Music Archives

Chris Scanlon, a dynamic performer and educator with a diverse performing career in New York City, will join the NIU School of Music faculty as assistant professor of trumpet, beginning fall semester 2020. Scanlon has appeared with orchestras and chamber ensembles in...

Timothy Riordan, an accomplished trombonist and educator will join the faculty at the NIU School of Music beginning fall semester 2020. In addition to his new role in the brass studio at NIU, Riordan has taught an acclaimed pre-college trombone studio at the Merit...

Eric Johnson, director of choral activities at the NIU School of Music and founding artistic director of Cor Cantiamo, will be honored as the recipient the 2020 Harold Decker Award from the Illinois Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association. The award is...

Frederick McClure, a music education music performance double major in the NIU School of Music is one of five recipients of the 2020 NIU Forward, Together Forward Scholarship. Honorees are chosen through a competitive process which seeks to find individuals whose...