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The Northwestern University Saxophone Ensemble presents a wide-ranging concert showcasing the expressive capabilities of the saxophone. Included will be works by ground-breaking 20th-century composers Julius Eastman and Terry Riley, a world premiere by student composer Isaac Boone, and a new arrangement by Joanne Metcalf.
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Conflux Quartet—an ensemble of Bienen School of Music master’s students—has been invited to the 49th Annual Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition.
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Bienen School of Music alumnus Steven Banks ’17 MMus has been awarded a $25,000 Avery Fisher Career Grant. He is the first saxophonist in history to receive this honor.
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Doctoral students Joseph Connor ’19 MMus (saxophone) and Qi Kong (piano) have been named 2022 Fellows in Classical Music by the Luminarts Cultural Foundation.
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Saxophonist Julian Velasco ’20 MMus, an alumnus and current doctoral student of Taimur Sullivan, has been named the winner of Cedille Records’ Emerging Artist Competition.
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Byeol Kim, a doctoral piano student of James Giles, and Julian Velasco ‘20 MMus, a former student of Taimur Sullivan, have been named 2020 Fellows in Classical Music by the Luminarts Cultural Foundation.
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Two student chamber ensembles from the Bienen School of Music – Fuse Quartet and Trio Noré – advanced in the 47th Annual Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, which moved to an online format for 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Two Bienen School of Music student ensembles have advanced to the finals of the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Chamber Music Competition.
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Banks (pictured, top left) was one of four winners in the final round of the 2019 Young Concert Artists International Auditions on November 17.
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Steven Banks and Ansel Norris advance to the auditions' final round on November 17.
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Two Bienen School student ensembles – Fuse Quartet and Galvin Trio – have been invited to the 46th Annual Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition.
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Eric Zheng, a Bienen School saxophone student of Taimur Sullivan, was named a winner in the 2019 Yamaha Young Performing Artist Competition.
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Student of Taimur Sullivan
Assisted by Eric Zheng, alto saxophone
François Borne, Fantaisie brillante sur des airs de Carmen
Ryo Noda, Improvisation I pour alto saxophone seul
Fernande Decruck, Sonata en C-sharp pour Saxophone Alto et Piano
David Biedendender, Staying the Night
Paul Creston, Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra
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Helen Callus, Li-Kuo Chang, and Anthony Devroye, viola; Cornelius Chiu and Jasmine Lin, violin; Sihao He, cello; Andrew Raciti, bass; Taimur Sullivan, saxophone; José Ramón Méndez, piano; Stephen Alltop, harpsichord
Hailed by American Record Guide as “one of the world’s great violists,” Helen Callus is sought after as a recitalist, chamber musician, and concerto soloist. She has performed with the Tokyo and Juilliard String Quartets, the BBC Concert Orchestra, and other world-class ensembles, delighting audiences in Russia, Europe, New Zealand, Australia, and Canada as well as across the United States. Professor of viola at the Bienen School and an award-winning and critically acclaimed recording artist, she has given over 100 master classes at many of the world’s leading music schools and was the first female president of the American Viola Society. Joining Callus are Avalon String Quartet violist Anthony Devroye; Bienen School faculty colleagues Taimur Sullivan, Stephen Alltop, and Andrew Raciti as well as José Ramón Méndez, the school’s new associate professor of piano; Chicago Symphony Orchestra violinist Cornelius Chiu and violist Li-Kuo Chang; Formosa String Quartet violinist Jasmine Lin; and doctoral cello student Sihao He.
J. S. Bach, Sonata for Viola da Gamba No. 2 in D Major
Jean-Marie LeClair, Sonata for Two Violas
Charles Martin Loeffler, “The Bagpipe” from Two Rhapsodies
Johannes Brahms, String Sextet No. 2 in G Major
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Bienen School graduate saxophone quartet ~Nois has been awarded second prize in the open division of the 2018 M-Prize International Chamber Arts Competition. As a second place laureate, the quartet received an $8,000 award.
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Bienen School faculty members Donald Nally and Taimur Sullivan and alumnus Giancarlo Guerrero have received nominations for 2018 Grammy Awards.
Taimur Sullivan Taimur Sullivan is associate professor of saxophone at the Bienen School and a member of the acclaimed PRISM Quartet.
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~Nois, a Bienen School of Music saxophone quartet, has been awarded the silver medal in the 44th annual Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition’s senior wind division.
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Steven Banks, a master’s saxophone student of Taimur Sullivan, will speak about diversity and inclusion in classical music at the upcoming TEDxNorthwesternU 2017 Conference.
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Two Bienen School of Music faculty members are included in a list of the best classical albums of 2016, curated by Chicago Tribune critic John von Rhein.
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The inaugural Ear Taxi Festival, an upcoming celebration of contemporary classical music in Chicago, will include two Bienen School new music ensembles among its diverse lineup of performers. Several alumni, students and faculty members are also involved in the festival, which will take place October 5-10, 2016 in various Chicago locations.
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The Institute for New Music held its second new-music conference November 6–8. NUNC! 2 brought together composers, performers, theorists, and musicologists specializing in new music.
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Steven Banks, a first-year master’s saxophone student of Taimur Sullivan, received first place with the Kenari Quartet at the inaugural M-Prize Competition at the University of Michigan.
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The PRISM Quartet, an ensemble that comprises Bienen School Associate Professor Taimur Sullivan and three other saxophonists, has received Grammy Award consideration for their recent recording “Heritage/Evolutions, Volume 1.”
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The Ensemble Dal Niente, a contemporary music collective, and Third Coast Percussion, a group that explores and expands the sonic possibilities of percussion, are among the guest ensembles participating in an early November new music conference on Northwestern University’s Evanston campus.
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Saxophonist Taimur Sullivan has been appointed to the Bienen School of Music faculty as associate professor of saxophone, effective September 1, 2015.