Our students and staff represented DGN and District 99 amazingly well in the opening day of the 2011 IMEA State Convention. DGS Junior Zach Planta conducted his award winning piece on the Composition Showcase Concert. Fellow All-State Musicians Carly Charles (DGS), Billy Moroney (DGS), Lexi Osborn (DGS), Suzanne Segredo (DGS) and Stephen Shatzer (DGN) realized Zach's piece in front of an audience of over 1,500 students and teachers. District 99 faculty member Craig Roselieb mentored Zach through the composition process and through the application process to the IMEA competition. Staff members Ron Hornish, Craig Roselieb, Bill Miller, Glenn Williams and Frank Piekarz were part of a group of educators that played in a directors' big band that performed the composition of a student from Grayslake North High School. Brayer Teague, serving as the Coordinator of the All-State Music Composition Contest moderated the Composition Showcase Concert, featuring world class musician Paul Wertico and live performances of student compositions from around Illinois. Way to go DGN and DGS music students and staff for having such a pervasive and positive impact on music and music education in the state of Illinois.
