FACULTY NEWS
Donald Nally and The Crossing won the 2019 Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance.
Learn MoreNEMMERS PRIZE
Jennifer Higdon completed her first Nemmers Prize residency at the Bienen School.
Learn MoreRyan Center for the Musical Arts
Named one of the most impressive performance spaces in Chicago, the Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall features excellent acoustics and views.
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The Ryan Center for the Musical Arts sit at the southeast corner of campus, adjacent to the Bienen School's other music facilities.
Learn MoreRyan Center for the Musical Arts
Opened in 2015, the Ryan Center for the Musical Arts features three state-of-the-art performances venues.
Learn MoreSherman Irby joins Victor Goines and jazz students for ‘Journey Through Swing’
March 18, 2019
The Bienen School will welcome Jazz at Lincoln Center saxophonist Sherman Irby for a concert April 20.
JACK Quartet wins Avery Fisher Career Grant
March 15, 2019
JACK Quartet – an ensemble featuring Bienen School of Music alumnus violinist Austin Wulliman (G08) – has won $25,000 Avery Fisher Career Grant.
Alumni Leader: Q&A with Bozhong Xue ’12
March 12, 2019
Bozhong Xue, winner of the inaugural Northwestern Alumni Association President’s Award, talks about his reasons for supporting international student scholarships at the Bienen School of Music.
Howard Reich to address Bienen School class of 2019
March 1, 2019
Alumnus Howard Reich, a longtime music and arts columnist for the Chicago Tribune, will be the featured speaker for the Bienen School’s convocation on Saturday, June 22, 2019
Saxophone student wins Yamaha Young Artist Competition
February 18, 2019
Eric Zheng, a Bienen School saxophone student of Taimur Sullivan, was named a winner in the 2019 Yamaha Young Performing Artist Competition.
PhD candidate Miriam Piilonen wins major dissertation award
February 15, 2019
Miriam Piilonen, a doctoral candidate in music theory and cognition in the Bienen School of Music, has won a Society for Music Theory SMT-40 Dissertation Fellowship award.