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Jazz at the Egyptian to feature NIU Jazz Orchestra and local high school jazz bands
You can enjoy some of the NIU Jazz Orchestra's songs from their set at the 2023 Jack Rudin Jazz Championships at...
NIU Jazz Orchestra brings awards home from Lincoln Center performances
The NIU Jazz Orchestra was one of only nine collegiate jazz groups to participate in the 2023 Jack Rudin Jazz...
School of Music’s Cliff Alexis to receive Trinidad and Tobago’s highest honor
Cliff Alexis, recently retired from the NIU School of Music, has been selected to receive the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago's highest honor. The Hummingbird Medal Of The Order Of The Trinity is "awarded for loyal and devoted service beneficial to the state in any...
Steelband and Huskie Marching Band to add on course musical flavor to 2018 Corn Classic 10K
The 38th annual DeKalb Corn Classic 10K race has a new route, part of which goes right through the NIU campus, and on-course entertainment, which includes the world-famous NIU Steelband and the bigger and better Huskie Marching Band. The race's new route begins in...
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...