NIU School of Music

NIU School of Music The NIU School of Music provides a strong artistic and practical foundation for your music career.
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The NIU School of Music provides a strong artistic, intellectual, and practical foundation for professional careers in music. The school’s diverse performance opportunities range from traditional Western ensembles to jazz, contemporary, and world music groups. These offerings complement classroom and scholarly activities and help promote both a broad cultural perspective and the development of ver

satile musicians. Our School of Music faculty members are actively engaged, nationally and internationally, in creative and scholarly endeavors. Through these recognized achievements, the faculty informs students of the evolving demands and expectations of careers in music. As a School of Music, we serve the university, community, state, and region through outreach, performance, and educational activities.

Congratulations to Gabriel Wade '24 for his third-place finish at the International Trumpet Guild (Official) Jazz Improv...
06/01/2026

Congratulations to Gabriel Wade '24 for his third-place finish at the International Trumpet Guild (Official) Jazz Improvisation Division Competition 🎉🎺

Our man Arman 🔥 Congratulations to our alumnus Arman Sangalang, one of this year's winners of the Luminarts Jazz Improvi...
05/13/2026

Our man Arman 🔥 Congratulations to our alumnus Arman Sangalang, one of this year's winners of the Luminarts Jazz Improvisation Fellowship!

Check out more info at the link in our bio 🔗

📸 Elliot Mandel Photography, courtesy of Luminarts Cultural Foundation

Wish our alumni luck at this year's Luminarts Cultural Foundation Jazz Improvisation Finals 🎷📣 Congratulations to Gabrie...
05/05/2026

Wish our alumni luck at this year's Luminarts Cultural Foundation Jazz Improvisation Finals 🎷📣 Congratulations to Gabriel Wade '24 and Arman Sangalang '22 on making finals this year.

Best of luck to both of you on May 7 👏🏻

Join us on May 3rd to experience a World Premiere of Double String Quartet performed by our two in residence Graduate St...
05/01/2026

Join us on May 3rd to experience a World Premiere of Double String Quartet performed by our two in residence Graduate String Quartets!

More info can be found at the link in our bio🔗

There's still time to register for our summer music camps 🎶☀ Register by May 1 for an early bird discount. Check out the...
04/24/2026

There's still time to register for our summer music camps 🎶☀ Register by May 1 for an early bird discount.

Check out the links in our bio for information about eligibility, registration, and more!

Come check out our Electronic & Computer Music students' end of semester performance next Wednesday, April 29 at 6 pm in...
04/24/2026

Come check out our Electronic & Computer Music students' end of semester performance next Wednesday, April 29 at 6 pm in our Recital Hall 🎧🎶

This event is free and open to the public!

Our Graduate Quartet, the Dákiti String Quartet will be performing their final graduating recital this upcoming Saturday...
04/21/2026

Our Graduate Quartet, the Dákiti String Quartet will be performing their final graduating recital this upcoming Saturday🎶

More info can be found at the link in our bio🔗

Come support our NIU Steelband this upcoming Sunday!More info can be found at the link in our bio🔗
04/17/2026

Come support our NIU Steelband this upcoming Sunday!

More info can be found at the link in our bio🔗

Joseph Schwantner's "...and the mountains rising nowhere" is a unique, challenging and fun piece for wind bands that inc...
04/16/2026

Joseph Schwantner's "...and the mountains rising nowhere" is a unique, challenging and fun piece for wind bands that includes whistling, singing, playing tuned glasses and more. Tom Bough, professor of music and director of bands at NIU was on Rockford's WREX-TV to discuss the NIU Wind Ensemble's preparations as they will perform the piece Friday, April 17 at 7 p.m. during the Combined Wind Bands concert in Boutell Memorial Concert Hall in the NIU Music Building.

On Friday night, April 17 at 7 p.m. the combined NIU Wind Ensemble and NIU Wind Symphony will perform in concert in Boutell Memorial Concert Hall in the NIU Music Building. One of the pieces they will be performing is famous for being a little unconventional. NIU Professor of Music and Director of N...

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Music Building, 550 Lucinda Avenue
Dekalb, IL
60115

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 12pm
1pm - 4:30pm
Tuesday 8am - 12pm
1pm - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8am - 12pm
1pm - 4:30pm
Thursday 8am - 12pm
1pm - 4:30pm
Friday 8am - 12pm
1pm - 4:30pm

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+18157531551

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