Frederick Hemke, an award-winning former Northwestern saxophone professor, died April 17. He was 83.
Hemke was a professor in the Bienen School of Music and first joined NU in 1962. He chaired the...
It’s no secret that the road to “making it” as a musician is not an easy one. Zeshan Bagewadi (Bienen ’09, ’11) had brief stints as an Uber driver, an auto mechanic and a drill press operator...
Bienen Prof. Donald Nally, Northwestern’s director of choral organizations, received his first Grammy win Sunday for his choir’s performance of Gavin Bryars’ “The Fifth Century,” a collaboration...
The Bienen School of Music hosted the annual American Liszt Society Festival for the first time this weekend, celebrating the works and influence of Franz Liszt, a 19th-century composer and virtuoso pianist....
Steven Banks, a second-year graduate student in the Bienen School of Music, recalls playing just two pieces by black composers in his life. One of the pieces was written by his best friend and member of...
