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School of Music’s Gregory Beyer and percussion alumni featured on PBS’s “Now Hear This”

Gregory Beyer, Professor and Director of Percussion Studies in the NIU School of Music and percussion alumni Ethan Martin and Noel Streacker were recently featured on PBS' "Now Hear This." The three are part of Arcomusical, made up of Beyer and NIU Percussion graduate...

Artist, educator and philanthropist Dorothea Bilder passes at 81

Dorothea Bilder, an accomplished artist and educator and longtime philanthropic supporter of the visual arts passed away last week at the age of 81. Bilder was a professor of art in the Northern Illinois University School of Art and Design for more than 35 years, and...

May 1 NIU Philharmonic concert a tribute to Jan Bach

The Northern Illinois University Philharmonic Orchestra is dedicating their upcoming concert to Dr. Jan Bach, an award-winning composer, musician and educator who passed away in 2020. The concert is Sunday, May 1 at 7:00 p.m. in Boutell Memorial Concert Hall in the...

Congratulate Professor of Dance Judith Chitwood on her retirement after the Dance Concert, May 1

Join the NIU School of Theatre and Dance at the final performance of this year’s Spring Dance Concert “The Past to the Present” as we congratulate Judith Chitwood, professor and coordinator of dance, on her retirement. In her distinguished career as a dance educator...
NIU Student Composers and Friends present “Hasty Measures”

NIU Student Composers and Friends present “Hasty Measures”

Time is of the essence in a unique event coming up in the NIU School of Music. The newly formed Student Composer Association in the Composition Area of the School of Music is going to put themselves to the ultimate test of speedy composing in an event they have aptly...

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NIU Philharmonic Season Opening Concert October 10

NIU Philharmonic Season Opening Concert October 10

Join the NIU Philharmonic for their season opening concert, Wednesday, October 10 at 8 p.m. in Boutell Memorial Concert Hall.  The program includes: Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus (Solo Harp and Strings), Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 5, Franz Schubert Italian...

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Brand-new black box theatre opens with “The Flick” Oct 3-7

Brand-new black box theatre opens with “The Flick” Oct 3-7

The brand-new black box theatre in the newly renovated NIU Stevens Building opens October 3 with The Flick, the winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.  Written by Annie Baker, The Flick is an honest look at human life and the outside world as seen through three...

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School of Music celebrates 100 years of Bernstein

School of Music celebrates 100 years of Bernstein

The celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of famed American composer Leonard Bernstein a number of NIU School of Music groups will be incorporating his work into some of their fall concerts. The NIU Concert Choir and University Chorus will perform Chicester...

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