Many universities have performance choirs, but the one at Morley College, an adult- education school in London, has an unusual caveat: It’s a chorus for people who can’t sing.
Continue reading on The AtlanticMusic and Breath may mitigate childhood trauma from COVID-19 pandemic
April 22, 2021
A new interdisciplinary research project involving several Bienen faculty and alumni will examine how music might be used globally to improve children's health and well-being following the trauma of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bienen School professor honored by Society for Music Theory
November 11, 2019
Richard Ashley was honored by the Society for Music Theory at a November 9 awards ceremony in Columbus.
Naroditskaya named Kaplan Institute Fellow
April 10, 2019
Inna Naroditskaya, professor of musicology in the Bienen School of Music, was named a 2019-2020 Faculty Fellow of the Kaplan Humanities Institute at Northwestern University.
A "Fitbit" for your vocal cords
January 15, 2019
Bienen School of Music lecturer Theresa Brancaccio discusses her Singer Savvy app – a vocal fatigue tracking system – on the Northwestern Digital Learning Podcast.
Byros recognized with outstanding publication award
November 10, 2017
Vasili Byros, associate professor of music theory and cognition and chair of the Department of Music Studies at the Bienen School, has received an Outstanding Publication Award from the Society for Music Theory.
Children’s beliefs about talent influence music participation
January 17, 2017
Steven Demorest, a professor of music education, looked at the attitudes and beliefs that influence whether or not children choose to continue studying music and how those factors related to their actual singing ability.
Tonal Recall
December 17, 2015
Echoes of the past reverberate in our lives today, say Richard Ashley and Vasili Byros – both faculty of the music theory and cognition program at the Bienen School of Music. Their scholarship reveals what our relationship with music says about cognition and culture.
Bienen Assistant Professor Ryan Dohoney receives ACLS fellowship
April 3, 2015
Ryan Dohoney, assistant professor of musicology in the Bienen School of Music, has been awarded a fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) for 2015, the organization announced recently.
Everyone Can Sing
February 10, 2015
Many universities have performance choirs, but the one at Morley College, an adult- education school in London, has an unusual caveat: It’s a chorus for people who can’t sing.
Can't Sing? Keep At It
February 5, 2015
New research out of Northwestern University suggests that singing accurately is not so much a talent as a learned skill that can decline over time if not used.