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The Daily Northwestern

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


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...

Northwestern alumni Laura Schwenk-Berman (Communication ’96) and Jeff Bauer (Communication ’81), pictured left and middle, and freelance choreographer Gordon Peirce Schmidt, pictured right, put together the upcoming production The “Day of the Gypsy.” The show highlights the unique genre of gypsy jazz.

Alumni help produce story ballet “The Day of the Gypsy”

November 18, 2015

A&E “Day of the Gypsy,” a fairytale story ballet that will premiere this weekend at Chicago’s Harris Theater, highlights the unique music genre of gypsy jazz. “Gypsy jazz was a style of...

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