Bienen School Hosts Spring Orchestra Concerts
April 26, 2016
The majestic sounds of classical and modern works for strings, woodwinds, brass and percussion will be performed by several student ensembles, including the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra, Northwestern University Chamber Orchestra and Philharmonia.
Director of orchestras conducts with connection to memory, emotion
April 20, 2016
More than three decades after accepting his job as Northwestern’s director of orchestras, Bienen Prof. Victor Yampolsky will lead his musicians in a performance this weekend that is a tribute to his teenage years.
Jazz piano student Julius Tucker receives Luminarts Fellowship
April 19, 2016
Julius Tucker, a senior jazz piano major, has been awarded a 2016 Luminarts Fellowship in jazz improvisation, along with $5,000, from the Luminarts Cultural Foundation.
Four Bienen students receive 2016 Luminarts Fellowships
April 18, 2016
Four Bienen School of Music students have been awarded 2016 Luminarts Fellowships in Classical Music, along with $5,000 each, from the Luminarts Cultural Foundation.
David Lang commissioned work premieres by Bienen ensemble
April 18, 2016
Two Bienen School ensembles came together for a program of music by Pulitzer Prize winning composer David Lang, including the premiere of a work commissioned by the Bienen School of Music to celebrate the opening of the Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts.
Bienen School Presents Spring Celebration Events
April 7, 2016
The world premiere of a commissioned work by David Lang, a performance of Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony at the Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago’s Millennium Park, and a three-day Horn Festival will be performed in honor of the Bienen School’s new Ryan Center for the Musical Arts.
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.
Northwestern Presents Array of Guest Artists This Spring
April 6, 2016
Upcoming programs will feature prize-winning pianist Andrew Tyson; the 2013 Banff International String Quartet Competition winning Dover Quartet; Metropolitan Opera tenor Matthew Polenzani; and classical guitarist Alvaro Pierri.
Helen Callus named Professor of Viola
April 5, 2016
Helen Callus, hailed as “one of the world’s greatest violists” (American Record Guide) and “a violist of the highest caliber” (Strings magazine), has been appointed Professor of Viola at the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University.
Northwestern to Present Spring Opera/Vocal Master Classes
April 1, 2016
Carlisle Floyd’s “Susannah” will be presented for the first time on the Northwestern University Opera Theater stage by the Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music this spring.
Bienen School to Host Spring Faculty Recitals
March 29, 2016
Chicago Symphony Orchestra flutist Jennifer Gunn, soprano and Cedille recording artist Patrice Michaels, and cellist Anthony Elliott are among the guest artists who will be joining Northwestern University music faculty recitalists this spring.
Alex Mincek joins composition faculty
March 28, 2016
Alex Mincek has been appointed assistant professor in the composition and music technology program at the Bienen School of Music, effective September 1, 2016.