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The NIU Jazz Ensemble performs in front of an audience Tuesday night. The NIU Jazz Ensemble performed several songs from various jazz artists. (Jonathan Shelby | Northern Star)

NIU Jazz Ensemble brings harmony through jazz classics

By Jonathan Shelby, Lifestyle Editor | November 20, 2024

The halls of the Music Building radiated a soothing, harmonic melody from a concoction of trombones, saxophones, pianos and other instruments Tuesday night.  The NIU Jazz Ensemble performed eight songs in their large ensemble concert from 7 p.m. to...

NIU Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Ensemble hosted their first concert of the semester on Oct. 6 in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall. (Madelaine Vikse | Northern Star)

NIU Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Ensemble ‘travel’ the world through music

By Nick Glover, Lifestyle Editor | October 10, 2022

The NIU Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Orchestra held their first concert of the fall semester on Thursday.  Led by professor Rodrigo Villanueva Conroy and graduate teaching assistant Austyn Menk, the Jazz Ensemble started the concert with “Hay Burner,”...

Jazz Ensemble energizes campus

By Chris Plumery | November 20, 2019

DeKALB — The NIU Jazz Ensemble performed 8 p.m. Tuesday inside Boutell Memorial Concert Hall in the Music Building. The concert was directed by Rodrigo Villanueva-Conroy, professor of jazz studies. Villanueva-Conroy walked on stage and turned his back...

Jazz studies director Reggie Thomas conducts the NIU Jazz Ensemble while his wife, Mardra Thomas, performs vocals at a Martin Luther King Jr. tribute show Jan. 19. The group performed a protest song by Billie Holiday.

Musicians use MLK day to promote unity on campus

By Darius Parker | January 20, 2015

Darius ParkerStaff writerT @Sir_HarlemDeKalb | Students used live music and poetry to pay tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Monday in the Holmes Student Center’s Carl Sandburg Auditorium.The event, which was hosted by The International Association...

(Left) Director Ron Carter teaches the Jazz Ensemble in November 2013 in the Music Building. The band rehearsed for its show, which is at 8 p.m. Thursday at the Holmes Student Center’s Duke Ellington Ballroom.

Director jazzes up fall finale

By Deanna Frances | November 20, 2013

The Jazz Ensemble’s show today will feature director Ron Carter’s last fall performance at NIU.The Jazz Ensemble plays 8 p.m. today at the Holmes Student Center’s Duke Ellington Ballroom. Carter has directed the Jazz Ensemble for 20 years. Carter...

NIU Jazz Ensemble to perform songs of Ellington Ballroom namesake

By Alex Fiore | April 11, 2012

Come Thursday evening, the Duke Ellington Ballroom will be filled with the sounds of its namesake. The NIU Jazz Ensemble will perform at 8 p.m. tonight in the Ellington ballroom located inside the Holmes Student Center, performing songs by Ellington and...

Wycliffe Gordon comes to NIU

By Northern Star Staff | November 17, 2010

Famous jazz musician Wycliffe Gordon will join the NIU Jazz Ensemble tonight at 8 p.m. in the Duke Ellington Ballroom. Gordon has performed on such television channels as BET and PBS, and appeared in the Ken Burn's documentary "Jazz," in addition to performing...

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