For the first-time, groups from the NIU School of Music will be performing at the Chicago Epiphany Center of the Arts'...
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NIU School of Theatre and Dance to host live reading of Ukrainian plays, April 2 (Streaming option added)
For the second straight year, the NIU School of Theatre and Dance will host a live reading of works by Ukrainian...
“Local Visions II” and “Americans in Burma: The Art of Collecting” to open at NIU Art Museum
Two exhibitions featuring the collections of objects from local residents and from the Burma Art Collection at NIU are...
Season’s Greetings from the College of Visual and Performing Arts
Season's greetings from everyone in the NIU College of Visual and Performing Arts, including the School of Art and Design, School of Music, School of Theatre and Dance, Community School of the Arts and the NIU Art Museum. https://youtu.be/a3-POyLS1PM You can make a...
Congratulations to the 2018 Student Holiday Card Contest winners
Three students from the School of Art and Design were the finalists in this year's Student Holiday Card Contest. The winners were selected by NIU President Lisa Freeman to "showcase the incredible talent that NIU students possess." The artists behind the winning...
Art and Design’s Sinclair Bell to lecture at Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago
Sinclair Bell, Assistant Professor of Art History will present the lecture, "Spectacles of Death: Gladiatorial Combats and Naval Battles in the Roman Arena," at the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago, Tuesday, January 8 at 6 p.m. The lecture is open to the public...
School of Music’s Tom Bough to present at the world’s largest band and orchestra clinic
NIU School of Music faculty member Tom Bough has been chosen to present at the 72nd annual Midwest Clinic International Band and Orchestra Conference in Chicago. It is the largest band and orchestra clinic in the world. Bough is the director of athletic bands...
New album featuring the Avalon String Quartet released December 7
A new album featuring NIU's artists in residence, the Avalon String Quartet, was released December 7. "Matthew Quayle, String Quartets Nos. 1-3" is available on Naxos Records. “I am delighted to share the Avalon Quartet’s powerful rendition of my three string...
Value of versatile design skills a key message at 2018 Seek Conference
Advice, inspiration and humor were in large supply as a group of about 190, including 45 current NIU School of Art and Design students and a large number of young alumni attended the 2018 Seek Conference, November 12 at Morningstar in Chicago. Attendees were treated...
From NIU to Hollywood: Music alumnus and film composer Jermaine Stegall
How do you compose a theme for a Star Wars project and make it "sound like Star Wars" without using any of John Williams' iconic score? That's a challenge NIU School of Music alumnus Jermaine Stegall took head on when charged with creating music for Lucasfilm's...
Theatre and Dance presents “The Marriage of Bette and Boo”
The School of Theatre and Dance at NIU presents The Marriage of Bette and Boo with performances nightly at 7:30 p.m. from Wednesday, November 28 through Saturday, December 1, and 2 p.m. matinees on Saturday, December 1 and Sunday, December 2. The Marriage of Bette and...
School of Music hosts Orchestra Conducting Workshop, Dec. 3-5
Join NIU School of Music Director of Orchestra and Opera Danko Drusko and ten conductors from around the United States and other countries as they work with the members of the NIU Philharmonic in a two day Orchestra Conducting Workshop, December 3-5. There are two...