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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


The first classes in the new Music and Communication Building were held on Monday. The building and the adjacent green space cost $108 million to construct.

Northwestern’s new Music and Communication Building holds first classes

March 31, 2015

The first classes in Northwestern’s new Music and Communication Building were held Monday for music students, but the formal opening will not occur until Fall Quarter 2015. The building allows the...

Bienen professor and composer dies at age 62

June 10, 2014

Bienen Prof. Lee Hyla died Friday at age 62, Northwestern said Tuesday. Hyla was an award-winning composer famous for his originality, NU said. He began working at the Henry and Leigh Bienen School...

The Robert W. Galvin Foundation donated $6 million to the University for construction of the new building for the Bienen School of Music and the School of Communication. In recognition of the gift, the University will name the building's recital hall in honor of Mary B. Galvin (Comminication '45).

Northwestern receives $6 million gift for new Bienen and Communication building

February 4, 2013

A significant alumnus gift for the new Bienen School of Music and School of Communication building currently under construction south of Pick-Staiger Concert Hall has given the building’s recital hall...

John Cage festival highlights goals of Institute for New Music

November 6, 2012

To inaugurate the newly established Institute for New Music, Northwestern's Bienen School of Music is hosting a festival this month featuring the work of contemporary composer John Cage. The John...

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