Last month, all fourth and fifth grade students from District 112 enjoyed Journey Live, an original, interactive live performance of the Grammy-nominated score to the video game “Journey” performed by the Fifth House Ensemble at Ravinia Festival.
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Ravinia Steans Music Institute (RSMI) kicks off Bridges Composition Competition Winners Concert
The Ravinia Steans Music Institute kicks off Summer 2022 with the Bridges Composition Competition concert at Bennett Gordon Hall on June 3. Introduced in 2018 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Steans Music Institute, the annual Bridges Composition Competition challenges young professional composers to write new works for string quartet and jazz trio, bridging the worlds of classical and jazz.
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Bid on Summer Fun & Support Reach Teach Play in the Music Matters Preview Auction!
As we ramp up to the 2022 season, the Ravinia Associates Board looks forward to holding an online Silent Auction to kick off their annual fundraising for Ravinia’s Reach Teach Play education programs. You can support the Associates and Reach Teach Play from home by bidding on an array of exciting summer auction packages, all available on your phone or computer!
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Are you prepared for 2022 Ravinia ticket buying?
in The Park, RaviniaNews
With public ticket sales starting on May 4, we want to make sure that you are prepared for getting tickets for the concerts you most want to attend. Some preparation prior to purchasing can help to ensure you have the easiest ticket buying experience. View some helpful tips about purchasing tickets below:
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Reach Teach Play’s Music Discovery Program celebrates 25th Anniversary
Ravinia’s Music Discovery Program celebrates its 25th anniversary! The residency-based program, one of Reach Teach Play’s nine music education programs, started in 10 schools in 1997 and currently serves more than 20, reaching over 3,000 Chicago Public Schools students a year. Get to know RTP with photos and video from four recent performances at Chicago area schools.
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Ravinia Steans Music Institute (RSMI) alumni showcase prestigious singing at The Met Opera and beyond
The classical vocalists who earn fellowships to perform and study art song at the Ravinia Steans Music Institute all have the talent to enrapture stages around the world, but there’s an undeniable boost that comes from strong performances in—let alone winning—events like the Metropolitan Opera’s Laffont Competition. Formerly known as the National Council Auditions, the competition is designed to discover young professional opera singers and assist in the development of their careers.
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What Ravinia Sounds Like in 2022
We’re wanting for more warmth on the wind, but with the recent announcement of our 2022 season, you can start dreaming of those gorgeous summer days at Ravinia — smoothly soundracked by our Spotify playlists of 2022 highlights to come.
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The Winning Entry of Ravinia's 2022 Season Poster Competition
in The Park, RaviniaNews
The Ravinia Women’s Board congratulates this year's Ravinia Season Poster designer, Lauren Elizabeth Parra. Her poster evokes the experience of walking through the park and being drawn into the Pavilion by music.
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This Summer Ravinia Presents the Breaking Barriers Festival
This summer, Ravinia Festival presents the creation of the annual Breaking Barriers festival, curated by newly extended Ravinia Chief Conductor Marin Alsop. The festival will celebrate the diverse artists and leaders in the forefront of classical music today and in the future. This year’s Breaking Barriers Festival focus on women conductors and will take place July 29–31.
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Ravinia welcomes Alejandra Valarino Boyer as the new Director of our Steans Music Institute
Alejandra Valarino Boyer joins the Steans Music Institute as its new Director, effective March 1. With more than ten years of experience in arts administration, Valarino Boyer is a strategic leader with experience in community engagement, production management, and program development through her work at Seattle Opera and Lyric Opera of Chicago.
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Reach Teach Play brings virtual live performance to families
Reach Teach Play’s Music Discovery Program brought students and their families together for a virtual live performance of the Green Golly & Her Golden Flute, a picture book, based on the Parents’ Choice Golden Award winning recording by the same name, written and performed by Keith Torgan and Barbara Siesel.
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Reach Teach Play Leader Joins El Sistema USA Board
Ravinia proudly congratulates Isaac Sinnett, Senior Associate Director of the festival’s Reach Teach Play music education programs, on being elected as the newest board member of El Sistema USA! He has worked exceptionally with Reach Teach Play for more than a decade to serve over 75,000 Chicagoland community members each year through Ravinia’s education programs, ensuring music remains accessible to all.
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Meet Steve Wilson—RSMI's Newest Program Director
At the start of the 2021 Ravinia season, the Steans Music Institute was proud to announce that Steve Wilson joined the Program for Jazz directorate as the program’s third co-director. Wilson, a saxophonist and composer, has long been active in the New York jazz scene, playing, teaching, and recording, both with his own ensembles and with jazz stalwarts such as Christian McBride, Maria Schneider, and Chick Corea.
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’Tis the Season for Reach Teach Play Programs
Reach Teach Play programs are still in full swing this off-season, and our students have been busy showcasing their hard work. Just last week, our Sistema Ravinia Orchestra presented a winter concert at Gregory Elementary School located in Homan Square. Trumpet and clarinet students gave an auditorium performance to their fellow classmates.
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Ravinia Steans Music Institute alumni and faculty receive Grammy nominations
It’s that time of year again! We are proud to announce alumni and faculty members of the Steans Music Institute who have received 2022 Grammy Award nominations. The 64th Annual Grammy Awards broadcast is scheduled for January 31, 2022.
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Ravinia Jazz Scholars alumni jazz it up at Green Mill
Four alumni of Ravinia’s Jazz Mentor Program—known as Jazz Scholars when they were young musicians in the program—made their way to the Green Mill Jazz Club stage for much-anticipated performances that had lines out the door.
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RSMI Alumni Making Headlines in November 2021
Since 1988, the Ravinia Steans Music Institute has been an international destination for young professional musicians devoted to honing and advancing their musical talents. Over that time, RSMI has seen over 1,500 exceptional musicians enter its programs; many of whom have gone on to have very impressive accomplishments in their careers. Here are a few recent stories from November 2021:
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Ravinia’s music education program paves 12-year-old singer’s opera career path
Daelyn Calloway, who is in the Ravinia Lawndale Family Music School choir program, has already been a part of a handful of opera productions at the young age of twelve. Her most recent singing appearance in The Magic Flute occurred this month at Chicago’s Lyric Opera. She has also performed in the Lyric’s production of The Queen of Spades, The Dead Man Walking, and in the spring, she will be performing in the Tosca production.
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2021 Recap— All Together Now: A Place, A Purpose, Performers, And People
in Park News, RaviniaNews
The 2021 Ravinia season has been unforgettable and, in typical fashion, packed full of numerous memorable musical moments. Yet with so much happening in the park—between 70 different events over three months—it’s easy to have missed something amazing along the way. We invite you to take a look back at the incomparable 2021 season with us through the video recap and image galleries, and remember that while you were making these indelible summer memories, you were also helping make our year-round music education programs possible. Thank you for joining us this season!
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WFMT, Ravinia Announce "New From the Ravinia Festival" Broadcast Series
Ravinia Festival is pleased to announce a new broadcast series in partnership with WFMT. The eight-program, limited-run series “New From the Ravinia Festival,” brings listeners new performances recorded at Ravinia — without an audience — this summer.
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