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NIU’s School of Music will welcome The Georgia Guitar Quartet for a 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18, performance with voice professor Robert Sims at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 11. The concert will take place in the Recital Hall of the NIU Music Building. The Georgia Guitar Quartet delivers a high-energy blend of breathtaking virtuosity and imaginative programming while taking an...

The NIU Steelband and All University Steelband present its 2010 fall concert under the direction of Cliff Alexis and Liam Teague at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14, in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall of the NIU Music Building. The concert will feature steelpan artiste Victor Provost, NIU faculty member Greg Barrett on clarinet and Brazilian...

NIU’s Art Museum is ready to help teens and adults to revitalize their wardrobes and have fun doing it. Artist Erin Coleman-Cruz will lead a “Clothing Rebirth Workshop” from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13, in Room 211 of the Stevens Building. Participants will learn how to customize or revitalize their clothing by mending,...

Director Ron Carter and the legendary NIU Jazz Ensemble and will welcome internationally acclaimed jazz trombonist Wycliffe Gordon for a concert at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18, in the Duke Ellington Ballroom of the Holmes Student Center. Admission is free. Gordon enjoys an extraordinary career as a performer, composer, arranger, educator and conductor, receiving high praise and multiple...

Clarinetist and NIU School of Music faculty member Greg Barrett will join NIU’s Avalon String Quartet as they continue their 2010-11 season at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 10, in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall. They will play Stravinski’s “Three Pieces for String Quartet,” Tchaikovsky’s “String Quartet No. 1 in D Major” and the Brahms “Clarinet Quintet.” Barrett,...

Artist Manuel Pardo will conduct a lecture, a workshop and studio critiques during a three-day residency next week at the NIU School of Art. Pardo’s lecture is scheduled from noon to 1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 1, in Room 103 of the Visual Arts Building. He will hold a workshop from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov....

The NIU Organ Recital Series will continue at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 7, in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall. Special guest artist David Schrader will perform works by Hieronymus Praetorius, Carl Nielsen, Jehan Alain and Johann Sebastian Bach. Equally at home in front of a harpsichord, organ, piano or fortepiano, Schrader is “truly an extraordinary musician …...

“If you ordered lasagna at a Chinese restaurant, it would look like this.” Such is Jim Phelps‘ description of “Chinet,” a multimedia program to be presented at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 9, by Shotguns To Daylight, an art duo comprised of Phelps and Bart Woodstrup, music and art professors, respectively. “There are multiple, thick layers of...

The NIU School of Music harp studio of Faye Seeman will present the first-ever “Think Big Harp Ensemble” recital at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 28, in the Recital Hall. Music performed will include pieces by Mozart, Debussy, Ginistera and Caplet as well as Latin folk music. The harp studio will be accompanied by flute, viola, piano and string...

The NIU School of Music will host “Bits and Pieces of Electro-Acoustic Music from Everywhere (including NIU)” at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 4, in the Music Building Recital Hall. Presented by the Composition Area and the Annex Group, this unique program of two-channel (stereo) electro-acoustic compositions features the NIU premiere of the 60×60 “Crimson Mix”—a 60-minute program of...

Two upcoming concerts promise great music from two high school ensembles in the NIU Community School of the Arts. Both concerts begin at 7:30 p.m. and are in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall in the NIU Music Building, which is accessible to all. The music is challenging and fun for the students and will be...

The NIU Jazz Lab Band, under the direction of Rodrigo Villanueva, and the NIU All-University Jazz Band, under the direction of Ross Margitza, will perform a fall concert at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21. The program will include the music of Sammy Nestico, Benny Golson, Wayne Shorter, Duke Ellington, Bill Holman, Victor Young and others. The concert is...