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NIU School of Music The NIU School of Music provides a strong artistic and practical foundation for your music career.

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 versatile 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.

Tomorrow evening is the NIU Philharmonic's first concert of the year!🎶✨More info can be found at the link in our bio🔗🎟 ...
10/08/2026

Tomorrow evening is the NIU Philharmonic's first concert of the year!🎶✨

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

Join us tomorrow evening for a night of jazz music performed by the NIU Jazz Ensemble and NIU Jazz Orchestra🎶More inform...
10/08/2026

Join us tomorrow evening for a night of jazz music performed by the NIU Jazz Ensemble and NIU Jazz Orchestra🎶

More information can be found at the link in our bio🎟🔗

Join us in 1 week for Amanda Fujii's senior oboe recital!🎶More info can be found at the link in our bio🔗
10/04/2026

Join us in 1 week for Amanda Fujii's senior oboe recital!🎶

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

Here is the list of events we have this upcoming week🎶More info about each can be found at the link in our bio🔗 ...
10/04/2026

Here is the list of events we have this upcoming week🎶

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

Music AND a show? 🎬 Join the Avalon String Quartet tomorrow, October 1 at 7 pm in our Recital Hall for a screening of th...
09/30/2026

Music AND a show? 🎬 Join the Avalon String Quartet tomorrow, October 1 at 7 pm in our Recital Hall for a screening of the classic 1926 French silent film "Ménilmontant" featuring the world premiere of an original score composed by Avalon's very own Blaise Magniere 🎶🎻

Tickets available at the link in our bio 🎟

TONIGHT! 📣 Join our Wind Ensemble for their season opener this evening, September 29 at 7 pm in our Concert Hall 🎶 Come ...
09/29/2026

TONIGHT! 📣 Join our Wind Ensemble for their season opener this evening, September 29 at 7 pm in our Concert Hall 🎶 Come check out their program consisting of arrangements of iconic works and new music by composer and activist Alex Shapiro!

Our flute professor Scott Metlicka will also be featured on Chaminade's Concertino for Flute Solo 👏

Tickets available at the link in our bio 🔗

Check out this week's upcoming events ✨ We'd love to see you there!
09/28/2026

Check out this week's upcoming events ✨ We'd love to see you there!

Join us this week to support our talent students and faculty🎶More information at the link in our bio🔗
09/21/2026

Join us this week to support our talent students and faculty🎶

More information at the link in our bio🔗

Welcome back to our Upcoming Events Series!Join us for these two performances🎶More information at the link in our bio🔗 ...
09/13/2026

Welcome back to our Upcoming Events Series!
Join us for these two performances🎶

More information at the link in our bio🔗

Congratulations to Professor Bobby Broom for his recent feature in Downbeat magazine 🎉🎶 If you pick up July's edition, b...
08/25/2026

Congratulations to Professor Bobby Broom for his recent feature in Downbeat magazine 🎉🎶 If you pick up July's edition, be sure to check out the article exploring Bobby's recent album Notes of Thanks, a project paying homage to Sonny Rollins, with whom Bobby recorded and toured internationally with countless times over 11 years.

Check out more info on our Arts Blog at the link in our bio 🔗🗞

Address

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

Telephone

+18157531551

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