Associate Dean Machado Announces Retirement
/sites/default/files/2023-05/20230522_rene_retirement.jpgRené E. Machado, associate dean for administration, finance, and planning since 2001, will retire from the Bienen School at the conclusion of the 2022–23 academic year.
Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall named most impressive new Chicago concert facility
/sites/default/files/2018-03/20151227_marybgalvin.jpgIn his list of the best and worst of 2015 in Chicago classical music, the Chicago Tribune’s John von Rhein named Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall the most impressive new Chicago concert facility.
Ryan Center for the Musical Arts Earns LEED Gold
/sites/default/files/2018-03/20151020_LEED_Gold.jpgThe 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).
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2015/10/ryan-center-for-the-musical-arts-…The Dover Quartet presents first concert in Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall
/sites/default/files/2018-04/20151008_dover_quartet.JPGThe 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
/sites/default/files/2018-03/20151001_sila.jpgThe 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.”
Ryan Center Dedicated September 24
/sites/default/files/2018-03/20150930_dedication.jpgDean of the Bienen School of Music Toni-Marie Montgomery spoke as part of the dedication ceremony for Northwestern University’s Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts on September 24, 2015.
Ryan Center for the Musical Arts Dedicated
/sites/default/files/2018-03/20150925_ryancenter_dedicated.jpgHeralded by trumpets and featuring a performance by music students, Northwestern University dedicated the Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts yesterday (Sept. 24).
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2015/09/ryan-center-dedicationNorthwestern University's New Ryan Center Brings Harmony to Bienen
/sites/default/files/2018-03/20150925_northwestern_harmony_bienen.jpgEncased in glass and measuring approximately 155,000 square feet, Northwestern University’s $117 million Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts, the new home of the Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music, has set sail along the Evanston lakefront.
https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2015/09/24/northwestern-universitys-new-ryan-ce…Bienen 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-eventsMusic and Communication Building to be named for Patrick and Shirley Ryan
/sites/default/files/2018-08/20150902_communication%20edited.jpgIn recognition of the unprecedented generosity of Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan and their longtime support of the arts both at Northwestern and in the greater Chicago area, Northwestern University will name the recently opened music and communication building the Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts.
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2015/09/music-and-communication-building-…Bidding fond farewell to NU's grand old music building
/sites/default/files/2019-05/20150721_old_building.jpgThe Music Administration Building – a former women's college and dormitory built in 1874 and refashioned as the music school in 1940 – makes music no more.
Bienen School Purchases Yamaha Pianos for New Building
/sites/default/files/2018-08/20150714_yamaha%20edited.jpgWhile the rest of the building becomes occupied this summer, soon students and faculty will return for fall quarter and finally get their hands on all the new pianos selected to fill the classrooms and rehearsal spaces of the state-of-the-art facility, including more than 110 Yamaha acoustic and digital pianos.
Northwestern’s new Music and Communication Building holds first classes
/sites/default/files/2018-08/03312015_new.jpgThe first classes in Northwestern’s new Music and Communication Building were held Monday for music students, but the formal opening will not occur until Fall Quarter 2015.
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2015/03/31/campus/northwestern-new-music-and-comm…Classes Start at New Music and Communication Building
/sites/default/files/2018-04/20150330_new_building.jpgThe first classes to be held in Northwestern University’s new Music and Communication Building will begin Monday (March 30) for music students, while the formal opening of the building will take place this fall.
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2015/03/classes-start-at-new-music-and-co…Steinway selection: Bienen School faculty choose pianos for new music building
/sites/default/files/2018-04/20150317_steinway_selection.jpgBienen School piano faculty traveled to the Steinway & Sons factory in late January to select pianos for the new music building.
A New Era for the Bienen School
/sites/default/files/2018-04/20150219_new_era.jpgThe scheduled opening of the Bienen School’s new state-of-the-art lakefront building this year will do much more than replace MAB’s long-outdated facilities.
Ryans Support New Opera Theater with Leadership Gift
/sites/default/files/2018-03/20141028_Ryans_Support.jpgThe stunning new rehearsal and performance space will be housed inside the Music and Communication Building, which is under construction on the lakefront on the University’s Evanston campus and is expected to be completed in 2015.
The sound(proofing) of music
/sites/default/files/2018-08/04152014_sound.jpgSoundproofing, Chris Erickson of Power Construction observes, has come “light years” in the less than four decades since Regenstein was built.
A Truly Global Building
/sites/default/files/2018-03/20140415_global_building.jpgA dramatic architectural statement and unprecedented acoustical performance meant looking all over the world for materials, but LEED certification meant looking close to home.
Galvin Foundation Makes $6 Million Gift to Northwestern
/sites/default/files/2018-08/02042013_galvin.jpgThe Robert W. Galvin Foundation has made a $6 million gift in honor of Mary B. Galvin, a 1945 graduate of Northwestern University, in support of Northwestern’s Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music.
Breaking Ground, Celebrating the Arts
/sites/default/files/2018-08/05152012_breaking.jpgBracketed by trumpet fanfares, the groundbreaking ceremony for Northwestern University’s new Music and Communication Building took place today against a brilliant blue sky and aqua-colored lake with Chicago’s skyline beckoning in the distance.
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2012/05/music-groundbreakingMcClintock Gift Names Space in New Music Building
/sites/default/files/2018-08/10252011_mcclintock.jpgThe Carol and David McClintock Choral and Recital Room has been named in the Bienen School of Music’s new building in honor of a $3 million gift from the Carol and David McClintock Trust.
Northwestern School of Music to Be Named for Bienens
/sites/default/files/2018-08/05132008_bienen.jpgNorthwestern University’s School of Music will be named the Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music in honor of the retiring University president and his wife, announced Patrick G. Ryan, chair of Northwestern’s Board of Trustees today (May 13, 2008).
Northwestern to Build New Music Building
Northwestern University will construct a $90 million School of Music building on the lakefront of its Evanston campus, Northwestern President Henry S. Bienen announced today.