Glenbard West Choirs
present
Winter Concert Gallery
This year, due to the global pandemic, the Glenbard West High School choirs are presenting a Winter Concert Gallery. We will begin with an introduction by our choral director, Mr. Andy Jeffrey and the collaborative keyboard artist, Ms. Cynthia Chou.
Individual Final Projects
In addition to the repertoire we worked on together, students also created personal recording projects.
Enjoy our curated showcase!
In Memoriam
While 2020 has been an unprecedented year in many ways, we want to acknowledge that for many, it has been a year of great personal loss and sadness. As musicians, one of the responses we have to tragedy is to share in each other's burdens by making music together. This page is dedicated to our dear collaborative pianist, Heather Haefliger, who lost her battle with ovarian cancer in April 2020, and to Amanda Schlieben, a vibrant member of our Glenbard West Choir community who we lost in October 2020. As we grieve these losses, Dan Forrest's setting of "Good Night Dear Heart" keep coming back to me. These are the words Mark Twain chose for the tomb of his youngest daughter Suzy, when she died at the age of 18.
"Warm summer sun
Shine kindly here,
Warm southern wind,
Blow softly here.
Green sod above
Lie light, Lie Light -
Good night, Dear Heart,
Good night, Good Night.”
Robert Richardson 1893
Let us remember those whom we have lost not only with sorrow, but with joy and gratitude for the way they have shaped our lives for the better.