David McGill

David McGill, Professor of Bassoon at the Bienen School of Music since 2014, previously served as principal bassoonist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for 17 years (1997-2014).

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Horn Symposium features workshops, public concerts

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The Bienen School’s first-ever Horn Symposium will feature three days of workshops as well as two public concerts.

Bienen School to Host Spring Faculty Recitals

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Chicago Symphony Orchestra flutist Jennifer Gunn, soprano and Cedille recording artist Patrice Michaels, and cellist Anthony Elliott are among the guest artists who will be joining Northwestern University music faculty recitalists this spring.

https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2016/03/bienen-school-to-host-spring-facu…

A performance of Beethoven’s woodwind sextet from the November 18, 2015 joint faculty recital.

Bienen bassoon professor McGill awarded Theodore Thomas Medallion

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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.

CSO Bassoonist David McGill Joins Bienen School Faculty

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Bassoonist David McGill has been appointed to the Bienen School of Music faculty, Dean Toni-Marie Montgomery recently announced. He will join the Bienen School in Fall 2014 as professor of bassoon.