The world premiere of a new horn sonata by John Stevens and a rarely performed satirical piece by Richard Strauss are among the works featured in three winter recitals presented by faculty members of Northwestern University's Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music.
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February 12, 2009
Two Bienen students awarded 2023 Luminarts Fellowships
March 29, 2023
Master’s horn student Momoko Hasselbring Seko and doctoral piano student Wenting Shi have been named 2023 Fellows in Classical Music by the Luminarts Cultural Foundation.
Talos Brass quintet advances to MTNA finals
January 24, 2023
Talos Brass, a quintet of Bienen School of Music master’s students, has advanced to the finals of the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Chamber Music Competition.
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.
Winter Chamber Music Festival lineup includes James Ehnes, Stephanie Blythe
December 11, 2019
Performances in the 24th annual Winter Chamber Music Festival include the festival debuts of the Aizuri Quartet, American String Quartet and mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe, as well as the return of James Ehnes, Andrew Armstrong and the Dudok Quartet Amsterdam.
Winter chamber music festival hosts internationally acclaimed artists
December 6, 2016
Seven-concert series features treasured classics and compelling new works
Horn Symposium features workshops, public concerts
June 3, 2016
The Bienen School’s first-ever Horn Symposium will feature three days of workshops as well as two public concerts.
Bienen School Presents Spring Celebration Events
April 7, 2016
The world premiere of a commissioned work by David Lang, a performance of Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony at the Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago’s Millennium Park, and a three-day Horn Festival will be performed in honor of the Bienen School’s new Ryan Center for the Musical Arts.
Bienen School to Host Spring Faculty Recitals
March 29, 2016
Chicago Symphony Orchestra flutist Jennifer Gunn, soprano and Cedille recording artist Patrice Michaels, and cellist Anthony Elliott are among the guest artists who will be joining Northwestern University music faculty recitalists this spring.
Bienen School’s Winter Chamber Music Festival Celebrates 20 Years
December 1, 2015
The Dover Quartet and Jupiter String Quartet are both scheduled to perform during the 20th season of Northwestern University’s annual Winter Chamber Music Festival.
Bienen faculty will perform with National Brass Ensemble September 20
August 31, 2015
Three brass faculty members from the Bienen School of Music will perform with the National Brass Ensemble in a special concert at Symphony Center on Sunday, September 20, 2015.