The Northern Illinois University Concert Band Festival hosted by the Phantom Regiment Friday, February 23 in the Music Building at NIU. A live stream of the event is available at niu.edu/music/performances. Performances begin at 9 a.m.
Phantom Regiment has hosted a high school concert band festival in partnership with Northern Illinois University since 2011.
Nearly a dozen area high schools are attending the festival which includes a guest performance by the NIU Wind Ensemble. A schedule of performances is available at the bottom of the page on the Phantom Regiment concert festival page.
Clinicians include Katie Ferguson, Phantom Regiment Academy director; Tom Bough, professor of music and director of athletic bands at NIU; Silas Huff, director of orchestras at NIU, Commander & Conductor of the 562nd Air Force Band (CA), and Co-Director of the International Conducting Institute; and Jeremy L. Earnhart, president and CEO of Music For All.