James Russell Brown will present a faculty organ recital at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 4, in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall of the NIU Music Building.
He will play works by Buxtehude, Bach, Hindemith and Reger.
Brown holds degrees from Oberlin and New England Conservatory in organ performance. His principal teachers have included Yuko Hayashi, David...
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The West Coast is transferred in all its glitz and glory to the Midwest in this crazy new production by the NIU School of Theatre and Dance.
“Los Angeles! …Is Underwater,” written by SoTD faculty member Luke Krueger, is the next Studio Series production of their season and will open Thursday, March 1.
Krueger, who also...
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The NIU Music Building will resound with music and excitement Saturday, March 10, as the NIU Community School of the Arts presents its 10th Performathon.
All funds raised are used for arts scholarships for young people in the community.
Featuring around 75 musicians of all ages, the Performathon is the community school’s major fundraising event.
Students collect...
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The NIU Philharmonic, under the direction of Lucia Matos, will perform at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15, in the Music Building’s Boutell Memorial Concert Hall.
Winners of the School of Music Concerto Competition will be featured.
Program highlights include:
Soprano Moonja Jeong singing “E strano! … Sempre libera” from LaTraviata;
Violinist Katelyn Kozinski playing the third movement of...
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The NIU School of Music will welcome guest guitarist Brian Torosian to campus Sunday, Feb. 26, for a 5 p.m. performance in the Recital Hall.
Torosian, an active soloist and chamber musician on guitar, lute and mandolin, is best known for his work with 19th century guitarist and composer J. K. Mertz. Concert performances include...
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The summit of fictitious mountain F6, known by locals as “The Haunted Mountain,” beckons a group of ambitious British citizens in the latest production by NIU’s School of Theatre and Dance.
Beginning Thursday, Feb. 23, the school will present the staged production of “The Ascent of F6,” written by W.H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood.
The British...
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Sinclair Bell, assistant professor of art history, has co-edited a volume on freed slaves in ancient Rome that was published this week.
“Free at Last! The Impact of Freed Slaves on the Roman Empire,” which he co-edited with Teresa Ramsby, was published by Bloomsbury Press in London, and will become available in the United States...
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Murder, witchcraft and deception color the dark yet deeply human tragedy, “Macbeth.”
Northern Illinois University’s School of Theatre and Dance will present a new production of the classic drama Thursday, Feb. 16, through Sunday, Feb. 19, in the Stevens Building Corner Theatre.
Director Alexander Gelman says the play will challenge the actors and entertain the audience.
“Macbeth”...
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Richard E. Beard, who taught in the NIU School of Art from 1966 until his retirement in 1996, died Monday, Jan. 30, in Sarasota, Fla. He was 83.
Beard, who specialized in painting and drawing, won a Rockefeller Foundation fellowship award in 1983.
Near the end of his NIU career, he created “Academic Animals,” a series...
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“When I sing, I have wings. I can fly!” says Moonja Jeong, music major in the College of Visual and Performing Arts.
The gifted international student from Korea has certainly soared at NIU, capturing the community’s heart with her powerful voice and gentle spirit. “Voices that are that musical and that strong inspire everyone else...
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