Ravinia 2019, Issue 2, Week 3

7:00 PM FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 2019 MARTIN THEATRE RAVINIA JAZZ SCHOLARS AND MENTORS RAVINIA JAZZ SCHOLARS REEDS Sarah Craft (clarinet) Sophomore, Whitney Young Magnet High School Samuel Reynolds (alto saxophone) Junior, Kenwood Academy Mateo Ruiz de la Torre (tenor saxophone) Junior, Lake View High School Jaden Berkman (tenor saxophone) Junior, Chicago High School for the Arts TRUMPET Miles Hardemon Senior, Whitney Young Magnet High School Faizi Tofighi Sophomore, Whitney Young Magnet High School Carlos Sims Freshman, Chicago High School for the Arts Bianca Landa Senior, Solorio Academy High School TROMBONE Nicholas Bussey Senior, Whitney Young Magnet High School Charles Greene Junior, Chicago High School for the Arts Gael Espriella Freshman, Solorio Academy High School Alexander Rodriguez Senior, Whitney Young Magnet High School PIANO Devin Shaw Sophomore, Whitney Young Magnet High School Aleko Lionikis Sophomore, Lincoln Park High School Miles Richey Junior, Northside College Prep GUITAR Joshua Robertson Senior, Chicago High School for the Arts Judah Sweig Senior, Chicago High School for the Arts Jaden Epis Senior, Lane Tech High School Nathaniel Muhill Senior, Lincoln Park High School BASS Cole Burrell Sophomore, Jones College Prep Tyler Thenstedt Senior, Whitney Young Magnet High School Claudia Easterwood Sophomore, Chicago High School for the Arts DRUMS Frank Morrison Senior, Morgan Park High School Charlie O’Neill Senior, Whitney Young Magnet High School Daniel Piolet Senior, Curie Metropolitan High School PERCUSSION Andres Carlos-Tamez Sophomore, Jones College Prep RAVINIA JAZZ MENTORS Over 85,000 people are served through Ravinia’s Reach Teach Play programs each year, ensuring that music education remains accessible to all. The programs are designed to educate, foster diverse audience involvement, and ensure eq- uitable access to live music experiences in the community and at Ravinia. Founded in 1995 with the help of Ravinia Life Trustee Ramsey Lewis, Emeritus Coordinator of Jazz at Ravinia Penny Tyler, and former CPS mu- sic administrator William Johnson, the Ravinia Jazz Mentors program inspires, encourages, and trains high-school students. The program was the very first Chicago Public Schools initiative of Ravinia’s Reach Teach Play programs. The Jazz Mentors, a teaching and performing ensemble consisting of eight of Chicago’s finest jazz musicians, give performances and master classes in Chicago Public High Schools. The Jazz Mentors share their enthusiasm with music students and build on concepts taught by school band directors. A central component of the Jazz Mentor Program is the selection (through au- dition) of the Ravinia Jazz Scholars, a group of Chicago’s most talented student musicians. The Jazz Scholars receive intensive, year-round training by the Jazz Mentors, as well as schol- arships and opportunities to perform. Many Jazz Scholars alumni go on to study music in college, and several have become professional musicians, including Calvin Rogers, a drummer who was sought out early in his career by Ram- sey Lewis for a recording session, and Franklin Vanderbilt, a drummer who performs with Len- ny Kravitz. Former Jazz Scholars Marquis Hill, Michael Piolet, Kyle Swan, and Alexis Lombre have been participants in Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute Program for Jazz. In 2014, Hill won the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Trumpet Competition, the most prestigious of its kind. Ravinia gratefully acknowledges Latham & Watkins LLP for its generous support of Ravinia Jazz Scholars. One of the orig- inal Ravinia Jazz Mentors, drum- mer Ernie Adams studied jazz at the University of North Texas and the University of Wisconsin–Mil- waukee. In his career, he has toured, recorded, or performed with Joe Williams, Nancy Wilson, Al Jarreau, Dianne Reeves, Stanley Turrentine (including a concert with Dizzy Gillespie), James Moody, Pharaoh Sanders, Benny Golson, Houston Per- son, Clark Terry, Tom Harrell, Arturo Sandoval, Randy Brecker, Slide Hampton, Wycliff Gordon, RAVINIA MAGAZINE | JUNE 17 – JUNE 23, 2019 100