Aug 15, 2018 | Music, Music News
NIU School of Music Professor and Director of Percussion Studies Greg Beyer and retired School of Music faculty member Robert Fleisher are featured on “Long Roll: A Tribute to Composer-Percussionist Michael Manion” by Albany Records. The release features a solo malletKAT composition of Fleisher’s written specifically for Manion. The project is a collaboration between the NIU and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign music faculties. The tracks are taken from a pair of live performances recorded in Urbana in 2009. (more…)
Dec 15, 2017 | Music, Music News, xFeatured
Augusta Read Thomas, Founder and Director of Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition at The University of Chicago was a guest of the Seventh Annual New Music Festival at NIU. Thomas is one of the most revered and honored composers of of this era. She gave a pre-concert talk on the second night of festival and that night’s concert was a celebration of her work.
She sent the following note to Greg Beyer, NIU Professor and Director of Percussion Studies, who is the Artistic director of the New Music Festival, and to all of the friends of the NIU School of Music who made this year’s New Music Festival such a success.
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Oct 4, 2017 | Music, xFeatured
More than 30 years after he graduated with a Master of Performance from the NIU School of Music, Jim Roberts was back on campus for a visit, interacting with NIU students and faculty and reflecting on how his time here guided his career. (more…)
