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Huskie Spotlight Archives

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...
Jonathon Kurecki, ’24, Music Education

Jonathon Kurecki, ’24, Music Education

Music Huskie Spotlight Huskie Spotlight: Jonathon Kurecki, '24, Music EducationWhat did you want to be when you were growing up? I had an incredible fascination with astronomy and severe weather growing up and expected I may go into astronomy or meteorology. As it...

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Chih-I Hsiao, ’24, Master of Music

Chih-I Hsiao, ’24, Master of Music

Music Huskie Spotlight Huskie Spotlight: Chih-I Hsiao, '24, Master of MusicWhat did you want to be when you were growing up? I wanted to be an erhu (Chinese two-string fiddle) player and a Chinese orchestra conductor when I was in junior high school. I started to...

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Olivia Garcia, ’24, Music Education

Olivia Garcia, ’24, Music Education

Music Huskie Spotlight Huskie Spotlight: Olivia Garcia, '24, Music EducationWhat did you want to be when you were growing up? When I was younger, I jumped around with things I wanted to do when I grow up. Before I got to high school, I wanted to be an engineer. But...

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Andrew Kinsey, ’25, Percussion

Andrew Kinsey, ’25, Percussion

Music Huskie Spotlight Huskie Spotlight: Andrew Kinsey, '25, Percussion What did you want to be when you were growing up?  When I was nine years old, I was convinced and wanted more than anything to be a rock drummer in a touring band around the world. As I grew...

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Brooks Wallace, ’24, Music Performance and Sociology

Brooks Wallace, ’24, Music Performance and Sociology

Music Huskie Spotlight Huskie Spotlight: Brooks Wallace, '24, Music Performance and SociologyWhat did you want to be when you were growing up? Music has always been a large part in my life, and outer space has also always fascinated me as well. As someone who loves to...

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Hyounkyoung Kim, ’24, Master of Music

Hyounkyoung Kim, ’24, Master of Music

Music Huskie Spotlight Huskie Spotlight: Hyounkyoung Kim, '24, Master of MusicWhat did you want to be when you were growing up? Now, I hope to be a collaborative musician. What is your major (and/or minor)? Piano and organ What is your favorite thing about studying...

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Megan Rault, ’23, Jazz Studies

Megan Rault, ’23, Jazz Studies

Music Huskie Spotlight Huskie Spotlight: Megan Rault, '24, Jazz StudiesWhat is your major (and/or minor) and why did you decide on this course of study? Music Performance - Jazz Studies What is your favorite thing about studying and/or playing music at NIU? My...

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Axel Solorzano, ’24, Music Education

Axel Solorzano, ’24, Music Education

Music Huskie Spotlight Huskie Spotlight: Axel Solorzano, '24, Music EducationWhat did you want to be when you were growing up? I was always unsure and changed my mind a lot. My last couple of years in high school I always knew I liked teaching music but tried to...

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Emma Anderson, ’24, Music Education

Emma Anderson, ’24, Music Education

Music Huskie Spotlight Huskie Spotlight: Emma Anderson, '24, Music EducationWhat is your major (and/or minor) and why did you decide on this course of study? I am studying Music Education. I chose this major because making and sharing music has always been a focal...

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