DGS Fine Arts is proud to announce that the DGS Wind Ensemble has been chosen, through competitive taped audition, to participate in the 2010 Illinois Superstate Concert Band Festival.
The Illinois Superstate Concert Band Festival will be held on Friday and Saturday, May 7-8, 2010 in the Great Hall of the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The Superstate Festival is sponsored by University Bands and the School of Music. Outstanding middle, junior and senior high school concert bands from across the state will perform on the Foellinger Great Hall Stage at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.
27 middle, junior and senior high school concert bands have been selected for the festival from audition tapes or CD’s by an adjudication panel of band directors outside of the University of Illinois. In addition, the four Honor Bands from 2009 have been extended an invitation to present a performance for the 2010 Superstate Festival. These bands are not eligible to be chosen as an honor band during the 2010 Superstate Festival. A total of 31 bands will be featured plus a guest performance by the University of Illinois Wind Symphony.
Four separate classes will be offered. The number of bands selected in each class is determined by a panel of adjudicators outside of the University of Illinois. These will be based upon the quality of the performances on tapes and CD’s provided.
"A benchmark of success in District 99 and at Downers Grove South High School is the ability to competitively perform at the state level." said Fine Arts Department Chairperson Glenn Williams. "I abound with personal pride for our students and our staff at this sonic accomplishment. The list of performing ensembles indicates a level of performance excellence that is not only at a state level, but, at a national level."
