Galvin Cello Quartet wins 2022 Victor Elmaleh Competition
May 26, 2022
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)
May 19, 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
May 19, 2022
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”
May 12, 2022
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
May 10, 2022
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
April 28, 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
April 22, 2022
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
April 19, 2022
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
April 12, 2022
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
April 12, 2022
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.
Jennifer Blackwell joins music education faculty
April 6, 2022
Jennifer Blackwell has been appointed assistant professor of music education at the Bienen School of Music, effective September 1, 2022.
Bienen ensembles perform works by Nemmers Prize winner William Bolcom
April 5, 2022
This April, the Bienen School of Music will feature three performances of works by William Bolcom, the 2021 Michael Ludwig Nemmers Prize in Music Composition winner.