Join the NIU School of Music for a reception at the Illinois Music Education Conference (IMEC), Friday, January 27 in...
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How to watch the NIU Jazz Orchestra compete at Lincoln Center this weekend
The NIU Jazz Orchestra is one of only 10 collegiate jazz programs invited to participate in the 2023 Jazz at Lincoln...
Graduate profile: Austin Cruz, School of Music
Congratulations to all of the new alumni of the College of Visual and Performing Arts who graduated last weekend. One...
NIU racks up recognition at Elmhurst College Jazz Festival
The NIU Jazztet and NIU Jazz Orchestra performed at the Elmhurst College Jazz Festival, February 24 and both groups received praise from adjudicators and several individual NIU students received outstanding recognition awards at the festival. For the NIU Jazztet...
March 4 choirs concert part of Alumni Association’s Experience NIU
Experience NIU by attending the Music Choral Concert, Sunday, March 4 at 3 p.m. in Boutell Memorial Concert Hall in the Music Building on the main campus in DeKalb. In addition to being one of three choral concerts at NIU this spring, the performance is also part of...
School of Music presents Karlheinz Stockhausen’s POLES
The NIU School of Music presents a guest flute and electroacoustic recital of Karlheniz Stockhausen's POLES, Tuesday, February 20 in the Recital Hall at NIU. Camilla Hoitenga and Taavi Kerikmäe will perform and be joined by NIU Professor Phillip Sink. The...
Chamber Choir to perform a showcase at Lakeside Arts Park
The NIU Chamber Choir, under the direction of Dr. Eric Johnson, will perform a showcase concert, Sunday, February 18 at Lakeside Arts Park At The Dole, 401 Country Club Road in Crystal Lake at 3 p.m. Tickets are $8 and can be purchased online prior to noon, February...
Steelpan in Education book review
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday published a review of the NIU Press book "Steelpan in Education - A History of the NIU Steelband" in their February 8 edition. The reviewer, BC Pires, while not a fan of the book's title, clearly enjoyed the book and the stories within. ...
School of Music’s – Forward, Together: A Concert in Tribute, Feb. 10
As part of Northern Illinois University’s series of remembrance events to mark the passage of ten years, and honor the lives of five students lost on February 14, 2008, the School of Music presents Forward Together: A Concert in Tribute. The concert will be held...
“Fading Expressions” a Electroacoustical and Video Faculty Recital, Feb. 6
The School of Music at NIU presents "Fading Expressions" an electroacoustic and video recital, Monday, February 6. The concert features pieces composed by NIU Composition Faculty Phillip Sink, D.M., and Brian Penkrot, PhD, and the concluding piece is an...
NIU’s Avalon String Quartet in concert Jan. 30
NIU’s world-class Avalon String Quartet will perform works of Shih-Hui Chen, Shostakovich and Beethoven, Tuesday, January 30 at 8 p.m. Admission is free of charge. The concert is the first of four this year for NIU’s quartet-in-residence, and will be held at the...
School of Music’s Clarinet Cornucopia festival Feb. 17
Every year since 2002, the Northern Illinois University School of Music has presented a day-long festival for clarinet players with a different theme. The 2018 Clarinet Cornucopia festival features “The French Belle Époque’” with guest artists Stefan Harg, clarinet...