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Choir group to host Sunday concert at NIU Music Building

By Jacob Roushia | November 2, 2019

DeKALB – Choir group Cor Cantiamo will be premiering its 10th Anniversary Concert at the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall. The event will occur 3 p.m. Sunday in the Music Building. Cor Cantiamo is a professional level choir group, with a majority of...

Choir Concert graces Boutell Memorial Concert Hall

By Jacob Roushia | October 17, 2019

DeKALB — At 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall in the Music Building, the Ensemble Recital was performed. The Concert Choir, Chamber Choir and the University Chorus performed at the first Ensemble Recital Series of the Fall 2019 season....

Community choirs unite to raise awareness, funds

By Samantha Keck | February 4, 2016

DeKalb | NIU will debut its second annual community chorus concert, Make Our Garden Grow, to benefit the DeKalb Community Garden’s Walnut Grove Farm.The concert will begin at 7 p.m. Saturday in The Music Building’s Boutell Memorial Concert Hall and...

Choir collaborates with faculty, alumni

By Michael Malaychuk | October 15, 2015

DeKalb | Cor Cantiamo, an NIU choir residency, will perform songs commemorating the 100th anniversary of World War I on Sunday.Cor Cantiamo is a 25-person professional chamber choir founded in 2009. The choir, which is mostly made up of NIU alumni, is...

Choirs celebrate humanity

By Jessica Plessner | October 12, 2015

 DeKalb | A few NIU choirs are coming together to relate the human experience in their upcoming fall concert.Both the Chamber and Concert Choirs and the University Chorus will perform at the concert. Eric Johnson, director of choral activities, said...

Choirs include Broadway tunes in seasonal concert

By Alexis Malapitan | February 19, 2015

The Chamber Choir, Concert Choir and University Chorus will incorporate broadway and show tunes into their spring concert Sunday.Associate professor Eric Johnson and University Chorus director Brett Goad will direct the concert. The co-ed choir groups...

Four choirs bring holiday spirit to campus

By Carl Nadig | December 4, 2013

DeKalb | Four choir ensembles will celebrate the holidays Sunday with their annual holiday concert.The festive performance, which is 3 p.m. Sunday at the Music Building’s Boutell Memorial Concert Hall, includes a historical array of global music. Scheduled...

(From left) Laura Barger and Ning Yu, the pianists of Yarn/Wire,
sit opposte of Ian Antonio and Russel Greenberb, the percussionists
of the group. Yarn/Wire will be performing at 11 a.m. today and 8
p.m. tonight and Wednesday in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall in
the Music Building

New Music Festival to promote living artists

By Jessica Cabe | October 31, 2011

Move over, Beethoven.The New Music Ensemble, under the direction of Greg Beyer, associate professor in the School of Music, will deliver the second annual New Music Festival, a 7 p.m. lecture and 8 p.m. concert, tonight and Wednesday in the Boutell Memorial...

DeKalb Township will be partnering with Cell Phones for Soldiers
to provide soldiers overseas with prepaid calling cards. Donations
can be dropped off at the DeKalb Township offices, located at 2323
S. Fourth St., near the I-88 tollway.

Support our troops, donate a cell phone

By Thomas Verschelde | August 24, 2011

The DeKalb Township will partner with Cell Phones for Soldiers to help provide soldiers overseas with prepaid calling cards so they can stay in touch with their loved ones.Sarah Merritt, public relations representative for Cell Phones for Soldiers, said...