Six students who are graduating from high school are performing senior recitals this spring, the NIU Community School of the Arts has announced.
The six are Paige Phelps, Danielle Pivonka and Owen Ruff of Sycamore and Hanna Bingham, Erin McGaughey and Genevieve Smelser of DeKalb.
All of the recitals are free and open to the public.
Pivonka...
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The CSA Children’s Choir performs an original work composed for the group at the spring concert Wednesday, May 15.
The concert begins at 7 p.m. in the Recital Hall in the Music Building at Northern Illinois University. It is free and open to the public.
The commissioned work is called “I’m Nobody. Who are you?” and is based on...
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NIU’s Community School of the Arts will hold auditions at 4 p.m. Monday, May 13, for the CSJazz Band and 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 14, for the CSA Sinfonia and two summer camps.
Auditions must be scheduled ahead of time.
High school jazz students are invited to audition for CSJazz Band, a top regional jazz big...
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The DeKalb Festival Chorus will perform its spring concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 5, in the NIU Music Building’s Boutell Memorial Concert Hall.
A pre-concert lecture will take place at 2:30 p.m.
Sunday’s concert centers on Joseph Haydn’s late masterpiece, the Lord Nelson Mass. It will feature a chamber orchestra and four great soloists whose...
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“Honoring Our Past,” a special spring music concert, will be presented by DeKalb area women’s chorus Bread & Roses.
Directed by Peggy Safford, the concert is scheduled for 3 p.m. Saturday, April 27, at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 830 N. Annie Glidden Road in DeKalb. In addition to the 20 voice chorus, the concert features guest...
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NIU trombone studio teacher Jeremy Moeller and trumpet professor Mark Ponzo will present an evening of trombone/trumpet music at 7 p.m. Sunday, April 28, in the Music Building’s Recital Hall.
They will perform pieces by Charles Godfrey, E. Damare, J. Casterede, Eric Ewazen, Arthur Pryor and Herbert Clarke. They will be accompanied by NIU School...
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NIU’s Avalon String Quartet will welcome the renowned Chicago Chamber Musicians to join forces for a performance of Aaron Copland’s “Appalachian Spring.”
The free concert begins at 8 p.m. Thursday, May 2, in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall at NIU.
Founded in 1986, the Chicago Chamber Musicians is one of the nation’s most highly regarded ensembles. Its...
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The NIU Community School of the Arts has announced its spring recital and concert schedule.
Soloists and ensemble performances are featured in May on the stage of the Recital Hall and Concert Hall in the Music Building at Northern Illinois University.
Most performances end with a reception. All are free and open to the public.
As many as...
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The CSA Steelband will perform at 8 p.m. Monday, May 6, in the Recital Hall of the NIU Music Building.
This free event is open to the public. The group will perform a variety of tunes that members have been rehearsing during the semester.
Acclaimed musician and teacher Yuko Asada directs the ensemble.
Pieces to be performed are “Redemption...
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