A look at the concerts, productions, lectures and exhibitions in the arts at NIU for spring 2018.
A complete calendar of events is available.
Most concerts in the School of Music are available via live webcast.
Music
Choral & Opera Series
March 4 – Concert Choir, Chamber Choir, University Chorus, 3 pm, BMCH
March 23 – Opera Theatre, Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio, 8 pm, RH
March 25 – Opera Theatre, Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio, 3 pm, RH
April 25 – Chamber Choir & University Chorus, 8 pm, BMCH
April 29 – Concert Choir & NIU Philharmonic, Bach – Mass in B Minor, 3 pm, BMCH
Featured/Mixed Series
Feb. 21 – NIU Philharmonic, Concerto Competition, 8 pm, BMCH
April 9 – NIU Composers Concert, 8 pm, RH
April 16 – NIU Percussion Ensemble, 8 pm, BMCH
April 29 – Concert Choir & NIU Philharmonic, Bach Mass in B Minor, 3 pm, BMCH
Faculty Series
Jan. 30 – Avalon String Quartet, 8 pm, RH
Feb. 19 – Blaise Magniere, 8 pm, RH
March 25 – Brass Faculty, 7 pm, RH
March 27 – Geof Bradfield, 8 pm, RH
April 15 – Mark Ponzo, 5 pm, RH
April 26 – Avalon String Quartet, 8 pm, RH
Jazz Series
Feb. 27 – Jazz Combo Fest, 6:30pm, The House Café
March 7 – University Jazz/Latin Jazz Ensemble, 8 pm, BMCH
April 12 – NIU Jazz Orchestra, 8 pm, BMCH
April 17 – Jazz Combo Fest, 6:30 pm, The House Café
April 18 – Latin Jazz/University Jazz Band, 8 pm, BMCH
April 24 – NIU Jazz Ensemble, 8 pm, BMCH
Concert Band Series
Feb. 28 – Wind Symphony, 8 pm, BMCH
March 8 – Wind Ensemble, 8 pm, BMCH
April 19 – Wind Ensemble, 8 pm, BMCH
April 23 – Wind Symphony, 8 pm, BMCH
World Music Series
April 4 – Chinese Music Ensemble, 6:30 pm, RH
April 5 – Middle Eastern Music Ensemble, 6:30 pm, RH
April 7 – Steel Pan Studio, University Steelband and CSA Steelband, 3 pm, BMCH
April 8 – World Music, 3 pm, BMCH
April 22 – NIU Steelband, 3 pm, BMCH
Locations:
BMCH – Boutell Memorial Concert Hall, NIU Music Building
RH – Recital Hall, NIU Music Building
The House Café, 263 E. Lincoln Hwy, DeKalb
Theatre
Mainstage Series
The Glass Menagerie
February 7 – 11
Huntley Middle School
Middletown
February 28 – March 11
Huntley Middle School
By the Bog of Cats
April 11-15
Huntley Middle School
Studio Series
The Rainmaker
March 21-25
Holmes Student Center
Intentions
April 18-22
Holmes Student Center
Dance
Spring 2018 Dance Concert
April 26-29
Huntley Middle School
Art
One or the Other Must Be Blurred
January 19 – February 28
Jan. 18 – Reception and artist talk: 5 p.m.
Elizabeth Allen Visiting Scholars in Art History
Feb. 7 – Elizabeth McGoey, Art Institute of Chicago
“Modern Alliances: The American Union of Decorative Arts and Craftsmen”
March 1 – Allie Terry-Fritsch, Bowling Green University
“Animal Trials, Humiliation Rituals and Iconoclastic Justice in Early Modern Europe”
March 21 – John Osborne, Carleton University
“The Vatican Obelisk and Other Ancient Monuments in Early Modern Europe”
Performing Art and the Pedagogy of the False
March 1 – Artist talk: 5 p.m., Jack Arends Hall (Art Building), Room 103
Annual Juried Blick Art Materials Ars Nova Exhibition
March 22 – Reception, juror’s talk and award presentation, 6:30 p.m.
March 22 – April 12, exhibition
BFA Show
April 26 – May 9, exhibition
May 5 – Reception, 5 p.m.