Join us at the grand opening of the newly constructed, on-campus steelpan workshop! The workshop has a new home in the...
Music News Archives
NIU’s Avalon String Quartet to present Dvořak’s Vision for America at PianoForte Chicago, Sept. 21
Avalon String Quartet, NIU’s quartet-in-residence in the Northern Illinois University School of Music will feature a...
Huskie Marching Band set for trip to perform at Notre Dame
On Saturday when NIU (1-0) heads to South Bend, Indiana, for the first time ever, to take on the third ranked team in...
Banda NIU receives grant from the Farny R. Wurlitzer Foundation
Banda NIU, an ensemble in the NIU School of Music that honors the tradition of the great Bandas of the western Mexican state of Sinaloa, has received a program grant of nearly $5,000 from the Farny R. Wurlitzer Foundation to support music education outreach activities...
Google Doodle on steelpan has NIU tie-in
It's probably not a surprise that when you see an example of steelpan in popular culture that there's a tie-in to the NIU School of Music's Steelpan Studies program. Not only does NIU boast the oldest university steelband in the nation, but there has been an...
Five NIU music students selected for the Jazz Aspen Snowmass Academy
Five students from the NIU School of Music have been selected as one of just four combo/small ensemble groups from around the nation to participate in this year's Jazz Aspen Snowmass Academy in Aspen, Colorado. The NIU combo is named Northern Collective and is made up...
Support NIU during Huskies United June 22-23
Show your support for Northern Illinois University by making a donation during this year's Huskies United, June 22-23. Want to learn more? Check out this video hosted by Kate Drury, a BFA Acting candidate in our very own School of Theatre and Dance....
School of Music Professor Geof Bradfield named a City of Chicago Esteemed Artist for 2022
Geof Bradfield, professor jazz studies in the NIU School of Music, has been named one of the City of Chicago's Esteemed Artists for 2022. Bradfield was one of only four musicians to receive this recognition this year. The award includes $15,000 to use to support any...
Arman Sangalang recipient of fellowship from Jazz Institute of Chicago
Arman Sangalang, who just earned his MFA in Jazz Studies from the NIU School of Music is serving a two-year fellowship with the Jazz Institute of Chicago. Sangalang, a saxophonist and composer, received his undergraduate degree from Indiana University earned the Jazz...
CVPA alums feature prominently in Netflix’s “Senior Year”
The new Netflix movie Senior Year features Rebel Wilson playing Stephanie, who was injured in a cheerleading stunt when she was 17 only to wake from a coma 20 years later and insisting on returning to finish out her senior year of high school and attend her prom. Mary...
At the intersection of art and engineering in the Senior Design Program
While the disciplines of art and engineering are not always thought to converge, they quite often do. In fact, art converges with many industries and careers that many might not realize. “Art applies to many fields, such as architecture, landscape architecture,...
Congratulations to all of our Spring 2022 graduates
Congratulations to all of the students in the NIU School of Art and Design, School of Music and School of Theatre and Dance who earned their undergraduate and graduate degrees last weekend. Nina Caliendo received her bachelor's degree in music education, and was...