Downers Grove Choral Society to Perform Rossini’s 'Petite Messe Solennelle'

The Downers Grove Choral Society will perform Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle at Wentz Concert Hall.

 DGCS will perform the work as Rossini originally composed it for two pianos and a harmonium.

Current DGCS accompanist, Cassie Mara Makeeff and former accompanist Jeffrey Panko, will be featured on piano.

William Crosby will be the featured organist on the Mason and Hamlin at the Saint Cletus performance, and Elizabeth Waldon will be the featured organist on the Story and Clark at the Wentz Concert Hall performance.

Vocal soloists will include Christine Steyer, Laura Sauer, Franco Martorano, and Keven Keys.

General admission tickets are $20; senior admission $15; student admission $5; and can be purchased online, at both the Downers Grove and Naperville Anderson’s Bookshop, and by phone.