NMU will be closed Tuesday, March 17, 2026, due to inclement weather. Inclement weather information.
Join local musicians of the Marquette City Band in their spring performance held in Reynolds Recital Hall on April 23 at 3:00 p.m.!
Coming to Reynolds Recital Hall this month is NMUs very own trombone choir! Headed by our director of bands, Dr. Stephen Grugin, listeners can look forward to hearing all sorts of brass madness!
This coming April, the Marquette Symphony Orchestra presents it's final concert of the season, featuring the NMU Choirs. At this evenings concert, listeners will hear:
Alexander Borodin, Symphony No. 2 in B minor
L. Bernstein... Chichester Psalms*
R. Vaughan Williams... Toward the Unknown Region*
*with NMU Choirs
Get your tickets ranging from $10-$36 at https://nmu.universitytickets.com/w/
Graduating seniors from the School of Art and Design present their work. This semester, the exhibition features students concentrating in ceramics, computer art, digital cinema, drawing/painting, graphic design, human-centered design, illustration, metalsmithing/sculpture, photography, and woodworking.
Dates: April 20 - May 5, 2023
Please join us for a screening of digital artworks at 6:30 pm and the reception at 7 pm. Awards will be announced at 8 pm. Gold award sponsored by annual donors, the Friends of the DeVos Art Museum. Silver and Bronze awards are sponsored by the NMU School of Art & Design.
Participating artists include: Kendra Anderson, Lauren Bagby, Trent Boylan, Brenden Bruhnke, Lauren Call, Niels Callewaert, Savana S. Eller, Rebecca Fletcher, Miiya Hendrickson, Kelsey Hill, Triton Johnston, Jacob Lenderink, Sonja Madsen, Amanda Murray, Kelly Nordquist, Fjora Olson, Nathan Parker, Anna Pattok, Delaney Pickett, Nevaeh Powell, Isa Shavrnoch, Matt Simon, Lukas Zielke.
Graduating seniors from the School of Art and Design present their work. This semester, the exhibition features students concentrating in ceramics, computer art, digital cinema, drawing/painting, graphic design, human-centered design, illustration, metalsmithing/sculpture, photography, and woodworking.
Reception: Friday, May 5, 2023 Please join us for a screening of digital artworks at 6:30 pm and the reception at 7 pm.
Awards will be announced at 8 pm. Gold award sponsored by annual donors, the Friends of the DeVos Art Museum. Silver and Bronze awards are sponsored by the NMU School of Art & Design.
Participating artists include: Kendra Anderson, Lauren Bagby, Trent Boylan, Brenden Bruhnke, Lauren Call, Niels Callewaert, Savana S. Eller, Rebecca Fletcher, Miiya Hendrickson, Kelsey Hill, Triton Johnston, Jacob Lenderink, Sonja Madsen, Amanda Murray, Kelly Nordquist, Fjora Olson, Nathan Parker, Anna Pattok, Delaney Pickett, Nevaeh Powell, Isa Shavrnoch, Matt Simon, Lukas Zielke.
On April 6th, some of Marquette's Superior String Alliance players are coming together on the Reynolds Recital Hall stage! Members include Danielle Simandl, Ria Hodgson, Eric Marta, Adam Hall, and NMU strings and orchestra professor, Barbara Rhyneer. Come down to Reynolds on Thursday, April 6th, to hear some beautiful chamber strings music!
This event is free and open to the public.
Open Mind Ensemble (OM Ensemble) is a mixed instrument chamber ensemble that creates music and sonic spaces formed out of improvisational techniques. Utilizing spoken word, found instruments, standard musical language as well as non-standard, OM creates a space for creativity, acceptance, and togetherness.
Joining OM for a portion of this performance is Alley Oops Improv, an improv theater group based in Marquette.
This event is free and open to the public.
As part of the 2023 Winter Roots Festival, the Beaumier U.P. Heritage Center is presenting a concert by the dynamic folk duo, Newberry and Verch, on Saturday, March 18 at 7:30 p.m. The concert will be held in Forest Roberts Theatre on the campus of Northern Michigan University. Tickets for the concert can be purchase online at nmu.universitytickets.com or at Forest Roberts Theatre, NMU Bookstore or the Berry Events Center. Ticket costs are as follows: General Public - $15 advance/$17 door; NMU Students and under 18 - $10 advance/$12 door.
Growing up, Joe Newberry and April Verch absorbed traditions of home and hearth – in his Missouri Ozarks and her Ottawa Valley of Canada. Although they are on the road much of the year, the two musicians are fond of saying that they are rarely homesick, because their music means they always have a bit of home with them wherever they go.
Joe Newberry comes from a family of singers and dancers. He took up the guitar and banjo as a boy and learned fiddle tunes from great Missouri fiddlers. April Verch grew up listening to her Dad’s country band play for dances in the Ottawa Valley. She started step dancing at age three and fiddling at age six. In a Newberry & Verch show, delighted audiences see first-hand the roots of their music, their love of performing, and their strong musical connection. Original songs join timeless classics. Stories warm the heart, and give audiences a chance to understand where the music comes from. Lively fiddle and banjo numbers combine with traditional dance steps to illustrate happy times when people made their own fun.
Known around the world for his clawhammer banjo playing, Newberry is also a powerful guitarist, singer and songwriter. The Gibson Brothers’ version of his song “Singing As We Rise,” featuring guest vocalist Ricky Skaggs, won the 2012 IBMA “Gospel Recorded Performance” Award. With Eric Gibson, he shared the 2013 IBMA “Song of the Year” Award for “They Called It Music.” A longtime guest on A Prairie Home Companion, he was a featured singer on the Transatlantic Sessions 2016 tour of the U.K., and at the Transatlantic Session’s debut at Merlefest in 2017. In addition to his work with April Verch, he plays in a duo with mandolin icon Mike Compton. He also plays and teaches at festivals and workshops in North America and abroad.
Before launching her professional career, Verch was the first woman to win both the Canadian Grand Masters and Canadian Open Fiddling Championships. In 2000, she formed “The April Verch Band,” and together they have toured the world, performing in 18 different countries. She has released 12 solo recordings to date, receiving JUNO, Canadian Folk Music and Independent Music nominations and awards for several of those releases. She has also released an instructional stepdance DVD, a book of original fiddle tunes, and a Canadian Fiddle tune teaching method for Mel Bay. Verch was one of 6 fiddlers who represented the Canadian fiddle tradition to the world at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, as part of a segment called “Fiddle Nation” featured in the Opening Ceremonies.
Ever since Newberry & Verch met, and discovered a musical spark that few can match, they have toured across North America, Europe, and the U.K., including Nova Scotia’s signature festival Celtic Colours International Festival, the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival in New York state, and Celtic Connections in Glasgow, Scotland. Their CD, “Going Home,” was released to wide acclaim. Whether it is the power of two voices lifted in harmony, or the sound of traditional tunes calling people to get up and move, these two masters of tradition put on an unforgettable show. And, when their feet kick up the dust in perfect rhythm and those two voices become one, Joe Newberry and April Verch make folks remember why this music existed in the first place.
Join us at Reynolds Recital Hall April 26th at 7:30 p.m. to enjoy the first orchestra concert of the season! This concert is free and open to the public.
Join the Department of Languages, Literatures and International Studies for an evening of poetry to celebrate the linguistic diversity of NMU! We are calling for presenters for Poetry without Borders: The event will be held on Thursday, February 23rd at 5:30 pm in the Northern Center's Peninsula II Room.
Would you like to read or perform a poem during this event? The only rule is this: the poem needs to be in a language other than English. You can read in a language that you study, or one that you just love to read aloud.
TO APPLY: Visit the following Google form to submit your poem and English translation: https://forms.gle/WBozEkK5oWDEjgp98
The submission deadline is Thursday, February 16th.
