Miles Teague has been named the the Class of 2020 Outstanding Senior in Music by the North High Fine Arts Faculty. [Click Here for video announcement.] Miles Teague has demonstrated excellence through eleven music courses at DGN in the areas of Choir, Jazz, AP Music Theory, and Honors Wind Ensemble. He is a 7-time All-District musician in orchestral and jazz music, and our school’s first-ever 4-time All-State musician, with appointments to the All State Musical Pit Orchestra as a freshman, and then three-consecutive years to the Illinois All State Honors Orchestra, named first-chair “principal horn” in January of 2020. Miles has been recognized locally as Drum Major of DGN’s Trojan Marching Band ... regionally as the principal horn of the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra ... nationally as a member of the Macy's Great American Marching Band ... and internationally on music tours of England, France, Germany, Russia, Estonia, Sweden and Finland. Miles was recently accepted into the prestigious Tanglewood Summer Music Festival in Massachusetts. Next year he will attend the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York to continue his pursuit of the arts. Congratulations to the 2020 Outstanding Senior in Music – Miles Teague.
Dylan Skeen has been named the Class of 2020 Outstanding Senior in Theatre by the North High Fine Arts Faculty. [Click Here for video announcement.] Dylan Skeen is described by the faculty as the most enthusiastic student of theatre that North High has seen in years. Beyond Dylan’s excellent work in the Theatre Design class, his chief area of interest was Acting. Indeed Dylan's completion of Acting 1, 2 and 3 was filled with high energy, creative characterizations, and, above all, an incredible sense of humor. His peers were always glad to see Dylan, and their faces lit up when he walked into the classroom because they knew that during that particular class period, Dylan would absolutely, positively, make them laugh, as well as elevate the quality of their own performance. Perhaps most appreciated by the directors and designers in the co-curricular theatre program, Dylan quite often applied the knowledge and skills he learned in theatre coursework to DGN theatre productions. Equally at home working on creating characters or building sets, Dylan's talents were very much appreciated, and will be missed. Dylan will attend Illinois State University next year where he will study Marketing or TV Broadcasting. Congratulations to the 2020 Outstanding Senior in Theatre – Dylan Skeen.
Gema Perez Gomez has been named the Class of 2020 Outstanding Senior in Visual Art by the North High Fine Arts Faculty. [Click Here for video announcement.] Gema is a dedicated and well-rounded artist whose expertise is in Drawing and Photography. She is an investigator who always wants to learn more about the visual art world and that is why she steps outside of her comfort zone to explore classes like Jewelry and Metalwork and Ceramics. Her creativity and ability to photograph subjects through cultural storytelling are advanced and make a statement that is truly remarkable. She's won awards and scholarships from multiple exhibitions over the years and is always willing to provide positive, constructive feedback for her peers. She, and her family, are always present at visual arts event -- a testament to her commitment and dedication to the work she's doing in the DGN Fine Arts Department, and more broadly to the field of visual art. Gema will continue her art education at the American Academy of Art in Chicago next year. Her passion, talent, and enthusiasm will be a true asset to the visual art community and we wish her all the best. Congratulations to the 2020 Outstanding Senior in Visual Art – Gema Perez Gomez.
DGN's Renee Boone was featured today in the Broadway In Chicago initiative "Around Broadway In 80 Days." #AroundBroadwayIn80Days Click HERE to see the highlighted clip from North High's 2020 production of The Music Man.
Congratulations Renee, and thank you to Broadway In Chicago for your ongoing advocacy of the arts!
Congratulations to the Class of 2020 seniors who completed the the AP Studio curriculum this year! We invite you to view the artistic output of these talented students, and read their artist-statements within THIS VIDEO gallery.
COVID-19 cannot stop creative people from creating art! The 2020 DGN (Virtual) Spring Art Show is proof of that! Please click HERE, or on the image above, to enter our virtual art gallery, where you will be able to view 500+ pieces of artwork created by our talented North High visual artists. The art showcased is a combination of work completed before schools were shut down on March 13, as well as pieces that were created at home during the pandemic. Congratulations to the hundreds of student visual artists from DGN who continued to express themselves creatively during our stay-at-home order, and to the dedicated team of DGN Fine Arts faculty who continued to mentor our student artists all the way through to the conclusion of the semester. https://tinyurl.com/DGNSpringArtShow2020
DGN student Ryan Kasko, who has been illuminating many North High Fine Arts concerts and DGN events, is featured in a recent PLSN (Projection Lights & Staging News) article.
"In PLSN’s continuing quest to find tomorrow’s next hip lighting designer, production manager or noticeable person in the live event industry on their way to becoming a Parnelli Award winner, we were introduced to Ryan Kasko. Ryan is a 17-year old junior at Downers Grove North High School in Illinois. But don’t let that age fool you, he’s been into lighting for the last 12 years." Read the full article HERE. Congratulations Ryan!
Congratulations to Emma Krause on her performance in the Quarter-Finals of Fischoff, the nation's largest Chamber Music Competition. Her flute quartet is being adjudicated in the Quarter-Finals of the Junior Winds Division. This event typically takes place on the campus of the University of Notre Dame, but this year will be held through the broadcast and adjudication of submitted videos. Today's Quarter-Final Performances are being broadcastHERE. Click HERE or on the image above to connect with Fischoff's Facebook site. Sample's of Emma's quartet may be found directly here: Sample 1 Sample 2 Sample 3 We extend our best wishes to Emma, and her ensemble, for success at Fischoff!
Emma Krause (right) and the Purple Hippopotami Flute Quartet
DGN senior flutist Emma Krause was recently featured on the critically acclaimed national radio broadcast, From The Top, which highlights outstanding classical musicians. CLICK HERE to enjoy last week's full broadcast (Episode 387). Emma's quartet is featured at the 48:03 minute mark. CLICK HERE for the Purple Hippopotami Flute Quartet. Congratulation, Emma!
Senior instrumentalists who won concerto competitions last November, and were to be featured in live performances with the D99 Symphonic Orchestra, will present their "Senior Solos" in a Live-Stream Broadcast, May 5th at 1:00 PM. The program will feature Rebecca Edmundson, Kristen Karam, Therese Malinowski, Braden Moore, Catherine Ramsey and Emily Wooton.
Student musicians/families in the D99 Orchestra have been sent Zoom credentials via email to tune-in as audience members. The broadcasts will also be streamed live on the DGN Fine Arts Department YouTube Channel. Congratulations to these outstanding senior musicians on their solo accomplishments!
North High School endeavors to provide an enriching, vibrant, multidisciplinary environment for the study, creation, and presentation of the Fine Arts.
