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Spring Dance Concert features appealing mix of styles

The 2025-2026 Production Series of the NIU School of Theatre and Dance concludes with the annual Spring Dance Concert. The dance concert features a variety of works choreographed by faculty members Marc Macaranas, Michel Rodriguez Cintra and Richard Grund, as well as...

Geof Bradfield featured in two upcoming major Chicago jazz events

Geof Bradfield, professor of jazz saxophone and jazz studies in the NIU School of Music will be featured as part of two upcoming major Chicago jazz events. First off, on April 28, his Geof Bradfield Sextet will perform at Chicago's Logan Center for the Arts (915 E....

“Air Trio” winners of Chamber Ensemble Competition featured on WNIU, April 20

The winners of this year's NIU School of Chamber Ensemble Competition will appear tonight at 7 p.m. on NPR's WNIU (90.5 FM). The performance will also be live streamed at wniu.org. "Air Trio" made up of three saxophonists, Ben Sanchez, Teddy Malamis and Daniël Smith...

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Huskie Spotlight: Teddy Malamis, Music Education

Apr 3, 2026 | Huskie Spotlight, Music, Music News, xCVPA, xFeatured

Teddy Malamis, a senior music education major from Naperville, is the subject of a Huskie Spotlight. Malamis says, "I have loved music since a young age and was truly changed for the better by my music educators in elementary, middle and high school. I wish to have...

Students should submit their 2026-2027 FAFSA by April 25 to avoid delays in processing

Apr 1, 2026 | CVPA, Music News, Theatre and Dance News, xArt and Design News, xCVPA, xFeatured

A U.S. Department of Education system update on Sunday, April 26, 2026 will prevent colleges and universities from loading new FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Financial Aid) records until a software fix is in place. NIU’s Financial Aid and Scholarship...

NIU Punk Rock Club welcomes Tim Rogner for performance, discussion, April 1

Mar 27, 2026 | CVPA, Music News, Theatre and Dance News, xArt and Design News, xCVPA, xFeatured

The NIU Punk Rock Club and the College of Visual and Performing Arts welcome musician and artist Tim Rogner for a night of conversation and acoustic performance, Wednesday, April 1 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Holmes Student Center's Huskie Den. Rogner will examine...

Finding Beauty in a Fractured World, the 2026 B.A./B.S. Art Exhibition opens March 30

Mar 25, 2026 | Art and Design, xArt and Design News, xCVPA, xFeatured

The annual spring group exhibition of work by students in the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degree programs in the NIU School of Art and Design will open March 30 in the Jack Olson Gallery. Finding Beauty in a Fractured World runs from March 30 through...

Sonic Tapestry: Global Traditions and Cultural Crossroads – 2026 NIU World Music Festival

Mar 25, 2026 | Music, Music News, xCVPA, xFeatured

The NIU School of Music is proud to present the 2026 World Music Festival, a five-day immersive journey through the sounds, traditions, and contemporary innovations of global music. Running from April 7-11, the festival will transform the NIU campus into a vibrant...

NIU Center for Southeast Asian Studies hosting free viewing of the documentary “Loot: A Story of Crime and Redemption”

Mar 25, 2026 | CVPA, xArt and Design News, xCVPA, xFeatured

The NIU Center for Southeast Asian Studies is hosting a free viewing of the documentary Loot: A Story of Crime and Redemption, Wednesday, April 15 at 7 p.m. at the Egyptian Theatre in downtown DeKalb. A daring look at the underbelly of the global art market, LOOT...

NIU Faculty Composers’ Concert features world premiere

Mar 24, 2026 | Music, Music News, xCVPA, xFeatured

The NIU Composers' Concert, Wednesday, March 25 at 7 p.m. in the NIU Recital Hall features the world premiere of David Maki's "Letters From Norman" for bass-baritone and piano. The text is drawn from letters written by David's uncle Norman Maki during World War II....

NIU Opera Theatre features “Iphigénia en Aulide” March 27 and 29

Mar 24, 2026 | Music, Music News, xCVPA, xFeatured

The Northern Illinois University School of Music presents its annual spring opera, Christoph Willibald Gluck's Iphigénia en Aulide with performances at 7 p.m., Friday, March 27 and 3 p.m., Sunday, March 29 in Boutell Memorial Concert Hall in the NIU Music Building....

Theatre and Dance presents Shakespeare’s “The Comedy of Errors”

Mar 24, 2026 | Theatre and Dance, Theatre and Dance News, xCVPA, xFeatured

One of Shakespeare's earliest and most loved works, The Comedy of Errors, opens Friday, March 27 in the Black Box Theatre in NIU's Stevens Building at 7:30 p.m. The final play, and second to last production, of the School of Theatre and Dance's 2025-2026 production...