Last summer, Northern Illinois University was selected as the site of the second annual Midwest Rigging Intensive, a...
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NIU presenters at Illinois Art Education Association conference
A large number of NIU School of Art and Design faculty and students will be presenting at the 2023 Illinois Art...
Composer Shawn Okpebholo to premiere new composition with NIU Wind Ensemble and Wind Symphony
Critically acclaimed, award-winning composer Shawn E. Okpebholo is working with the NIU School of Music for the world...
Chris Scanlon to join NIU School of Music faculty
Chris Scanlon, a dynamic performer and educator with a diverse performing career in New York City, will join the NIU School of Music faculty as assistant professor of trumpet, beginning fall semester 2020. Scanlon has appeared with orchestras and chamber ensembles in...
Trombonist Timothy Riordan joins School of Music faculty
Timothy Riordan, an accomplished trombonist and educator will join the faculty at the NIU School of Music beginning fall semester 2020. In addition to his new role in the brass studio at NIU, Riordan has taught an acclaimed pre-college trombone studio at the Merit...
In the news: NIU’s Data, Devices and Interaction Laboratory featured in Technology Networks
The NIU Data, Devices and Interaction Laboratory (ddiLab) and co-directors Joe Insley, associate professor in the NIU School of Art and Design and Michael Papka, associate professor of computer science are the subjects of an article in Technology Networks. Technology...
Theatre and Dance presents “The Wolves” Feb 22-23, 27-29
The NIU School of Theatre and Dance presents The Wolves, by Sarah DeLappe in The Sally Stevens Players Theatre, in the NIU Stevens Building, February 22-23 and 27-29. In The Wolves, a stunning first play by DeLappe, an all-girls indoor soccer team warms up for their...
Eric Johnson to receive the Harold Decker Award from the American Choral Directors Association
Eric Johnson, director of choral activities at the NIU School of Music and founding artistic director of Cor Cantiamo, will be honored as the recipient the 2020 Harold Decker Award from the Illinois Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association. The award is...
School of Art and Design’s Angie Redmond wins first place at Museum of Science and Industry’s Black Creativity exhibition
Angie Redmond, a second year MFA student in painting and museum studies at the NIU School of Art and Design from Maywood, Ill. won first place at the prestigious national juried art exhibition "Black Creativity" at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago....
School of Music’s Frederick McClure awarded Forward, Together Forward Scholarship
Frederick McClure, a music education music performance double major in the NIU School of Music is one of five recipients of the 2020 NIU Forward, Together Forward Scholarship. Honorees are chosen through a competitive process which seeks to find individuals whose...
School of Music’s Kelly Langenberg featured on WGN-TV with Chicago Horn Consort
Kelly Langenberg, applied artist in the School of Music teaching brass techniques and horn, was recently featured on the WGN-TV News. Chicago Horn Consort, a group Langenberg founded in 2010 is releasing its first album, Catch Fire, and will celebrate with a special...
Marquis Hill to be honored for Alumni Achievement in the Arts
Marquis Hill, a 2009 graduate of the NIU School of Music will be honored by the NIU Alumni Association as this year's recipient of the Alumni Achivement in the Arts Award. The NIU Alumni Association annually recognizes the achievements of outstanding alumni, with...