The Avalon String Quartet, artists in residence at the NIU School of Music will perform an original composition based...
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The Big Sing featuring NIU and local high school choirs returns to the Egyptian Theatre
An exciting choral concert that includes performances by professional, collegiate, and high school choirs returns to...
Banda NIU receives grant from the Farny R. Wurlitzer Foundation
Banda NIU, an ensemble in the NIU School of Music that honors the tradition of the great Bandas of the western Mexican...
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...
Avalon String Quartet to perform series of concerts at Roosevelt University’s Ganz Hall
The Avalon String Quartet, the artists-in-residence at the Northern Illinois University School of Music, is moving its annual Chicago series of concerts to Ganz Hall at Roosevelt University for the 2018-2019 season. Described by the Chicago Tribune as "an ensemble...
The secrets behind the biggest Huskie Marching Band in years
When you think of college football, inevitably you picture a crisp fall day full of changing leaves and bright sunshine, tailgating fans and players running onto the field with glistening helmets. But it's not just what you picture, it's what you hear. College...
In the news: School of Music’s Kelly Langenberg named Education Director of Chamber Music on the Fox
Kelly Langenberg, Applied Faculty in French Horn in the NIU School of Music has been named the Education Director of Chamber Music on the Fox. Chamber Music on the Fox is a world-class classical chamber music series serving Elgin and the greater Fox Valley region,...
School of Music’s Greg Beyer joins Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition’s brand new Grossman Ensemble
Greg Beyer, NIU Professor and Director of Percussion Studies has been selected as a member of the newly formed Grossman Ensemble, part of the Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition (CCCC) at the University of Chicago. The CCCC was founded just last year, and in...
School of Music’s Beyer and Fleisher part of CD tribute to composer-percussionist Michael Manion
NIU School of Music Professor and Director of Percussion Studies Greg Beyer and retired School of Music faculty member Robert Fleisher are featured on "Long Roll: A Tribute to Composer-Percussionist Michael Manion" by Albany Records. The release features a solo...
Founders Memorial Library exhibit on cellist Raya Garbousova
A new exhibition on world renowned, Russian-born cellist Raya Garbousova has opened at NIU's Founders Memorial Library. Garbousova taught in the NIU School of Music from 1979 to 1991. Garbousova was one of the first women to play the cello, and she was an...
In the news: Northern Star profile on retiring NIU School of Music Associate Professor Fareed Haque
NIU Associate Professor of Music and world-renowned guitar virtuoso Fareed Haque is retiring from the university. NIU's student newspaper, Northern Star profiled Haque and talked to him about his future plans. NIU gem to walk new path Thursday, May 3 - Batul...
NIU Concert Choir and Philharmonic to perform Bach’s Mass in B Minor, Sunday, April 29
The NIU Concert Choir and Philharmonic are joining forces to present J.S. Bach's final great achievement, the Mass in B Minor, Sunday, April 29. This is a rare opportunity to hear what critics and historians have hailed as not only Bach's greatest work, but one of...