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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


A student plays a piccolo in an orchestra dressed in all black.

Captured: Bienen fall concert series marks return to in-person performances

November 3, 2021

October marked the first time Bienen School of Music students performed on the Pick-Staiger Concert Hall stage in 21 months. Over the course of two weeks, The Daily followed the Symphonic Wind Ensemble...

The stage in Pick-Staiger Concert Hall. The musicians are seated with their instruments.

Over a year of virtual classes and performances later, Bienen is back

November 1, 2021

A&E After 21 months of masked classes and virtual performances, the Bienen School of Music is back on stage. For many students, this return marks the first live performance in their college careers. Baroque...

A graphic of Bienen Prof. Victor Yampolsky in front of the Ryan Center for the Musical Arts.

Bienen Prof. Yampolsky instructs and inspires in 38 years of teaching and conducting at NU

October 19, 2021

Victor Yampolsky walked into Regenstein Hall of Music for his first rehearsal as Northwestern’s faculty director of Orchestras on Sept. 15, 1984. Now, 37 years later, Yampolsky stands in the back...

Photograph of the Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts from a downwards angle. Lawn and a lamp post are in the foreground.

Faculty, students react to search committee for next University president

April 26, 2021

Of the 36 members tasked with helping search for the next University president, none are currently working in the School of Education and Social Policy, the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated...

A picture of a Zoom screen with speakers on the right side and a slide deck on the left side. The slide, with a red banner at the top reading “Contemporary Composers,” lists names of Black art song composers.

Bienen event highlights importance of studying and performing Black art songs

April 7, 2021

Because Black composers did not get the opportunities to publish or record their songs, many people today are unaware of their music and don’t perform it, panelists said in a Wednesday event, highlighting...

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