NAPERVILLE CHORUS Information

The Naperville Chorus was founded in 1976 as an organization dedicated to the advancement of choral music, the encouragement of participation in group singing, the development of the appreciation of good music, the presentation of choral programs, and the encouragement of cultural music in the community (see Chorus History). Each year, the Chorus presents two major concerts, one in the fall/winter holiday season and one in the spring. Recent performances have included baroque music such as Bach's Magnificat, Handel's Messiah and Vivaldi's Gloria, as well as lighter classics such as Gilbert and Sullivan's Trial by Jury and Pirates of Penzance (excerpts), and selections from Strauss' Die Fledermaus. We have also performed 20th century music such as Honegger's King David, Gian Carlo Menotti's Bishop of Brindisi, Ramirez' Misa Criolla, and selections from Andrew Lloyd Weber, Cole Porter and George Gershwin. We have collaborated with the Downers Grove Choral Society in the presentation of Israel in Egypt and Elijah, and have also performed with the DuPage Symphony Orchestra to present Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky, Russian Opera Choruses and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony (also with the Downers Grove Choral Society). In 2011, the Chorus was privileged to perform Orf's Carmine Burana with the Chicago Bar Association Orchestra and Chorus at Symphony Center in Chicago. Our most recent performance in May 2012, was of famous opera choruses.