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    • Northwestern Welcomes International Guest Artists to Evanston Campus
    • Inna Naroditskaya’s Book "Bewitching Russian Opera" Published by Oxford University Press
    • Mahler's Symphony No. 3 A Program Rarity
    • Music Building Construction to Start in May
    • Jazz Heats Up Northwestern This Winter
    • Vladimir Ashkenazy to Conduct European Union Youth Orchestra
    • Bienen School Brass Students to Perform at Kennedy Center
    • Trumpeting A Music/Science Combo
    • Saxophonist Timothy McAllister Appointed to Bienen Faculty
    • Bienen School to Stage "Die Fledermaus" and Amber Wagner Recital
    • Soundings Festival Takes Music to New Heights
    • Northwestern University Hosts 16th Annual Graduate Music Consortium
    • Oxford University Press Publishes Music Learning Handbook Co-Edited by Peter Webster
    • Perahia Awarded $50,000 Jean Gimbel Lane Prize in Piano Performance
    • Mark J. Butler Publishes Scholarly Work on Dance Music
    • Music Masters to Share Their Expertise
    • Bienen School Concerts Spring Into Action on March 28
    • Bienen School Music Students to Compete This Spring
    • Bienen Student Wins Prestigious Musicology Fellowship
    • Donald Nally Joins Bienen School Faculty as Director of Choral Organizations
    • New Music Building Designs Completed
    • Britten's "Albert Herring" A Fun-Filled Opera
    • Flutist John Thorne Joins Bienen School Faculty
    • Bienen School of Music Charts Future
    • Bienen Pianist Wins Edes Prize
    • Lorin Maazel to Deliver Bienen Convocation Address
    • Aaron Jay Kernis Awarded $100,000 2012 Nemmers Composition Prize
    • Bienen Students to Perform as Part of Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Piano Festival
    • Groundbreaking Set for New Music and Communication Building
    • Breaking Ground, Celebrating The Arts
    • Spring Tributes to Retiring Music Faculty Harris, Hemke and Kujala
    • Bienen Conducting Student Receives Canadian Fellowship
    • VIDEO: Maestro Lorin Maazel's Convocation Remarks to the Class of 2012
    • Bienen Alumni Win International Music Prize as Part of Contemporary Ensemble
    • Northwestern Centennial Celebration of Cage
    • Children Discover the Magic of Music at Northwestern
    • Murray Perahia and Gabriela Montero Among Guest Artists
    • New Book from Maud Hickey Promotes Music Composition in the Classroom
    • "Bastianello" and "Lucrezia" Launch NU Opera Season
    • John Cage Festival Highlights Goals of Institute for New Music
    • Musicology Professor Receives Inaugural Prize for Scholarly Article
    • John Cage Festival to Celebrate and Shed Light on His Music
    • 17th Annual Winter Chamber Music Festival Begins January 11
    • Music From Northwestern on WFMT 98.7 FM
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