Bienen alumna Michelle Mariposa wins Metropolitan Opera Competition
/sites/default/files/2025-03/20250317_mariposa.jpgAlumna 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
/sites/default/files/2023-02/20230220_brancaccio-research.jpgNorthwestern 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.
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2023/02/first-wearable-device-for-vocal-f…Music and Breath may mitigate childhood trauma from COVID-19 pandemic
/sites/default/files/2021-04/trauma-music-breath_web.jpgA 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
/sites/default/files/2021-02/20200901_springing.jpgOn 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
/sites/default/files/2020-08/20200820_nats.jpgBienen 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.
A "Fitbit" for your vocal cords
/sites/default/files/2019-01/20190115_singer_app.jpgBienen School of Music lecturer Theresa Brancaccio discusses her Singer Savvy app – a vocal fatigue tracking system – on the Northwestern Digital Learning Podcast.
https://digitallearning.northwestern.edu/article/2019/01/15/northwestern-digita…Theresa Brancaccio, mezzo-soprano, is a Senior Lecturer at Northwestern University where she has taught voice and vocal pedagogy since 1999.
Learn MoreMarilyn Horne leads vocal master class
/sites/default/files/2018-01/20160407_marilyn_horne.jpgMezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne led a vocal master class at the Bienen School of Music on Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at the Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall in the Ryan Center for the Musical Arts.
Bienen voice student fills lead role in Central City Opera’s ‘Man of La Mancha’
Alexander York, a master’s voice student of W. Stephen Smith, will replace baritone Robert Orth to perform the role of Don Quixote (Cervantes) in Central City Opera’s sold-out performance of Man of La Mancha on Tuesday, July 28, 2015.
Four Bienen students to perform at Kennedy Center on April 21
/sites/default/files/2018-08/04162015_kennedy.jpgFour students and one alumnus of Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music will perform in a concert at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, April 21, 2015, as part of the Kennedy Center’s Conservatory Project.
Bienen School Stars of Tomorrow Perform at Kennedy Center
/sites/default/files/2018-08/04182014_kennedy.jpgFour 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.