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SNL cast members coming to NIU with free live show for students
Live, from DeKalb, it's... First-year Saturday Night Live cast members Devon Walker and Michael Longfellow are coming to NIU, Wednesday, February 8 for a free, live show exclusively for NIU students. Students can claim two free tickets by using the NIU ticket portal....
NIU Concert Choir and NIU Black Choir to perform at Mavis Staples concert, Feb. 3
The NIU Concert Choir and NIU Black Choir will have the unique and exciting opportunity to perform on the same stage as music legend Mavis Staples as part of her concert, February 3 at 8 p.m. at DeKalb's Egyptian Theatre. A limited number of free tickets are available...
NIU hosts visiting lecture on “Defining Tunes of the Chinese Diaspora”
The NIU School of Music and World Music Club are two of the sponsors of an NIU Asian American Lecture Series presentation on "Defining Tunes of the Chinese Diaspora" by Dr. Nancy Yunhwa Rao, Professor of Music, Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University....
Avalon String Quartet Jan. 27 performance features a world premiere by Stacy Garrop
Avalon String Quartet, ensemble-in-residence in the Northern Illinois University School of Music's January 27 performance (7 p.m., Recital Hall) will feature music by Joseph Haydn and Johannes Brahms, and the world premiere of a piece for string quartet and narrator...
School of Music hosting reception at IMEC, January 27
Join the NIU School of Music for a reception at the Illinois Music Education Conference (IMEC), Friday, January 27 in the Cheminee Ballroom of the Pere Marquette Hotel in Peoria from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The NIU Jazztet will perform at the reception and there will...
How to watch the NIU Jazz Orchestra compete at Lincoln Center this weekend
The NIU Jazz Orchestra is one of only 10 collegiate jazz programs invited to participate in the 2023 Jazz at Lincoln Center's Jack Rudin Jazz Championships in New York City. The competition is a two-day invitational, January 14-15. The championships are held...
Theatre and Dance to present world premiere of “The 30,000 Bequest” at the Egyptian Theatre
A movie more than a decade in the making will have its world premiere, Saturday, January 21 at 7 p.m. at DeKalb's Egyptian Theatre. The NIU School of Theatre and Dance will present the original film production of Mark Twain's "The $30,000 Bequest." Filmed in 2011, the...
Fine art photography of Laura Fenwick, ’12, featured in British Vogue
Laura Fenwick, ’12, was only 23 when she started her fine arts photography business, but for her, it was a stressful beginning, and success came after a lot of hard work. Fenwick’s most recent achievement is her outstanding work being featured in British Vogue over...
Art and Design students tops in NIU holiday card contest
The winners have been announced for the annual NIU President's Greeting Card contest. The theme for this year's holiday card competition was "joyful wishes for a peaceful season and year ahead." More than 30 students submitted original artwork and the winning entries...
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