DeKalb | NIU’s Percussion Ensemble will perform music from the famous Sting album “Ten Summoner’s Tales” in a concert next week.“Ten Summoner’s Tales” was best known for its two hits, “Fields of Gold” and “If I Ever Lose My Faith in...
Percussion Club will hold its first annual drum set competition to promote the club as an organization for all students.Students of any major can participate in the competition, which takes place 8 p.m. today in the College Grind in the Holmes Student...
Percussion enthusiasts at NIU, this weekend’s for you. Many percussion events will occur this weekend in the Music Building, including Percussion x Percussion and performances by the NIU Steel Band and NIU Percussion Ensemble. Percussion professor Greg...
Modern musicians push the boundaries of how the art form is defined, often by creating music in very unconventional ways. NIU’s New Music Ensemble, directed by assistant percussion professor Greg Beyer, will host its third New Music Festival today and...
Let loose and salsa to your heart’s content in the music building tonight. The NIU Latin Jazz Ensemble will host its first dance party of the year at 7:30 p.m. tonight at Boutell Memorial Concert Hall. The event is co-sponsored by the Center for Latino...
Band concerts and dance parties rarely go together. But the Latin Jazz Ensemble works hard every year to bring a cultural experience to the campus rather than a sit-down concert. The LJE and the Center for Latino and Latin American Studies will host the...
Percussionists are often in the background, felt more than heard. The Percussion Ensemble changes that. By placing only percussion instruments on the stage, the ensemble pushes the boundaries of the audiences’ preconceived notions of what these instruments...
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...
