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Each season the Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus participates
in over 50 concerts, including numerous guest performances
throughout the community, and on tour. The Chorus'
two self-produced concerts, Holiday and Spring,
involve over 250 children from the youngest to the
most experienced singers, and are presented annually
for combined audiences of nearly 4000 people. In
addition, the GECC annually presents performances
at the conclusion of its 400-voice Honors Chorus
Singfestl, Boys Only! Event, School Exchanges, and
Week Alive! summer camp.
Please also read our list of GECC
facts worth knowing.
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2005 - 2006
2004 - 2005
2003 - 2004
2002 - 2003
2001 - 2002
2000 - 2001
1999 - 2000
1998 - 1999
Previous Seasons
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With the Barenaked Ladies
2005-2006:
Highlights include a performance with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
for their "Night at the Movies" with Richard Kaufman conducting; a
performance with the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus at Millennium Park
of Carmina Burana with Christopher Bell conducting; a guest
appearance with the Barenaked Ladies rock group; a joint concert with the
acclaimed Amabile Youth Singers in Ontario, Canada; Performances of the
Nutcracker with the Salt Creek Ballet companyl a guest appearance
at the New Tang Dynasty Gala at the Arie Crown Theater; a featured
performance at the regional convention of the American Choral Director's
Association; and two performances with the unique Lakeside Singers.
2004-2005:
At the Great Wall
2005-2006:
Highlights include a performance with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
for their "Night at the Movies" with Richard Kaufman conducting; a
performance with the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus at Millennium Park
of Carmina Burana with Christopher Bell conducting; a guest
appearance with the Barenaked Ladies rock group; a joint concert with the
acclaimed Amabile Youth Singers in Ontario, Canada; Performances of the
Nutcracker with the Salt Creek Ballet companyl a guest appearance
at the New Tang Dynasty Gala at the Arie Crown Theater; a featured
performance at the regional convention of the American Choral Director's
Association; and two performances with the unique Lakeside Singers.
2004-2005:
Highlights include the release of a new CD recording,
At Home with the GECC; a joint concert with
the acclaimed Amabile Youth Singers from Canada;
the For Boys Only event; performances with
the Elmhurst Symphony; performances on several concert
series including those in Oak Brook and LaGrange;
an appearance with the Barenaked Ladies in their
Chicago Holiday show; A Christmas Spectacular with
a commission by Dale Warland and guest artist Doreen
Rao, the 300 voice Honors Chorus SingFest; the premiere
of an innovative, stage choral opera, The Nightingale
by Imant Raminsh and a second performance at the
national convention for Chorus America; and a summer
tour to Hong Kong for the World Children's Choir
Festival and to mainland China.
Riverside Church, New York City
2002-2003:
Highlights include singing for 11 performances
of the the Nutcracker with the Joffrey and
Salt Creek Ballets, a featured performance at Carnegie
Hall for the national convention of the American
Choral Directors Association; performing at the
nation convention of the Kodaly Music Educators
in Minneapolis; opening ceremonies of Brookfield
Zoo's Holiday Magic; a joint concert with the national
children's chorus of Australia for the Honors Chorus
Workshop; a live broadcast on WFMT radio; performances
of Mahler's Symphony No. 3 with the Elmhurst
Symphony; a performance with the Chicago Symphony
Orchestra at the Ravinia Festival, and a summer
tour to Newfoundland, Canada.
Sydney, Australia
2000-2001:
Following a summer concert tour to Australia and
New Zealand, the Chorus produced a new CD recording,
Flights of Song. In the fall the children performed
for General Mills, Children's Memorial Foundation,
and dozens of other local organizations, and sang
a festive Holiday Concert to a sold-out audience.
Spring highlights included a joint concert with
the renown Czech choir, Jitro, performances of Britten's
War Requiem with John Nelson for the Wheaton Artist
Series, the GECC Honors Chorus Workshop and gala
Spring Concert, and a performance of Carmina Burana
with the DuPage Chorale. The Chorus earned national
honors with the ASCAP Chorus America Award for Adventurous
Programming. During the summer the Chorus served
as the Young Artists in Residence for the international
Choral Music Experience Institute, held at Elmhurst
College.
Previous Seasons:
Concert highlights included performances and a
recording with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and
Chorus of Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms, under
the direction of Sir Georg Solti, and Mahler's Eighth
Symphony, under Christoph Eschenbach in addition
to benefit concerts with international opera stars
Thomas Hampson, Nancy Gustafson, and Sylvia McNair,
a live featured broadcast on WFMT radio, fully stages
performances of Leonard Bernstein's MASS, and a
Wheaton Artist Series concert with Symphony of the
Shores. In 1998 the Chorus toured in Italy.
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St. John, Newfoundland, Canada
2003-2004:
Highlights include 9 performance of the Nutcracker
with the Joffrey Ballet; a collaboration with Kellogg's
for a nationally distributed record; the For
Boys Only event; an appearance on the Wheaton
Artists Series, the 400-voice Honors Chorus Singfest;
co-hosting a Chorus America national workshop; and
Song of DuPage, an innovative, new initiative
celebrating the cultural roots of this community
through a lively and dramatic production weaving
together the stories and songs of the area's settlers
via numerous concerts with a professional story-teller
and staging; and a concert at Cantigny Park Summer
Concerts.
On the beach at Rio de Janiero
2001-2002:
Highlights include the release of a new Christmas
CD recordings, Celestial Voices; singing for 11
performances of Nutcracker with the Joffrey and
Salt Creek ballets; the Dennis Hastert Mega Event;
special performances to benefit American Red Cross
relief efforts for New York City, a breast cancer
foundation, and the American Heart Walk; opening
ceremonies of Brookfield Zoo's Holiday Magic; a
featured performance at the American Choral Director's
Association convention in Chicago; joint concerts
with the St. Louis and Indianapolis children's choirs;
a live performance on WFMT radio; performances with
Dennis DeYoung of Styx; performance on A&E documentary
Old Friends with Julia Roberts; concert tour to
Brazil.
1999-2000:
The GECC was chosen by the U. S. Congress as a Local
Legacy for the Library of Congress' bicentennial celebration,
recognizing distinctive organizations that represent
the best of our nation's cultural heritage in the
20th century. Choristers also sang with the Berlin
Philharmonic under Maestro Claudio Abbado, and worked
with pre-eminent Canadian composer Imant Raminsh.
They performed with country singer Garth Brooks for
the Ronald McDonald House Charities' fundraiser.
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