Tagged: NIU School of Music

NIU’s 2020 Lincoln Laureate: ‘Funny, kind, brilliant’

Cary native shines in both chemistry lab and dance studio

  • November 23, 2020
DeKalb, Ill. — Jill Belluomini can gracefully conquer both a molecular dynamics simulation and a pirouette. Her major and minor at NIU—chemistry and dance—represent her two passions. As different as…

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First United Methodist Church Chancel Choir

Come, let us sing

NIU, DeKalb First United Methodist Church create beautiful music together

  • December 16, 2015
An unnatural silence inside the sanctuary of DeKalb’s First United Methodist Church gently gives way to the haunting tones of hand chimes, ringing out a melody that seems familiar. Thirty-three…

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IL-CMP workshop participants practice singing vowel sounds with corresponding motions.

The Sweet Sounds of Success

NIU hosts transformational workshop for K-12 music educators

  • July 16, 2015
Jeremy Little, director of choirs at Vernon Hills High School, steps to the front of the spacious rehearsal room. Class is beginning, but it’s not time to sing yet. First,…

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The Star-Spangled Banner in the Smithsonian

Oh, say, can you sing?

NIU music professor dishes on the star-spangled challenge

  • March 26, 2015
Holy cow! Another season of Major League Baseball begins at 7:05 p.m. Sunday, April 5, in Chicago, when the Cubs take on the St. Louis Cardinals. Before the first crack…

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