Cellist Sydney Lee wins Washington International Competition
Sydney Lee, a master’s cello student of Hans Jørgen Jensen, has won first prize and $10,000 in the 2022 Washington International Competition for Strings.
Victor Yampolsky to retire from Bienen School after 38 years of teaching, conducting
Victor Yampolsky, the Carol F. and Arthur L. Rice Jr. Professor in Music Performance, will retire at the end of the 2021-22 academic year, marking the conclusion of a 38-year teaching and conducting career at Northwestern.
Galvin Cello Quartet wins 2022 Victor Elmaleh Competition
The Bienen School of Music’s Galvin Cello Quartet has been named a winner of the Concert Artists Guild’s 2022 Victor Elmaleh Competition.
James Moore (1929 – 2022)
James Edwin Moore, former director of field services at the Bienen School of Music, died April 14, 2022, at the age of 92.
Cellist Sydney Lee wins second prize in Classic Strings Competition
Sydney Lee, a master’s cello student of Hans Jensen at the Bienen School of Music, has won second prize in the 2022 Classic Strings International Cello Competition.
Bienen School presents Puccini’s “La bohème”
The Bienen School of Music will bring Giacomo Puccini’s “La bohème” to the stage May 26 through 29 at Cahn Auditorium.
Two alumni awarded 2022 Sphinx MPower Artist Grants
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
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
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
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
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
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.