The album More Amor, a tribute to Wes Montgomery by the Chicago Jazz Orchestra and featuring Bobby Broom, reached...
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Commencement profile – Jalen Charles, Master of Music
Congratulations to all of the spring 2025 College of Visual and Performing Arts graduates! Jalen Charles, who earned...
Commencement profile – Chanel Antoshin, Music Education and Flute Performance
Congratulations to all of the 2025 spring graduates from the NIU College of Visual and Performing Arts. The School of...
10th Anniversary NIU New Music Festival to feature two guest alumnae composers and several special guest performers
The NIU New Music Festival celebrates its tenth year with three consecutive evenings of music November 2, 3, and 4, 2022. The evening programs begin at 7 p.m. and tickets are available through the online School of Music Box Office. Here's a look back at the history of...
School of Music’s Bobby Broom to present master class highlighting release of “Keyed Up”
Update: 10/18/22 - This event will be rescheduled for a later date. Bobby Broom, an internationally renowned guitarist and associate professor of jazz guitar and jazz studies at the NIU School of Music, is hosting a master class, Friday, October 21 at noon in Boutell...
Performing Southeast Asia exhibition open now at NIU’s Pick Museum
"Performing Southeast Asia" has been curated in collaboration with faculty and students from the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, and considers the role of performance in Southeast Asia, from popular music to traditional dance. The exhibition runs from September 8,...
Student Frederick McClure credits Patterson Scholarship for musical therapy vision
As part of this week's Homecoming festivities, a ceremony is being held at 3 p.m.., Friday, October 7, for the re-naming of New Hall as the Fanny Ruth Patterson Complex, in honor of NIU's first African-American graduate. A scholarship established to honor Patterson...
Music students can see Paragon Ragtime Orchestra live at the Egyptian Theatre for FREE
The 14-piece Paragon Ragtime Orchestra, who plays live scores to complete silent films, will be appearing at DeKalb's historic Egyptian Theatre, Sunday, October 2 at 3 p.m. and NIU School of Music students are invited to attend FREE, simply by showing their NIU...
School of Music online merchandise shop open now
It's back! The NIU School of Music is once again offering a variety of branded items like t-shirts, sweatshirts, polos, quarter zips, hats, water bottles, sweatpants and more, through an online merchandise store at: niumusic.itemorder.com. The temporary site will...
NIU Large Ensemble Concerts for Fall
There is something for music lovers of all kinds at the NIU School of Music this fall. The School of Music has talented ensembles in jazz, winds, orchestra, percussion, choral, world music and our famous NIU Steelband for you to choose from. Tickets are only $5 for...
NIU’s Yuko Asada featured in new “Women in Pan” web series
Yuko Asada, Musical Instrument Technician and Director of the CSA Steelband in the NIU School of Music is one of four pioneers of steelpan highlighted in the 10-episode web series "Women of Pan." A new episode premieres each Friday, and the the first two installments...
Alumni band members invited back for two special performance celebrations
As part of our 115th Homecoming festivities, the Huskie Marching Band invites all alumni back to campus to participate in two special performance celebrations. In addition to Saturday's annual Fill the Field event at Huskie Stadium, all School of Music and Huskie...