Bienen School of Music

Bienen announces early fall performance schedule

September 25, 2013

Northwestern students to perform in backup choir for pop star Josh Groban

Jeanne Kuang, Assistant Summer Editor

August 9, 2013

Filed under Campus, Latest Stories, The Summer Northwestern 2013, Theater

Two Northwestern students will sing in a backup chorus for Josh Groban on Saturday evening at the Ravinia Festival. Bienen junior Jimmy Reese and Ryan Townsend Strand, a voice and opera graduate student, will perform in...

NAACP official: Graduate student failed Bienen class after refusing to perform Walt Whitman lyrics

Patrick Svitek, Summer Editor

August 7, 2013

Filed under Administration, Campus, Latest Stories, The Summer Northwestern 2013

A graduate student failed a Bienen class after he refused to perform a song with lyrics written by Walt Whitman, citing the poet's comments on black people, according to a top NAACP official. George Mitchell, president of the...

Bienen graduate student says he may fail class after ‘racially insensitive’ incident

Cat Zakrzewski, Campus Editor

May 22, 2013

Filed under Academic, Administration, Campus, Latest Stories

A Bienen graduate student is claiming his professor plans to fail him for refusing to perform a song with lyrics written by Walt Whitman, a poet he described as a “self-documented racist.” Timothy McNair, a first-year...

Whysowhite, Geographer to play at A&O-Dance Marathon Benefit concert

Manuel Rapada, Breaking News Editor

May 1, 2013

Filed under Blogs, Latest Stories, On Campus

Meet me at Norris this weekend for some funk, electronic beats and Dance Marathon fundraising. Chicago band whysowhite will open for indie rock group Geographer at Sunday’s Benefit 2013, A&O Productions announced this...

Northwestern embarks on more major construction projects

April 25, 2013

Students call for change at march, demonstration

March 1, 2013

ASG services committee aims to accommodate students with new online resources

Cat Zakrzewski, Assistant In Focus Editor

February 21, 2013

Filed under Campus, Student Government

The Associated Student Government launched a new cab sharing service for Northwestern students Wednesday, one of several online projects the services committee is launching this year. Cab Corner is one of a few new services...

Northwestern receives $6 million gift for new Bienen and Communication building

February 4, 2013

Northwestern students collaborate with middle schoolers for play

Jillian Sandler, Campus Editor

January 17, 2013

Filed under Campus, Student Entertainment, Theater

Snow will fall on Evanston this Friday when Northwestern students will collaborate with local middle schoolers to present a production of "The Snow Queen." Thirteen NU students and 14 students from Haven Middle School in Evanston...

Construction continues across Evanston campus

January 15, 2013

ASG unveils online platform to hear more student voices