Huskie Spotlight
Ning Wang, ’24, Music Education, Choral
Music Huskie SpotlightHuskie Spotlight: Ning Wang, '24, Music Education, ChoralWhat did you want to be when you were growing up? I always wanted to be a musician throughout my whole life. Music is everything to me. I already had my master degree in piano performance...
Kaelyn Witt, ’27, Music Education and Flute Performance
Music Huskie SpotlightHuskie Spotlight: Kaelyn Witt, '27, Music Education and Flute PerformanceWhat did you want to be when you were growing up? Growing up I always wanted to be an artist. I loved creating and painting and expressing myself artistically. I ended up...
Fernando Marroquin Mendoza, ’24, Oboe Performance
Music Huskie SpotlightHuskie Spotlight: Fernando Marroquin Mendoza, '24, Oboe PerformanceWhat did you want to be when you were growing up? I am not really sure what I wanted to be when I was growing up but, I remember one time when, while watching a symphony orchestra...
Shae McCabe, ’23, Music Education, Horn
Music Huskie SpotlightHuskie Spotlight: Shae McCabe, '23, Music Education, HornWhat did you want to be when you were growing up? I always knew I wanted to pursue music to some degree. For a while I thought I would go into musical theatre, but I found a bigger love of...
Ranan R.J. Antonini, ’25, Violin Performance
Music Huskie SpotlightHuskie Spotlight: Ranan R.J. Antonini, '25, Violin PerformanceWhat did you want to be when you were growing up? When I was a young kid, I wanted to become a soccer player but with time I realized that I had more talent for arts in general,...
Andrew Kinsey, ’25, Music Education and Percussion Performance
Music Huskie SpotlightHuskie Spotlight: Andrew Kinsey, '25, Music Education and Percussion PerformanceWhat did you want to be when you were growing up? From a young age, I didn’t know much about what I wanted to be when I grew older, all I knew was I didn’t want to be...
Gabriel Wade, ’24, Master of Music
Music Huskie SpotlightHuskie Spotlight: Gabriel Wade, '24, Master of MusicWhat did you want to be when you were growing up? Ever since starting band and piano class in middle school, I've always wanted to make music a major part of my life. That led to me pursuing a...
Stefan Lenthe, ’24, Master of Music
Music Huskie SpotlightHuskie Spotlight: Stefan Lenthe, '24, Master of MusicWhat did you want to be when you were growing up? I pretty much knew from an early age that I wanted to be a musician. For me it all goes back to very first time I heard The Beatles. I was...
Liam Weber, ’25, Music Performance and Music Education
Music Huskie SpotlightHuskie Spotlight: Liam Weber, '25, Music Performance and Music EducationWhat did you want to be when you were growing up? By middle school I had already decided on becoming a music major. Originally I just wanted to be a middle school band...
School of Music Faculty Spotlights
Faculty Spotlight: Cheng-Hou Lee, Professor and Cellist, Avalon String Quartet
Music Huskie SpotlightFaculty Huskie Spotlight: Cheng-Hou Lee, Professor and Cellist, Avalon String QuartetHow to begin your musical career on the right note For musicians, perfecting your craft is a lifelong symphony. Cheng-Hou Lee, associate professor in the NIU...
Faculty Spotlight: Liam Teague, NIU Board of Trustees Professor, Presidential Research, Scholarship and Artistry Professor
Music Huskie SpotlightFaculty Huskie Spotlight: Liam Teague, NIU Board of Trustees Professor, Presidential Research, Scholarship and Artistry ProfessorWhile you might not think much of DeKalb brings to mind tropical islands, there is at least one strong tie between...
Faculty Spotlight: Mary Lynn Doherty, Assistant Director of the School of Music, Associate Professor and Coordinator of Music Education
Music Huskie SpotlightFaculty Huskie Spotlight: Mary Lynn Doherty, Assistant Director of the School of Music, Associate Professor and Coordinator of Music EducationWhat year did you start working at NIU?Fall of 2006 Where is your hometown? and where do you live now?My...
Faculty Spotlight: Jui-Ching Wang, Professor of World Music
Music Huskie SpotlightFaculty Huskie Spotlight: Jui-Ching Wang, Professor of World MusicWhat year did you start working at NIU? I started working at NIU in 2004 when I was still an ABD (all but dissertation). Where is your hometown? Where do you live now? I grew up...
Faculty Spotlight: Greg Beyer, Professor and Director of Percussion Studies
Music Huskie SpotlightFaculty Huskie Spotlight: Greg Beyer, Professor and Director of Percussion StudiesWhat year did you start working at NIU? 2004. Where is your hometown, and where do you live now?I grew up in Janesville, Wis., and I live in DeKalb now. My folks...
Faculty Spotlight: Renée Vogen, Instructor of Horn
Music Huskie SpotlightFaculty Huskie Spotlight: Renée Vogen, Instructor of Horn What year did you start working at NIU? 2021Where is your hometown? Manhattan, Ill.Where do you live now? ChicagoWhere did you attend college and what degree(s) have you received? MM,...
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