Search Committee for Dean of the Bienen School of Music
Northwestern University is conducting a search for the next dean of the Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music. A search committee, which includes faculty, students, staff, and alumni of the Bienen School of Music, is undertaking the search. The committee has engaged Isaacson, Miller to support the search.
Members of the Northwestern community are invited to share input on the search and nominations for the next leader of the Bienen School of Music by emailing BienenDeanSearch@northwestern.edu.
News
- Bienen School of Music Dean Position Profile
- Search committee formed to find new dean of the Bienen School of Music
- Dean Montgomery to step down as dean at the end of the 2022-23 academic year
Bienen School of Music Dean Search Committee
- Karen Brunssen (Chair), Professor of Voice and Opera and Co-Chair of the Department of Music Performance, Bienen School of Music
- Drew Edward Davies, Associate Professor of Musicology and Chair of the Department of Music Studies, Bienen School of Music
- James Giles, Professor of Piano, Coordinator of the Piano Program, and Director of Music Performance Graduate Studies, Bienen School of Music
- Linda Jacobs, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, Bienen School of Music; Bienen School of Music Alumna
- Patrick Johnson, Dean, School of Communication; Annenberg University Professor of Performance Studies and African American Studies
- Vaynu Kadiyali, Undergraduate Student, Class of 2024, Bienen School of Music and Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
- Jack Reeder, Second-year Doctorate of Musical Arts Student, Choral Conducting, Bienen School of Music; Thomas R. Kasdorf Scholar in Choral Music; Bienen School of Music Alumnus
- Nitasha Tamar Sharma, Professor of African American Studies and Asian American Studies, Director of the Asian American Studies Program, and Co-Director of the Council for Race and Ethnic Studies, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
- Taimur Sullivan, Professor of Saxophone and Coordinator of Winds and Percussion, Bienen School of Music
Of Counsel to the Committee
- Anthony Freud, General Director, President and CEO, Lyric Opera of Chicago
Committee Staff
- Roma Khanna, Associate Provost for Strategy and Policy, Office of the Provost
- Andrianna Kurzenberger, Senior Program Administrator, Office of the Provost
- Brad Zakarin, Director of Academic Initiatives, Office of the Provost