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
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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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