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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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Dan Nichols named Chicagoan of the Year for Classical Music by Chicago Tribune

Dan Nichols, Head of Recording Services in the NIU School of Music has been named Chicagoan of the Year for Classical Music by the Chicago Tribune for the work his multimedia production company, Aphorism Studios has done in the past as "one of Chicago’s fastest-rising...
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School of Music Professor Emeritus Robert Reeves passes away at 80

Robert Reeves, emeritus professor of the NIU School of Music passed away December 29, 2021 in Sarasota, Fla. Reeves was Professor of Organ at NIU from the 1970s through the mid 1990s. He was instrumental in the project to have the concert organ in Boutell Memorial...
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NIU presents “Double Duty: An Improv Experience”

NIU presents “Double Duty: An Improv Experience”

Nov 30, 2017

The NIU College of Visual and Performing Arts presents the inaugural project of the Interdisciplinary Student Project Artistry and Research (ISPAR) Grant with a single week of performances of a new improv comedy show, Double Duty: An Improv Experience, December 6, 9...

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Upcoming Holiday Concerts

Upcoming Holiday Concerts

Nov 21, 2017

Swingin' in the Holidays Sunday, November 26, 3 p.m., Boutell Memorial Concert Hall $10 adults, $5 students, (get $2.50 off if you bring a non-perishable food item)   20th Annual Choral Holiday Concert Sunday, December 3 at 3 p.m., Boutell Memorial Concert Hall...

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