A retirement party for Paul Bauer, longtime director of the NIU School of Music, is planned for 3 to 5 p.m. Monday, May 19, in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall lobby.
Bauer, who joined NIU in 1986, holds a D. M. in trombone performance from Northwestern University.
He has taught applied trombone, euphonium and tuba, as well as low brass instrumental techniques. An active performer, clinician, conductor, lecturer in jazz studies and author, he is the past president of the Association of Illinois Music Schools.
For more information, call (815) 753-1447 or email deberly@niu.edu.