Woven Being: Art for Zhegagoynak/ChicagolandStarting January 25, 2025 Evanston Zhegagoynak, the place now known as Chicagoland, is a vital center for Indigenous art, past and present. Through the perspectives of four collaborating artists with connections to Zhegagoynak—Andrea C... | Visual Arts | January 2025 | 1737828000 |
Franz Lehár’s The Merry WidowStarting February 27, 2025 Evanston 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 ... | Music | February 2025 | 1740706200 |
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A Few of Our Favorite ThingsDecember 13, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel Jeffrey Siegel, piano Beloved music of Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Mozart, Brahms, and Gershwin. W. A. Mozart, Rondo alla turca, K. 331 Frédéric Chopin, ... | Music | December 2024 | 1734139800 |
Dover QuartetJanuary 10, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Bienen School of Music Quartet-in-Residence Part of the Winter Chamber Music Festival Joel Link and Bryan Lee, violin; Julianne Lee, viola; Camden Shaw, cello; Jerod Tate, guest composer Praised by Ch... | Music | January 2025 | 1736559000 |
Third Coast Percussion with Jessie MontgomeryJanuary 11, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Winter Chamber Music Festival Jessie Montgomery, violin; David Skidmore, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin, Sean Connors, and She-e Wu, percussion Grammy Award-winning composer and violinist Jes... | Music | January 2025 | 1736645400 |
Trio ValtornaJanuary 12, 2025 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston Part of the Winter Chamber Music Festival Ida Kavafian, violin; David Jolley, horn; Gilles Vonsattel, piano The Danbury News-Times praises Trio Valtorna’s balance of “gentleness and power.” Bringing t... | Music | January 2025 | 1736715600 |
Vertavo String QuartetJanuary 17, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Winter Chamber Music Festival Øyvor Volle and Annabelle Meare, violin; Berit Cardas, viola; Bjørg Lewis, cello “With phenomenal expressive flexibility, the Vertavo moved from warmest sensu... | Music | January 2025 | 1737163800 |
Viano QuartetJanuary 19, 2025 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston Part of the Winter Chamber Music Festival Lucy Wang and Hao Zhou, violin; Aiden Kane, viola; Tate Zawadiuk, cello In a recent review of the Viano Quartet, the Boston Globe proclaims, “…one stopped lis... | Music | January 2025 | 1737320400 |
Dudok Quartet AmsterdamJanuary 24, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Winter Chamber Music Festival Judith van Driel and Marleen Wester, violin; Marie-Louise de Jong, viola; David Faber, cello ChicagoClassicalReview.com praises the Dudok Quartet Amsterdam’s ... | Music | January 2025 | 1737768600 |
Jeffrey and Gabriel Kahane DuoJanuary 25, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston 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... | Music | January 2025 | 1737855000 |
Miró QuartetJanuary 26, 2025 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston Part of the Winter Chamber Music Festival Daniel Ching and William Fedkenheuer, violin; John Largess, viola; Joshua Gindele, cello Hailed for their “explosive vigor and technical finesse” by the New Y... | Music | January 2025 | 1737925200 |
Jazz Small Ensembles: The Music of Benny Golson and Joe HendersonJanuary 27, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston Derrick Gardner and Kevin Fort, conductors Following the passing of saxophonist, composer, and arranger Benny Golson in September, the Derrick Gardner ensemble dives into his musical legacy, performi... | Music | January 2025 | 1738027800 |
Sondra Radvanovsky Vocal Master ClassJanuary 30, 2025 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston Part of the Tichio-Finnie Vocal Master Class Series From the title roles in Rusalka, Lucrezia Borgia, and Manon Lescaut to Roxane in Cyrano de Bergerac, soprano Sondra Radvanovsky is recognized the wo... | Music | January 2025 | 1738285200 |
Louis Lortie, pianoJanuary 31, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Skyline Piano Artist Series “immaculate pianism and artistry” —The Guardian Pianist Louis Lortie appears in the world’s most prestigious concert halls and festivals, including London’s Wig... | Music | January 2025 | 1738373400 |
Opening Celebration - Woven Being: Art for Zhegagoynak/ChicagolandFebruary 1, 2025 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM, Evanston Join us to celebrate the opening of the exhibition Woven Being: Art for Zhegagoynak/Chicagoland. Zhegagoynak, the place now known as Chicagoland, has long been a critical hub for Indigenous art. Throu... | Visual Arts | February 2025 | 1738440000 |
Northwestern University Symphony OrchestraFebruary 1, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston Donald Schleicher, conductor; Christian Santos, percussion (Northwestern Concerto Competition winner) Mikhail Glinka, Ruslan and Ludmilla Overture Joseph Schwantner, Concerto for Percussion and Orches... | Music | February 2025 | 1738459800 |
Alice Millar Winter ConcertFebruary 2, 2025 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, Evanston Stephen Alltop, conductor; Alice Millar Chapel Choir; Bill Baxtresser, cornetto; Paul Von Hoff, sackbut; Emi Tanabe and Brandi Berry, Baroque violin; Anna Steinhoff, Baroque cello; Eric Budzynski, org... | Music | February 2025 | 1738537200 |
Heidi Moss Erickson and Kurt Erickson: Widening the RadiusFebruary 3, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Heidi Moss Erickson, soprano; Kurt Erickson, piano In 2007, soprano and scientist Heidi Moss Erickson suffered a cranial nerve injury that nearly ended her performing career. Determined to retrain an... | Music | February 2025 | 1738632600 |
Jazz Small Ensembles: The Music of Keith Jarrett and Andrew HillFebruary 3, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Joe Clark and Darius Hampton, conductors Pianist and composer Keith Jarrett performed with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers early in his career, later collaborating with Charles Lloyd and Miles Davis befo... | Music | February 2025 | 1738632600 |
Woven Being Community Room Drop-InFebruary 5, 2025 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM, Evanston Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Woven Being: Art for Zhegagoynak/ Chicagoland, our Woven Being Community Room is a dedicated space within the exhibition for conversation, reflection, laug... | Visual Arts | February 2025 | 1738798200 |
Claudia Rankine ReadingFebruary 6, 2025 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, Evanston The Litowitz MFA+MA Graduate Program in Creative Writing and English is proud to present a reading by Claudia Rankine. The event is free and open to the public, but you must RVSVP HERE. The program wi... | Literary Arts | February 2025 | 1738882800 |
Northwestern University Jazz Orchestra: Black History Month Celebration—Jazz on the Spiritual SideFebruary 6, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Derrick Gardner, conductor Join the Northwestern University Jazz Orchestra for adaptations of spirituals, gospel music, and Wynton Marsalis’s arrangement of the influential John Coltrane masterpiece A... | Music | February 2025 | 1738891800 |
Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal EnsembleFebruary 7, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Andrew Megill and Victoria Marshall, conductors; Chuck Foster, collaborative keyboards BCE performs one of J. S. Bach’s cantata BWV 39: Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot (Give the hungry ones thy bread). ... | Music | February 2025 | 1738978200 |
Symphonic BandFebruary 7, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Shawn D. Vondran, conductor The centerpiece of the Symphonic Band’s first winter-quarter concert—focused on tributes—is Kevin Day’s exuberant Concerto for Wind Ensemble. Day’s concerto is a fusion of ... | Music | February 2025 | 1738978200 |
Meng Su, guitarFebruary 8, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Segovia Classical Guitar Series “Pure musical alchemy… the audience jumped to its feet in ovation.” —Courier & Press Multifaceted guitarist Meng Su captivates audiences around the world wi... | Music | February 2025 | 1739064600 |
Trombone ChoirFebruary 9, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston Reed Capshaw, director An exciting array of music written and arranged for trombones. | Music | February 2025 | 1739151000 |
Northwestern University Chamber OrchestraFebruary 13, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Harvey Felder, conductor; Sage Chen, violin (Northwestern Concerto Competition winner) Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35 Aaron Copland, John Henry Antonín Dvorák, Czech Suite... | Music | February 2025 | 1739496600 |
Symphonic Wind Ensemble: Love and LossFebruary 14, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Robert Taylor, conductor; Philip Kleutgens, saxophone (Northwestern Concerto Competition winner) The Symphonic Wind Ensemble’s Valentine’s Day concert explores themes of joy, love, and loss, with musi... | Music | February 2025 | 1739583000 |
Tom Borrow, pianoFebruary 14, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Skyline Piano Artist Series “In a world teeming with gifted young pianists, Borrow stands out with a touch that’s both light and powerful, and supremely incandescent” —Cleveland Plain Deal... | Music | February 2025 | 1739583000 |
The Indians Won: Woven Being Gallery Talk with Marisa Cruz BrancoFebruary 15, 2025 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, Evanston Join Marisa Cruz Branco, Terra Foundation Curatorial Fellow for Woven Being: Art for Zhegagoynak/Chicagoland, in a conversation on works in the exhibition that explore Indigenous futurism, the Pueblo ... | Visual Arts | February 2025 | 1739644200 |
Billy Childs QuartetFebruary 15, 2025 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM, Evanston Downbeat praises Billy Childs for “seeing colors and vignettes where others might just hear notes,” and the pianist and composer remains one of the most prolific and acclaimed artists active today. Hi... | Music | February 2025 | 1739669400 |
Contemporary Music EnsembleFebruary 15, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Ben Bolter and Yelisey (Eli) Zelman, conductors; Nina C. Young, guest composer Nina C. Young, Tarnish Nina C. Young, Kashchei Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Entropic Arrows Ania Vu, Feathered Beings | Music | February 2025 | 1739669400 |
Baroque Music Ensemble: Classical StarsFebruary 16, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Stephen Alltop, conductor The Baroque Music Ensemble ventures into the early Classical period with concertos by Joseph Haydn and Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, with numerous featured student soloists. ... | Music | February 2025 | 1739755800 |
Northwestern University Jazz Ensemble: The Music of Sonny RollinsFebruary 18, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Darius Hampton, conductor Tenor saxophonist, composer, and bandleader Sonny Rollins is widely considered one of the most influential musicians in jazz and a pioneer of hard bop. Many of his compositio... | Music | February 2025 | 1739928600 |
Percussion EnsembleFebruary 18, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston She-e Wu, director An evening of eclectic rhythms. | Music | February 2025 | 1739928600 |
New Music Student ShowcaseFebruary 19, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Bienen students perform contemporary music selections. | Music | February 2025 | 1740015000 |
Mivos QuartetFebruary 20, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Olivia De Prato and Maya Bennardo, violin; Victor Lowrie Tafoya, viola; Nathan Watts, cello The Mivos Quartet “embraces toothy modernism with punk-rock verve,” declares the New York Times’ Steve Smit... | Music | February 2025 | 1740101400 |
Schubert: The Sorrowful and the SublimeFebruary 21, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel Jeffrey Siegel, piano Beloved Impromptus and the joyous Sonata in A Major, D. 664. | Music | February 2025 | 1740187800 |
Bienen Harp Ensemble and StudioFebruary 22, 2025 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM, Evanston Marguerite Lynn Williams, director An afternoon of solo, chamber, and ensemble repertoire for harp. | Music | February 2025 | 1740250800 |
Guitar EnsembleFebruary 23, 2025 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, Evanston Anne Waller, director Music for guitar soloists, small ensembles, and full ensemble. | Music | February 2025 | 1740344400 |
Michele Benuzzi and Stephen Alltop, harpsichordFebruary 23, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Presented in collaboration with the Italian Consulate and the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago. Harpsichordist Michele Benuzzi has given solo and chamber performances throughout Italy, Spain, Jap... | Music | February 2025 | 1740360600 |
"Woven Being" Curator Tour with Jordan Poorman CockerFebruary 26, 2025 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, Evanston 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... | Visual Arts | February 2025 | 1740594600 |
Exhibition Keynote: Jordan Ann Craig in Conversation with m.s. RedCherriesFebruary 26, 2025 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM, Evanston Join us for an exhibition keynote conversation in celebration of It takes a long time to stay here: Paintings by Jordan Ann Craig. Artist Jordan Ann Craig is known for her large-scale paintings that d... | Visual Arts | February 2025 | 1740614400 |
Karen Slack, soprano and Mark Markham, piano: Dream VariationsFebruary 26, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston 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... | Music | February 2025 | 1740619800 |
Northwestern University Symphony OrchestraMarch 1, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston 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 | Music | March 2025 | 1740879000 |
Concert Band: The Time Is NowMarch 2, 2025 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston Daniel J. Farris, conductor Northwestern University’s Concert Band celebrates the compositional voices of women in wind band. This exciting concert explores a variety of contemporary and historical fe... | Music | March 2025 | 1740949200 |
Northwestern Camerata: The Road HomeMarch 2, 2025 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, Evanston Tim Lambert, conductor Join the Northwestern Camerata for a captivating concert that delves into the themes of home and belonging. This program showcases a diverse range of repertoire for treble voice... | Music | March 2025 | 1740956400 |
An Evening of Music for WindsMarch 3, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston Robert Morgan, oboe; Todd Levy, clarinet; Gail Williams, horn; additional performers to be announced Bienen faculty come together for a performance including Antonín Dvořák’s Serenade for Winds in D M... | Music | March 2025 | 1741051800 |
Jazz Small Ensembles: Student OriginalsMarch 3, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston Joe Clark and Darius Hampton, conductors Enjoy original compositions and new arrangements by students in the Joe Clark and Darius Hampton ensembles. | Music | March 2025 | 1741051800 |
Woven Being Community Room Drop-InMarch 5, 2025 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM, Evanston Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Woven Being: Art for Zhegagoynak/ Chicagoland, our Woven Being Community Room is a dedicated space within the exhibition for conversation, reflection, laug... | Visual Arts | March 2025 | 1741217400 |
University Chorale: Hastening to Our EndMarch 7, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston 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... | Music | March 2025 | 1741397400 |
Gallery Talk: It takes a long time to stay here: Paintings by Jordan Ann CraigMarch 8, 2025 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, Evanston 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... | Visual Arts | March 2025 | 1741458600 |
Contemporary Music EnsembleMarch 8, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston 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... | Music | March 2025 | 1741483800 |
University Singers: Lenten AstonishmentsMarch 9, 2025 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, Evanston 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... | Music | March 2025 | 1741557600 |
Trombone ChoirMarch 9, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston Reed Capshaw, director An array of music written and arranged for trombones. | Music | March 2025 | 1741566600 |
Jazz Small Ensembles: Student OriginalsMarch 10, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Derrick Gardner and Kevin Fort, conductors Enjoy original compositions and new arrangements by students in the Derrick Gardner and Kevin Fort Ensembles. | Music | March 2025 | 1741653000 |
Saxophone EnsemblesMarch 10, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston 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 ... | Music | March 2025 | 1741653000 |
Northwestern University Chamber OrchestraMarch 13, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston 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 | Music | March 2025 | 1741912200 |
Northwestern University Jazz Orchestra: The Third Stream and the Avant-gardeMarch 13, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston 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... | Music | March 2025 | 1741912200 |
Shin-ichi Fukuda, guitarMarch 14, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston 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... | Music | March 2025 | 1741998600 |
Symphonic Wind Ensemble: Take Me to ChurchMarch 14, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston Robert Taylor, conductor; Ashrey Shah, clarinet (Northwestern Concerto Competition winner) Omar Thomas’s exuberant Come Sunday rounds out a program inspired by traditional church and cathedral music... | Music | March 2025 | 1741998600 |
Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal EnsembleMarch 15, 2025 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston 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... | Music | March 2025 | 1742068800 |
Symphonic BandMarch 16, 2025 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston 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... | Music | March 2025 | 1742155200 |
Christopher Guzman, pianoApril 4, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston 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... | Music | April 2025 | 1743813000 |
The Moore Lecture Series presents John KeeneApril 17, 2025 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, Evanston 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... | Literary Arts | April 2025 | 1744927200 |
Michelle Cann, pianoMay 2, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston 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... | Music | May 2025 | 1746232200 |
Aniello Desiderio, guitarMay 10, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston 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 ... | Music | May 2025 | 1746923400 |
Humor in MusicMay 16, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel Jeffrey Siegel, piano Witty and whimsical selections by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Chopin, and Stravinsky. | Music | May 2025 | 1747441800 |