Laurence Davis (1929-2015)
May 4, 2015
Laurence Davis, longtime Bienen School of Music educator, died April 23, in Evanston, following a brief illness.
Saxophonist Taimur Sullivan Appointed to Bienen School Faculty
May 4, 2015
Saxophonist Taimur Sullivan has been appointed to the Bienen School of Music faculty as associate professor of saxophone, effective September 1, 2015.
Bienen School to Present Midwest Premiere of ‘Lost Objects’
April 28, 2015
The Midwest premiere of “Lost Objects” -- a new collaborative work by three genre-defying Bang on a Can composers Michael Gordon, David Lang and Julia Wolfe and writer Deborah Artman -- will be presented publically in early and late May by the Bienen School of Music.
Bienen School Jazz Events Swing into Spring
April 23, 2015
New interpretations of music by jazz great Cedar Walton and ragtime legends Scott Joplin, Joseph Lamb and James Scott, and a performance of original works written by talented jazz studies students, are part of Northwestern University’s spring jazz season.
Bienen School of Music Spring 2015 Opera Season
April 22, 2015
A public master class led by renowned American mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade and a fully-staged production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s rarely performed comic opera “Ruddigore” (or “The Witch’s Curse”) are highlights of Northwestern University Opera Theater’s spring season.
Dover Quartet prepares to join Bienen in the fall
April 22, 2015
The Dover Quartet, which has performed in the Northwestern’s Winter Chamber Music Festival for the past two years, will return to campus this fall to begin a three-year residency at the Bienen School of Music.
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.
Northwestern Spring Choral Season Combines Ensembles
April 16, 2015
The Midwest premiere of “Lost Objects” by three Bang on a Can new music composers -- and the world premiere of “Canticle” by composer Imant Raminsh during a concert commemorating the 150th anniversary of the end of the American Civil War -- are among the choral and collaborative performances taki
Donald Nally’s The Crossing receives top honors from Chorus America
April 15, 2015
Nally is only conductor to be recognized with award twice
Dover Quartet to Begin Three-Year Residency at Bienen School
April 14, 2015
The Dover Quartet -- a young American string ensemble that catapulted to international stardom after winning the grand prize plus all three special prizes at the 2013 Banff International String Quartet Competition -- will be headed to Northwestern University this fall as “quartet-in-residence.”
Bienen Assistant Professor Ryan Dohoney receives ACLS fellowship
April 3, 2015
Ryan Dohoney, assistant professor of musicology in the Bienen School of Music, has been awarded a fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) for 2015, the organization announced recently.
Programming New Music: Strategies, Successes, Challenges
April 1, 2015
Flutist Claire Chase, the Institute for New Music’s Visiting Artist and executive director of ICE (International Contemporary Ensemble) will be the keynote speaker at Northwestern University’s “Programming New Music: Strategies, Successes, Challenges” symposium.