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    Bienen School Featured in WFMT Bach Keyboard Festival

    October 8, 2015

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    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.

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    Bienen ensembles, faculty and special guests celebrate William Byrd

    September 22, 2022

    The Bienen School of Music, under the auspices of the 2022-23 Evelyn Dunbar Memorial Early Music Festival, will present five events celebrating the music of William Byrd.

    Bienen School celebrates the season with winter holiday concerts

    November 4, 2021

    Student ensembles from the Bienen School of Music will ring in the winter holiday season with two in-person concerts Dec. 4 and 5 on Northwestern University’s Evanston campus.

    Northwestern Opera Theater launches ‘Orfeo remote’ mini-series

    December 14, 2020

    The pandemic could not stop Northwestern University Opera Theater from proceeding with plans for a fully realized production of Claudio Monteverdi’s “L’Orfeo.”

    Orfeo 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.

    Behind the Screens: 'Orfeo Remote' Artist Interviews

    May 18, 2020

    Joachim Schamberger, Stephen Alltop, Kandise Le Blanc and Nicholas Lin share their various perspectives and insights on Orfeo Remote. 

    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.

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