DGN Fine Arts Welcomes Mr. Ariel Mozes to North High!

DGN Fine Arts is pleased to welcome Mr. Ariel Mozes to North High School as our new Auditorium Manager.  

Mr. Mozes will be on campus full-time to support students and faculty, and oversee all of the technical needs within the Clarence Johnson Auditorium. He has previously worked as a full time Technical Theatre teacher while also acting as an auditorium manager. Mr. Mozes discovered his passion for technical theatre in high school. Working on productions empowered and inspired him, which ultimately led to his formal pursuit of arts education. At Illinois State University, Mr. Mozes dual majored in Theatre Education and Theatre Design and Production, which allowed him to gain production experience in both the collegiate and high school setting. In addition to his technical theatre experience, Mr. Mozes has a minor in Industrial Technology.

Recent production credits include Little Shop of Horrors, Failure: A Love Story, Anything Goes, Peter Pan, The Little Mermaid, Neighborhood3: Requisition of Doom, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Lion King Jr, Once Upon a Mattress, and Mary Poppins. Two of his productions were selected for performance at the prestigious Illinois High School Theatre Festival. Mr. Mozes also works as a freelance scenic designer in the Chicagoland area.

DGN Musicians Appearing with CYSO on CNN July 4th Telecast

The Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, including four DGN musicians (Emma Krause, Catherine Ramsey, Miles Teague, and Jesse Wei), will be featured in a CNN primetime special, "The Fourth in America." The nationally televised broadcast will feature fireworks displays from across the country and salute those working on the front line of the pandemic. As one of just two youth orchestras invited to participate, CYSO Symphony Orchestra students recorded a virtual performance of Aaron Copland's "Hoe-Down."

Other orchestras featured in Saturdays event include  the US Army Field Band, “The President’s Own” US Marine Band, US Navy Band, Colorado Symphony, Houston Symphony, New York Philharmonic, New York Youth Symphony, and San Francisco Symphony, as well as a star-studded line up of bands and performers. Read more on Billboard.

Tune in this Saturday, July 4th from 7:00-11:00 pm CST to see and hear the CYSO!