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    Nemmers Prize Winner Steve Reich returns to Bienen School of Music for second residency

    October 23, 2017

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    Musical pioneer Steve Reich returns for his second residency at the Bienen School of Music. 

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    Bienen School alumni, faculty receive 2025 Grammy nominations

    November 11, 2024

    Professor emeritus Donald Nally has received his tenth Grammy nomination to date and several Bienen alumni are also among the 2025 nominees.

    Tania León at Northwestern

    October 19, 2023

    Nemmers Prize winner Tania León discussed her work with the Contemporary Music Ensemble in an episode of WTTW's "Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices." 

    Looking Back at 10 Years of the Institute for New Music

    May 19, 2023

    Hans Thomalla, director of the Institute for New Music, reflects on the first 10 years of the institute's impact on the Bienen School of Music and greater Northwestern communities.

    Tania León Awarded 2023 Nemmers Prize in Music Composition

    February 21, 2023

    Cuban American composer and conductor Tania León has been awarded the $100,000 Michael Ludwig Nemmers Prize in Music Composition from the Bienen School of Music.

    Bienen ensembles perform works by Nemmers Prize winner William Bolcom

    April 5, 2022

    This April, the Bienen School of Music will feature three performances of works by William Bolcom, the 2021 Michael Ludwig Nemmers Prize in Music Composition winner.

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