Dittmar Gallery

What do we owe to the memories of one another's hearts? For American artist Dario Robleto (b. 1972), artists and scientists share a common aspiration: to increase the sensitivity of their observations...

“Illness is the night side of life, a more onerous citizenship. Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship, in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick.”  – Susan Sontag Yasmine Holly i...

Joachim Schamberger, director; Andrew Bisantz, guest conductor; Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra  A handsome prince and an abducted princess are caught between the warring forces of the Quee...

Adapted for the stage by Jerome HairstonBased on the book by Ezra Jack KeatsDirected by Detra Payne The wonder of a fresh snowfall, the delight of whistling for the first time, being inclusive in one’...

What do cabarets, 1960s surf movies, gritty partnering, and flesh-centric activism have in common? Danceworks 2023: “Nostalgia for the Night” asks how memory, imagination and camaraderie can guide us ...

The magical world of Narnia returns with theEvanston Dance Ensemble’s unforgettable productionof The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. This performance uses original music, beautiful costumes, and exc...

By Paula Vogel Directed by Kelsey Leigh Ervi Indecent, a deeply moving play with music, inspired by the true events surrounding the controversial 1923 Broadway debut of Sholem Asch’s God of Vengeance ...

By Lynn Nottage Directed by Tor Campbell This Pulitzer Prize-winning play examines race, class, and the costs of capitalism. In once prosperous Rust Belt town, a group of friends spend their lives sha...

Northwestern’s oldest theatrical tradition, The Waa-Mu Show, provides undergraduates with an unparalleled education in new musical theatre development. More than 100 students participate every year as...

By Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Directed by Katie Lupica This modern riff on the fifteenth-century morality play Everymanfollows Everybody (who is chosen from amongst the cast by lottery at each performance...

By Charly Evon Simpson Directed by Manna-Symone Middlebrooks Angela and Odessa are searching for something that might not be real, but they are determined to make a way out of no way. They seek out Ad...

This talk will examine a stunning example of paper cutting and joining prepared by the Ottoman courtier, album maker, and "paper joiner" Kalender Pasha (d. 1616). The folio’s aesthetic qualities help ...

Alan Pierson and Ben Bolter, conductors; Jennifer Huang, graduate assistant conductor; Emily Levin and Michelle Gott, harp  Dallas Symphony Orchestra principal harpist Emily Levin and Michelle Gott, a...

Shawn Vondran, conductor; Schyler Adkins, doctoral assistant conductor  The Symphonic Band’s first concert of the winter brings together multiple art forms, beginning with a celebration of dance. Rob ...

Part of the Skyline Piano Artist Series Sara Davis Buechner, piano Lauded for her “intelligence, integrity and all-encompassing technical prowess” (New York Times) and “thoughtful artistry in the full...

Derrick Gardner, conductor Jazz saxophonist, composer, and bandleader Wayne Shorter rose to prominence in the late 1950s as a member of, and composer for, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. He later ...

This concert has been relocated from Pick-Staiger Concert Hall to Galvin Recital Hall. The Dover Quartet’s residency is sponsored in part by the generous support of the Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation....

She-e Wu, director Clay Condon, Fractalia  Nina Young, Etched in Sand  Mike Burritt, Fandango 13  Andy Akiho, Pillar VII  Alejandro Viñao, "Hommage to Nancarrow" from Estudios de Frontera  Joseph Blah...

Taimur Sullivan, director Vibrant new works composed for saxophones, including the world premiere of Hawk’s Nest by Berlin Prize winner Laura Schwendinger and Portal by Lawrence Dillon, plus the US pr...

Mallory Thompson, conductor On the subject of her work Magneticfireflies, Augusta Read Thomas explains, “One of the main intentions of this music is the juxtaposition between stark, bold, individual c...

Music by Jeanine Tesori Lyrics and book by Brian Crawley Based on “The Ugliest Pilgrim” by Doris Betts Directed by Mikael Burke As a girl, Violet was struck by a wayward axe blade when her father was ...

Andrew Megill, guest conductor; Charles Foster, keyboard One of America’s leading choral musicians, Andrew Megill returns to lead a program on the eve of Lent—a season rich in introspective works from...

Music by Jeanine Tesori Lyrics and book by Brian Crawley Based on “The Ugliest Pilgrim” by Doris Betts Directed by Mikael Burke As a girl, Violet was struck by a wayward axe blade when her father was ...

Bienen saxophone professor Taimur Sullivan and Dr. J. Michael Weiss-Holmes (Roosevelt University) co-lead a whirlwind day of master classes, clinics, and recitals. This year’s featured guest artist is...

A reading of a new play by award-winning novelist, non-fiction writer and playwright Sarah Schulman, directed by Obie-winner Lisa Peterson. Two women, the lawyer and the plaintiff, argued the case for...

Music by Jeanine Tesori Lyrics and book by Brian Crawley Based on “The Ugliest Pilgrim” by Doris Betts Directed by Mikael Burke As a girl, Violet was struck by a wayward axe blade when her father was ...

Anne Waller, director Music for guitar soloists, duos, trios, and full ensemble.

Stephen Alltop, conductor The talented members of the Baroque Music Ensemble once again venture into the early Classical period in notably virtuosic concertos and symphonies by C. P. E. Bach, Joseph H...

Music by Jeanine Tesori Lyrics and book by Brian Crawley Based on “The Ugliest Pilgrim” by Doris Betts Directed by Mikael Burke As a girl, Violet was struck by a wayward axe blade when her father was ...

Music by Jeanine Tesori Lyrics and book by Brian Crawley Based on “The Ugliest Pilgrim” by Doris Betts Directed by Mikael Burke As a girl, Violet was struck by a wayward axe blade when her father was ...

Music by Jeanine Tesori Lyrics and book by Brian Crawley Based on “The Ugliest Pilgrim” by Doris Betts Directed by Mikael Burke As a girl, Violet was struck by a wayward axe blade when her father was ...

Part of the Segovia Classical Guitar Series Álvaro Pierri, guitar “Fluent technique, golden tone and singing musicality poured from his guitar. Pierri matched panache with reflectiveness and superb rh...

Music by Jeanine Tesori Lyrics and book by Brian Crawley Based on “The Ugliest Pilgrim” by Doris Betts Directed by Mikael Burke As a girl, Violet was struck by a wayward axe blade when her father was ...

Music by Jeanine Tesori Lyrics and book by Brian Crawley Based on “The Ugliest Pilgrim” by Doris Betts Directed by Mikael Burke As a girl, Violet was struck by a wayward axe blade when her father was ...

Daniel J. Farris, conductor Talented students from across the Northwestern campus present a concert of band standards.

Derrick Gardner and Kevin Fort, conductors An evening of brand new compositions and arrangements by jazz studies students.

Patrice Michaels, soprano and composer; Julian Velasco, saxophone; the Cavatina Duo (Eugenia Moliner, flute and Denis Azabagic, guitar); Nick Photinos, cello; Jason Carlson, Alan Darling, and Kuang-Ha...

A. J. Keller, conductor This winter, University Chorale explores the simpler side of choral music, with a program exploring a variety of traditional and contemporary pieces based on minimal musical ma...

Robert G. Hasty, conductor Louis Joseph F. Hérold, Overture to Zampa Aram Khachaturian, Masquerade: Suite Sergei Prokofiev, Symphony No. 7 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 131

A. J. Keller, conductor The University Singers’ winter program explores traditional and contemporary selections based on the backbone of Western choral music: Gregorian chant. Their performance featur...

Robert G. Hasty, conductor; Jakyoung Olivia Huh, cello (Northwestern Concerto Competition winner) A program showcasing the works of British composers. William Walton, Façade: Suite No. 2 Edward Elgar,...

Matthew Sheppard, conductor Talented Bienen School string students present a concert selected from the vast string repertoire. Heinrich von Biber, Battalia  Leoš Janáček, Suite for Strings (conducted ...

Ben Bolter, conductor The Contemporary Music Ensemble’s second concert of the winter quarter features Bienen faculty composer and Wet Ink Ensemble co-director Alex Mincek’s Pendulum VII; Charlie Piper...

Victoria Marshall, conductor; Sandy Li, piano; Bienen String Quartet A program for treble voices and strings, including music by Jean-Baptiste Lully, Edward Elgar, Eric Whitacre, and Joby Talbot, as w...

Part of the Segovia Classical Guitar Series Giampaolo Bandini, guitar; Cesare Chiacchiaretta, bandoneón; Ari Isaacman-Beck and Carlos Rubio, violin; Adriana Linares, viola; Jesús Morales, cello The Ba...

Shawn Vondran, conductor The Symphonic Band’s second winter-quarter concert takes a musical tour around the world, starting in Havana with George Gershwin’s Cuban Overture before traversing the globe ...

Ford Fourqurean, clarinet; Matheus Souza and Erica Dicker, violin; Iva Casian-Lakoš, cello; Daniel Anastasio, piano New York-based contemporary chamber group Unheard-of//Ensemble is dedicated to the d...

This event has sold out. Part of the Skyline Piano Artist Series Yefim Bronfman, piano “Bronfman is well known as a powerhouse pianist with a tone of crystalline clarity.” –Los Angeles Times Widely pr...

Part of the Segovia Classical Guitar Series Manuel Barrueco, guitar “A warmth and a singing quality that would undoubtedly have made Segovia smile.” –New York Times During three decades of concertizin...

Part of the 2022-23 Keyboard Conversations series Jeffrey Siegel, piano Hallmarks of American musical style, including the rarely heard solo piano transcription of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue a...

Led by Dr. Ryan T. Nelson, School of Communication Part of the IMAGINE U series for young audiences, geared toward children and their families. An interactive musical exploration for young audiences! ...

Bavarian rococo art and architecture has long received both attention and derision from art historians. It is incredibly sophisticated in design and seemingly totally out of sync with the broader narr...

Part of the Skyline Piano Artist Series Stewart Goodyear, piano Proclaimed "a phenomenon" by the Los Angeles Times and "one of the best pianists of his generation" by the Philadelphia Inquirer, Stewar...