Do North 2019

Benny Goodman made headlines by breaking racial barriers, performing at Ravinia with an integrated band. Ravinia continues to attract headline- making artists from all genres of music to Highland Park.The festival’s illustrious roster includes (alphabetically): Louis Armstrong, The Beach Boys, Leonard Bernstein, Tony Bennett, Glen Campbell, The Carpenters, Ray Charles, Chicago, Van Cliburn, Common, James Conlon, Aaron Copland, Elvis Costello, Crosby Stills & Nash, Miles Davis, Plácido Domingo, Bob Dylan, Earth Wind & Fire, Duke Ellington, Christoph Eschenbach, 50 Cent, Ella Fitzgerald, Sir James Galway, George Gershwin, Dizzy Gillespie, Jascha Heifetz, Janis Joplin, Lady Gaga, Yo-Yo Ma, Stevie Nicks, Jessye Norman, Dolly Parton, Luciano Pavarotti, Itzhak Perlman, Bonnie Raitt, Diana Ross, Mstislav Rostropovich, Santana, Steely Dan, Isaac Stern, Sting, Igor Stravinsky, Tina Turner, Frederica von Stade, Yuja Wang, John Williams, and Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention. Pianist Lang Lang was launched to international superstardom from the stage of Ravinia’s 1999 Gala. Six of the CSO’s music directors first appeared with the orchestra at Ravinia, including Sir Georg Solti and Riccardo Muti. Aretha Franklin’s final full-length concert occurred at Ravinia. In the early 2000s, Ravinia created a series of original Stephen Sondheim productions with a repertory ensemble that included Audra McDonald, Michael Cerveris, and Patti LuPone, who would go onto win a Tony for her re-cre- DO NORTH | 17 SPECIALS Members of any other DO North organization can purchase Chicago Symphony Orchestra tickets priced $40 or more at a 20% discount using promo code DONORTH. DO Above: Chicago Symphony Orchestra in the Pavilion; Below: Ravinia KidsLawn