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

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Desirée Ruhstrat performs at a past Bach Week Festival. Ruhstrat will perform Bach’s Violin Partita No. 2 at the final concert of this year’s Bach Week Festival.

NU alum premieres new composition at 45th annual Bach Week Festival

April 25, 2018

A&E When acclaimed cellist Katinka Kleijn came to Richard Webster (Bienen ’74, ’77) with the idea of performing a newly commissioned composition at the 45th annual Bach Week Festival, Webster...

Last year, four Bienen students formed a saxophone quartet, specializing in the performance of new music. ~Nois will play their first professional gig in Chicago at Constellation.

Bienen-born saxophone quartet to perform first professional gig

November 16, 2017

A&E When people think of the sound a saxophone makes, they usually conjure the image of a man playing smooth jazz on a street corner. The same scene is applicable for ~Nois — a Bienen-born quartet...

Augusta Read Thomas

Chicago classical music festival features Northwestern alumni, ensembles

September 28, 2016

A&E When Augusta Read Thomas (Bienen ‘87) was in the early stages of developing a festival featuring new classical music, she kept repeating one specific aspect of her vision to her collaborators:...

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