Visual Arts

It takes a long time to stay here: Paintings by Jordan Ann Craig is an exhibition running January 25 to April 13, 2025.  For related exhibition events, click here. Artist Jordan Ann Craig’s (Northern ...

Woven Being: Art for Zhegagoynak/Chicagoland is an exhibition running January 25 to July 13, 2025.  For related exhibition events, click here. Zhegagoynak, the place now known as Chicagoland, is a vit...

Jen Pitt, stage director; Patrick Furrer, conductor; Joachim Schamberger, director of opera Count Danilo’s family had forbidden him to marry the beautiful but impoverished Hanna, although they adored ...

Amy Halpern’s FALLING LESSONS (1992) with guest author Laura Paul (Amy Halpern, 1992, 64 min, 16mm) Across a career that spanned over 50 years as both an experimental filmmaker, commercial cinematog...

Part of Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel Jeffrey Siegel, piano Schubert favorites, including the joyous Sonata in A Major, D. 664.  All selections by Franz Schubert.  Marche militaire No. 1 ...

Marguerite Lynn Williams, director An afternoon of solo, chamber, and ensemble repertoire for harp. Gabriel Fauré, Impromptu pour harpe, Op. 86  Henriette Renié, Pièce symphonique  Paul Hindemith, Mäs...

Anne Waller, director Music for guitar soloists, small ensembles, and full ensemble.

Presented in collaboration with the Italian Consulate and the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago. Stephen Alltop and Jason Moy, harpsichord; Josefien Stoppelenburg, soprano  Two centuries of Itali...

 This Exhibition Tour will be led by Jordan Poorman Cocker, Terra Foundation Guest Co-Curator for Woven Being: Art for Zhegagoynak/Chicagoland.   Through the perspectives of four collaborating artists...

The Trilloquy podcast declares Karen Slack “not only one of the nation’s most celebrated sopranos, but a leading voice in changing and making spaces in classical music.” Recipient of the 2022 Sphinx M...

 *Please note that registration is required to attend this event, and lunch will be served on a first come, first served basis. Upon arrival, please take the elevator to the 7th floor and follow the s...

Donald Schleicher, conductor Maurice Ravel, Pavane pour une infante défunte (Pavane for a Dead Princess) Zoltán Kodály, Dances of Galánta (Galántai táncok) Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 90 in C Major

Daniel J. Farris, conductor; Michael Witt, graduate assistant conductor Northwestern University’s Concert Band celebrates the compositional voices of women in wind band. This exciting concert explores...

Tim Lambert, conductor; Ami Hatori, collaborative pianist Join the Northwestern Camerata for a captivating concert that delves into the themes of home and belonging. This program showcases a diverse r...

Joe Clark and Darius Hampton, conductors Enjoy original compositions and new arrangements by students in the Joe Clark and Darius Hampton ensembles.

Robert Morgan and Carlie Meeker, oboe; Todd Levy and Kathryn Jarvey, clarinet; Dennis Michel and Alexander Lake, bassoon; Gail Williams, Eden Stargardt, and Lily Kern, horn; Kay Kim, piano; Desirée Ru...

An evening of music by Bienen student composers.  Nicholas Chesemore, Spectral Improvisations I for Bass Clarinet and Live Electronics  Piper Rose, Euthermia  Matthew Huang Mailman, Expired lifesavers...

The Department of Art, Theory, and Practice in partnership with the Block Museum of Art welcome artist Laura Ortman for a performance-lecture. A soloist musician, composer, and vibrant collaborator, O...

A. J. Keller and Ari Carillo, conductors; Chuck Foster, collaborative piano In the words of William Shakespeare, “Like as the waves reach toward the pebbled shore, so do our minutes hasten to their en...

 Jordan Ann Craig is known for large-scale paintings, prints, and painting-inspired installations. Her work develops out of an engagement with abstraction rooted in Northern Cheyenne and other Indigen...

Ben Bolter and Yelisey (Eli) Zelman, conductors; Tania Leon, guest composer (2023 winner of the Michael Ludwig Nemmers Prize in Music Composition) Nemmers Prize winner Tania León joins the ensemble fo...

A. J. Keller and Ian Morris, conductors; Chuck Foster, collaborative piano  On the first Sunday of Lent, explore the wealth of transformative music written for this season of introspective contemplat...

Reed Capshaw, director An array of music written and arranged for trombones. 

Derrick Gardner and Kevin Fort, conductors Enjoy original compositions and new arrangements by students in the Derrick Gardner and Kevin Fort Ensembles.

Taimur Sullivan, director  The ensembles present a concert of new and inventive sounds for many saxophones, including a world premiere by Sam Alvarez (‘24) and premieres of arrangements by composers ...

Harvey Felder, conductor Manuel de Falla, El sombrero de tres picos (The Three-Cornered Hat): Suite No. 1 Johannes Brahms, Serenade No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11

Derrick Gardner, conductor The Jazz Orchestra explores the “third stream,” a genre fusing elements of classical and jazz, through music of Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, and others. Their program als...

Part of the Segovia Classical Guitar Series “Sensuously beautiful tone…lyrical and sublime” –San Francisco Classical Voice Shin-ichi Fukuda began playing the classical guitar at the age of eleven unde...

Robert Taylor, conductor; Imran Amarshi and Sheldon Frazier, doctoral assistant conductors; Ashrey Shah, clarinet (Northwestern Concerto Competition winner)  Omar Thomas’s exuberant Come Sunday rounds...

Andrew Megill and Victoria Marshall, conductors; Chuck Foster, collaborative piano The ensemble performs Der Rose Pilgerfahrt (The Pilgrimage of the Rose), a sweet fairy-tale set to music by Robert Sc...

Shawn D. Vondran, conductor As the winter quarter comes to a close, the Symphonic Band offers a program looking to both the heavens and the earth, opening with Steven Bryant’s fanfare In This Broad Ea...

Part of the Skyline Piano Artist Series “coiled...explosive” —New York Times Pianist Christopher Guzman enjoys an international performing career that showcases a broad range of styles from the Baroqu...

The Moore Lecture Series is proud to present acclaimed author and poet John Keene. His 2022 poetry collection, Punks: New and Selected Poems, received the National Book Award for Poetry. He is the aut...

Part of the Skyline Piano Artist Series Pianist, conductor, and scholar Jeffrey Kahane is in the fifth decade of an expansive and versatile career which has included concertos with the New York Philha...

Part of the Skyline Piano Artist Series “a pianist of sterling artistry” —Gramophone Lauded by audiences and critics alike, Michelle Cann has become one of the most sought-after pianists of her genera...

The Litowitz MFA+MA Program and the Bienen School of Music are proud to present Sandra Cisneros, in conversation with Derek Bermel. The program will include a reading, a discussion with Derek Bermel, ...

Part of the Segovia Classical Guitar Series Following his first public performance at the age of eight, Aniello Desiderio quickly established himself as a concert artist with a distinct voice. He has ...

Part of Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel Jeffrey Siegel, piano Witty and whimsical selections by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Chopin, and Stravinsky.