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    A "Fitbit" for your vocal cords

    January 15, 2019

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    Bienen School of Music lecturer Theresa Brancaccio discusses her Singer Savvy app – a vocal fatigue tracking system – on the Northwestern Digital Learning Podcast.

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    Bienen alumna Michelle Mariposa wins Metropolitan Opera Competition

    March 17, 2025

    Alumna Michelle Mariposa ’23 MMus has been named a winner of the Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition.

    First wearable device for vocal fatigue senses when your voice needs a break

    February 20, 2023

    Northwestern researchers, including the Bienen School's Theresa Brancaccio, have developed the first smart wearable device to continuously track how much people use their voices, alerting them to overuse before vocal fatigue and potential injury set in.

    Music 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.

    Springing into Remote Learning

    September 1, 2020

    On Monday, April 6, the Bienen School of Music began a historic spring quarter. Rather than meeting in classrooms, studios, and rehearsal halls, students and faculty gathered virtually.

    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.

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