The Voice: Carl Alexander
Carl Alexander of the Bienen School of Music opened Northwestern University’s 159th commencement ceremony Friday with such a full-throated, astonishingly powerful rendition of the national anthem that thousands of people attending the event in Ryan Field burst into applause for the performance.
Everyday Diva: Spotlight on soprano Amanda Majeski
Soprano Amanda Majeski juggles a demanding international opera career, a crazy on-the-road schedule and marriage to a fellow singer, all the while keeping her feet firmly planted on the ground.
Freshman cellist wins Klein International String Competition
Jeremy Tai, a freshman cello student of Bienen School professor Hans Jensen, won first prize in the Irving M. Klein International String Competition. He was also awarded the competition’s Allen R. and Susan E. Weiss Memorial Prize for Best Performance of the Commissioned Work.
Cello students advance to finals of Queen Elisabeth Competition
Brannon Cho has received sixth prize in the Queen Elisabeth Cello Competition, an award of 8000 euros. As an unranked laureate, Sihao He receives a prize of 4000 euros.
Frank Laucerica featured in Seniors to Watch
Cuban-American tenor Frank Laucerica, born and raised in Miami, recalls a childhood filled with the sounds of his mother singing and his father playing the guitar.
Bienen School welcomes new faculty
The Bienen School of Music welcomes four new faculty members beginning fall 2017: Andrew Talle, associate professor of musicology; Joachim Schamberger, artist-in-residence and director of opera; Eugene (Gene) Pokorny, lecturer of tuba/euphonium; and Matthew Gaunt, lecturer of
Concert series offer downtown virtuosity on the North Shore
The essential Skyline Piano Artist Series (Oct. 27 to May 12) returns as the Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music’s 2017/2018 subscription season begins this fall.
Lee ready for 2017 Van Cliburn Competition
EunAe Lee, a Bienen School doctoral piano candidate, will perform in the preliminary round of the prestigious Van Cliburn International Piano Competition on Saturday, May 27.
Northwestern pianist vies with world’s best at Van Cliburn competition
All is relaxed just now for the 29-year-old South Korean, a doctoral student at Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music. Soon, that will change.
Bienen saxophone quartet wins silver medal in Fischoff Competition
~Nois, a Bienen School of Music saxophone quartet, has been awarded the silver medal in the 44th annual Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition’s senior wind division.
Fathers of Invention: Zappa and Varèse connection explored
The iconoclastic work of self-taught guitarist and composer Frank Zappa will be performed alongside the work of the innovative French-born composer Edgard Varèse, one of Zappa’s earliest musical influences, in a pair of Memorial Day weekend concerts presented by Northwestern Univer
'The Tender Land' closes Bienen Opera season
Aaron Copland’s Depression-era love story “The Tender Land” concludes the Northwestern University Opera Theater season at the Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music.