WFMT to bring 21 hours of Bach keyboard music at fall festival
Stephen Alltop coordinated last fall's WFMT Bach Organ Project, a 10-concert festival played by 30 organists on nine pipe organs throughout the city and suburbs.
Music and Communication Building to be named for Patrick and Shirley Ryan
In recognition of the unprecedented generosity of Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan and their longtime support of the arts both at Northwestern and in the greater Chicago area, Northwestern University will name the recently opened music and communication building the Patrick G. and Shirley W.
Bienen faculty will perform with National Brass Ensemble September 20
Three brass faculty members from the Bienen School of Music will perform with the National Brass Ensemble in a special concert at Symphony Center on Sunday, September 20, 2015.
Bienen voice student fills lead role in Central City Opera’s ‘Man of La Mancha’
Alexander York, a master’s voice student of W. Stephen Smith, will replace baritone Robert Orth to perform the role of Don Quixote (Cervantes) in Central City Opera’s sold-out performance of Man of La Mancha on Tuesday, July 28, 2015.
Bidding fond farewell to NU's grand old music building
The Music Administration Building – a former women's college and dormitory built in 1874 and refashioned as the music school in 1940 – makes music no more.
Bienen School Purchases Yamaha Pianos for New Building
While the rest of the building becomes occupied this summer, soon students and faculty will return for fall quarter and finally get their hands on all the new pianos selected to fill the classrooms and rehearsal spaces of the state-of-the-art facility, including more than 110 Yamaha acoustic and
Choose Love: Denyce Graves-Montgomery's 2015 Convocation Address
Renowned opera singer Denyce Graves-Montgomery presented the following address at the Bienen School of Music’s convocation on Saturday, June 20, 2015.
NU Honors Bienen alum Elizabeth Bennett with Distinguished Secondary Teacher Award
Bienen School alumna Elizabeth Bennett (04) and four other high school teachers who had “transformative effects” on the lives of graduating Northwestern seniors they once taught have received Northwestern University Distinguished Secondary Teacher Awards.
Bienen School Cellist Brannon Cho Progresses in Tchaikovsky Competition
Cellist Brannon Cho, a sophomore music performance major who is participating in the 15th International Tchaikovsky Competition this summer in Russia alongside a select group of the best young cellists in the world, is making headway.
Northwestern University Music In Summer 2015
Presented by Northwestern’s Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music, evening and afternoon programs this summer will feature either faculty, guest artists or talented musicians enrolled in the Summer Session Guitar Workshop, Summer Voice Institute, Violin Institute or Oboe Workshop for p
Seniors to Watch: Conner VanderBeek
“I understand my life and the world through music,” says Bienen student Conner VanderBeek in a Northwestern Magazine article featuring Seniors to Watch.
Cho receives first prize in the Friends of the Minnesota Orchestra Young Artist Competition
Bienen sophomore cellist Brannon Cho received first prize in the Friends of the Minnesota Orchestra Young Artist Competition on May 31, 2015.