In the final movement of Ludwig van Beethoven’s towering Symphony No. 9, he sets his transcendental music to the text of Friedrich Schiller’s poem “An die Freude” (“Ode to Joy”) to impart a...
Riccardo Muti told the Northwestern graduating class of 2014 that the world needs to learn to communicate, emphasizing that with all of the different methods of communication available today, “people...
Becoming a university professor has always been a dream for David McGill.
That dream will become a reality in September when McGill joins the staff of the Bienen School of Music.
McGill, who has...
As Spring Quarter's second wave of midterms crash upon us, it is easy to forget other colleges are letting their students out, from their hopeful freshmen to their beleaguered seniors. No school would...
Last week, it was announced that Riccardo Muti, music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, will give the main address at the 2014 commencement ceremony. As a senior in the Bienen School of Music,...
