There are no performance-based BA degrees. 
All students are actively assisted in developing relationships with professional soloists and ensembles outside of the University setting, both locally and internationally. to find contact information for individual faculty members. Northwestern University offers financial assistance to students primarily on the basis of demonstrated need. Lesson requests with faculty members are made directly through the faculty members themselves. Sam has presented his work nationally and internationally at festivals, conferences and performance series such as the 2018 Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt, Indexical, Composit, NUNC! He has written solo and chamber works, which have been performed by ~Nois Saxophone Quartet, the Low Frequency Trio, the Fonema Consort, Ensemble Dal Niente, the Mivos Quartet, and himself, among others. 4 festival, an electric guitar solo, a bassoon solo in collaboration with Ben Roidl-Ward, and an orchestra piece commissioned by the Chicago Composers Orchestra, to be performed in the fall of 2021. May I observe classes, rehearsals, and attend concerts? She sang in Rutgers University's opera program, and she also attended the Castleton Artists Training Seminar festival, founded by the late Maestro Lorin Maazel. The Bienen School of Music is pleased to offer tours and admission information sessionsfor students interested in majoring in music at Northwestern. As part of the bandvolcano!, Sam has performed onstage in Berlin, Moscow, London, and Paris, with albums released by Leaf Label (UK). Curricular programs are developed after students arrive on campus, and students work closely with academic advisers from both schools to develop an individual curricular program. Use the best available technology you have.
Regular Decision round composition applicants have until February 1, 2023 to upload their required portfolio. Born in South Korea, Wan Heo is a composer and a violinist whose works have been performed in South Korea, Italy, Singapore, Spain, and the United States by artists including Tony Arnold, Keuris Quartet, John Pickford Richards, Philippe Spiesser, and yMusic. Students interested in pursuing a second major in the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, Medill School of Journalism, School of Communication, orSchool of Education and Social Policy may add a dual degree with the second school, or they may transfer to the second school and pursue music as a second major. in Composition and Theory from New England Conservatory of Music (Boston), where she studied with Efstratios Minakakis and Anthony Coleman. Lisa Atkinson is a Chicago-based composer whose work explores interiority through the tactile nature of live performance and the emotional context of gesture while examining issues of fragility, memory, and perception.
It is not necessary to record in a recording studio. The Bienen School of Music's distinctive PhD program is structured to take full advantage of the many and varied academic opportunities available at Northwestern University. Is there financial aid available? In addition to the Undergraduate Registration Requirement (URR), students must complete all Weinberg College degree requirements, including at least 30 Weinberg courses, as well as all Bienen School degree requirements, including at least 30 music courses. Please note that this is optional. In 2015, Carlos earned his Bachelor of Music degree from Montclair State University, where he studied with Elizabeth Brown, Dean Drummond, and Marcos Balter. Please see your program/instruments Audition & Program Requirements for comprehensive information about this years requirements. She completed her bachelor's degree at Oral Roberts University in her hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Atkinson is pursuing a PhD in Composition at Northwestern University under the guidance of Alex Mincek, Hans Thomalla, and Jay Alan Yim. Specializations are offered in composition, music theory and cognition, music education, and musicology. Distribution and foreign language requirements for the bachelor of arts in music are essentially identical to those for the BA in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. Elliott has received a number of awards and honors for his work, including a 2019 SEAMUS/ASCAP Commission, the 2019 Franklin G. Fisk Composition Award for Chamber Music, and Departmental and All-University awards in Graduate Research and Creative Scholarship. Jasmines compositional process is driven by their love of collaboration. Sam's music has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3, Borealis Festival Radio Space, WFMT, and released by Parlour Tapes+. *Applicants auditioning by recording do not receive prescreening decisions; applicants will only receive a final admission decision. Benjamin J. Penwell is a composer and sound artist based out of Chicago. The performance of student compositions is a central focus of the program.
We are committed to working with schools and families to ensure all candidates receive full admission consideration. Undergraduate and doctoral student composers regularly take cutting-edge, upper-level courses in subjects such as: Additionally, all students participate in the Composition Colloquium, a weekly forum where students and faculty present and discuss their current work. He is deeply interested in exploring various tools of Digital Signal Processing (DSP) and live interactivity to further extend the acoustic profile of traditional instruments. Funding level is based on merit of the project, with 10-20 proposals funded each year. The instrument must correspond with the instruments/voice parts that comprise Bienen School of Music ensembles. Please note that there are no performance minors. The Bienen School of Music reserves the right to change audition dates. If you have applied to more than one school within Northwestern, your admission decision will state to which school(s) you have been accepted. Liza's music has been performed at Carnegie Hall, Le Poisson Rouge, Symphony Space, Bang on a Can, the Aspen Music Festival, Eighth Blackbird's Creative Lab, Aldeburgh Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme, Brevard Music Institute, Bowdoin's International Music Festival, and nief-norf Summer Festival.
Please see your program's individual Audition & Program Requirements page for information about accompaniment requirements. This list is not comprehensive.
Musical ideas he is intrigued with include (in no particular order) temporal distortion, frailty and fragility, violence, submersion, acoustic and psychological phenomena, perceptual limits, masking, and synthesis. Yourcamera should be stationary for each selection and each selection should be uploaded as a separate file. Catherine is currently pursuing a PhD in Music Composition and Technology at Northwestern University under the guidance of Alex Mincek, Hans Thomalla, and Jay Alan Yim. If you must purchase your travel prior to confirming an audition, we recommend purchasing refundable tickets. A binder is preferable to large books or scores.
Those pursuing a Bachelor of Music in performance or music education perform in ensembles and take private lessons during the entirety of their undergraduate studies. Composition and Music TechnologyMusic EducationMusic Theory and CognitionMusicology, Explore our Performance and Academic Music Programs, Contact the Office of Music Admission, Financial Aid and Graduate Services:musiclife@northwestern.eduor 847-491-3141Request Information, Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts, 70 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208-2405, Music Admission and Financial Aid: musiclife@northwestern.edu, Bienen School of Music webmaster: bsmweb@northwestern.edu, Black Composer Showcase: Julius Eastman's Stay On It, Black Composer Showcase: Adolphus Hailstork's American Guernica, Christopher Cerrone - The Last Message Received, Something Borrowed: Eighteenth Century Gems. The goal is to achieve a natural acoustic sound. Musically, she is currently exploring the physicality of sound, the performing body and its musical dramaturgy, improvisation, and language. The Northwestern University Bienen School of Music offers undergraduate students a unique education, combining conservatory-level musical training with the academic rigor of a top-tier research institution. Contact the Office of Student Affairs:musicstudentaffairs@northwestern.edu or 847-491-3818, Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts, 70 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208-2405, Music Admission and Financial Aid: musiclife@northwestern.edu, Bienen School of Music webmaster: bsmweb@northwestern.edu, Black Composer Showcase: Julius Eastman's Stay On It, Black Composer Showcase: Adolphus Hailstork's American Guernica, Christopher Cerrone - The Last Message Received, Something Borrowed: Eighteenth Century Gems, Faculty/Student Music Activities Protocol. She completed a master's degree in Music Composition at the Manhattan School of Music, where she studied with Reiko Fting and Susan Botti. For a full list of symptoms, please see the. Black Composer Showcase: Julius Eastman's Stay On It, Black Composer Showcase: Adolphus Hailstork's American Guernica, Christopher Cerrone - The Last Message Received, Something Borrowed: Eighteenth Century Gems, Michael Ludwig Nemmers Prize in Music Composition, PhD in Music: Composition and Music Technology.
In the event that you are unable to take part in a live audition, pre-recorded audition videos are accepted. He is attending Northwestern University for a PhD in composition. Her first work on this project, From Air to Mind, was presented at Composition In Asia conference at University of South Florida. Do not edit or electronically alter the audio of your prescreening submission.
Ben Zucker practices acts of conceptual juxtaposition and experiential speculation, as an intentionally wide-ranging composer, audiovisual artist, and multi-instrumentalist. Students pursuing a Bachelor of Music in other music studies areas (musicology, music cognition, music theory) receive one year of private lessons and have a one-year ensemble requirement. Liza'sTicking Time Bombwas selected for the 2020 Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute. His music has been performed by groups such as the Illinois Philharmonic, Hastings Philharmonic, American Composers Orchestra, Dogs of Desire, Hotel Elefant, Earspace, Hebrides Ensemble, Nebula Ensemble, Omnibus Ensemble, and Now Hear This. Can I be accepted to the Bienen School and not Northwestern? Learn more. He studied composition and music theory at the Centro de Investigacin y Estudios Musicales (CIEM) in Mxico City. Alissa Voth (she/her) is a composer and adaptive arts educator who creates conceptual works inspired by intersections of language, data, and music. Undergraduate students pursue degrees in performance and academic music studies and enjoy an array of dual degree and double major opportunities. The Colloquium regularly hosts guest composers of international renown. More information can be found here. Regular Decision auditions will be held in early-mid February 2023. No. The Bienen Schoolprovides an accompanist for all in-person voice auditions and a small combo for all in-person jazz studies auditions. Where do I submit my materials? Directions to campus and parking details can be found on our Visit Us page.
Brass PerformanceConductingPercussion PerformancePiano PerformancePiano Performance and PedagogyString PerformanceVoice and Opera PerformanceWindPerformance. BA students may pursue an optional concentration in the areas of composition, musicology, music cognition, and music theory. His music focuses on the recreation of saturated soundscapes through the use of aggressive gestures, instrumental preparation, and extended techniques. Students are welcome to complete two majors within the Bienen School of Music with the exception of two performance majors. How do I apply as a dual degree applicant? There are several hotels and Airbnbs located in Evanston and the Chicagoland area. The sessions also include time for Q&As. Yes! Liza is a doctoral candidate in composition at Northwestern University. Amaya's music has been performed throughout North America (Mxico, the US, Canada), South America, and Europe. Do I receive separate admission decisions from the Bienen School and Northwestern? Topics such as collective memory, "flaw," and the relationship between humans and non-human others (such as plants and animals, imaginary or not) are commonly present in his work. Jasmine holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music (MA), Union Theological Seminary (MA), and Williams College (BA). The Bienen School of Music is a school within Northwestern University, so Bienen School applicants must be admitted to both the Bienen School of Music and the University as a whole. The graduate student support provided to PhD students includes year-round tuition and stipend and fully subsidized health insurance. Contact the Office of Music Admission, Financial Aid and Graduate Services:musiclife@northwestern.eduor 847-491-3141Request Information, Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts, 70 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208-2405, Music Admission and Financial Aid: musiclife@northwestern.edu, Bienen School of Music webmaster: bsmweb@northwestern.edu, Black Composer Showcase: Julius Eastman's Stay On It, Black Composer Showcase: Adolphus Hailstork's American Guernica, Christopher Cerrone - The Last Message Received, Something Borrowed: Eighteenth Century Gems. Atkinson's works have been performed by ensembles such as Wet Ink, loadbang, the Amaranth String Quartet, and the International Contemporary Ensemble and by soloists Ammie Brod, Gregory Oakes, and Amber Evans. His work has been performed by Talea Ensemble, Ensemble Dal Niente, mdi ensemble, Mivos Quartet, Mimitabu, Ensemble Multilatrale, Longleash, New York New Music Ensemble, and Luca Piovesan.
Bachelor of Music degrees include more music and performance-based courses. In 2020-2021, Jasmine is teaching 2nd-Year Aural Skills. Another option that BM composition students have undertaken is combining their composition studies with a minor in music technology. Contact the Office of Music Admission, Financial Aid and Graduate Services:musiclife@northwestern.eduor 847-491-3141Request Information, Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts, 70 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208-2405, Music Admission and Financial Aid: musiclife@northwestern.edu, Bienen School of Music webmaster: bsmweb@northwestern.edu. It is better to beautifully perform a piece that requires moderate skill, as opposed to giving a mediocre performance of a very difficult piece. Graduate degrees awarded by the Bienen School of Music are the Master of Music, Doctor of Musical Arts, and Doctor of Philosophy. Mathew holds a bachelor's degree in music theory, composition, and cello performance from the University of New Mexico, where his cello teacher was David Schepps and his theory/composition teacher was Jos-Luis Hurtado. NOTE: This is not a performance degree. As a result, they are surrounded and enriched by colleagues of a wide diversity of perspective. Does the Bachelor of Arts degree include performance opportunities and private lessons? He has contributed to experimental music scenes of the Bay Area, Connecticut, London, Chicago, and beyond, working with musicians including Anthony Braxton, Matana Roberts, Myra Melford, Karen Borca, The Crossing, The Vocal Constructivists, Rinde Eckert, and the San Francisco Choral Artists, in addition to frequent performances as a soloist, bandleader, and ensemble contributor. Do you have an Early Decision round for undergraduate applicants? He has taught first year aural skills, class composition for majors and non-majors, and a general music class titled "Music and the Visual Arts.". She holds a master's degree from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee where she studied with Marti Epstein and Felipe Lara, and was awarded the Roger Sessions Memorial Composition Award. Is there a separate music school application to complete? Her percussion solo piece Unveiled Future has been selected to be published by Alfonce Production. Student composers regularly work with guest performers under the aegis of the Institute for New Music, the nerve center of all contemporary music activities at the Bienen School.
She previously studied at Rutgers University's Mason Gross Conservatory (MA); Cornell University (BA with honors); and the Manhattan School of Music. Individualized programs, developed in consultation with an advisor, may be developed through the use of electives. Currently, Sam lives and works in Chicago, pursuing a PhD in composition at Northwestern University. Catherine received her MM from Manhattan School of Music, where she studied with Richard Danielpour and Reiko Fueting, and her BM from University of Hartford - the Hartt School, where she studied composition with Larry Alan Smith and Ken Steen, and piano with David Westfall, Paul Rutman and Susan Cheng. My degree/major doesnt require an audition. There are no private lessons with faculty, but lessons with graduate students may be available. Each student pursues a major field of study in close consultation with a faculty advisor. You will receive an email from the Office of Music Admission with instructions on how to schedule your audition. International students are ineligible to apply for federal student loans through FAFSA, however. External microphones do not necessarily need to be expensive.
Yes. For those unable to audition on campus, all instrument areas will offer some sort of virtual audition format such as a Zoom audition or recorded audition option. Her latest works include "Kintsugi" for The Megalopolis Saxophone Orchestra (Boston/New York) as Composer-in-Residence (2018-19), music for contemporary dance at "The Playground" (Rambert Dance, London), "Question" for solo guitar commissioned by Ruben Mattia Santorsa (Darmstadt, Germany), Vaisseau Fantme, a multimedia project premiered by ~Nois saxophone quartet (Chicago) in collaboration with iconic painter Francisco Ledesma (Mexico) and filmmaker Sophie Gordon, solo and chamber vocal works for countertenor Carl Alexander, soprano Bahareh Poureslami, collaborative pianist Christos Marinos, and others. The conservatory-level curriculum can be enhanced with hundreds of courses found across the University.
Refer to Application Instructions for information. Most file types are accepted and can be as large as 5 GBeach. Jasmine has also been a Chair of the Student Composers Committee (NU), Co-Director of the Graduate Composers Sinfonietta (Eastman), and Co-Producer of Music Matters, a new-music radio show on WAYO FM (Rochester, NY).
All students are actively assisted in developing relationships with professional soloists and ensembles outside of the University setting, both locally and internationally. to find contact information for individual faculty members. Northwestern University offers financial assistance to students primarily on the basis of demonstrated need. Lesson requests with faculty members are made directly through the faculty members themselves. Sam has presented his work nationally and internationally at festivals, conferences and performance series such as the 2018 Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt, Indexical, Composit, NUNC! He has written solo and chamber works, which have been performed by ~Nois Saxophone Quartet, the Low Frequency Trio, the Fonema Consort, Ensemble Dal Niente, the Mivos Quartet, and himself, among others. 4 festival, an electric guitar solo, a bassoon solo in collaboration with Ben Roidl-Ward, and an orchestra piece commissioned by the Chicago Composers Orchestra, to be performed in the fall of 2021. May I observe classes, rehearsals, and attend concerts? She sang in Rutgers University's opera program, and she also attended the Castleton Artists Training Seminar festival, founded by the late Maestro Lorin Maazel. The Bienen School of Music is pleased to offer tours and admission information sessionsfor students interested in majoring in music at Northwestern. As part of the bandvolcano!, Sam has performed onstage in Berlin, Moscow, London, and Paris, with albums released by Leaf Label (UK). Curricular programs are developed after students arrive on campus, and students work closely with academic advisers from both schools to develop an individual curricular program. Use the best available technology you have. Regular Decision round composition applicants have until February 1, 2023 to upload their required portfolio. Born in South Korea, Wan Heo is a composer and a violinist whose works have been performed in South Korea, Italy, Singapore, Spain, and the United States by artists including Tony Arnold, Keuris Quartet, John Pickford Richards, Philippe Spiesser, and yMusic. Students interested in pursuing a second major in the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, Medill School of Journalism, School of Communication, orSchool of Education and Social Policy may add a dual degree with the second school, or they may transfer to the second school and pursue music as a second major. in Composition and Theory from New England Conservatory of Music (Boston), where she studied with Efstratios Minakakis and Anthony Coleman. Lisa Atkinson is a Chicago-based composer whose work explores interiority through the tactile nature of live performance and the emotional context of gesture while examining issues of fragility, memory, and perception.
It is not necessary to record in a recording studio. The Bienen School of Music's distinctive PhD program is structured to take full advantage of the many and varied academic opportunities available at Northwestern University. Is there financial aid available? In addition to the Undergraduate Registration Requirement (URR), students must complete all Weinberg College degree requirements, including at least 30 Weinberg courses, as well as all Bienen School degree requirements, including at least 30 music courses. Please note that this is optional. In 2015, Carlos earned his Bachelor of Music degree from Montclair State University, where he studied with Elizabeth Brown, Dean Drummond, and Marcos Balter. Please see your program/instruments Audition & Program Requirements for comprehensive information about this years requirements. She completed her bachelor's degree at Oral Roberts University in her hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Atkinson is pursuing a PhD in Composition at Northwestern University under the guidance of Alex Mincek, Hans Thomalla, and Jay Alan Yim. Specializations are offered in composition, music theory and cognition, music education, and musicology. Distribution and foreign language requirements for the bachelor of arts in music are essentially identical to those for the BA in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. Elliott has received a number of awards and honors for his work, including a 2019 SEAMUS/ASCAP Commission, the 2019 Franklin G. Fisk Composition Award for Chamber Music, and Departmental and All-University awards in Graduate Research and Creative Scholarship. Jasmines compositional process is driven by their love of collaboration. Sam's music has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3, Borealis Festival Radio Space, WFMT, and released by Parlour Tapes+. *Applicants auditioning by recording do not receive prescreening decisions; applicants will only receive a final admission decision. Benjamin J. Penwell is a composer and sound artist based out of Chicago. The performance of student compositions is a central focus of the program.
We are committed to working with schools and families to ensure all candidates receive full admission consideration. Undergraduate and doctoral student composers regularly take cutting-edge, upper-level courses in subjects such as: Additionally, all students participate in the Composition Colloquium, a weekly forum where students and faculty present and discuss their current work. He is deeply interested in exploring various tools of Digital Signal Processing (DSP) and live interactivity to further extend the acoustic profile of traditional instruments. Funding level is based on merit of the project, with 10-20 proposals funded each year. The instrument must correspond with the instruments/voice parts that comprise Bienen School of Music ensembles. Please note that there are no performance minors. The Bienen School of Music reserves the right to change audition dates. If you have applied to more than one school within Northwestern, your admission decision will state to which school(s) you have been accepted. Liza's music has been performed at Carnegie Hall, Le Poisson Rouge, Symphony Space, Bang on a Can, the Aspen Music Festival, Eighth Blackbird's Creative Lab, Aldeburgh Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme, Brevard Music Institute, Bowdoin's International Music Festival, and nief-norf Summer Festival.
Please see your program's individual Audition & Program Requirements page for information about accompaniment requirements. This list is not comprehensive.
Musical ideas he is intrigued with include (in no particular order) temporal distortion, frailty and fragility, violence, submersion, acoustic and psychological phenomena, perceptual limits, masking, and synthesis. Yourcamera should be stationary for each selection and each selection should be uploaded as a separate file. Catherine is currently pursuing a PhD in Music Composition and Technology at Northwestern University under the guidance of Alex Mincek, Hans Thomalla, and Jay Alan Yim. If you must purchase your travel prior to confirming an audition, we recommend purchasing refundable tickets. A binder is preferable to large books or scores.
Those pursuing a Bachelor of Music in performance or music education perform in ensembles and take private lessons during the entirety of their undergraduate studies. Composition and Music TechnologyMusic EducationMusic Theory and CognitionMusicology, Explore our Performance and Academic Music Programs, Contact the Office of Music Admission, Financial Aid and Graduate Services:musiclife@northwestern.eduor 847-491-3141Request Information, Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts, 70 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208-2405, Music Admission and Financial Aid: musiclife@northwestern.edu, Bienen School of Music webmaster: bsmweb@northwestern.edu, Black Composer Showcase: Julius Eastman's Stay On It, Black Composer Showcase: Adolphus Hailstork's American Guernica, Christopher Cerrone - The Last Message Received, Something Borrowed: Eighteenth Century Gems. The goal is to achieve a natural acoustic sound. Musically, she is currently exploring the physicality of sound, the performing body and its musical dramaturgy, improvisation, and language. The Northwestern University Bienen School of Music offers undergraduate students a unique education, combining conservatory-level musical training with the academic rigor of a top-tier research institution. Contact the Office of Student Affairs:musicstudentaffairs@northwestern.edu or 847-491-3818, Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts, 70 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208-2405, Music Admission and Financial Aid: musiclife@northwestern.edu, Bienen School of Music webmaster: bsmweb@northwestern.edu, Black Composer Showcase: Julius Eastman's Stay On It, Black Composer Showcase: Adolphus Hailstork's American Guernica, Christopher Cerrone - The Last Message Received, Something Borrowed: Eighteenth Century Gems, Faculty/Student Music Activities Protocol. She completed a master's degree in Music Composition at the Manhattan School of Music, where she studied with Reiko Fting and Susan Botti. For a full list of symptoms, please see the. Black Composer Showcase: Julius Eastman's Stay On It, Black Composer Showcase: Adolphus Hailstork's American Guernica, Christopher Cerrone - The Last Message Received, Something Borrowed: Eighteenth Century Gems, Michael Ludwig Nemmers Prize in Music Composition, PhD in Music: Composition and Music Technology.
In the event that you are unable to take part in a live audition, pre-recorded audition videos are accepted. He is attending Northwestern University for a PhD in composition. Her first work on this project, From Air to Mind, was presented at Composition In Asia conference at University of South Florida. Do not edit or electronically alter the audio of your prescreening submission.
Ben Zucker practices acts of conceptual juxtaposition and experiential speculation, as an intentionally wide-ranging composer, audiovisual artist, and multi-instrumentalist. Students pursuing a Bachelor of Music in other music studies areas (musicology, music cognition, music theory) receive one year of private lessons and have a one-year ensemble requirement. Liza'sTicking Time Bombwas selected for the 2020 Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute. His music has been performed by groups such as the Illinois Philharmonic, Hastings Philharmonic, American Composers Orchestra, Dogs of Desire, Hotel Elefant, Earspace, Hebrides Ensemble, Nebula Ensemble, Omnibus Ensemble, and Now Hear This. Can I be accepted to the Bienen School and not Northwestern? Learn more. He studied composition and music theory at the Centro de Investigacin y Estudios Musicales (CIEM) in Mxico City. Alissa Voth (she/her) is a composer and adaptive arts educator who creates conceptual works inspired by intersections of language, data, and music. Undergraduate students pursue degrees in performance and academic music studies and enjoy an array of dual degree and double major opportunities. The Colloquium regularly hosts guest composers of international renown. More information can be found here. Regular Decision auditions will be held in early-mid February 2023. No. The Bienen Schoolprovides an accompanist for all in-person voice auditions and a small combo for all in-person jazz studies auditions. Where do I submit my materials? Directions to campus and parking details can be found on our Visit Us page. Brass PerformanceConductingPercussion PerformancePiano PerformancePiano Performance and PedagogyString PerformanceVoice and Opera PerformanceWindPerformance. BA students may pursue an optional concentration in the areas of composition, musicology, music cognition, and music theory. His music focuses on the recreation of saturated soundscapes through the use of aggressive gestures, instrumental preparation, and extended techniques. Students are welcome to complete two majors within the Bienen School of Music with the exception of two performance majors. How do I apply as a dual degree applicant? There are several hotels and Airbnbs located in Evanston and the Chicagoland area. The sessions also include time for Q&As. Yes! Liza is a doctoral candidate in composition at Northwestern University. Amaya's music has been performed throughout North America (Mxico, the US, Canada), South America, and Europe. Do I receive separate admission decisions from the Bienen School and Northwestern? Topics such as collective memory, "flaw," and the relationship between humans and non-human others (such as plants and animals, imaginary or not) are commonly present in his work. Jasmine holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music (MA), Union Theological Seminary (MA), and Williams College (BA). The Bienen School of Music is a school within Northwestern University, so Bienen School applicants must be admitted to both the Bienen School of Music and the University as a whole. The graduate student support provided to PhD students includes year-round tuition and stipend and fully subsidized health insurance. Contact the Office of Music Admission, Financial Aid and Graduate Services:musiclife@northwestern.eduor 847-491-3141Request Information, Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts, 70 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208-2405, Music Admission and Financial Aid: musiclife@northwestern.edu, Bienen School of Music webmaster: bsmweb@northwestern.edu, Black Composer Showcase: Julius Eastman's Stay On It, Black Composer Showcase: Adolphus Hailstork's American Guernica, Christopher Cerrone - The Last Message Received, Something Borrowed: Eighteenth Century Gems. Atkinson's works have been performed by ensembles such as Wet Ink, loadbang, the Amaranth String Quartet, and the International Contemporary Ensemble and by soloists Ammie Brod, Gregory Oakes, and Amber Evans. His work has been performed by Talea Ensemble, Ensemble Dal Niente, mdi ensemble, Mivos Quartet, Mimitabu, Ensemble Multilatrale, Longleash, New York New Music Ensemble, and Luca Piovesan.
Bachelor of Music degrees include more music and performance-based courses. In 2020-2021, Jasmine is teaching 2nd-Year Aural Skills. Another option that BM composition students have undertaken is combining their composition studies with a minor in music technology. Contact the Office of Music Admission, Financial Aid and Graduate Services:musiclife@northwestern.eduor 847-491-3141Request Information, Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts, 70 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208-2405, Music Admission and Financial Aid: musiclife@northwestern.edu, Bienen School of Music webmaster: bsmweb@northwestern.edu. It is better to beautifully perform a piece that requires moderate skill, as opposed to giving a mediocre performance of a very difficult piece. Graduate degrees awarded by the Bienen School of Music are the Master of Music, Doctor of Musical Arts, and Doctor of Philosophy. Mathew holds a bachelor's degree in music theory, composition, and cello performance from the University of New Mexico, where his cello teacher was David Schepps and his theory/composition teacher was Jos-Luis Hurtado. NOTE: This is not a performance degree. As a result, they are surrounded and enriched by colleagues of a wide diversity of perspective. Does the Bachelor of Arts degree include performance opportunities and private lessons? He has contributed to experimental music scenes of the Bay Area, Connecticut, London, Chicago, and beyond, working with musicians including Anthony Braxton, Matana Roberts, Myra Melford, Karen Borca, The Crossing, The Vocal Constructivists, Rinde Eckert, and the San Francisco Choral Artists, in addition to frequent performances as a soloist, bandleader, and ensemble contributor. Do you have an Early Decision round for undergraduate applicants? He has taught first year aural skills, class composition for majors and non-majors, and a general music class titled "Music and the Visual Arts.". She holds a master's degree from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee where she studied with Marti Epstein and Felipe Lara, and was awarded the Roger Sessions Memorial Composition Award. Is there a separate music school application to complete? Her percussion solo piece Unveiled Future has been selected to be published by Alfonce Production. Student composers regularly work with guest performers under the aegis of the Institute for New Music, the nerve center of all contemporary music activities at the Bienen School.
She previously studied at Rutgers University's Mason Gross Conservatory (MA); Cornell University (BA with honors); and the Manhattan School of Music. Individualized programs, developed in consultation with an advisor, may be developed through the use of electives. Currently, Sam lives and works in Chicago, pursuing a PhD in composition at Northwestern University. Catherine received her MM from Manhattan School of Music, where she studied with Richard Danielpour and Reiko Fueting, and her BM from University of Hartford - the Hartt School, where she studied composition with Larry Alan Smith and Ken Steen, and piano with David Westfall, Paul Rutman and Susan Cheng. My degree/major doesnt require an audition. There are no private lessons with faculty, but lessons with graduate students may be available. Each student pursues a major field of study in close consultation with a faculty advisor. You will receive an email from the Office of Music Admission with instructions on how to schedule your audition. International students are ineligible to apply for federal student loans through FAFSA, however. External microphones do not necessarily need to be expensive. Yes. For those unable to audition on campus, all instrument areas will offer some sort of virtual audition format such as a Zoom audition or recorded audition option. Her latest works include "Kintsugi" for The Megalopolis Saxophone Orchestra (Boston/New York) as Composer-in-Residence (2018-19), music for contemporary dance at "The Playground" (Rambert Dance, London), "Question" for solo guitar commissioned by Ruben Mattia Santorsa (Darmstadt, Germany), Vaisseau Fantme, a multimedia project premiered by ~Nois saxophone quartet (Chicago) in collaboration with iconic painter Francisco Ledesma (Mexico) and filmmaker Sophie Gordon, solo and chamber vocal works for countertenor Carl Alexander, soprano Bahareh Poureslami, collaborative pianist Christos Marinos, and others. The conservatory-level curriculum can be enhanced with hundreds of courses found across the University.
Refer to Application Instructions for information. Most file types are accepted and can be as large as 5 GBeach. Jasmine has also been a Chair of the Student Composers Committee (NU), Co-Director of the Graduate Composers Sinfonietta (Eastman), and Co-Producer of Music Matters, a new-music radio show on WAYO FM (Rochester, NY).