Category: Music
Making it as a musician can be tough, no matter how talented. But some NIU musicians have used their resources and skills to find a niche in the television market. Dan Lopatka, Carol Kalvonjian and Mel Washington are talented Chicago-area music graduates from NIU who are often on set together to perform on the TV show...
The NIU School of Music will host an “Organ Extravaganza” this spring, beginning this month and continuing with three concerts in April. Matthew Doran will perform Samuel Barber’s “Tocatta Festiva” with the NIU Philharmonic at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24. Organ recitals resume in April: Monday, April 4 Joshua Ring, Performer’s Certificate Recital 6:30 p.m....
Violinist Steven Song, winner of the CSA Sinfonia 2015 Concerto Competition, joins the CSA Youth Sinfonia at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17, to perform Violin Concerto in D Minor by Jean Sibelius. The concert inside the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall of the NIU Music Building is free and open to the public. The auditorium is...
NIU alumna Lori Henriques will be sitting among famous musicians at this year’s 58th annual Grammy Awards on Monday because she is a star in her own right as one of five nominated for Best Children’s Album. Her album, “How Great Can This Day Be,” by Human Puppy Records, has already been chosen as a Parents’...
Cor Cantiamo, a professional ensemble in residence in the NIU School of Music, will travel to Woodstock to collaborate Sunday, Feb. 21, with the choral students from Woodstock and Woodstock North high schools as a part of Cor Cantiamo’s Masterworks Project. “Working with Dr. Johnson and Cor Cantiamo is a new experience for the students...
Cor Cantiamo has received a $15,000 grant from the Douglas C. and Lynn M. Roberts Family Foundation in support of its latest commissioning project, “The Seven Heavens,” a musical biography of the author C.S. Lewis “The Seven Heavens” commission will be a collaborative effort between critically acclaimed British composer James Whitbourn and Cor Cantiamo, directed...
Cor Cantiamo, a professional choir in residence at NIU conducted by School of Music professor Eric Johnson, will release its second recording Friday, March 11. “Psallite,” co-produced with the SDG Music Foundation (previously Soli Deo Gloria) and linked to its SDG Psalms Project, offers a feast of wonderful singing that embodies the penitential, celebratory and...
Chances are nearly pitch perfect that some NIU students will advance to the Varsity Vocals International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA) quarterfinals after Saturday’s competition. After all, 35 Huskie singers will perform. NIU is home to three a cappella groups: The Huskie Hunks, NIU Northern Sound, and Harmelodics. All have been invited to compete...
Since 1938, the Pump Room has been a home for fine food, music and celebrities, including its most famous regular, Frank Sinatra. PUBLIC Chicago now invites the local community with warmth to celebrate the rich history and bright future of jazz in a place where it has already thrived. Jazz at The Pump Room will...
NIU’s Community School of the Arts is offering lessons this spring in guitar and piano. To learn more, or to register, call (815) 753-1450. Jaina Krueger teaches the group piano lessons to students ages 13 to adults. The classes meet Mondays from Jan. 25 through April 18 with no class March 14. Square One Piano:...
NIU will host several events in recognition of MLK Celebration Week, which begins Monday, Jan. 18. This year’s theme is “The Fight for Social Justice: A 1000-Mile Journey,” inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1966 trip to Chicago, where his protest of housing segregation led to a march of about 700 people in Marquette...
For the 18th year, the Annual Northern Illinois University Holiday Choral Concert filled Boutell Memorial Concert Hall at the campus’ music building with the gorgeous, seasonal music. NIU’s Concert Choir, Chamber Choir and University Chorus performed along with the DeKalb Community School of the Arts Children’s Choir and the DeKalb Festival Chorus at the Ensemble...
