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Commencement Profile: Connor Butler, MM Percussion Performance

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  
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Music’s Pharez Whitted inducted into Indianapolis Jazz Foundation Hall of Fame

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...
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Luminarts Jazz Improvisation fellowship finalists include NIU Music alumni Gabriel Wade and Arman Sangalang

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...
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From NIU to the Ivy League, Skye McCord to study archaeology at Cornell University

Skye McCord remembers becoming fascinated by archaeology by watching as many documentaries and PBS Nova episodes on the subject as possible as a kid growing up in Crystal Lake, Illinois. They joke that it felt natural because they have "nerdy" parents who encouraged...
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