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The NIU Wind Ensemble will present the local premiere of J.B.G. Neruda’s “Concerto in Eb,” arranged for band by Huskie Marching Band Director Thomas Bough. The concert, featuring faculty trumpet soloist Mark Ponzo, begins at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9, in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall of the NIU Music Building. The concert is free...

The NIU School of Music will welcome the Quasari Quartet to perform string quartets by Ludwig van Beethoven, Dmitri Shostakovich and contemporary American composer Zack Browning, who will be present for the performance. The concert will take place at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11, in the Music Building Recital Hall. The concert is free and...

Guitar players, young and old, expert or novice, are invited to NIU’s first 12-hour All Styles Guitar Day. The strumming and picking starts at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, in the Music Building. The day, or celebration as NIU guitar professor Fareed Haque calls it, will start with instruction, introduction and sharing of techniques and...

Anthony Devroye, NIU School of Music viola professor and violist of the Avalon String Quartet, will present a recital at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9, in the Recital Hall of the Music Building. Guest pianist George Lepauw will join Devroye to feature the music of Beethoven, Schubert and Shostakovich. Admission is free. “This program is...

The Bryan Carter Trio will perform a CD release concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 3, in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall of the NIU Music Building. The trio features Carter on drums, Reginald Thomas on piano and Phillip J. Kuehn on bass. Carter was the first high school student allowed to take music classes...

If you’ve had enough of winter and want to get into a tropical mood without he expense of a plane ticket, join the Dixon Sister Cities Association for a benefit performance by the award-winning NIU Steelband. The concert is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 29, at the historic Dixon Theatre. The NIU Steelband is...

THIS CONCERT HAS BEEN CANCELED. The Claremont Trio (piano, violin, cello) is widely regarded as the premier piano trio of its generation. First-ever winners of the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson International Trio Award, and the only piano trio ever to win first prize at the Young Concert Artists International Auditions, the Claremont is consistently lauded for its “aesthetic maturity,...

Chicago mezzo-soprano Julia Bentley will join members of the Avalon String Quartet as they continue their 2010-11 season at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 9, in the NIU Music Building’s Boutell Memorial Concert Hall.

Thomas Bough is preparing to produce some low notes on a high stage. Bough, director of athletic bands in the NIU School of Music, will perform at 6:30 p.m. (CDT) Saturday, Jan. 29, with the internationally renowned U.S. Army Band. WATCH A LIVE WEBCAST! The Grand Concert takes place in historic Fort Meyer, Va., across...

The NIU School of Music will welcome guest clarinetist Eli Eban, professor of clarinet at Indiana University, for a special recital at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29. Eban’s performance comes in conjunction with Clarinet Cornucopia, a day of workshops and concerts. The theme this year is “German Romantic.” He will be accompanied by NIU School of Music...

Fareed Haque, professor of guitar in the NIU School of Music, will perform a classical guitar recital at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 21, in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall of the Music Building. Haque will be joined by Chicago Symphony Orhcestra flutist and piccoloist Jennifer M. Gunn. They will perform works by Villa-Lobos, Marcello, Bartok, Kennen and...

Traditional holiday carols and a flourish of selections from Africa highlight this year’s 13th annual Holiday Concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5. The concert will be held in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall in the Music Building. Sold-out audiences in past years suggest that this event has become a holiday tradition for the DeKalb...