The Naperville Men's Glee Club
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Naperville, IL 60540
Founded by their director, Bonnie Roberts, the Naperville Men's Glee Club draws its members from the wealth of talent in the high tech, business oriented Naperville area. Membership comes from university and college glee club backgrounds and also includes church choir, barbershop, community chorus, and professional music experience.
Since their inception, the Naperville Men's Glee Club has been recognized with numerous honors including grants from the Illinois Arts Council, the Traveler's/Citigroup Foundation, the DuPage Community Foundation, the AT&T Foundation, the Target Foundation and the Naperville Jaycees and honors from the New York Choral Festival and the National Festival of the States in Washington D.C.. They have also performed nationally on CBS-TV. They have organized and performed in joint concerts with the United States Naval Academy Men's Glee Club of Annapolis, Maryland; the Miami University Men's Glee Club from Oxford, Ohio; the Varsity Men's Glee Club from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; and the Purdue University Varsity Glee Club of West Lafayette, Indiana. In addition, they organized eight local choruses in a Plainfield tornado relief benefit and performed with them at the Paramount Theater in Aurora.
They celebrated their twentieth anniversary in 2008 when they represented Illinois in the National Festival of the States in Boston and premiered a work by Jackson Berkey. They are in frequent demand to perform for various organizations throughout the greater Chicago area. The Glee Club is accompanied by Melanie Brsan.
A registered not-for-profit organization, the Naperville Men's Glee Club is dedicated to a high quality of male vocal music and combining it with strong fellowship. They promote male choral music in the schools as well as performing at various community functions. They gratefully accept financial support; checks may be made out to The Naperville Men's Glee Club and mailed to 744 Wildflower Circle, Naperville IL 60540.
A performance fee schedule, including special not-for-profit group rates, is available.<!--Session data--><!--Session data-->
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