Bienen School to Host Music Students from Havana
Music students from Northwestern University and the Universidad de las Artes, Cuba’s national conservatory of the arts, will soon have an opportunity to meet, greet and exchange ideas on the Evanston campus.
Taimur Sullivan’s PRISM Quartet in Running for Grammy Nominations
The PRISM Quartet, an ensemble that comprises Bienen School Associate Professor Taimur Sullivan and three other saxophonists, has received Grammy Award consideration for their recent recording “Heritage/Evolutions, Volume 1.”
Bienen School of Music Announces 2015-16 Opera Season Lineup
Three one-act operas -- each with a different view of love and marriage in America -- and master classes led by renowned vocalists, are among Northwestern University’s 2015-16 opera season highlights.
Ryan Center for the Musical Arts Earns LEED Gold
The Ryan Center has been certified LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold for New Construction (v2.2) by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).
Professors Thompson and Nally named John W. Beattie Chair of Music
Two distinguished Bienen School professors will serve as concurrent chairs
Brannon Cho Receives Second Prize in Naumburg Cello Competition
Cellist Brannon Cho, a junior music performance major in the Bienen School of Music, tied for second place in the Walter W. Naumburg Foundation’s 2015 International Cello Competition.
Northwestern Hosts Second New Music Conference Nov. 6 to 8
The Ensemble Dal Niente, a contemporary music collective, and Third Coast Percussion, a group that explores and expands the sonic possibilities of percussion, are among the guest ensembles participating in an early November new music conference on Northwestern University’s Evanston camp
Songs by Heart
Nancy Gustafson hopes to improve the lives of people with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia through the power of music.
$5M to Fund Renowned Northwestern Piano Award In Perpetuity
A $5 million commitment from Northwestern University alumna Jean Gimbel Lane to the Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music will ensure the perpetuity of a prestigious piano award named in her honor.
The Dover Quartet presents first concert in Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall
The Dover Quartet made their much-anticipated debut as the Bienen School’s quartet-in-residence with a concert Wednesday, October 7, in Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall, featuring works by Mozart, Dutilleux, and Schumann.
Midwest Premiere of ‘Sila’ Captures the Forces of Nature
The 80 musicians arranged in a U formation on the south lawn of the stunning new glass-encased Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts exceeded expectations last weekend with their haunting performance of “Sila: the Breath of the World.”
Dover Quartet Begins Three-Year Bienen School Residency
The Dover Quartet, 2013 winner of the grand prize and all three special prizes in the Banff International String Quartet Competition, begins a three-year residency with Northwestern University’s Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music this fall, with the support of the Elizabet