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Steelpan in The Last Jedi influenced by NIU’s Liam Teague

A distinctive part of the soundtrack for Star Wars: The Last Jedi was the steel drum on the music that played during the movie's scenes on the planet of Canto Bight.  That influence, it turns out, can be traced back directly to NIU's Liam Teague, Professor of Music...

Art History professor Sinclair Bell to lecture at ISU

School of Art and Design Professor Sinclair Bell is lecturing this spring as part of Illinois State University's Speaker Series. Race and representation in the Roman Empire Sinclair Bell  Classical archaeologist and art historian “Race and Representation in the Roman...

Reclaimed Baggage at the NIU Art Museum Navigates Cultural Identity and Migration — On View March 27

The Northern Illinois University Art Museum opens Reclaimed Baggage, a group exhibition of seven South Asian American women artists that reveals layered, complex and powerful expressions of the self and their world. Their work addresses displacement, identity and...

Elizabeth Allen Visiting Scholars in Art History concludes with John Osborne on monuments of ancient Rome

The NIU School of Art and Design's annual Elizabeth Allen Visiting Scholars in Art History series concludes, Wednesday, March 21 at 5 p.m., with John Osborne, emeritus faculty of Carleton University's lecture "The Monuments of Ancient Rome in the Medieval...
Margaret O’Malley wins CSA Sinfonia Concerto Competition

Margaret O’Malley wins CSA Sinfonia Concerto Competition

Violinist and violist Margaret O'Malley of Glen Ellyn, Ill., is this year's winner of the Northern Illinois University Community School of the Arts Sinfonia Concerto Competition.  Margaret won the competition at NIU for her audition of the first movement of the Violin...

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Nov 19 Steelband performance highlighted by book signing

For more than 40 years, Northern Illinois University has been home to the world-famous NIU Steelband, and they will perform at 3 p.m. on Sunday, November 19 in Boutell Memorial Concert Hall in the NIU Music Building. Northern Illinois University Press has released a...

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NIU adopts domestic tuition rate

Recent action taken by the NIU Board of Trustees will help NIU recruit more U.S. students from outside the borders of the Land of Lincoln. The NIU Board of Trustees approved a new domestic rate structure for tuition that will set out-of-state tuition for domestic...

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School of Art and Design announces scholarship awards

The Northern Illinois University School of Art and Design awards scholarships to a select number of talented majors. The following students were awarded scholarships this year: Jack and Margaret Arends Scholarship Available to graduate and undergraduate students in...

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Cor Cantiamo presents: Vocal Tapestries, Oct. 22

Cor Cantiamo, an NIU Ensemble in Residence, will present their fall concert, Sunday, October 22 at 3 p.m. in the NIU Boutell Memorial Concert Hall.  Cor Cantiamo is a professional 24-voice chamber choir that works to bring world class artistry to the DeKalb community...

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