World-famous pianist Garrick Ohlsson visits Northwestern
This week, world-famous pianist Garrick Ohlsson visited campus for a three-day series of events at the Bienen School of Music.
"Dead Man Walking" Brought to Life at Northwestern
Northwestern University Opera Theater’s Chicago-area premiere of the opera Dead Man Walking in February received glowing reviews.
Bienen bassoon professor McGill awarded Theodore Thomas Medallion
David McGill, professor of bassoon in the Bienen School of Music and former principal bassoonist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), will be awarded the Theodore Thomas Medallion for Distinguished Service from the CSO at a concert on Thursday, March 5, at 8 p.m.
Review: "Dead Man" is wrenching music drama in first full area staging
A taut, polished staging by NU Bienen School of Music director of opera Michael M. Ehrman brought Heggie's emotionally charged music drama to pulsating life at the performance Sunday afternoon.
A New Era for the Bienen School
The scheduled opening of the Bienen School’s new state-of-the-art lakefront building this year will do much more than replace MAB’s long-outdated facilities.
NU stages acclaimed modern opera, ‘Dead Man Walking’
One of the most produced operas of recent years, Jake Heggie’s “Dead Man Walking,” is coming to Northwestern.
Prize-Winning Pianist to Visit Bienen School of Music
Northwestern University will welcome world-renowned pianist and 2014 Jean Gimbel Lane Prize in Piano Performance winner Garrick Ohlsson to campus for two master classes and a Q&A session.
A First for Chicago Audiences
The Bienen School of Music will produce the Chicago area’s first fully staged production of composer Jake Heggie’s opera Dead Man Walking.
At COT and NU, it's a perfect storm of recent American operas
Two operas by American composers will take place later this month when Tobias Picker's "Therese Raquin" (2001) and Jake Heggie's "Dead Man Walking" (2000) are to receive their belated local premieres, courtesy of Chicago Opera Theater and the Northwestern University Opera Theater, respe
Everyone Can Sing
Many universities have performance choirs, but the one at Morley College, an adult- education school in London, has an unusual caveat: It’s a chorus for people who can’t sing.
Bienen School Institute for New Music Hosts ICE
A concert combining the talents of the Contemporary Music Ensemble with the International Contemporary Ensemble and another program with flutist Claire Chase are among the diverse lineup of new music events at Northwestern University in winter 2015.
Northwestern University Celebrates Black History Month
The final performances of “Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine,” Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage’s social satire, and a jazz concert that celebrates the music of Duke Ellington and Count Basie, are just two of the Evanston campus events at Northwestern University celebrating