NMO needs your help!
You can help keep us playing! We are $20,000 away from reaching a fully funded endowment which will support the long-term viability of the orchestra. Your tax-deductible gift will allow us to keep providing musical opportunities for our medical community and patients. Learn more by clicking through the numbered tabs below to view our Case for Giving.
Who we are
The Northwestern Medical Orchestra was founded in the Spring of 2018 by first-year Feinberg medical students. We are proud to have over 100 musicians who are students, faculty, residents, researchers, and staff in the Northwestern medical community. We are still a student-run organization and aim to share our music with patients, friends, and the wider community through multiple concerts every year.
Read more about Our Mission.
Our Case for Giving to NMO
RSVP to Attend the Summer 2024 Wind Band Concert!
Our NMO Summer Band Concert will take place on July 12th at 7 PM in Thorne Auditorium! We will be playing pieces by Gates, Grainger, Giroux, and Ticheli, as well as selections from Wicked!
RSVP to attend in-person or virtually by visiting this link:
Sign Up for Summer Wind Band!
It’s that time of year again! The NMO Summer Band is returning for its third year, and sign-ups are open. You can look forward to great music by Grainger, Ticheli, selections from “Wicked,” and more! We are still looking for keyboardists to play mallet percussion parts, and string bassists are welcome to join as well. Rehearsals will be on July 2, 3, 9, and 11 with a concert on July 12th. We are also so excited to announce NMO’s first Jazz reading session on July 9th! Musicians are welcome to participate even if not committing to the whole Summer Band. Anyone playing a standard Big Band instrument is invited to sign up for this fun reading of “Birdland.” You can find more details about both the Summer Band and Jazz Reading on the sign-up form. Make sure to fill out the form by this Friday, June 14th! Sign-up link: https://forms.gle/iKrtuBx2iNcNCBAs8
NMO Spring 2024 Concert
NMO's Spring 2024 Concert recording is now available!
If you’d like to view a recording of the concert, visit this link.
NMO Winter 2024 Chamber Concert
NMO's Winter 2024 Chamber Music Concert recording is now available!
Despite the snow, we had over 200 audience members join us in-person for an evening of chamber music by Bach, Brahms, Hisaishi, Liszt, and Shostakovich, as well as jazz and pop favorites!
If you’d like to view a recording, please visit the link here.
NMO Fall 2023 Concert
NMO's Fall 2023 Concert recording is now available!
Missed the biggest NMO concert yet? Over 600 audience members attended in-person and virtually last December! Jonathan Bailey Holland, Dean of the Bienen School of Music, was in attendance and spoke about the inspiration behind his composition Dream Elegy. Our encore piece, Song to the Moon from Dvorak’s opera “Rusalka”, featured soprano Melanie Burbules from the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab.
If you’d like to view a recording, please visit the link here.
NMO Summer 2023 Band Concert
NMO's Summer 2023 Concert recording is now available!
NMO’s Summer Band concert was filled with pomp and circumstance! The program included pieces by Copland, Mackey, and Ticheli, selections from The Phantom of the Opera, and a piece by female composer Julie Giroux.
If you’d like to view a recording, please visit the link here.
