1. Use this LINK to access the DGS Band Boosters webstore. You can also access it through the District 99 Webstore home page. Simply click on the DGS Band Boosters from there.
1. Use this LINK to access the DGS Band Boosters webstore. You can also access it through the District 99 Webstore home page. Simply click on the DGS Band Boosters from there.
Congratulations to the DGS student-musicians selected to perform in the Illinois Music Education Association District Festival. Students from across the Chicago region were selected by competitive audition to participate in day-long educational workshops with highly respected guest conductors, and present a culminating concert for family, friends, and educators.
Thank you to the faculty, staff and Music Education majors at Elmhurst University for welcoming our students to campus as the Festival Host site.
SENIOR BAND & ORCHESTRA WINDS & PERCUSSION
Katherine Opila (12) Trombone (Band)
Becca Snouffer (9) Bb Clarinet (Band)
Kaitlyn Steffgen (12) Bb Clarinet (Band)
SENIOR CHORUS
Kaleb Ancell (12) Tenor II
Samantha Bachara (12) Soprano II
Gianna Caponigro (10) Soprano II
Adreana Duarte (12) Soprano I
Maija Flannery (10) Soprano I
Mina Kostic (12) Soprano I
Zach Mead (12) Bass I
Maximilian O'Connor (12) Bass II
Charles O'Neill (12) Tenor I
Kassem Ossman (12) Tenor I
Abigail Parson (11) Alto I
Grace Rerucha (10) Alto II
Ryan Rosignal (12) Tenor I
Gwendolynne Royle (12) Soprano II
Jordan Stewart (12) Alto II
Patricia Suchanek (10) Alto I
Delaney Turner (11) Alto I
SENIOR INSTRUMENTAL JAZZ
Owen Anderson (11) Guitar (Jazz Band I)
Andrew Brandt (12) Trombone (Jazz Combo)
Lucas Ciocan (10) Tenor Sax (Jazz Band I)
James Clemens (12) Bass Trombone (Jazz Band I)
Zach Gresik (11) Alto Sax (Jazz Band II)
Sam Wleklinski (12) Trumpet (Jazz Band II)
SENIOR ORCHESTRA STRINGS
Erika Andreshak (9) Viola
Liudas Davies (11) Violin
Leka Davis (12) Cello
Matthew Lin (9) Cello
Audrey Lin (11) Cello
Colin McLaughlin (11) Cello
Philip Okunev (12) Violin
Emelia Parson (11) Cello
Olivia Roti (12) Viola
SENIOR VOCAL JAZZ
Nathan Frewen (12) Tenor (Vocal Jazz Ensemble II)
Faith Nelson (12) Alto (Vocal Jazz Ensemble I)
Briyana Zeigler (10) Alto (Vocal Jazz Ensemble II)
On behalf of our students, staff, and administration, we would like to cordially invite you to our Winter Fine Arts Festival on December 9th, 2021. This festival style occasion will first feature beautiful works of art from our DGS students. These works will be displayed in our gorgeous learning commons and be accompanied by group music performances that will add to the festive mood of this occasion. Following the opening act, you'll be treated to a re-imagined, immersive concert in our brand new Performing Arts Center. Festival doors will open at 5:30 with concert doors opening at 6:30pm.
TONIGHT will be our first Jazz concert of the year. Please join us in the brand new Performing Arts Center (PAC) at 7:00 PM for a FREE night of great music. This concert will feature (in the following order): Jazz Workshop, Jazz Lab Band, Jazz Ensemble and our guest artist, The BackBeat.
Congratulations once again to all of the DGS students that participated in the District 1 ILMEA Honors Jazz Festival!
Nathan Frewen, Faith Nelson, and Briyana Zeigler rehearse and perform during the ILMEA Vocal Jazz Festival at Oak Lawn Community High School on Saturday November 14th!
Owen Anderson, Andrew Brandt, Lucas Ciocan, James Clemens, Zach Gresik, and Sam Wleklinski represented District 99 and Downers Grove South High School in the District Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combo under the direction of Tom Garling, Chris Madsen, and Michael Stryker.
Ms. Murphy’s Drawing and Painting 1 class has just completed their character design unit! Students each developed an original character, rendering them in watercolor (background) and ink pen (character).
Tomorrow night (11/9) the DGS Band program will be hosting our second of three Fall Concerts in the brand new South High Performing Arts Center. This concert will feature students from O'Neill Middle School and Lakeview Junior High. Doors will open at 6:40 PM. Below are a few notes about the event.