Our students and staff represented DGS and District 99 amazingly well in the opening day of the 2011 IMEA State Convention. Junior Zach Planta conducted his award winning piece on the Composition Showcase Concert. Fellow All-State Musicians Carly Charles, Billy Moroney, Lexi Osborn, Suzanne Segredo and Aaron Shatzer (DGN) realized the Zach's piece in front of an audience of over 1,500 students and teachers. Staff member Craig Roselieb mentored Zach through the composition process and through the application process to the IMEA competition. Staff members Ron Hornish, Craig Roselieb, Bill Miller (DGN), Glenn Williams and Frank Piekarz (DGN) were part of a group of educators that played in a directors big band that performed the composition of a student from Grayslake High School. Brayer Teague (DGN) moderated the Composition Showcase Concert, featuring world class musician Paul Wertico and live performances of student compositions from around Illinois. Way to go DGS and DGN music students and staff for having such a pervasive and positive impact on music and music education in the state of Illinois.
