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Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute, the festival’s summer conservatory for
young professional 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 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, the Metropolitan Opera’s National Council Auditions
and Beverly Sills Artist Award, the Osaka International Chamber Music
Competition, the Vendome Prize, the American Pianists Award, and
the Richard Tucker Award. 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 perform in concerts and master classes throughout
Ravinia’s 2018 summer season. Except where noted, these events have free admission and take place at Ravinia in Bennett Gordon Hall. Close to
each performance date, repertoire and artists are listed on
Ravinia.org. To receive regular updates by email, including repertoire and artists, visit
Ravinia.org, scroll to the bottom of the page, and sign up for the newsletter (select “Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute”).
$10 CONCERTS
Program for Jazz
Saturday, June 9, 8:30 p.m.
(Martin Theatre)
Premieres of winning compositions
for jazz trio and string quartet from
RSMI “Bridges” competition
Friday, June 15, 6:00 p.m.
Jazz Grandstand
Program for Piano and Strings
Monday, July 9, 6:00 p.m.
Brahms & More
Monday, July 16, 6:00 p.m.
Premiere of Timo Andres piano trio,
commissioned by Ravinia for RSMI
Thursday, July 19, 6:00 p.m.
Brahms & More
Program for Singers
Wednesday, August 8, 6:00 p.m.
Diverse songs to celebrate RSMI
Monday, August 13, 6:00 p.m.
Classic Canciones from Spain
and Latin America
FREE CONCERTS
Program for Piano and Strings
Saturday, June 30, 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, July 7, 2:00 p.m.
Sunday, July 8, 2:00 p.m.
Tuesday, July 10, 2:00 p.m.
Friday, July 13, 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, July 14, 2:00 p.m.
Tuesday, July 17, 2:00 p.m.
Friday, July 20, 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, July 21, 2:00 p.m.
Program for Singers
Wednesday, August 15, 2:00 p.m.
Friday, August 17, 2:00 p.m.
Sunday, August 19, 2:00 p.m.
Bernstein & Friends
CONCERTS IN CHICAGOLAND
Program for Piano and Strings
Wednesday, July 11, 12:15 p.m.
Dame Myra Hess Concert Series
at the Chicago Cultural Center;
broadcast live on 98.7 WFMT
Tuesday, July 17, 7:30 p.m.
Metropolis Performing Arts Center
in Arlington Heights
Wednesday, July 18, 12:15 p.m.
Dame Myra Hess Concert Series
at the Chicago Cultural Center;
broadcast live on 98.7 WFMT
MASTER CLASSES
RSMI’s free, public master classes provide
an intimate glimpse into the conservatory
as one generation of great musicians passes
its knowledge and expertise on to the next.
Program for Jazz
Wednesday, June 13, 2:00 p.m.
Billy Childs,
piano
Tim Hagans,
trumpet
Rufus Reid,
string bass
Program for Piano and Strings
Friday, June 29, 2:00 p.m.
Miriam Fried,
violin
Friday, July 6, 2:00 p.m.
Paul Katz,
cello
Wednesday, July 11, 2:00 p.m.
Atar Arad,
viola
Program for Singers
Monday, August 6, 2:00 p.m.
Thomas Hampson,
baritone
Friday, August 10, 2:00 p.m.
James Conlon,
conductor
FACULTY
Program for Jazz
Billy Childs,
composer/piano
Program Director
Rufus Reid,
composer/string bass
Program Director
Jimmy Greene,
saxophone
Tim Hagans,
trumpet
Program for Piano and Strings
Miriam Fried,
violin
Program Director
Atar Arad,
viola
Paul Biss, v
iolin and viola
Sara Bitlloch,
violin
Jonathan Crow,
violin
Timothy Eddy,
cello
Leon Fleisher,
piano
Pamela Frank,
violin
John Henes,
Alexander Technique
Joseph Kalichstein,
piano
Gilbert Kalish,
piano
Kim Kashkashian,
viola
Martha Strongin Katz,
viola
Paul Katz,
cello
Ralph Kirshbaum,
cello
Robert Levin,
piano
Anton Nel,
piano
Howard Nelson,
physical therapy
Christoph Richter,
cello
Marcy Rosen,
cello
Uri Vardi,
Feldenkrais practitioner
Donald Weilerstein,
violin
Program for Singers
Kevin Murphy,
piano and coach
Program Director
Javier Arrebola,
piano
Head of Piano Staff
Marianne Barrett,
German
Helmut Deutsch,
piano and coach
Cori Ellison,
dramaturg
Walter Huff,
piano and coach
Susan Manoff,
piano and coach
Denise Massé,
French
Patricia McCaffrey,
mezzo-soprano
Gerald Martin Moore,
voice
Heidi Grant Murphy,
soprano
Jay Nordlinger,
music critic
J.J. Penna,
piano and coach
Jennifer Ringo,
language and diction
Melissa Wegner,
career development
Susan Youens,
scholar
COLLABORATING PIANISTS
Program for Piano and Strings
Lindsay Garritson
Renana Gutman
Joseph Liccardo
Program for Singers
Bretton Brown
Kyung-Eun Na
Cameron Richardson-Eames
Nikolay Verevkin
Yu-Jhen Liu
Apprentice
Miriam Fried, who this year celebrates her 25th season as director of the RSMI Program for
Piano and 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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