Ravinia 2019, Issue 1, Week 2

42 RAVINIA MAGAZINE | MAY 31, 2019 – JUNE 16, 2019 Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute, the festival’s summer conservatory for collegiate classical and jazz musicians, opened in 1988 and is one of the world’s most sought-after summer study programs. RSMI has hosted outstanding young professional musicians from over 65 countries to study and perform with an internationally renowned artist-faculty. RSMI alumni regularly garner professional honors and recognition around the world. In the past year, alumni have won an Avery Fisher Career Grant, a Grammy Award, the Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition, the Léonnie Sonning Music Prize, and the Yamaha Young Performing Artists. RSMI musicians also appear as orchestral soloists and recitalists worldwide and are members of the world’s finest orchestras, chamber ensembles, opera companies, and the faculties of major universities and conservatories. The RSMI fellows are featured in concerts and master classes throughout Ravinia’s 2019 summer season. Except where noted, these events are free and take place at Ravinia in Bennett Gordon Hall. Repertoire and artists for each event are listed at Ravinia.org/Page/SteansSchedule close to each date. To receive regular updates by email, visit Ravinia.org/Page/Subscribe and sign up for “Steans Music Institute (RSMI) Emails.” EVENING CONCERTS ($12) Program for Jazz Friday, June 7, 6:00 p.m. Second annual Bridges competition winning composition premiere Friday, June 14, 6:00 p.m. Jazz Grandstand Program for Piano & Strings Music by Mendelssohn and more Monday, July 8, 6:00 p.m. Featuring Mendelssohn’s Octet Monday, July 15, 6:00 p.m. Monday, July 22, 6:00 p.m. Program for Singers Saturday, August 17, 6:00 p.m. Folk Songs of the World Tuesday, August 20, 6:00 p.m. American Classic Song, including John Musto premiere AFTERNOON CONCERTS Program for Piano & Strings Tuesday, July 2, 2:00 p.m. Friday, July 5, 2:00 p.m. Thursday, July 11, 2:00 p.m. Saturday, July 13, 2:00 p.m. Friday, July 19, 2:00 p.m. Saturday, July 20, 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 24, 2:00 p.m. Friday, July 26, 2:00 p.m. Saturday, July 27, 2:00 p.m. Program for Singers Sunday, August 4, 2:00 p.m. French Mélodie Sunday, August 11, 2:00 p.m. Classic Songs of the World Wednesday, August 14, 2:00 p.m. German Lieder CONCERTS IN CHICAGOLAND Program for Piano & Strings Wednesday, July 10, 12:15 p.m. Dame Myra Hess Concert Series, Chicago Cultural Center Friday, July 12, 7:30 p.m. North Shore Congregation Israel, Glencoe, IL Wednesday, July 17, 12:15 p.m. Dame Myra Hess Concert Series, Chicago Cultural Center Tuesday, July 23, 7:00 p.m. Metropolis Performing Arts Center, Arlington Heights, IL Program for Singers Friday, August 9, 7:30 p.m. North Shore Congregation Israel, Glencoe, IL MASTER CLASSES Program for Jazz Saturday, June 8, 2:00 p.m. John Patitucci, bass Program for Piano & Strings Wednesday, July 3, 2:00 p.m. Robert Levin, piano Friday, July 12, 2:00 p.m. Mihaela Martin, violin Thursday, July 18, 2:00 p.m. Timothy Eddy, cello Program for Singers Wednesday, July 31, 2:00 p.m. Kevin Murphy, piano and vocal coach Wednesday, August 7, 2:00 p.m. Matthew Polenzani, tenor Friday, August 9, 2:00 p.m. Angel Blue, soprano FACULTY Program for Jazz Billy Childs, composer/piano Co–Program Director Rufus Reid, composer/bass Co–Program Director Steve Wilson, saxophone Program for Piano & Strings Miriam Fried, violin Program Director Atar Arad, viola Paul Biss, violin and viola Sara Bitlloch, violin Timothy Eddy, cello Leon Fleisher, piano Pamela Frank, violin Alon Goldstein, piano Midori Goto, violin Frans Helmerson, cello Gary Hoffman, cello Joseph Kalichstein, piano Gilbert Kalish, piano Kim Kashkashian, viola Martha Strongin Katz, viola Ralph Kirshbaum, cello Robert Levin, piano Mihaela Martin, violin Howard Nelson, physical therapy Marcy Rosen, cello Mark Steinberg, violin Hagit Vardi, Feldenkrais practitioner Uri Vardi, Feldenkrais practitioner Program for Singers Kevin Murphy, piano and vocal coach Program Director Javier Arrebola, piano Head of Piano Staff Marianne Barrett, German Stephen Blier, vocal coach Amy Burton, soprano Anne Champert, French Cori Ellison, dramaturg John Henes, Alexander Technique Myra Huang, piano and vocal coach Walter Huff, vocal coach Graham Johnson, piano and vocal coach Patricia McCaffrey, mezzo-soprano Gerald Martin Moore, voice teacher Heidi Grant Murphy, soprano John Musto, composer-in-residence JJ Penna, piano and vocal coach Jennifer Ringo, language and diction Mark Schnaible, bass-baritone Jeanne Sparrow, media training Melissa Wegner, career development Susan Youens, scholar COLLABORATING PIANISTS Program for Piano & Strings Lindsay Garritson Joseph Liccardo Xiaohui Yang Program for Singers Brent Funderburk Jonathan Gmeinder Daniel Gerzenberg Nikolay Verevkin Marika Yasuda, apprentice Miriam Fried, who last year celebrated her 25th season as director of the RSMI Program for Piano & Strings, leads a group of recent alumni on a national concert tour each spring, including a performance in Ravinia’s Bennett Gordon Hall. 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