Downers Grove Grade School District 58 will again be well represented at the Illinois Music Education Association’s (ILMEA) upcoming music and jazz festivals next month.
Twenty-four District 58 students will perform in ILMEA’s District 1 Junior High Music Festival on Saturday, Nov. 4 at Lincoln-Way Central High School (New Lenox). In addition, one District 58 student will perform in the ILMEA District 1 Jazz Band Festival on Saturday, Nov. 11 at Thornton Fractional South High School (Lansing).
The annual ILMEA District 1 Music Festival features student musicians selected by audition from schools throughout the southwest suburbs. The 150-member band, 100-piece orchestra and 150-member choir will unite for a special public Festival Finale Concert at 3 p.m. All are welcome to attend!
The annual ILMEA District 1 Jazz Festival features the top middle school and high school jazz musicians from the southwest suburbs, selected after a rigorous audition process. The festival will include a public concert at 2 p.m.
Admission costs $5 for each festival. Children under 6 will be admitted for free.
Congratulations to the District 58 students selected to perform in the 2017 District 1 Music Festival and Jazz Festival:
Band: Madolyn Werner, O’Neill eighth grader, flute Tabitha Irvin, Herrick Middle School seventh grader, bass clarinet
Orchestra: Mary Biggio, O’Neill eighth grader, viola Summer Kruk, O’Neill eighth grader, viola Audrey Lin, O’Neill seventh grader, cello Tim Neumann, O’Neill eighth grader, violin Liana O’Rourke, O’Neill eighth grader, violin Madeline Antonio, Herrick 8th grader, violin Stephen Cecil, Herrick 7th grader, viola Zoey Etheridge, Herrick 8th grader, cello Joshua Ho, Herrick 7th grader, violin Robert Huth, Herrick 7th grader, cello Joey Leckie, Lester 6th grader, cello Akshi Mistry, Herrick 8th grader, viola Amaya Munoz, Herrick 8th grader, violin
Chorus: Deanna Eslit, O’Neill eighth grader, alto Nathan Frewen, O’Neill eighth grader, bass Zachary Mead, O’Neill eighth grader, tenor Charlie O’Neill, O’Neill eighth grader, tenor Emmie Parson, O’Neill seventh grader, alto Abby Rook, O’Neill eighth grader, soprano Clarissa Sigale, O’Neill eighth grader, soprano Cora Lingenfelter, Herrick eighth grader, soprano Kyla Sherry, Herrick eighth grader, soprano
Jazz Band: Zachary Heppner, Herrick Middle School eighth grader, tenor saxophone Media inquiries may be directed to Faith Behr at 630-719-5805 or fbehr@dg58.org.