Music News Archives

Music’s Benjamin Firer named Music Director of the Metropolitan Youth Symphony

Benjamin Firer, a visiting assistant professor who directs the NIU Philharmonic and teaches music theory, orchestration and orchestral literature in the NIU School of Music, has been named the Music Director of the Metropolitan Youth Symphony for the 2020-2021 season....
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Music’s Gregory Beyer excited to be part of the Grossman Ensemble’s first album

The Grossman Ensemble, a "supergroup" made up of 13 contemporary music specialists in residence at the Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition, has released their first album, "Fountain of Time." Gregory Beyer, professor of music and director of percussion studies...
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NIU Steelpan and Percussion studios present an online Welcome Back concert, Sept. 1

Your wait for live music to enjoy from the NIU School of Music is over. Join the NIU Steelpan Studio and NIU Percussion Studio and friends  as they present an online Welcome Back concert, Tuesday, September 1, live streamed on the NIU School of Music website. The...
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School of Music faculty statement

In June, as a way of response to and support of, the Black Lives Matter movement, an ad hoc group of faculty in the NIU School of Music began collaborating to craft a statement with the objective that it would direct a path forward for the school, its students,...
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