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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


Nominees include members of “The Crossing” and “Third Coast Percussion.”

Meet the Bienen alums, faculty nominated in the 2024 Grammy Awards

February 5, 2024

The 66th Grammy Awards were heavy with Northwestern nominees. 16 Bienen alumni and faculty were nominated this year across three categories — Best Choral Performance, Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble...

Third Coast Percussion. David Skidmore (Bienen ’05), an Ensemble Member and Executive Director at Third Coast Percussion, spoke Wednesday about entrepreneurship as an artist.

Grammy-award winning Bienen alumnus talks entrepreneurship and artists

April 29, 2020

Grammy-award winning alumnus David Skidmore (Bienen ’05) spoke Wednesday about why entrepreneurship is an important skill for everyone, especially artists. The Garage hosted the Virtual Founder Talk,...

Third Coast Percussion. The group is nominated at the 62nd Annual Grammys for their 2019 album “Perpetulum.”

“Third Coast Percussion” talk career, Grammy nomination

January 15, 2020

This is the second in a series of profiles of Northwestern Alumni nominated at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards. When Third Coast Percussion receives a Grammy nomination, the first person Peter Martin...

Augusta Read Thomas premiered her latest composition, “Sonorous Earth,” at the Harris Theater. Her piece was performed by the Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra and Third Coast Percussion, a Grammy Award-winning group of NU alumni.

Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra performs NU alumna’s piece featuring 300 bells

November 16, 2017

A&E The Harris Theater stage is 2,025 square feet. On Sunday afternoon, half of that space was taken up by the Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra. The remaining 1,012 square feet were claimed by the four...

Boomshaka performs during Block 9 of Dance Marathon. The group will present its 20th anniversary spring show this weekend in Shanley Pavilion.

Boomshaka’s 20th anniversary show celebrates community, creativity

May 3, 2017

A&E Trash cans, dancing, paint buckets. These are just a few elements of a Boomshaka show. Northwestern’s drum, dance and rhythm group will present its 20th anniversary spring show, “Back...

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