News & developments

November 2019 newsletter

Dear Friend of the Downers Grove Music Club,

The latest newsletter for the DGMC is available here..  It is filled with lots of information about the activities of our club, including highlights of our season opener Music of the Stage and Screen featuring the Alliance Brass (see photo above), and The Canterville Ghost, featuring Megan Wells, with Mary Elliott and Chris Garofalo …

House Benefit Concert

DGMC is hosting the first of two fundraising events this season featuring a Benefit Concert and Dessert Reception at a private home. All proceeds are used to fund the Rising Star and College Music Awards given to talented local high school music students. This is a ticketed event with limited seating. Tickets are $35 and …

The Canterville Ghost

Presented by the Downers Grove Public Library / Downers Grove Music Club Concert Series

Sunday, October 13, 2019 at 2:00 p.m.
Downers Grove Public Library
1050 Curtiss Street, Downers Grove

Join us for a Halloween treat, filled with humor, music and a bit of vaudeville. Award-winning storyteller and theater artist Megan Wells tells the story of Oscar Wilde’s The Canterville Ghost, enhanced by music performed by pianist Chris Garofalo and soprano Mary Elliott …

2020 Piano Festival & Competition

Here are key dates for the 2020 Piano Festival & Competition:

Registrations open online: November 15, 2019
Entry forms due: February 7, 2020 (no extensions!)
Festival and Competition (all students): Sunday, March 8, 2020, Community United Methodist Church, 20 Center Street, Naperville
Honors Recitals (selected students): Sunday, March 15, 2020 at 1:30 pm and 3:00 pm, Downers Grove Public Library