Music Archives

Free NIU student tickets for Jazz at the Egyptian, Feb. 5

DeKalb's iconic Egyptian Theatre hosts the Fifth Annual Jazz at the Egyptian, Saturday night, February 5 at 7 p.m. The concert features the NIU Jazz Orchestra, Jazz in Progress, the DeKalb High School Jazz Ensemble and the Sycamore High School Jazz Ensemble. Tickets...
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NIU Chamber Choir and Percussion Ensemble to perform Misa Criolla at Illinois Music Educator’s Conference

NIU Professor of Music and Head of Choral Studies Eric Johnson had been waiting to have just the right mix of the number and kind of singers to take on a piece by Argentinian composer Ariel Ramírez, and last spring he had that mix, and enlisted the help of two fellow...
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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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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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