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2 RAVINIA’S STEANS MUSIC INSTITUTE
RSMI | IN HONOR OF LOIS M. STEANS
RAVINIA’S STEANS MUSIC INSTITUTE
Since 1991
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2018 – RSMI’s 30th Anniversary
and Miriam Fried’s 25th Season
Billy Childs and Rufus Reid, Program Directors, Jazz
Miriam Fried , Program Director, Piano and Strings
Kevin Murphy, Program Director, Singers
Jennifer W. Steans, Chairman, Ravinia
Welz Kauffman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Ravinia
Molly Sender, Administrative Director, Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute
Ravinia’s Summer Conservatory with Programs for Piano and Strings, Singers, and Jazz
Founded in 1988 by Edward Gordon
CONTENTS
Departments
4 The 30th Anniversary Summer
11 Alumni Highlights
12 Alumni Tours
13 Alumni and Faculty on Ravinia’s Stages
14 Memoriam
15 $10 BGH Classics Series Concerts
17 Free Concerts and Master Classes
Program for Jazz
17 Events in Bennett Gordon Hall
18 Faculty
19 Fellows
Program for Piano and Strings
21 Events in Bennett Gordon Hall
21 Faculty
25 Collaborating Pianists
25 Fellows
Program for Singers
31 Events in Bennett Gordon Hall
31 Faculty
34 Collaborating Pianists
35 Fellows
Features
6 Building Bridges
The iron is hot for fusing jazz and
classical in RSMI’s composition
competition.
By James Turano
38 His Gift Is His Song
Leonard Bernstein made lyrics glitter
still today.
By Jack Zimmerman
44 Treasured Friedoms
Miriam Fried feels privileged to share
and shape the future.
By Kyle MacMillan
Information
42 Donors
43 Ravinia Trustee Committee &
RSMI Administration
On the Cover
The names of the
32 RSMI alumni
who return this
summer as Ravinia
concert headliners
Illustration by
Chris Anderson
Performances take place in Bennett Gordon Hall
in the John D. Harza Building, unless otherwise noted.
Steinway is the official piano of Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute.
ZACHARYBORNHEIMER
SAMBLAKESLEE
BLAISEMAGNIERE
MARIEWANG
ANTHONYDEVROYE
CHENG-HOU LEE
BILLY TEST
ILYADACOSTA
CLIFWALLACE
SHAIGOLAN
MILESOKAZAKI
JOSEPH LIN
PAULDWYER
KENNETHOLSEN
ROBERT REYNOLDS
CORNELIUSCHIU
LEIHOU
QINGHOU
WEI-TINGKUO
MICHELLEDEYOUNG
PAULAPPLEBY
YUJAWANG
INONBARNATAN
CLARAKIM
JASON ISSOKSON
DANAKELLEY
JOANNWHANG
MICHELLEAREYZAGA
NADINESIERRA
DAVIDKAPLAN
GUYBEN-ZIONY
DREW PETERSEN
R AV I N I A ’S ST E A N S M U S I C I N ST I T U T E