Opening Year Celebration Events
/sites/default/files/2018-01/20160613_opening_year.jpgThroughout the 2015–16 academic year, special events celebrated the Bienen School of Music’s new Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts, commemorating the transformative time in the school’s history.
New Music Thrives at Northwestern
/sites/default/files/2018-10/20160601_newmusic_recap.jpgThe Institute for New Music held its second new-music conference November 6–8. NUNC! 2 brought together composers, performers, theorists, and musicologists specializing in new music.
David Lang commissioned work premieres by Bienen ensemble
/sites/default/files/2018-01/20160418_david_lang.jpgTwo Bienen School ensembles came together for a program of music by Pulitzer Prize winning composer David Lang, including the premiere of a work commissioned by the Bienen School of Music to celebrate the opening of the Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts.
Bienen School Presents Spring Celebration Events
/sites/default/files/2018-01/20160407_celebration_events.jpgThe world premiere of a commissioned work by David Lang, a performance of Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony at the Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago’s Millennium Park, and a three-day Horn Festival will be performed in honor of the Bienen School’s new Ryan Center for the Musical Arts.
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2016/04/bienen-school-spring-celebrationBienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble to perform at ACDA conference
/sites/default/files/2018-01/20160223_acda.jpgThe Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble will perform at the Palmer House Grand Ballroom on Thursday, February 25, as part of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) Central Division Conference.
Bienen School Continues New Year With New Music
/sites/default/files/2018-01/20160205_new_music.jpgThe new music season at Northwestern University continues this winter with performances of new works, including the world premieres of pieces by composers Joel Puckett and Benjamin Hjertmann.
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2016/02/bienen-new-musicBienen School to Launch New Year with Early Music Concerts
/sites/default/files/2018-02/20160107_early_music.jpgThe Newberry Consort, Grammy-nominated guest lutenist Paul O’Dette, and two Northwestern student groups are among the featured performers in an array of early music performances on Northwestern University’s Evanston campus this winter.
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2016/01/early-music-concertsAlumni named co-winners of Julius Herford Dissertation Prize
/sites/default/files/2018-03/20151105_alumni_winners.jpgBienen School alumni Thomas J. Tropp (G14) and Cory D. Wikan (G02) have been named co-winners of the 2014 Julius Herford Dissertation Prize from the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA).
Professors Thompson and Nally named John W. Beattie Chair of Music
/sites/default/files/2018-03/20151020_beattie_chairs.jpgTwo distinguished Bienen School professors will serve as concurrent chairs
Northwestern Hosts Second New Music Conference Nov. 6 to 8
/sites/default/files/2018-03/20151015_newmusic_conference.jpgThe 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 campus.
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2015/10/music-conferenceBienen Celebrates Ryan Center with Year of Music Events
/sites/default/files/2018-03/20150914_bienen_celebrates.jpgThe Midwest premiere of “Sila: The Breath of the World,” a work by John Luther Adams that was written to be performed outdoors, will kick off a yearlong series of public events to celebrate the Northwestern University Bienen School of Music’s new Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts.
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2015/09/ryan-center-eventsBienen School to Present Midwest Premiere of ‘Lost Objects’
/sites/default/files/2018-05/20150428_lost%20edit.jpgThe Midwest premiere of “Lost Objects” -- a new collaborative work by three genre-defying Bang on a Can composers Michael Gordon, David Lang and Julia Wolfe and writer Deborah Artman -- will be presented publically in early and late May by the Bienen School of Music.
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2015/04/bienen-school-to-present-midwest-…Northwestern Spring Choral Season Combines Ensembles
/sites/default/files/2018-08/20150416_choral.jpgThe Midwest premiere of “Lost Objects” by three Bang on a Can new music composers -- and the world premiere of “Canticle” by composer Imant Raminsh during a concert commemorating the 150th anniversary of the end of the American Civil War -- are among the choral and collaborative performances taking place at Northwestern University this spring.
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2015/04/northwestern-spring-choral-season…Donald Nally’s The Crossing receives top honors from Chorus America
/sites/default/files/2018-08/04152015_crossing.jpgNally is only conductor to be recognized with award twice
Programming New Music: Strategies, Successes, Challenges
/sites/default/files/2018-08/04012015_chase.jpgFlutist Claire Chase, the Institute for New Music’s Visiting Artist and executive director of ICE (International Contemporary Ensemble) will be the keynote speaker at Northwestern University’s “Programming New Music: Strategies, Successes, Challenges” symposium.
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2015/04/programming-new-music-strategies-…Bienen School to Present a Variety of New Music Programs
/sites/default/files/2018-04/20150324_new_music.JPGPerformances by acoustic and electric cellist Maya Beiser, Wilco percussionist Glenn Kotche; flutist Claire Chase, pianist James Giles and two of the Bienen School’s new music ensembles will be among the artists who will push the boundaries of contemporary instrumental and vocal sounds at Northwestern University this spring.
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2015/03/bienen-school-to-present-a-variet…Bienen School Institute for New Music Hosts ICE
/sites/default/files/2018-04/20150305_BSM_hosts_ICE.JPGA concert combining the talents of the Contemporary Music Ensemble with the International Contemporary Ensemble and another program with flutist Claire Chase are among the diverse lineup of new music events at Northwestern University in winter 2015.
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2015/02/bienen-school-institute-for-new-m…Chicago-Area Premiere of ‘Dead Man Walking’
/sites/default/files/2018-04/20150202_deadman.JPGA vocal master class led by bass-baritone Eric Owens -- who has earned international acclaim as both an esteemed interpreter of classic works and a champion of new music -- and the Chicago-area premiere of Jake Heggie’s fully-staged opera, “Dead Man Walking,” are among two opera events that will take place at Northwestern University this winter.
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2015/02/chicago-area-premiere-of-dead-man…Bienen School Winter Choral Concerts to Raise Voices in Song
/sites/default/files/2018-04/20150123_winter_choral.JPGThe Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble, University Singers and a guest appearance by the early music ensemble Piffaro are among the groups who will lift their voices and their period instruments in song this winter at Northwestern University.
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2015/01/bienen-school-winter-choral-conce…Bienen School Of Music Hosts International Guest Artists
/sites/default/files/2018-04/20150115_danu.jpgThe New York-based contemporary music ensemble loadbang; the International Contemporary Ensemble, also known as ICE; and the traditional Irish group Danú, are among the variety of guest ensembles who will take the stage to perform for Northwestern University audiences this winter.
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2015/01/bienen-school-of-music-hosts-inte…Bienen School of Music to Present Three Operas
/sites/default/files/2018-03/20141117_operas.jpgPopular works by a prolific classical era composer, the Chicago-area premiere of a gritty contemporary opera about life, death row and social justice, and a light-hearted work by Gilbert and Sullivan, are among the varied opera productions to be staged during Northwestern University’s 2014-15 performance season.
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2014/11/northwesterns-bienen-school-of-mu…Bienen School of Music to Present New Music Conference April 26-27
/sites/default/files/2018-08/04152014_nunc.jpgProfessional 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.
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2014/04/bienen-school-of-music-to-present…David Lang’s ‘The Little Match Girl Passion’ to be Performed
/sites/default/files/2018-08/01172014_lang.jpgA performance of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang’s “The Little Match Girl Passion,” the world premiere of Northwestern alumnus Joseph Schwantner’s “Chapel Music” and a collaboration with Germany’s Johann Sebastian Bach Music School Orchestra will brighten Northwestern University’s Evanston campus this winter.
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2014/01/david-langs-the-little-match-girl…Established and Rising World Stars to Perform at Northwestern
/sites/default/files/2018-08/01152014_established.jpgClassical guitarists Zoran Dukic and Eliot Fisk, soprano Amanda Majeski, West African superstar Habib Koite, pianist Murray Perahia, and mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato are among the guest artists who will appear on Northwestern University stages this winter.
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2014/01/established-and-rising-world-star…