By Jonathan Shelby, Assistant Lifestyle Editor
| November 19, 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...
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,”...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
