Music News Archives

Connor Butler earned his master of music in percussion performance last weekend, and was featured in a video that ran during ceremony. Get to know Connor by watching his video profile. https://youtu.be/iI2_8fxHVcc  

Pharez Whitted, instructor of trumpet in the NIU School of Music's Jazz Studies program is one of the newest inductees into the Indianapolis Jazz Foundation Hall of Fame. Whitted is also director of the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra Jazz Orchestra, coordinates the...

NIU School of Music jazz alumni Arman Sangalang and Gabriel Wade are finalists for Luminarts Jazz Improvisation Fellowships. Luminarts Cultural Foundation was founded in 1949 by members of the Union Club of Chicago to strengthen the cultural community of Chicago by...

Alexis C. Lamb, who earned her bachelor of music degrees at NIU in music education and percussion performance has been appointed assistant professor of music theory at Eastern Michigan University starting in August. Lamb also performed with Projecto Arcomusical, the...