D99 Orchestra students share talent at DG Fine Arts Festival

Members of the District 99 Orchestra are sharing their music this weekend with the Downers Grove

community at the Downers Grove Fine Arts Festival!

Trojan Marching Band Makes 2019 Season Debut

Congratulations to the members of the 2019-20 Trojan Marching Band for a terrific debut performance this weekend! On the field, and in the stands, student musicians provided an energetic and captivating display of musicianship and spirit.  

Special appreciation is extended to the members of the Class of 2020, and their families, as North High celebrated the contributions of our seniors prior to the Pre-Game Show and Kick-Off.

Thank you to Dr. Emmie Pawlak, and our team of Uniform Volunteers, who coordinated the sizing and executed the distribution of 210 marching band uniforms in preparation for the season. The band looked fantastic because of your hard work, dedication, and volunteer spirit!

Appreciation is also extended to the volunteers who provided the Marching Band with water during the game, assisted with moving Front Ensemble instruments, sold merchandise at the DGN-FOFA table, and provided video for our staff and students to review next week.

CLICK HERE for a gallery of additional photos from the September 6, 2019 performance.

CLICK HERE for a gallery of photos featuring the Class of 2020 and their families. 

DGN Musicians Honor Decorated War Hero

Sgt. James W. Robinson Jr.

After 53 years, posthumous Medal of Honor recipient U.S. Army Sgt. James W. Robinson Jr. was honored at a ceremony marking the renaming of the Westmont Post Office in his name. Robinson, a native son of Westmont, perished in battle in Vietnam and was laid to rest in 1966 at the Clarendon Hills Cemetery. The Medal of Honor is the United States of America's highest and most prestigious personal military decoration that may be awarded to recognize U.S. military service members who have distinguished themselves by acts of valor. He was the grandson of William Robinson, a former five-term mayor of Westmont, according to a news release.

Thank you to DGN musicians Gwen Casten, Derek Ferraro, and Tressa Rapach, who performed the National Anthem to open today's naming ceremony.

Chemical Imbalance: Thursday - Saturday in DGN Studio Theatre

North High Theatre’s first show of the year - Chemical Imbalance - opens TONIGHT, and continues this weekend in the DGN Studio Theatre. 

A darkly comic adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. In Victorian England, repressed impulses burst their corsets as Dr. Jekyll's experiments in the nature of evil threaten to reveal the bloody hands beneath the gloves of the British Empire. A fast-paced romp about men and women tightrope walking the line between aristocracy and insanity, and between the twin specters of good and evil.

Ambrosia - Kate Crisp
Euphronia - Delaney Durbin
Rosamunda - Abby Goodman
Lady Throckmortonshire - Cole Cook
Ivy - Lillie Cawthorne
Plodgett - Audry Dwyer
Calliope/Penelope - Emily Igoe
Henry Jekyll - Patrick Jackson
Xavier Utterson - Dimitri Marinakos
Constable - TJ Nottelmann

Lieutenant - Daniel Sosnovsky

Thursday and Friday at 7:00 PM, or Saturday at 5:00 PM. Tickets are $10 (Adults), $5 (Children) and District 99 students are free with ID! 

DGN Theatre's "Chemical Imbalance" Opens Thursday in Studio Theatre

North High Theatre’s first show of the year - Chemical Imbalance - opens Thursday evening in the DGN Studio Theatre. 

A darkly comic adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. In Victorian England, repressed impulses burst their corsets as Dr. Jekyll's experiments in the nature of evil threaten to reveal the bloody hands beneath the gloves of the British Empire. A fast-paced romp about men and women tightrope walking the line between aristocracy and insanity, and between the twin spectres of good and evil.

Thursday and Friday at 7:00 PM, or Saturday at 5:00 PM. Tickets are $10 (Adults), $5 (Children) and District 99 students are free with ID! 

Thank you FOFA Volunteers - Marching Band Uniform Fitting 2019

Thank you to our amazing DGN Friends of Fine Arts parent volunteers for their service and assistance today as members of the Trojan Marching Band finalized uniform assignments for 2019.

A very special thank you is extended to Dr. Emmie Pawlak who has served as Uniform Distribution Coordinator this year. Dr. Pawlak invested untold hours over the summer matching sizing data with garments, making the initial assignments, and heading up all the coordination efforts that made today run smoothly. THANK YOU!!!

Theatre Workshop Welcomes DGN Students Back To Campus

 

DGN Theatre welcomed aspiring actors and stage technicians back to campus this week during the annual DGN Theatre Workshop.

DGN Flutist Featured - WFMT Chicago Classical Radio

Tune in to WFMT Radio on Saturday, August 24 (11 AM), to hear DGN Senior flutist Emma Krause as she is featured on Introductions. 

Emma will be performing with the Parquarious Winds of the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra (CYSO). The quintet was formed in fall 2018. In addition to playing on regular CYSO recitals, the group performed at a Chamber Showcase recital at PianoForte and performed with the Orion Ensemble. As representatives of the CYSO Ambassadors Program, the group gave performances at two Chicago Public Schools in March 2019.

Members include 17-year-old flutist Emma Krause of Downers Grove (Downers Grove North High School), 17-year-old oboist Oliver Talukder of Glenview (Maine East High School), 18-year-old clarinetist Madison Childs of Yorkville (Yorkville High School), 16-year-old bassoonist Abigail Lopez of Aurora (West Aurora High School), and 18-year-old horn player Madeline Grenier of Valparaiso, Indiana (Valparaiso High School).

The program also features an encore selection performed by the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra.

CLICK HERE for a live-stream of WFMT Radio.

Music

Trois pièces brèves, by Jacques Ibert
Allegro

Kleine Kammermusik, by Paul Hindemith
Lustig
Walzer
Ruhig und einfach
Schnelle
Sehr lebhaft