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Northwestern brass students ruled the 2012 National Trumpet Competition in March. Held annually at George Mason University in Washington, DC, the NTC is one of the few national competitions held exclusively for trumpet. The highly competitive event brings together the best players, jazz groups, and brass ensembles across America. Players must first supply tapes in order to be invited to the later rounds in Washington; eight Bienen School students earned the right to make the trip. In the end, sophomore Ansel Norris took away first prize in the undergraduate solo division — the fourth time a Northwestern student won the solo competition in the past eight years.  In addition, Northwestern won the brass ensemble division, narrowly beating out the entry from the Juilliard School. The ensemble was made up of masters students Stuart Stephenson, Ryan Beach, and Chris Larios; senior Steve Woomert; juniors William Cooper and Anthony DiMauro; and sophomores Matt Barker and Ansel Norris.

Four Bienen School voice students received awards at October's Casa Italia Vocal Scholarship Competition, held at Chicago's Italian Cultural Center. In the competition for the Li Puma Scholarship, Kelsey Betzelberger, a masters student, took first place (in the amount of $1,000) ; Lainie Liebman, a sophomore, placed second ($750); and Harrah Friedlander, a junior, took third place (honorable mention). All three are students of Pamela Hinchman. Kelsey Boesche, a masters student of Sunny Joy Langton, won the Italian Executives of Transportation Scholarship ($1,000).

Kelsey Beltzenberger (voice and opera), a masters student of Pamela Hinchman, was one of the Chicago District winners for the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in October. Also see Casa Italia Competition.

Karen Chan (music theory and cognition), a doctoral student, was featured on the web site for The Graduate School at Northwestern University for her research work on the factors that focus a listener's attention when listening to multiple lines of music. View the web page. 

Dianne Lehmann Goldman (musicology), a PhD candidate and a student of Drew Davies, received the SECM Graduate Student Paper Award, which came with a cash prize of $500 and a volume of the Carl Philip Emanuel Bach: The Complete Works. The paper was titled "Adaptation as Authorship of Eighteenth Century Responsories for the Holy Trinity at Mexico City Cathedral," which centered on a motet by Tomas Luis de Victoria that was updated twice in the eighteenth century. Dianne's work on the the research paper was made possible by a graduate research grant from The Graduate School at Northwestern University.

Elissa Harbert (musicology), a PhD candidate and a student of Drew Davies, received an Alvin H. Johnson AMS 50 Dissertation Fellowship from the American Musicological Society for her work on her dissertation titled “Remembering the Revolution: Music in Stage and Screen Representations of Early America during the Bicentennial Years.” Read the press release.

Kelly Hollis (voice and opera), a masters student of Sunny Joy Langton, received an "encouragement award" of $450 after her performance at Wisconsin District division of the Metropolitan Opera's National Council Auditions Competition.

Daniel Katz (strings), a doctoral student in cello and a student of Hans Jørgen Jensen, won a position with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in October.

Kyle Kremer (brass), a senior in trumpet and a student of Barbara Butler, Charles Geyer and Chris Martin, received the prestigious Winston Churchill Scholarship to study astrophysics next year at the University of Cambridge's Institute of Astronomy. Kyle also majors in physics at Northwestern. Read the press release.

Josh Paulus (brass), a second-year horn masters student of Gail Williams, won the third horn position in the Louisiana Philharmonic in May.

Christopher Pidcock (strings), a certificate student in cello and a student of Hans Jørgen Jensen, won a position with the Sydney (Australia) Symphony Orchestra in October.

Samuel Post (piano), a second-year masters student of James Giles, won first prizes in three competitions this year: the American Opera Society of Chicago Scholarship, the North Shore Musician's Club Scholarship, and the Thaviu-Isaak Endowed Piano Scholarship.

Dana Strait (music theory and cognition), a PhD student, had her work presented at Neuroscience 2010, highlighted by the Society for Neuroscience. Some 30,000 scientists attended the conference.

Alex Temple (music composition), a doctoral candidate, received a warm reviews from both The New York Times and concerto.net for the October debut of Alex's composition "Liebeslied." The piece was performed at New York City's Zankel Hall as part of a festival called SONiC: Sounds of a New Century. Read the NY Times review. Read the concerto.net review.

Alison Wahl (voice and opera), a doctoral student of Pamela Hinchman, won the New York State Music Teachers Association (NYSMTA) Empire State Competition in October. Wahl took first place in the collegiate voice division as well as the Past Presidents Prize.

Julia Yang (strings), a senior in cello and a student of Hans Jørgen Jensen, won the Rose Ann Grundman Scholarship, valued at $6,000, at a competition held at the Union League of Chicago in November. She was also the Northwestern Concerto Competition winner in November, resulting in a debut performance with the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra in March. She also won the Collins Scholarship ($2,000) at a Chicago Opera Society, performing in a winners' recital at the Fortnightly Club in October. Julia was also selected as a semifinalist in the 2012 WAMSO-Minnesota Orchestra Volunteer Organization’s Young Artist Competition.

Noah Zeldin (cello) has been awarded a Fellowship by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) to study two terms in Tubingen, Germany.

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