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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


Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra to tour China with the music of Leonard Bernstein, Gustav Mahler

Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra to tour China with the music of Leonard Bernstein, Gustav Mahler

January 25, 2018

Since arriving in Northwestern in the fall of 1984, director of orchestral programs Victor Yampolsky said he has watched the Bienen School of Music transform from good to outstanding. In his 34 years,...

More than 200 Bienen students sign petition to diversify music curriculum

April 12, 2017

Steven Banks, a second-year graduate student in the Bienen School of Music, recalls playing just two pieces by black composers in his life. One of the pieces was written by his best friend and member of...

Bienen Prof. Victor Yampolsky conducts the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra in preparation for its April 23 performance in Pick-Staiger Concert Hall. Yampolsky has been the director of orchestras since 1984.

Director of orchestras conducts with connection to memory, emotion

April 20, 2016

A&E More than three decades after accepting his job as Northwestern’s director of orchestras, Bienen Prof. Victor Yampolsky will lead his musicians in a performance this weekend that is a tribute...

Students from Bienen and other schools with hands-on majors are figuring out what online learning is going to look like.

Bienen graduate students petition for equal pay

September 27, 2015

A petition asking the University to increase stipends for Bienen graduate students has garnered nearly 350 signatures since it was posted in July. In May, Northwestern announced stipends for doctoral...

Northwestern students perform at Kennedy Center in Washington

April 21, 2015

Four Northwestern students and an alumnus performed at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington on Tuesday in a showcase for the nation's best college-aged musicians. The students...

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