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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...

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...

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...

Jason Woodsley, a December graduate of the NIU School of Music was featured in this video profile that ran during the ceremony. Congratulations to Jaron and to all of our newest alumni. https://youtu.be/4B6ZZGnmfpo