Tag: NIU School of Music
The Friends of NIU Libraries and the NIU School of Music invite the public to attend a free New Music Ensemble concert and pre-concert lecture beginning at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 29, in the Music Building’s Boutell Memorial Concert Hall. Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Shulamit Ran of the University of Chicago, David M. Gordon of Wheaton College...
The first NIU Middle Eastern Music Ensemble will make its debut at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18, in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall of the NIU Music Building. This newly formed world music ensemble is directed by two NIU graduate students in World Music Studies — well-known Syrian-born musicians Abou Agha and Omar Al Musfi —...
Internationally known U.S. operatic tenor Frank Lopardo will present a master class from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 1, in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall of the NIU School of Music. The auditorium is accessible to all. Lopardo has sun 13 major roles for the Metropolitan Opera, including Pinkerton (“Madama Butterly”), Rodolfo (“La Bohème”) and Nemorino...
NIU’s School of Music will welcome The Georgia Guitar Quartet for a 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18, performance with voice professor Robert Sims at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 11. The concert will take place in the Recital Hall of the NIU Music Building. The Georgia Guitar Quartet delivers a high-energy blend of breathtaking virtuosity and imaginative programming while taking an...
Director Ron Carter and the legendary NIU Jazz Ensemble and will welcome internationally acclaimed jazz trombonist Wycliffe Gordon for a concert at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18, in the Duke Ellington Ballroom of the Holmes Student Center. Admission is free. Gordon enjoys an extraordinary career as a performer, composer, arranger, educator and conductor, receiving high praise and multiple...
Clarinetist and NIU School of Music faculty member Greg Barrett will join NIU’s Avalon String Quartet as they continue their 2010-11 season at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 10, in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall. They will play Stravinski’s “Three Pieces for String Quartet,” Tchaikovsky’s “String Quartet No. 1 in D Major” and the Brahms “Clarinet Quintet.” Barrett,...
For its opening program of the year, NIU Opera Theater presents scenes from two related works: “The Threepenny Opera” and “The Beggar’s Opera.” Performances are at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 6, and 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7, in the Recital Hall in the Music Building. In 1728, London saw the premiere of “The Beggar’s Opera,”...
