Tag: music
The NIU Community School of the Arts needs used sheet music, music books, old musical instruments, stands and other items that might be of interest to musicians. Clean out the piano bench, attics and basements and donate to a great cause: The used music items will be sold to raise money for scholarships. Held every...
Calling all former members of CSA Sinfonia: There’s a reunion concert in the works! The NIU Community School of the Arts is in the process of getting in touch with the orchestra’s 350 alumni to let them know about this fun opportunity to perform on the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall stage again. “We’ve been contacting...
Vivian and John Spinoso have wonderful memories of their many years of violin lessons with their three daughters, Gina, Julie and Lisa. All three studied in the Suzuki violin program of the NIU Community School of the Arts. “We thought it was important to give the girls the gift of music for the culture, and...
There is something for everyone during this year’s NIU New Music Festival! Under the leadership of Artistic Director Gregory Beyer, and in collaboration with School of Music professors Geof Bradfield and Ryan Muncy, the festival will bring to campus two sets of guest artist ensembles and will offer three very different programs for audiences Tuesday,...
Paul Bauer, director of the NIU School of Music, is one of two outstanding and internationally recognized brass performers and educators named to the to the adjudication panel for the U.S. Open Brass Band Championships. The annual one-day invitational puts traditional brass bands from around the nation – and around the world – in competition. This year’s event...
Area musicians ages 18 and younger are invited to compete in the CSA Sinfonia Concerto Competition. The deadline for applications is Monday, Oct. 21. Auditions are scheduled in the Recital Hall of the NIU Music Building, beginning at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 11. The winner of the competition receives $200 and performs the concerto March 5,...
In September 2012, the NIU School of Music began to host a beautiful Fazioli F278 Concert Grand. The piano previously was owned and loved by a retired doctor who had purchased it with the goal of becoming a better pianist – at age 85. Declining health necessitated moving to his son’s condo in Chicago, but...
Even though the NIU football team is playing on the road Saturday, Sept. 28, Huskie Stadium will be alive with sounds … of music. The 11th Red & Black Fall Classic high school marching band competition tentatively begins at 4 p.m. inside the stadium. The Rockford-based Phantom Regiment Drum & Bugle Corps produces the event...
NIU School of Music faculty Mark Ponzo and JeongSoo Kim will open Joliet Junior College’s seven-concert Musica Viva concert series with a free performance 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 15, in the school’s Fine Arts Theater, 1215 Houbolt Road in Joliet. “Drs. Ponzo and Kim have internationally respected reputations and tour nationally as a performance duo,”...
The NIU Community School of the Arts offers two piano classes for teenagers (ages 13 and older) and adults this fall. The classes begin Monday, Sept. 9, and meet for 12 weeks. Teacher Carly Gorman brings a wealth of teaching experience to the classes. In addition to many years of private teaching, she is also...
The NIU School of Music’s 2013-2014 Faculty Recital Series will open with music for viola and piano at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 5, in the Recital Hall of the Music Building. Anthony Devroye, NIU associate professor and violist of the Avalon String Quartet, will collaborate with pianist Daniel Schlosberg, artist-in-residence at the University of Notre...
Sheryl Crow and Gary Allan, who have teamed up to co-headline the Free and Easy tour, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, at the NIU Convocation Center. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Special guest Maggie Rose will open the show. Tickets for the Free and Easy tour go on sale at 10 a.m....