Bienen School Early Music Festival Nov. 11 and 14
A Nov. 11 master class for early music vocalists and instrumentalists, a Nov. 14 pre-concert talk by a guest scholar, and a Nov. 14 performance of Monteverdi’s “Vespers” (1610) are all part of the 2010 Evelyn Dunbar Early Music Festival.
John Luther Adams Wins 2010 Nemmers Composition Prize
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
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
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
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
Yefim Bronfman is the 2010 recipient of the Jean Gimbel Lane Prize in Piano Performance.
Northwestern School of Music to Be Named for Bienens
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
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
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
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.
Stephen Hough Named Winner of 2008 Jean Gimbel Lane Prize
Stephen Hough is the 2008 winner of the $50,000 Jean Gimbel Lane Prize in Piano Performance.
Dunbar Early Music Festival to Present Rare Piccinni Opera Nov. 17-18
The School of Music's Evelyn Dunbar Early Music Festival will present, as its centerpiece, Niccolò Piccinni's rarely performed opera La buona figliuola (“The Good Girl” or “La Cecchina”).