Bienen student to study Bahá'í choral music traditions in six countries
Chris LaMountain, a Bienen-Weinberg dual-degree student majoring in vocal performance and religious studies, won a Circumnavigator’s Travel-Study Grant.
DMA piano student Nansong Huang receives Luminarts Fellowship
Doctoral piano student Nansong Huang was named a 2019 Luminarts Fellow in Classical Music by the Luminarts Cultural Foundation.
Two Bienen School ensembles advance to Fischoff Competition
Two Bienen School student ensembles – Fuse Quartet and Galvin Trio – have been invited to the 46th Annual Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition.
Bienen Institute for New Music welcomes David T. Little and Judd Greenstein
The Institute for New Music welcomes contemporary American composers David T. Little and Judd Greenstein for an April 24-27 residency.
JACK Quartet wins Avery Fisher Career Grant
JACK Quartet – an ensemble featuring Bienen School of Music alumnus violinist Austin Wulliman (G08) – has won $25,000 Avery Fisher Career Grant.
Alumni Leader: Q&A with Bozhong Xue ’12
Bozhong Xue, winner of the inaugural Northwestern Alumni Association President’s Award, talks about his reasons for supporting international student scholarships at the Bienen School of Music.
Howard Reich to address Bienen School class of 2019
Alumnus Howard Reich, a longtime music and arts columnist for the Chicago Tribune, will be the featured speaker for the Bienen School’s convocation on Saturday, June 22, 2019
Saxophone student wins Yamaha Young Artist Competition
Eric Zheng, a Bienen School saxophone student of Taimur Sullivan, was named a winner in the 2019 Yamaha Young Performing Artist Competition.
PhD candidate Miriam Piilonen wins major dissertation award
Miriam Piilonen, a doctoral candidate in music theory and cognition in the Bienen School of Music, has won a Society for Music Theory SMT-40 Dissertation Fellowship award.
Three Alumni selected for NATS internship
Three alumni of the Bienen School of Music have been selected to participate in the 2019 National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Intern Program.
2019 Grammy Award winners include Bienen School faculty, alumna
Bienen School of Music faculty member Donald Nally and alumna Katrina Lenk are among the winners of the 61st annual Grammy Awards.
Q&A: Donald Nally talks third consecutive Grammy nomination
Donald Nally discusses the creation of Grammy-nominated "Zealot Canticles" with the Daily Northwestern.