John Luther Adams Wins 2010 Nemmers Composition Prize
April 29, 2010
American composer John Luther Adams has been named winner of the $100,000 Michael Ludwig Nemmers Prize in Music Composition.
Pamela Hinchman Receives Fulbright Grant
April 8, 2010
Pamela Hinchman, associate professor of voice, has received a Fulbright Specialists Program grant.
Hans Jørgen Jensen Receives 2010 Artist Teacher Award from American String Teachers Association
March 8, 2010
Hans Jørgen Jensen, professor of cello, has received the 2010 Artist Teacher Award, given by the American String Teachers Association (ASTA).
Jay Alan Yim Commissioned by the New York Philharmonic
February 16, 2010
Thanks to a commission from the New York Philharmonic, a Northwestern professor of music composition will be composing a 20-minute piano concerto.
Bronfman Awarded $50,000 Jean Gimbel Lane Prize
February 11, 2010
Yefim Bronfman is the 2010 recipient of the Jean Gimbel Lane Prize in Piano Performance.
Hans Thomalla Awarded Fellowship by Heinrich Strobel Foundation
December 16, 2009
Hans Thomalla, assistant professor of composition, has been awarded a fellowship by the Heinrich Strobel Foundation in Freiburg, Germany.
Susan Piagentini Among NU Professors Recognized for Teaching Excellence
May 20, 2009
Six Northwestern University faculty members have been honored with university-wide awards for teaching excellence.
Hans Thomalla Named MacDowell Colony Fellow
April 7, 2009
Hans Thomalla, assistant professor of composition, has been named a fellow by the MacDowell Artist Colony in Peterborough, NH. He will be in residence there this summer to work on a piece for the Munich Philharmonic, slated to be premiered at the Munich Biennale on April 30, 2010.
Northwestern School of Music to Be Named for Bienens
May 13, 2008
Northwestern University’s School of Music will be named the Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music in honor of the retiring University president and his wife, announced Patrick G. Ryan, chair of Northwestern’s Board of Trustees today (May 13, 2008).
Kaija Saariaho Wins 2008 Nemmers Composition Prize
April 2, 2008
Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho is the 2008 winner of the Michael Ludwig Nemmers Prize in Music Composition.
Drew Edward Davies Receives 2006 Wiley Housewright Dissertation Award
March 6, 2008
Drew Edward Davies, assistant professor in musicology, has received the 2006 Wiley Housewright Dissertation Award for his work The Italianized Frontier: Music at Durango Cathedral, Español Culture, and the Aesthetics of Devotion in Eighteenth-Century New Spain.
Northwestern to Build New Music Building
February 19, 2008
Northwestern University will construct a $90 million School of Music building on the lakefront of its Evanston campus, Northwestern President Henry S. Bienen announced today.