Critically acclaimed, award-winning composer Shawn E. Okpebholo is working with the NIU School of Music for the world...
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NIU's Golden Hour Showcase series opens Oct. 12 at the Epiphany Center for the Arts Join the Northern Illinois...
CVPA Day at Sat., Sept. 23 home football game
NIU Vice President/Director of Athletics and Recreation Sean Frazier has invited all of the students in the College of...
CVPA welcomes students, faculty and staff back with Sundaes on Saturday
Summer is winding down, and there's no surer sign of it than the announcement of Sundaes on Saturday, the fourth annual welcome back event in the College of Visual and Performing Arts. Join fellow CVPA students, faculty and staff for free ice cream, music, prizes and...
Arcomusical’s “Spinning in the Wheel” receives critical praise
Projeto Arcomusical, a percussion sextet playing Afro-Brazilian berimbau musical bows, has received critical acclaim for their album, "Spinning in the Wheel" which was released in March. The group's artistic director is Gregory Beyer, Director of Percussion Studies in...
Cor Cantiamo to receive $10,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts
Cor Cantiamo, Northern Illinois University Ensemble in Residence will receive a $10,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. NEA Acting Chairman Mary Anne Carter has approved more than $80 million in grants as part of the Arts Endowment’s second major...
Memorial and music celebration set for former Associate Dean Al O’Connor
Al O'Connor, a longtime professor of music, and the founder of the world-famous NIU Steelband, passed away June 9 in DeKalb at the age of 75. A memorial visitation will be held Friday, August 2, at First Lutheran Church in DeKalb from 4-6 p.m., and a musical...
For two decades Cheryl Porter has been teaching kids in Italy to sing in English
Cheryl Porter, a Chicago native who studied opera in the NIU School of Music from 1990-1995, went to Italy in 1996 to "further [her] studies in music and opera." She tells Public Radio International's Carol Hills that she had no idea there was "so much love for...
Renowned jazz guitarist Bobby Broom joins School of Music faculty
Renowned jazz guitarist Bobby Broom has been appointed assistant professor of music in the Northern Illinois University School of Music. He will teach jazz guitar and improvisation in the school’s Jazz Studies Program. Born on New York City's Upper West Side, Broom...
NIU Percussion Camp Returns This Summer
Registration is open for NIU Percussion Camp, as part of our annual Summer in the Arts at Northern series. The College of Visual and Performing Arts invites middle and high school students to explore the amazing world of percussion this summer. Hands-on camp...
Unleash a Huskie – Tyrique McNeal, music performance major
Music performance major Tyrique McNeal describes the happiness he feels being able to study music at NIU.
Thank you for supporting the Day of Giving
Thank you for your support of NIU's first-ever Day of Giving. NIU raised more than $750,000 in 1895 minutes (to honor the founding of the university nearly 125 years ago), and the College of Visual and Performing Arts totaled the second most gifts of any college in...