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Check out a variety of NIU Music groups at Chicago Epiphany Center’s “Golden Hour” April 6
For the first-time, groups from the NIU School of Music will be performing at the Chicago Epiphany Center of the Arts'...
Support the College of Visual and Performing Arts through Huskies United
The Huskies United day of giving is going on until midnight, March 23. Now is your opportunity to join other Huskies...
School of Music’s Beyer and Fleisher part of CD tribute to composer-percussionist Michael Manion
NIU School of Music Professor and Director of Percussion Studies Greg Beyer and retired School of Music faculty member Robert Fleisher are featured on "Long Roll: A Tribute to Composer-Percussionist Michael Manion" by Albany Records. The release features a solo...
Founders Memorial Library exhibit on cellist Raya Garbousova
A new exhibition on world renowned, Russian-born cellist Raya Garbousova has opened at NIU's Founders Memorial Library. Garbousova taught in the NIU School of Music from 1979 to 1991. Garbousova was one of the first women to play the cello, and she was an...
In the news: Northern Star profile on retiring NIU School of Music Associate Professor Fareed Haque
NIU Associate Professor of Music and world-renowned guitar virtuoso Fareed Haque is retiring from the university. NIU's student newspaper, Northern Star profiled Haque and talked to him about his future plans. NIU gem to walk new path Thursday, May 3 - Batul...
NIU Concert Choir and Philharmonic to perform Bach’s Mass in B Minor, Sunday, April 29
The NIU Concert Choir and Philharmonic are joining forces to present J.S. Bach's final great achievement, the Mass in B Minor, Sunday, April 29. This is a rare opportunity to hear what critics and historians have hailed as not only Bach's greatest work, but one of...
NIU’s Jui-Ching Wang and the value of children’s singing games
A series of coincidences led NIU Associate Professor of Music Jui-Ching Wang to Indonesia to witness firsthand the value of traditional children's singing games. At the beginning of her tenure in NIU's School of Music, Wang found herself directing the school's...
School of Music’s Liam Teague to receive NIU Presidential Research, Scholarship and Artistry Professor honor
Liam Teague, Northern Illinois University Professor of Music and Chair of Steelpan Studies has been selected as a Presidential Research, Scholarship and Artistry Professor. The award was created in 1982 to recognize faculty excellence in teaching, research,...
NIU Wind Ensemble to perform April 19 with special guests
The NIU Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Ronnie Wooten, wraps up their concert season with a concert Thursday, April 19 at 8 p.m. in the Boutell Concert Hall in the Music Building on the main NIU campus, with special guests. The concert will include the men of...
Eddie Gomez Trio live at NIU
The NIU School of Music offers a unique opportunity to attend a concert by one of the most accomplished jazz musicians in the business. The trio, led by the multiple Grammy Award winning Eddie Gomez, is performing in an all-school convocation, Monday, April 23 that...
Fox Valley Brass Band to perform with NIU Wind Symphony, April 23
The brand-new Fox Valley Brass Band, part of the Fox Valley Music Consortium, will perform in concert, April 23 with the NIU Wind Symphony at 8 p.m. in Boutell Memorial Concert Hall in the Music Building on NIU's main campus in DeKalb. Tom Bough, Professor of Music at...