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The NIU Community School of the Arts will host several winter recitals and concerts from Saturday, Dec. 5, through Saturday, Dec. 12. Solo and ensemble performances are featured in the Recital Hall and Concert Hall of the NIU Music Building. All are free and open to the public. Saturday, Dec. 5 Showcase Recitals are at...
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Cor Cantiamo, an ensemble-in-residence at the NIU School of Music, has received a $4,000 grant from the DeKalb County Community Foundation. The grant will help fund a commissioning project that Cor Cantiamo is planning for its 2016-17 concert season. Cor Cantiamo has developed a commissioning project that brings together the creative energies of nationally acclaimed composer...
Hana Kim
Pop, soul and rock musician Hana Kim will visit NIU’s Duke Ellington Ballroom at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26, to inspire and encourage as many individuals to join the fight against human trafficking through the use of their unique gifts. The Asian American Center will host “Unveiling Beauty: Human Trafficking US & Asia.” All students,...
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CSA Chamber Intensive Groups perform the music of Haydn, Beethoven and Shostakovich in recital at 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, in Room 173 of the NIU Music Building. The recital is free and open to the public. Making their public performance debut will be Provázek Quartet, featuring violinists Chantel Davis and Charlotte Donelson, violist Jacob...
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Members of the NIU Percussion Ensemble will present a spectacular concert featuring the entire “Ten Summoner’s Tales” album by well-known singer and songwriter Sting. The performance at 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 23, will combine modern percussion ensemble sounds with musical traditions from around the world to highlight Sting’s musical depth and artistry. Sure to prove...
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The NIU Community School of the Arts has been awarded a $5,000 grant from the Farny R. Wurlitzer Foundation Fund, administered by the DeKalb County Community Foundation. Wurlitzer Foundation grants provide financial assistance to further music education, music appreciation and performance to organizations and schools serving DeKalb County and the Chicago metropolitan area. “It is...
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Families and the general public are invited at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, to “Music Through the Ages,” presented by the Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra. This educational and entertaining performance at  the historic Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St., will explore how music has changed through different time periods, making this concert a perfect introduction to...
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The CSA Youth Sinfonia performs the music of Wagner and Dvořák at its first concert of the season, which begins at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall of the NIU Music Building. On the program, which is free and open to the public, is “Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg”...
Little Big Town: The Pain Killer Tour
Grammy Award-winning country group Little Big Town will bring its THE PAIN KILLER TOUR Thursday, Oct. 29, to the NIU Convocation Center. The foursome – Karen Fairchild, Jimi Westbrook, Phillip Sweet and Kimberly Schlapman – already have hit more than 50 markets on this highly successful headlining tour produced by AEG LIVE/The Messina Group. UPDATE,...
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Gregory Barrett, professor of clarinet in the NIU School of Music, performed a recital of works by composers from Finland at the 2015 FinnFestUSA. Barrett’s concert took place Oct. 11 in Buffalo, N.Y. Among the notable members of the audience was Kirsti Kauppi, ambassador of Finland to the United States. Musicians and academics from Finland...
Fareed Haque
NIU’s Fareed Haque, a professor of guitar in the NIU School of Music, is the featured performer this weekend on WYCC PBS Chicago’s “Music on the Mayne Stage” program. The premiere broadcast is scheduled for 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, with encore presentations at 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, and midnight Sunday, Oct. 18. “Music...
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The NIU Jazz Orchestra, directed by Reggie Thomas, will present the “Let’s Swing Dance!” from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18, in the Duke Ellington Ballroom of the Holmes Student Center. NIU students with ID are admitted free. General admission tickets are $10; the price for senior citizens and other students is $7. Tickets...
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