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Jonathan Bailey Holland will serve as the dean of Bienen School of Music beginning Sept. 1, according to a Northwestern news release. Holland, whose music has been commissioned by leading orchestras and contemporary ensembles nationally and internationally, is an advocate for music education. He received a bachelor’s degree in music from the Curtis Institute of...
René Machado — Bienen School of Music’s associate dean for administration, finance and planning — will retire at the end of the academic year, according to a Wednesday news release. “I care deeply about our school and have felt privileged over these many years to be part of a truly special music school community consisting...
Feinberg Prof. Sheehan Fisher, who teaches in the psychiatry and behavioral sciences department, will serve as associate dean for diversity and inclusion starting June 1. He will lead the Office of Diversity and Inclusion for The Graduate School, according to a Northwestern news release. Fisher, who is also a clinical psychologist, studies perinatal mental health...
Opera and symphonic conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya will deliver the Bienen School of Music’s convocation address in Pick-Staiger Concert Hall this June. As a Russian American conductor, Yankovskaya is an advocate for Slavic pieces, operatic rarities and contemporary works, according to her website. Yankovskaya was raised in Russia and spent her summers in Ukraine. When she...
As a summer 2022 Conference Assistant, Weinberg sophomore Alivia Wynn was expected to work 12-hourlong duty shifts. From 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. or from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. a couple of times a week, she had to be on call and stay around campus to respond to lockouts and facility problems. The 12-hour...