Two alumni awarded 2022 Sphinx MPower Artist Grants
May 10, 2022
Alumni Alex Laing ’96 and Kenneth Thompkins ’89 are among the recipients of a 2022 MPower Artist Grant from the Sphinx Organization.
Jennifer Koh to address Bienen School class of 2022
April 28, 2022
Violinist Jennifer Koh will present the Bienen School of Music’s convocation address on Sunday, June 12, 2022, at 1 p.m. Pick-Staiger Concert Hall.
“Choral” reef project by Northwestern artists featured at Chicago’s Art on theMART
April 22, 2022
Choral, an audio/visual projection by two Northwestern artists that imagines coral reefs as the metaphorical “voice” of climate change, is being presented to the public this spring as part of Chicago’s Art on theMART program.
Bienen School concert celebrates retiring faculty Steven Cohen and Gail Williams
April 19, 2022
Faculty clarinetist Steven Cohen and hornist Gail Williams will perform a final recital together in May before they retire from Northwestern University, culminating a combined 50 years of service.
Alumna Phyllis Chen awarded Guggenheim Fellowship
April 12, 2022
Bienen School of Music alumna Phyllis Chen ’00 MMus has been awarded a 2022 Guggenheim Fellowship in Music Composition.
World premiere by Christopher Cerrone captures messages of loss and hope
April 12, 2022
After a two-year postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic, composer Christopher Cerrone’s work for choir and orchestra, “The Last Message Received,” will see its world premiere at the Bienen School of Music on Saturday, April 30.
Jennifer Blackwell joins music education faculty
April 6, 2022
Jennifer Blackwell has been appointed assistant professor of music education at the Bienen School of Music, effective September 1, 2022.
Bienen ensembles perform works by Nemmers Prize winner William Bolcom
April 5, 2022
This April, the Bienen School of Music will feature three performances of works by William Bolcom, the 2021 Michael Ludwig Nemmers Prize in Music Composition winner.
Bienen saxophone quartet advances to Fischoff Competition
April 1, 2022
Conflux Quartet—an ensemble of Bienen School of Music master’s students—has been invited to the 49th Annual Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition.
Steven Banks awarded Avery Fisher Career Grant
March 23, 2022
Bienen School of Music alumnus Steven Banks ’17 MMus has been awarded a $25,000 Avery Fisher Career Grant. He is the first saxophonist in history to receive this honor.
Dunbar Early Music Festival Explores Bach
March 22, 2022
The 2022 Evelyn Dunbar Memorial Early Music Festival followed the compositional road to Johann Sebastian Bach.
Clarinetists Stephen Williamson and Todd Levy to join Bienen faculty
March 21, 2022
Stephen Williamson, principal clarinet of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and Todd Levy, principal clarinet of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, will join the Bienen School of Music faculty as lecturers beginning September 2022.