2025SummerProgram

2025 NMGC Under the Stars

The Naperville Men’s Glee Club

Yonder Come Day, Georgia Sea Islands Spiritual, arr. Adam & Matt Todd
A Million Dreams from The Greatest Showman, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, arr. Mac Huff

Steve Schuette, solo

The Time They Are A-Changin’, Bob Dylan, arr. Adam Podd

Chuck Wilde, solo

I’m Gonna Sing When the Spirit Says Sing, Traditional Spiritual, arr. Howard Helvey

Don Vasich, solo

Melanie Brsan Villasenor and Tim Stacy, four-hand piano

Solos

Something’s Coming from West Side Story, Leonard Bernstein

Steve Schuette, solo

It All Fades Away from The Bridges of Madison County, Steven Pasquale

Dave Mueller, solo

That’s Life, Dean Kay & Kelly Gordon

Vaughn Whitfield, solo

The Peppermint Patties

Sing, Sing, Sing
In the Mood
Straighten Up and Fly Right
It Don’t Mean a Thing (a cappella)
Shoo Shoo Baby
Moon River (a cappella)
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy

Solos

Over the Rainbow with What A Wonderful World, Harold Arlen & Bob Thiele & George Weiss

Vern Sumner, solo

Don’t Need Anything But You from Annie, Charles StrouseI

Gary Leavenworth & Emerson Mae Chan, duet

The Naperville Men’s Glee Club

The Longest Time, Billy Joel, arr. Tom Gentry
Stand By Me, Ben King, Jerry Leiber, & Mike Stoller, arr. Mac Huff

John Rakes, solo

Shakespeare with Ollie, Sonnet 130

Ollie Taylor

Embraceable You, George & Ira Gershwin, arr. Jay Althouse
Earth Angel, Dootsie Williams, arr. Roger Emerson

Gary Leavenworth, solo

I Got Rhythm, George & Ira Gershwin, arr. Mark Hayes

Dr. John P. Rakes, DMA, Artistic Director

Melanie Brsan Villasenor, Principal Accompanist

Tim Stacy, Assistant Accompanist

Robbie Grabowski, guitar and percussion
Odie Jackson, bass guitar
Zach Wittenborn, drums and percussion

The Peppermint Patties is a Chicago-based vocal group founded in 2018 by Anna Caldwell, Laura Emery, and Daina Fischer, with Nikki Krzebiot joining in 2023. The group specializes in close-harmony jazz and musical theater, with a dash of pop and classical music. All of the Patties are professionally trained musicians with degrees in vocal performance and music education.

They perform across Chicagoland and the Midwest as both a trio and a quartet, appearing at private events and headlining shows at venues such as Venus Cabaret and Hey Nonny. In 2025, The Peppermint Patties won third place at the Chicago Harmony Sweepstakes A Cappella Festival.

The Naperville Men’s Glee Club

The Naperville Men's Glee Club is a nationally recognized male chorus. Chartered in 1988 as a 501(c)(3) corporation, the club has a proud history of performing with prestigious collegiate glee clubs, including those from the U.S. Naval Academy, Miami University, Purdue, Penn State, Notre Dame, the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Michigan, and the University of Illinois. The Glee Club is proudly supported by the City of Naperville SECA, the Illinois Arts Council, and many generous local businesses and individuals.

Men of all ages are welcome to sing with the Naperville Men’s Glee Club. We rehearse on Tuesday evenings from 7:30 to 9:00 pm at the Naperville Church of the Brethren located at 1020 W. Jefferson Ave. You can check our website, www.napervillemensgleeclub.org, for when we have Open Rehearsals scheduled in January, May, and September, but you are welcome to sit-in on any rehearsal and experience the fellowship and music of the Glee Club.