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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...

A photograph of a gray building with glass windows, with a green lawn in front of it and a sunny sky in the background.

Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble performs ‘Sound from the Bench,’ blends corporate personhood with music

February 13, 2023

A single note set the tone as Galvin Recital Hall’s dim lights illuminated the stretched image of a puppet on screen. Singers wearing black breathed, “Don’t sound obvious” as percussionist Ron...

Bienen Prof. Donald Nally. Nally won his second Grammy on Sunday for Best Choral Performance

Bienen professor, NU alumni win at the 61st Grammy Awards

February 11, 2019

Bienen Prof. Donald Nally and Northwestern alumni Katrina Lenk (Bienen ‘97) and Adam Kantor (Communication ‘08) won awards at the 61st Grammy Awards on Sunday. Nally, who conducts the Philadelphia-based...

Conductor Donald Nally and chamber choir The Crossing have received three consecutive Grammy nominations. This year, their piece “Zealot Canticles” is nominated for Best Choral Performance.

Q&A: Prof. Donald Nally talks third consecutive Grammy nomination for Best Choral Performance

February 7, 2019

In the past three years, Philadelphia-based chamber choir The Crossing has received as many nominations for the Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance. Their latest Grammy-nominated piece is “Zealot...

Members of The Crossing and the Young People’s Chorus of New York City rehearse for “Fire in my mouth.” The musical event runs Thursday through Saturday at the New York Philharmonic.

‘Fire in my mouth’ to reignite a conversation about immigration, labor politics

January 24, 2019

Lauren Kelly had a choice: she could burn to death, she could jump from the window or she could drown in the rising water from the fire hoses. The grave decision that lay before her was something that...

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