The Downers Grove Concert Association has announced programming for the 64th Artists Showcase West classical music series. Four concerts are planned, with three to take place in the Johnson Auditorium on the campus of Downers Grove North High School and one in Naperville's Wentz Concert Hall. True to the Showcase's tradition, the season will feature musicians of outstanding quality and international acclaim from the United States and abroad. Until June 28th subscriptions to all four concerts are available in
a special early bird package. If purchased by June 28, all four concerts will cost $80 for individuals, $40 for students and $170 for families. After the deadline, the same tickets increase to $100, $50 and $200 respectively. Individual tickets can be bought for $30 ($15 for students in grades 1-12.)
Artists Showcase West performances are held on Sunday afternoons at 3 pm with a pre-concert conversation moderated by music commentator Joshua Kind beginning at 2 pm. Ample free off street parking is available at both the Johnson Auditorium as well as Wentz Concert Hall. For more information please call 630-963-9093 or visit www.dgconcerts.org. The 2010-2011 Artists Showcase West season is supported by the Illinois Arts Council, and contributions to help fund Artists Showcase West are fully
tax-deductible.
The American String Quartet will perform at Wentz Concert Hall on the campus of North Central College in Naperville. Formed in 1974 when its original members were students at the Juilliard School, the Quartet was launched by winning the Coleman Competition and the Naumbur Award in the same year. In three decades of touring, the American has performed in all fifty states and appeared in vitrually every important concert hall throughout the world. Their presentations of the complete quartets of
Beethoven, Schubert, Schoenberg, Bartok, and Mozart have won widespread critical acclaim. Resident Quartet at the Aspen Music Festival since 1974 and the Manhattan School of Music since 1984, the group recently celebrated its 30th anniversary with a new series of recordings on the Arabesque label.