The NIU Concert Choir and NIU Black Choir will have the unique and exciting opportunity to perform on the same stage...
Music News Archives
NIU hosts visiting lecture on “Defining Tunes of the Chinese Diaspora”
The NIU School of Music and World Music Club are two of the sponsors of an NIU Asian American Lecture Series...
Avalon String Quartet Jan. 27 performance features a world premiere by Stacy Garrop
Avalon String Quartet, ensemble-in-residence in the Northern Illinois University School of Music's January 27...
School of Music’s Willie Pickens remembered as mentor to generations of jazz students
Willie Pickens, Applied Artist in the NIU School of Music, passed away in New York City on December 12. He was 86. Pickens taught jazz piano and jazz studies at NIU. Over the years, he was an important influence on many students who went on to become successful...
NIU School of Music at JEN – Dallas 2018
The Northern Illinois School of Music will be well represented at the Jazz Education Network's annual conference in Dallas, Tex., in January. NIU Music faculty are serving as clinicians at several sessions, and the NIU Jazz Ensemble "Supersax Project" is performing....
New Music Festival organizers receive kudos from Augusta Read Thomas
Augusta Read Thomas, Founder and Director of Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition at The University of Chicago was a guest of the Seventh Annual New Music Festival at NIU. Thomas is one of the most revered and honored composers of of this era. She gave a...
NIU presents “Double Duty: An Improv Experience”
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...
Upcoming Holiday Concerts
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...