A three-day festival celebrating American composer, artist and author John Cage -- one of the leading figures of the post-war avant-garde -- will take place on Northwestern University’s Evanston campus from Nov. 15 to 17.
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October 30, 2012
Institute for New Music announces 2019-2020 season
August 8, 2019
The Institute for New Music at Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music will present the Chicago premiere of David T. Little’s powerful contemporary opera “Dog Days,” Nov. 21 to 24 at the Ryan Center for the Musical Arts. Bookending the Institute’s season is NUNC!
Pierson brings music of Aphex Twin to Northwestern
May 23, 2019
Over 15 years ago, Alan Pierson’s ensemble Alarm Will Sound recorded an album of tracks by British techno artist Aphex Twin. This Friday, Pierson conducts the Contemporary Music Ensemble in renditions of some of these same songs.
Bienen Institute for New Music welcomes David T. Little and Judd Greenstein
April 3, 2019
The Institute for New Music welcomes contemporary American composers David T. Little and Judd Greenstein for an April 24-27 residency.
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.
Jennifer Higdon completes first Nemmers residency
October 24, 2018
The Bienen School of Music recently hosted composer Jennifer Higdon for the first of two Nemmers Prize residencies.
Nemmers Prize-winning composer Jennifer Higdon to visit Bienen School Oct. 15 to 20
October 1, 2018
The Bienen School of Music welcomes Jennifer Higdon, winner of the Michael Ludwig Nemmers Prize in Music Composition, Oct. 15 to 20 for the first of two Nemmers Prize residencies.
Northwestern Hosts Second New Music Conference Nov. 6 to 8
October 15, 2015
The Ensemble Dal Niente, a contemporary music collective, and Third Coast Percussion, a group that explores and expands the sonic possibilities of percussion, are among the guest ensembles participating in an early November new music conference on Northwestern University’s Evanston campus.
Bienen Celebrates Ryan Center with Year of Music Events
September 22, 2015
The Midwest premiere of “Sila: The Breath of the World,” a work by John Luther Adams that was written to be performed outdoors, will kick off a yearlong series of public events to celebrate the Northwestern University Bienen School of Music’s new Patrick G. and Shirley W.
Programming New Music: Strategies, Successes, Challenges
April 1, 2015
Flutist Claire Chase, the Institute for New Music’s Visiting Artist and executive director of ICE (International Contemporary Ensemble) will be the keynote speaker at Northwestern University’s “Programming New Music: Strategies, Successes, Challenges” symposium.
Bienen School to Present a Variety of New Music Programs
March 24, 2015
Performances by acoustic and electric cellist Maya Beiser, Wilco percussionist Glenn Kotche; flutist Claire Chase, pianist James Giles and two of the Bienen School’s new music ensembles will be among the artists who will push the boundaries of contemporary instrumental and vocal sounds at Northwe