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School of Music’s Bobby Broom to present master class highlighting release of “Keyed Up”

Update: 10/18/22 - This event will be rescheduled for a later date.  Bobby Broom, an internationally renowned guitarist and associate professor of jazz guitar and jazz studies at the NIU School of Music, is hosting a master class, Friday, October 21 at noon in Boutell...

Performing Southeast Asia exhibition open now at NIU’s Pick Museum

"Performing Southeast Asia" has been curated in collaboration with faculty and students from the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, and considers the role of performance in Southeast Asia, from popular music to traditional dance. The exhibition runs from September 8,...

NIU Art Museum to host in-person lectures with award-winning illustrator and author

The Northern Illinois University Art Museum is pleased to present three in-person lectures related to their Children’s Illustrated Literature Exhibition Suite by award-winning illustrator of over 60 books, James E. Ransome. Ransome will be joined by his wife, author...

Student Frederick McClure credits Patterson Scholarship for musical therapy vision

As part of this week's Homecoming festivities, a ceremony is being held at 3 p.m.., Friday, October 7, for the re-naming of New Hall as the Fanny Ruth Patterson Complex, in honor of NIU's first African-American graduate. A scholarship established to honor Patterson...
NIU Artists. Never. Quit. – Paolo Colombo

NIU Artists. Never. Quit. – Paolo Colombo

As NIU and the world around us deals with a global pandemic, artists continue to find ways to express themselves. In the College of Visual and Performing arts the learning and teaching hasn’t stopped, it’s simply evolved to meet the needs and limitations of the...

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NIU Artists. Never. Quit. – Rick LoPresto

NIU Artists. Never. Quit. – Rick LoPresto

School of Music alumnus Rick LoPresto, who teaches instrumental music at Bernotas Middle School in Crystal Lake, Ill. and directs the Seventh Grade Band, Jazz Lab Band and Jazz Ensemble, is part of a group of music educators who have created a virtual jazz ensemble to...

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NIU Artists. Never. Quit. – Breeanna Maze

NIU Artists. Never. Quit. – Breeanna Maze

As NIU and the world around us deals with a global pandemic, artists continue to find ways to express themselves. In the College of Visual and Performing arts the learning and teaching hasn’t stopped, it’s simply evolved to meet the needs and limitations of the...

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NIU Artists. Never. Quit. – Lisa Frost

NIU Artists. Never. Quit. – Lisa Frost

NIU School of Art and Design alumna Lisa Frost created the short animation "Stay Home." Nationally recognized artist Lisa Frost's mission is to spread cheer throughout the land. With her colorful artwork nationally distributed and her sunny disposition through her...

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