Bienen School Stars of Tomorrow Perform at Kennedy Center
Four exceptional Bienen School student soloists will be featured in a concert at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, April 22.
Bienen School of Music to Present New Music Conference April 26-27
Professional musicians and music students are encouraged to attend a free two-day Northwestern University conference and festival, April 26 and April 27, for composers, performers, theorists and musicologists specializing in new music.
Northwestern Honors Alumni and Friends
An audience of close to 400 alumni, faculty, administrators, family and friends gathered to celebrate Northwestern University’s 81st annual Alumni Awards April 12.
The sound(proofing) of music
Soundproofing, Chris Erickson of Power Construction observes, has come “light years” in the less than four decades since Regenstein was built.
A Truly Global Building
A dramatic architectural statement and unprecedented acoustical performance meant looking all over the world for materials, but LEED certification meant looking close to home.
Top Artists to Lead Master Classes for Stars of Tomorrow
Members of the Arianna, Pacifica and Shanghai string quartets, Grammy Award-winning soprano Christine Brewer and Chicago Symphony Orchestra piccolo player Jennifer Gunn will share their expertise with Northwestern University students this spring.
Garrick Ohlsson Wins 2014 Jean Gimbel Lane Prize in Piano Performance
Garrick Ohlsson is the 2014 recipient of the $50,000 Jean Gimbel Lane Prize in Piano Performance.
Esa-Pekka Salonen Wins $100,000 2014 Nemmers Composition prize
Finnish composer Esa-Pekka Salonen named winner of Michael Ludwig Nemmers Prize in Music Composition.
'Revelation: From China to Spanish Harlem'
Broadway star Nellie McKay, two Grammy-winning groups -- the Turtle Island Quartet and Spanish Harlem Orchestra -- Ireland’s trail-blazing Dublin Guitar Quartet and Chinese pipa prodigy Wu Man are among the world-renowned artists who will perform this spring on Northwestern University’s Evanston
Pianist Murray Perahia To Perform In Recital
Northwestern University’s Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music will welcome world-renowned American concert pianist Murray Perahia, the 2012 winner of the school’s biennial Jean Gimbel Lane Prize in Piano Performance, to the Evanston campus.
Drew Edward Davies Publishes Scholarly Catalog of 18th-Century Mexican Church Music
Drew Edward Davies, associate professor of musicology at the Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music, has published Catálogo de la Colección de Música del Archivo Histórico de la Arquidiócesis de Durango, a complete catalog of the sheet music collection of Mexico’s Durango Cathe
Pulitzer Prize Winner Joseph Schwantner to Appear at Four Events
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and alumnus Joseph Schwantner will return to Northwestern University’s Evanston campus in early February for a residency that will include four special public events with seven Northwestern ensembles and the world premiere of his “Chapel Music.”