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Grammy-winning jazz trumpeter Randy Brecker to join NIU Jazz Ensemble for...
Randy Brecker Director Ron Carter and the internationally renowned NIU Jazz Ensemble will perform at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 14, with Grammy Award-winner Randy Brecker on trumpet. The concert in the...
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Chicago Jazz Showcase to host Jazz Lab Band
NIU Jazz Lab Band The NIU Jazz Lab Band, directed by Rodrigo Villanueva, will perform two shows Tuesday, May 3, at the Jazz Showcase, 806 S. Plymouth Court in Chicago. Admission is $5 for students, NIU...
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Bryan Carter Trio to perform June 3 on campus
The Bryan Carter Trio will perform a CD release concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 3, in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall of the NIU Music Building. The trio features Carter on drums, Reginald Thomas...
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NIU Jazz Ensemble will perform fall concert Nov. 17 with guests Terell...
Terell Stafford Under the direction of Ron Carter, the nationally renowned NIU Jazz Ensemble will perform its fall concert with international jazz trumpet player Terell Stafford and School of Music...
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Music’s Ron Carter to look through cultural lens to help promote a better...
Ron Carter Jazz stands among America’s greatest art forms, boasting roots in the African-American culture and a foundation in the African tradition. So says Ron Carter, director of jazz studies in the...
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Jazz drummer Victor Lewis to perform April 12 with globally renowned NIU Jazz...
Victor Lewis The world-famous NIU Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Ron Carter, will perform with guest drummer Victor Lewis at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 12, in the Duke Ellington Ballroom of the...
View ArticleScrapple from the Apple: Jazz at Lincoln Center video features NIU Jazz...
Ron Carter, professor of music and director of Jazz Studies in the NIU School of Music, has a long relationship with legendary trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center. Carter is now...
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NIU Jazz Ensemble to play fall concert Nov. 15 with legendary jazz drummer...
Dennis Mackrel The nationally renowned Northern Illinois University Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of professor Ron Carter, will perform its fall concert at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, with special...
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Community School plans summer arts camps
Visual arts, theater and instrumental jazz are on the summer camp agenda at NIU. These six-day residential camps for junior and senior high school students are scheduled in July. Campers work with...
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NIU Jazz Ensemble to perform April 11
The legendary NIU Jazz Ensemble, directed by Board of Trustees Professor Ronald Carter, will perform its Spring Jazz Concert at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 11. The concert, which takes place in the Duke...
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Jazz Ensemble to perform fall concert Nov. 21
Director Ron Carter and the legendary NIU Jazz Ensemble will perform its fall concert at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21, in the Duke Ellington Ballroom of the Holmes Student Center. Rodney Whitaker, an...
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Coda: NIU Jazz Ensemble to bid farewell to its remarkable director
Ron Carter The nationally renowned NIU Jazz Ensemble will bid a fond farewell to its longtime beloved director, Ron Carter, at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 10, in the Duke Ellington Ballroom of the Holmes...
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Icon Ron Carter to conduct his last NIU Jazz Ensemble concert
Ron Carter After 20 years of directing the NIU Jazz Ensemble and shaping the diversity of the program, School of Music professor Ron Carter will retire this spring. “I will definitely miss the students...
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Reggie Thomas to lead NIU Jazz Studies Program
Reginald “Reggie” Thomas Reginald “Reggie” Thomas has accepted the position as coordinator of the internationally recognized Northern Illinois University School of Music‘s internationally renowned Jazz...
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Bryan Carter Trio to perform June 3 on campus
The Bryan Carter Trio will perform a CD release concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 3, in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall of the NIU Music Building. The trio features Carter on drums, Reginald Thomas...
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NIU Jazz Ensemble will perform fall concert Nov. 17 with guests Terell...
Terell Stafford Under the direction of Ron Carter, the nationally renowned NIU Jazz Ensemble will perform its fall concert with international jazz trumpet player Terell Stafford and School of Music...
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Bryan Carter Trio to perform June 3 on campus
The Bryan Carter Trio will perform a CD release concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 3, in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall of the NIU Music Building. The trio features Carter on drums, Reginald Thomas...
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NIU Jazz Ensemble will perform fall concert Nov. 17 with guests Terell...
Terell Stafford Under the direction of Ron Carter, the nationally renowned NIU Jazz Ensemble will perform its fall concert with international jazz trumpet player Terell Stafford and School of Music...
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Music’s Ron Carter to look through cultural lens to help promote a better...
Ron Carter Jazz stands among America’s greatest art forms, boasting roots in the African-American culture and a foundation in the African tradition. So says Ron Carter, director of jazz studies in the...
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Jazz drummer Victor Lewis to perform April 12 with globally renowned NIU Jazz...
Victor Lewis The world-famous NIU Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Ron Carter, will perform with guest drummer Victor Lewis at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 12, in the Duke Ellington Ballroom of the...
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