in Classical Music by the Luminarts Cultural Foundation.
Forst Quartet advances in St. Paul Competition
March 22, 2023
Forst Quartet, an ensemble of Bienen School of Music undergraduate students, has advanced to the finals of the 2023 St. Paul String Quartet Competition.
Bienen School hosts fifth biennial new music conference April 21-23
March 21, 2023
For the first time in five years, the Institute for New Music hosts its biennial Northwestern University New Music Conference (NUNC! 5) in person from Friday, April 21 to Sunday, April 23.
Three opera stars headline Bienen School of Music spring series
March 14, 2023
Davóne Tines, Matthew Polenzani and Susan Graham are among the opera guest artists presenting Bienen School events this spring.
Working Wildcats
March 7, 2023
Current Bienen students Iris Ingelfiner, Mikey Ahearn, and Andrew Sprague share their experiences as student employees.
Bernard Dobroski (1946-2023)
February 21, 2023
Bernard J. Dobroski ’81 PhD, professor emeritus and former dean of the Bienen School of Music, died February 19, 2023, at age 76.
Tania León Awarded 2023 Nemmers Prize in Music Composition
February 21, 2023
Cuban American composer and conductor Tania León has been awarded the $100,000 Michael Ludwig Nemmers Prize in Music Composition from the Bienen School of Music.
First wearable device for vocal fatigue senses when your voice needs a break
February 20, 2023
Northwestern researchers, including the Bienen School's Theresa Brancaccio, have developed the first smart wearable device to continuously track how much people use their voices, alerting them to overuse before vocal fatigue and potential injury set in.