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Category: Visual and Performing Arts
“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...
Faye Seeman
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...
CSA Sinfonia members play during a recent concert.
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...
NIU Jazz Lab Band
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...
The NIU Philharmonic will combine with the Concert Choir and University Chorus to present Johannes Brahms’ “Ein deutsches Requiem Op. 45” at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 20, in Boutell Memorial Concert Hall. The Philharmonic is under the direction of Lucia Matos, the Concert Choir under the direction of Eric Johnson and the University Chorus is under the...
Mauricio Salguero
Mauricio Salguero, clarinet, and Christopher Biggs, electro-acoustic composer, will be the guest performers at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 19, in the Recital Hall of the NIU Music Building. Salguero is a D.M.A. candidate at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) Conservatory of Music under the guidance of Jane Carl. He plays clarinet and saxophone and teaches...
Photo from "Twelfth Night"
The plays of William Shakespeare are some of the most recognizable and beloved productions in the world. Beginning Thursday, Oct. 21, the NIU School of Theatre and Dance will present its interpretation of Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” on the stage of the Stevens Building O’Connell Theatre on the DeKalb campus. The classic Shakespearean comedy follows Viola,...
Avalon Quartet
NIU’s Avalon Quartet is the featured artist at 11 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 17, for “WFMT Presents Live from Mayne Stage.” Presented by the NIU School of Music, the Avalon will play operatic quartets by Puccini (“Crisantemi”), Britten (“3 Divertimenti”) and Verdi (“String Quartet”) at Mayne Stage, 1328 W. Morse Ave. in Chicago. Tickets are $10...
Ingrid Rowland event poster
Ingrid Rowland, a professor at the University of Notre Dame-Rome School of Architecture, will visit the NIU campus to speak at 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 25,  about “Egyptomania in Baroque Rome.” Rowland’s lecture will be held in Room 100 of the Visual Arts Building. The lecture is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by...
Posters from Jack Olson Gallery exhibition
“Contemporary Polish Poster in Context: Jakub Stepien aka HAKOBO and Bogna Otto-Wegrzyn” runs through Friday, Oct. 22, at the Jack Olson Gallery. Below is a curatorial statement from guest curator Aleksandra Giza: “Poster art in Poland has chronicled more than a century of social, political and cultural life. There are recognizable stages directly influenced by the two world...
NIU’s Art Museum is pleased to present a “Day of the Dead” artist invitational from Thursday, Oct. 21, through Saturday, Dec. 4. The public is invited to an opening reception from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21. NIU alumni and student artists have been invited to create Day of the Dead altar pieces in...
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