Bienen’s name will last, but the man will fade
Why getting stuff named after you isn’t all that great.
Music to Bienen’s ears: School gets a new name
With a banner (and t-shirts), Northwestern officials came prepared to announce the newly christened Bienen School of Music.
Henry Bienen may leave his post as university president in a little more than a year, but his name will stay with the school “forever more.”
“It’s my honor and pleasure to announce that our world-renowned school of [...]
Finding new director a “bittersweet victory” for jazz program
Jazz major is revived, but current faculty will be dismissed.
Former Juilliard director picked to lead NU jazz program
School of Music has not had a jazz director since 2005.
NU students rally around jazz studies major
Punk may be dead, but students in the School of Music rallied at the Arch today to show that jazz is not.
On May 15, music performance professor Charles Geyer told students that a committee of several classical performance faculty members agreed to end the jazz major and stop the search for a new jazz studies [...]
Thunder and sunshine at Alice Millar’s organ recital
Sunshine and musical thunder filled Alice Millar Chapel during its lunchtime organ recital.