By Eli Tecktiel, Lifestyle Writer
| April 23, 2023
On Thursday, the NIU Jazz Orchestra treated audience members to a lively evening of big band and jazz music.
Despite the event’s noticeably light attendance, the orchestra played energetically and confidently as though they were playing to a sold...
Come out into the snow and check out these fun events happening in the Dekalb community this Saturday.
Jazz at the Egyptian
The Dekalb and Sycamore high school jazz ensembles will collaborate with NIU’s jazz orchestra in a can’t miss performance....
By Nick Glover, Lifestyle Editor
| November 27, 2022
The NIU Jazz Orchestra held its second concert this semester on Nov. 17 in preparation for the Jack Rudin Jazz Championship that the group was invited to participate in.
The Rudin Championship is an invitational competition that Jazz at Lincoln Center...
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,”...
At the fourth annual Jazz at the Egyptian show four local jazz groups rocked the stage, allowing composers like Duke Ellington to live on.Jazz in Progress, the Sycamore High School Jazz Ensemble, the DeKalb High School Jazz Ensemble and the NIU Jazz Orchestra...
DeKALB — Four local jazz groups will come together for the fourth year in a row to bring a night of jazz to DeKalb.Beginning 7 p.m. Saturday, the Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St., will present its annual “Jazz at the Egyptian” show.The DeKalb...
