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Kevin Murphy,
Program Director and piano
The MacLean Chair in honor of
Christa Ludwig
Pianist Kevin Murphy serves
on the faculty of the Jacobs
School of Music at Indiana
University. Prior to returning to
his alma mater, he was director
of music administration at New
York City Opera and served as the director of
musical studies at the Paris Opera. In 1992 he was
the first pianist to participate in the Metropolitan
Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development
Program. He has played continuo harpsichord
with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in several
productions as well as traveled with the company
on tour in Japan. In addition to his on- and off-stage
partnership with his wife, soprano Heidi Grant
Murphy, he has collaborated in concert and recital
with many of today’s leading artists. A native of
Syracuse, New York, Kevin received his bachelor’s
degree in piano performance from Indiana
University and master’s in piano accompaniment
from the Curtis Institute of Music.
Javier Arrebola,
Head of Piano Staff
Javier Arrebola is a pianist,
chamber musician, vocal coach
and scholar driven to enhance
students’ and audiences’
understanding of music through
exploration of history, politics,
literature, poetry, geography,
artwork and music theory. His
professional activities have taken place in over
ten countries throughout Europe, North America
and Latin America. Among other engagements
and invitations to lecture, teach and give recitals
at different institutions, he is a regular faculty
at Tanglewood Music Center, Ravinia Festival’s
Steans Music Institute, and SongFest at the Colburn
School. As a scholar, he lectures on chamber music
and song literature, including Nordic and Spanish
repertoires, among the core German, French and
English traditions. Fluent in Spanish and English, as
well as proficient in German, French, Italian, Finnish
and Swedish, Arrebola provides a unique, scholarly
perspective on Art Song. He holds a Doctor of
Music Degree and a Masters Degree in Piano from
the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki (Finland), as well
as degrees in Piano and in Chamber Music from the
Madrid Royal Conservatory (Spain). His doctoral
project at the Sibelius Academy included the public
performance of all of Franz Schubert’s completed
piano sonatas on both historical fortepianos and
modern instruments, as well as a thesis on The
Unfinished Piano Sonatas of Franz Schubert
(available online). Arrebola has served on the
faculty of the Indiana University Jacobs School
of Music as Visiting Assistant Professor in Voice/
Collaborative Piano and he is currently the Chair
of the Collaborative Piano department at Boston
University.
Marianne Barrett, German
Marianne Barrett was born
and educated in Germany and
relocated to New York after
singing, teaching, and raising
a family in Albuquerque,
New Mexico. She taught at
Columbia University and
Hunter College before starting
a career as German diction teacher and coach at the
Manhattan School of Music, Mannes College of
Music, and Juilliard. Marianne continues to work
SINGERS EVENTS
RSMI
RSMI
SINGERS FACULTY
Concerts
Thursday, August 8, 6:00 p.m. – $10 BGH Classics series
Tuesday, August 10, 6:00 p.m. – $10 BGH Classics series
Classic Canciones from Spain and Latin America
Wednesday, August 15, 2:00 p.m. – free and unticketed
Sunday, August 19, 2:00 p.m. – free and unticketed
Bernstein and Friends
Master Classes
All RSMI master classes are free and unticketed.
Monday, August 6, 2:00 p.m.
Thomas Hampson, baritone
Friday, August 10, 2:00 p.m.
James Conlon, conductor
Friday, August 17, 2:00 p.m.
Program Information
Repertoire and performers for these events will be announced online
in the days leading up to each event. Check
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Live Streaming
Live video and audio of many of our free RSMI events will be
streamed online at Check the website for
the latest information.
Also, if you missed an RSMI
concert or would like to hear a
performance again, you can
listen to streaming audio
recordings of most concerts
on Ravinia’s YouTube page.
Our concerts will be posted
throughout the season.
Events in Bennett Gordon Hall
Kathleen Felty
performs
from the
BGH stage
in 2017