The Bienen School of Music combines a nationally ranked music program of conservatory-level intensity with the academic rigor and scholarly resources found only at an elite private research university. Additionally, the world-class music making and other cultural resources of downtown Chicago provide exceptional opportunities for learning outside the classroom.
See Stagetime performing artists, administrators, staff and others who have a current or past relationship to Northwestern University Bienen School of Music.
W. A. Mozart (arr. Josef Triebensee), Overture to Don Giovanni (Oboe II) Ivana Loudová, Don Giovanni’s Dream (English horn) Emil Hartmann (ed. Joshua Kearney), Serenade, Op. 43 (Oboe)
Donald Nally, conductor; Jack Reeder, assistant conductor; Charles Foster, keyboard; Hannah Christiansen and Luke Lentini, violin; Lena Vidulich, viola; Isidora Nojkovic, cello; Hannah Novak, double bass; John Dawson and Daniel Gostein, percussion
“I desire you would remember the ladies and be more generous and favorable to them than their ancestors.” Thus begins Julia Wolfe’s musical meditation on our struggle for women’s rights through the lens of a letter from Abigail Adams to her husband John—dated March 31, 1776—with half of the emerging nation’s population in the balance. Wolfe’s 2022 Letter from Abigail is paired with David Lang’s the national anthems, a collection of phrases from many nations’ anthems with one common thread: “Please don’t make us live in chains again.” Also on the program are Lang’s where you go, inspired by the well-known phrase from the Book of Ruth, and a selection from Michael Gordon’s Anonymous Man—a memoir chronicling the composer’s time in a neighborhood in transition, and his conversations with two homeless men living there.
Michael Gordon, "One Day I Saw" from Anonymous Man Julia Wolfe, Letter from Abigail (Midwest premiere) David Lang, the national anthems David Lang, where you go