Downers Grove Choral Society Concert "Of Psalms and Prophets"

The Downers Grove Choral Society, with Artistic Director John Patrick Rakes, will present the opening to its 65th Season Sunday,  November 19, 2023 with the concert Of Psalms and Prophets.

This concert features Leonard Bernstein’s  Chichester Psalms, Rosephanye Powell’s The Cry of Jeremiah and David McK Williams’  In the Year That  King Uzziah Died.

The concert will be presented with Kevin Lange, organ; Sean Kopp, Andrew Czerny and Zachary Wittenborn, percussion; Cellletine Harig, harp; Malcolm Kelsey, soloist and Downers Grove Councilman Martin Tully, narrator.

Please visit the Downers Grove Choral Society web site at www.dgcs.org and the Downers Grove Choral Society Facebook page for DGCS background information, as well as concert details.

Advance tickets are $25, $20 Senior and $15 Student; tickets are $27, $22 Senior and $17 Student at the door. Information and tickets are available from DGCS members, on the tickets page at www.dgcs.org, at 630-515-0030, and at Anderson\’s Bookshop, 5112 Main Street, Downers Grove.

Of Psalms and Prophets will be presented at Downers Grove First United Methodist Church, 1032 Maple Avenue, Downers Grove, IL. There will be a pre-concert discussion at 3:15 p.m., followed by the 4:00 p.m. concert.

Downers Grove Choral Society, anchored in Downers Grove, draws its members from around the Chicagoland area. Our membership extends well beyond Downers Grove, including such communities as Western Springs, Woodridge, Lemont, Wheaton, St. Charles, Naperville, Lisle, Lombard, LaGrange Park, Villa Park, Darien and Willowbrook, to name just a few.

Visit the Downers Grove Choral Society website at www.dgcs.org, email to info@dgcs.org or call 630.515.0030 for additional information.

The Downers Grove Choral Society acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency