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School of Music Sondheim tribute accepting auditions from students of any major by Jan. 28

SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JANUARY 28 The School of Music and the Opera Department would like to offer an open call for students at NIU to be part of a Stephen Sondheim Tribute. Since the school is online the first week of school, it is asked that interested...
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School of Music takes the show on the road to Indiana

The Indiana Music Education Association Professional Development Conference in Ft. Wayne will have a distinct northern Illinois feel to it this weekend. Not only has Reggie Thomas, Professor and Head of Jazz Studies at NIU been asked to direct the Indiana All-State...
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Dan Nichols named Chicagoan of the Year for Classical Music by Chicago Tribune

Dan Nichols, Head of Recording Services in the NIU School of Music has been named Chicagoan of the Year for Classical Music by the Chicago Tribune for the work his multimedia production company, Aphorism Studios has done in the past as "one of Chicago’s fastest-rising...
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School of Music Professor Emeritus Robert Reeves passes away at 80

Robert Reeves, emeritus professor of the NIU School of Music passed away December 29, 2021 in Sarasota, Fla. Reeves was Professor of Organ at NIU from the 1970s through the mid 1990s. He was instrumental in the project to have the concert organ in Boutell Memorial...
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NIU Steelband headlines 30th Anniversary Chicago Sinfonietta

NIU Steelband headlines 30th Anniversary Chicago Sinfonietta

Sep 11, 2017

The NIU Steelband will kick off the 30th Anniversary season of Chicago Sinfonietta with concerts Saturday, September 16 and Monday, September 18. Take a trip to the Caribbean with NIU’s Steelband. Fall in love with the stunning athleticism of Chicago’s own Cerqua...

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Fareed Haque on Chicago Tonight

Fareed Haque on Chicago Tonight

Sep 5, 2017

School of Music Professor Fareed Haque was on WTTW's Chicago Tonight Thursday in a wide-ranging interview on the ever evolving nature of music and how that influences his style of guitar playing.  Haque appeared with fellow guitarist Goran Ivanovic for the discussion...

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Join the NIU Steelband

Join the NIU Steelband

Aug 23, 2017

The NIU Steelband is dedicated to demonstrating the versatility and profundity of the steelpan, the national instrument of Trinidad and Tobago, and you can join them in three different ways. Join the World Steelband (NIU Steelband) by enrolling in MUSE 272/672,...

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Organ students explore two major instruments in Chicago

Organ students explore two major instruments in Chicago

Aug 15, 2017

On Friday, July 14 students of James Russell Brown from NIU and the Music Institute of Chicago met in Chicago to play and explore two of the largest organs in the midwest.  The morning session was at Holy Name Cathedral's immense Flentrop organ, and the afternoon was...

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