This fall, Northwestern University’s Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music will play a key role in 98.7 WFMT’s 2015 Bach Keyboard Festival.
Continue reading on Northwestern NowOrfeo Goes Remote
September 17, 2020
When the coronavirus pandemic forced the cancellation of the Bienen School’s spring opera production, director of opera Joachim Schamberger reconceived Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo as an online project —an experimental opera film, Orfeo Remote.
Bienen School Represented at NATS Virtual Conference
August 20, 2020
Bienen School voice and opera faculty, students, and alumni played important roles in the National Association of Teachers of Singing’s 2020 National Virtual Conference in June.
Handel festival and opera highlight spring season at Bienen School of Music
April 19, 2018
George Frideric Handel (1685 – 1759) is the focus of the biennial Evelyn Dunbar Early Music Festival, hosted by Northwestern University’s Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music, May 17 to 20 on the Evanston campus. The 2017/2018 Robert M. and Maya L.
British chamber music rounds out Bienen’s December offerings
November 22, 2016
New professor of viola makes Northwestern debut as Chamber Orchestra soloist
Bienen School of Music Presents Four Holiday Concerts
November 8, 2016
Duke Ellington’s jazz arrangement of the Tchaikovsky classic, “Nutcracker Suite,” and historically authentic performances of Handel’s “Messiah” as well as choral and orchestral seasonal favorites are all part of the Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music holiday celebration.
Bienen School Hosts Spring Orchestra Concerts
April 26, 2016
The majestic sounds of classical and modern works for strings, woodwinds, brass and percussion will be performed by several student ensembles, including the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra, Northwestern University Chamber Orchestra and Philharmonia.
Bienen School of Music to Host Orchestra Concerts This Winter
February 5, 2016
Performances by Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra, the Northwestern University Chamber Orchestra and Philharmonia are among the winter line-up of orchestral concerts performed on the Evanston campus.
Bienen School to Launch New Year with Early Music Concerts
January 7, 2016
The Newberry Consort, Grammy-nominated guest lutenist Paul O’Dette, and two Northwestern student groups are among the featured performers in an array of early music performances on Northwestern University’s Evanston campus this winter.
Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall named most impressive new Chicago concert facility
December 27, 2015
In his list of the best and worst of 2015 in Chicago classical music, the Chicago Tribune’s John von Rhein named Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall the most impressive new Chicago concert facility.
Alumni named co-winners of Julius Herford Dissertation Prize
November 5, 2015
Bienen School alumni Thomas J. Tropp (G14) and Cory D. Wikan (G02) have been named co-winners of the 2014 Julius Herford Dissertation Prize from the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA).