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

The Daily Northwestern


Donald Nally rehearses with the Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble in preparation for their concert featuring the works of Eric Whitacre. The group will perform with the composer at the University of Chicago’s Rockefeller Memorial Chapel on Oct. 13.

Grammy Award-winning composer to conduct NU, UChicago choirs in joint concert

October 11, 2017

A&E In a joint performance with the University of Chicago, members of a Northwestern vocal ensemble will perform with Grammy Award-winning composer Eric Whitacre, whom NU choral organizations director...

A group of Chicago singers rehearses David Lang’s “crowd out” for 1,000 voices, which will have its American premiere in Millennium Park on Oct. 1.

American premiere of vocal piece to combine 1,000 Chicagoland voices

September 27, 2017

Grammy Award-winning flutist Tim Munro was long compelled to find ways to break down the performer-audience divide in music productions. To achieve this goal, Munro invited groups from all around Chicago...

Frank Laucerica.

Bienen graduate lands role as associate member of Chicago Symphony Chorus

August 5, 2017

For Frank Laucerica (Bienen ’17), pursuing music always seemed natural. After growing up in a musical household and attending performing arts magnet schools for both middle school and high school,...

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

August 7, 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...

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

May 22, 2013

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...

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