Two Bienen students awarded 2023 Luminarts Fellowships

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Master’s horn student Momoko Hasselbring Seko and doctoral piano student Wenting Shi have been named 2023 Fellows in Classical Music by the Luminarts Cultural Foundation.

Untitled Quartet wins American Trombone Workshop competition

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Untitled Quartet, a Bienen School of Music trombone quartet, has won the top prize in the American Trombone Workshop’s 2023 national quartet competition.

Talos Brass quintet advances to MTNA finals

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Talos Brass, a quintet of Bienen School of Music master’s students, has advanced to the finals of the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Chamber Music Competition.

Two alumni awarded 2022 Sphinx MPower Artist Grants

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Alumni Alex Laing ’96 and Kenneth Thompkins ’89 are among the recipients of a 2022 MPower Artist Grant from the Sphinx Organization.

David Bilger appointed Bienen School Professor of Trumpet

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David Bilger has been appointed professor of trumpet at the Bienen School of Music, effective September 1, 2022.

Bienen Alumni Advance to Young Concert Artists International Audition Finals

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Steven Banks and Ansel Norris advance to the auditions' final round on November 17.

Three alumni compete in inaugural Tchaikovsky Brass Competition

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Ansel Norris (16), a trumpet alumnus of the Bienen School of Music, won fifth prize in the brass division of the 16th International Tchaikovsky Competition. Trombone alumni Kelton Koch (14) and Nick Platoff (14) also advanced in the inaugural brass competition.

Trombone quartet wins international competition

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The eNq, a Bienen School of Music trombone quartet, won first place in the 2018 International Trombone Association Quartet Competition.

Ben Wulfman ’19 MMus, a master’s horn student of Gail Williams, discusses and prepares for his recital.

CSO world premiere to feature Bienen brass faculty

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Faculty members Michael Mulcahy and Gene Pokorny will premiere Jennifer Higdon’s Low Brass Concerto with the CSO.

Mulcahy to premiere ‘Five Hallucinations’ with CSO October 6

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Bienen School professor of trombone Michael Mulcahy will premiere Australian composer Carl Vine's Five Hallucinations for Trombone and Orchestra on Thursday, October 6, 2016 at 8 p.m. with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducted by James Gaffigan.

Horn Symposium features workshops, public concerts

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The Bienen School’s first-ever Horn Symposium will feature three days of workshops as well as two public concerts.

Bienen faculty will perform with National Brass Ensemble September 20

Three brass faculty members from the Bienen School of Music will perform with the National Brass Ensemble in a special concert at Symphony Center on Sunday, September 20, 2015.

Lincoln Chamber Brass Take Third Prize at International Fischoff Competition

Lincoln Chamber Brass, an ensemble comprised of students and alumni from the Northwestern University Bienen School of Music and one student from DePaul University, took the bronze medal in the senior wind division of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Association’s 2014 competition.