In anticipation of the reopening of its gates for the 2021 season, the Ravinia Festival announces the appointment of saxophonist Steve Wilson as a co-program director of the Ravinia Steans Music Institute (RSMI) Program for Jazz.
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Alexis Lombre Makes “Come Find Me” a Singular Musical Philosophy After Ravinia Successes
South Side–native pianist and vocalist Alexis Lombre is the latest outstanding artist to have come up through both Ravinia programs, and Backstage caught up with the now sometime Detroiter in the midst of work on her second solo album, which she’s dubbed an amalgamation of everything that she listens to and everything that she is. She’s been prepping the first single, “Come Find Me,” from the new collection of original tracks with a fellow Chicagoan, Grammy-winning guitarist Isaiah Sharkey, as producer, and Lombre has recently released a mini-documentary series on her YouTube channel to give fans a sneak peek at the creative process.
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A Two-Way Mirror of History Through Music: Guest Artists in the Classroom
As our country embraced the mantra “Yes, we can,” during the 2008–9 school year Ravinia’s Reach Teach Play education programs met the three-word mettle of the then newly adopted name by inaugurating Guest Artists in the Classroom, a program connecting Ravinia performers and local soloists and ensembles with students in their schools. Through live classical performances by renowned musicians, the program focuses on inspiring a love of music, introducing young students in Cook and Lake Counties to experiences they may never otherwise have had at their age.
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Ravinia and WFMT Classical Radio Extend Broadcast Series with Brand-New Concerts
in Park News
Ravinia Festival is extending its “New from the Ravinia Festival” concert broadcasts with WFMT classical radio. From January 21 to March 11, the series will bring fans new concert recordings from the festival every Thursday at 8:00 p.m. CST on 98.7 WFMT and streaming on wfmt.com and the WFMT app.
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