Davee Media Library
New Music
A collection of new works, performed by Bienen School students, come together in this showcase video. Ben Bolter, associate director of the Institute for New Music, provides an introduction.
The Northwestern University Saxophone Ensemble, led by associate professor Taimur Sullivan, performs eyelid by Cassie Wieland.
In The Branch Will Not Break (2015), Christopher Cerrone sets words of James Arlington Wright, whose raw poetry acknowledges despair and searches for meaning.
Bienen student Kitra Razin discusses her experience writing for, and collaborating with, the Zafa Collective.
Autumn Selover (MM '19) discusses her experience performing with the Contemporary Music Ensemble. Also featured are Contemporary Music Ensemble conductors Alan Pierson and Ben Bolter.
Composition PhD candidate Noah Jenkins discusses his experience writing for, and collaborating with, the Mivos Quartet.
The Bienen School presented the Chicago-area premiere of David T. Little's Dog Days November 21–24, 2019, in the Ryan Center’s Shirley Welsh Ryan Opera Theater.
The Institute for New Music functions as the nerve center of all contemporary music activities at Northwestern University.