Earlier this fall, a group of School of Music faculty and students traveled to Spring Green, Wisc. to experience an exciting collaboration between percussion performers, composers, and the celebrated American visual artist John Himmelfarb.
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Celebrate the holidays with the NIU School of Music at a pair of annual holiday musical celebrations this December. (more…)
For one night only, the iconic Altgeld Hall Auditorium on the NIU Campus will be transformed into a jazz dance club as the NIU Jazz Orchestra presents a Swing Dance, Sunday, November 10 at 6 p.m.
Cor Cantiamo, the choral Ensemble-in-Residence at Northern Illinois University opens its 10th anniversary concert season with a world premiere of the powerful work Verdad/True composed by the acclaimed composer Libby Larsen. The concert will be held Sunday, November 3, at 3 p.m. in Boutell Memorial Concert Hall on the NIU Main Campus. (more…)
The NIU School of Music presents the eighth NIU New Music Festival, November 5-8, featuring five concerts over four nights.
The event brings together NIU students and faculty performers along with renowned performers like:
Concert No. 1
Libby Larsen, Composer Portrait
8 p.m., Boutell Memorial Concert Hall
Concert No. 2
New Music from NIU
Erin Gee
Ensemble Dal Niente
8 p.m., Boutell Memorial Concert Hall
Concert No. 3
Fifth House Ensemble
6:30 p.m., Recital Hall, NIU Music Building
Concert No. 4
Matt Ulery
Avalon String Quartet
Projecto Arcomusical
Gregory Beyer, NIU School of Music professor and director of percussion studies
8 p.m., Boutell Memorial Concert Hall
Concert No. 5
Abby Fisher
6:30 p.m., Recital Hall, NIU Music Building
Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 students and School of Music students are free of charge. Tickets can purchased online or at the door.
The NIU Steelband presents its fall 2019 concert Sunday, November 17, at 3 p.m. Central Standard Time (CST) at the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall in the Music Building on Northern Illinois University’s main campus in DeKalb. The program will also feature the NIU Steelpan Studio, All University Steelband and Community School for the Arts (CSA) Steelband. (more…)
