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Naperville Chorus to perform “Messiah” in Wentz Concert Hall

Naperville Chorus and Naperville Festival Orchestra will perform Mozart’s arrangement of George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah” on Dec. 3 at North Central College.

North Central College welcomes the Naperville Chorus and Naperville Festival Orchestra for a holiday performance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s arrangement of George Frideric Handel’s best-known composition “Messiah” on Dec. 3.

The legacy of Paul Warren Allen

The North Central College community remembers music professor, Paul Warren Allen

NAPERVILLE, Ill. (Dec. 15, 2010)—Music professor Paul Warren Allen could be moved to tears by the beautiful sounds created by students in his choir at North Central College.

“I remember one Christmas he was conducting the choir singing Handel’s ‘Messiah.’ The truth of the words gripped him and he had crocodile tears running down his cheeks,” recalls his daughter, Paula Billingsley.

Concert Choir performs two shows with DuPage Symphony Orchestra Feb. 12-13

Students will perform two concerts with the DuPage Symphony Orchestra Feb. 12 and 13.

Contact: Ted Slowik, Director of PR and Media Relations, 630-637-5307

NAPERVILLE, Ill. (Jan. 14, 2011)—Students in North Central College’s Concert Choir will perform two concerts with the DuPage Symphony Orchestra Feb. 12 and 13.

“The Genius of Prokofiev” will include excerpts from the composer’s 1940 ballet masterpiece “Romeo and Juliet” and will conclude with the powerful “Alexander Nevsky” cantata featuring the orchestra accompanied by the College’s Concert Choir and the Naperville Chorus.