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Welcome to Ravinia and our 2016 summer season! It’s likely you’ve already encountered our latest and largest work of art at the grand entrance, the aquatic sculpture Chorus. Acclaimed sculptor and Ravinia Life Trustee Richard Hunt, who started our sculpture garden 40 years ago, describes it as the perfect addition to Ravinia because the pliability of water as an artistic medium so closely resembles the fluidity of music. We have programmed water-themed music all summer as we dedicate this new water feature that hearkens to the electric fountains that were among the popu- lar attractions at Ravinia when it first opened as an amuse- ment park in 1904. History is profoundly important to us, especially this season as we celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Chicago Symphony ’s summer residency at Ravinia. This enviable relationship between two cultural institutions is saturated with remarkable moments that include one of public appearances of George Gershwin performing his Rhapsody in Blue (and we have Jeffrey Kahane re-creating that performance on August 3) and the CSO debuts of five conductors who would go on to become music directors of the orchestra, including its current charismatic leader, . And, of course, there was the time that an unknown stepped in as an 11th-hour replace- ment to lead the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in Mahler’s Second Symphony at the Women’s Board gala in 1971, beginning a relationship that elevated both his and Ravinia’s identities. Now considered one of the most impor- tant conductors America has ever produced, Levine returns for the first time in over two decades on July 23—again to lead Mahler’s Second—for the 50th annual Women’s Board gala, the only concert fundraiser supporting Ravinia and its Reach*Teach*Play education programs. We cannot thank the Women’s Board enough! The seeds of these education programs were planted by the Women’s Board in the 1960s and have been nurtured by this dedicated group of volunteers, even as R*T*P has been professionalized to reach more than 75,000 people each year in underserved areas of Cook and Lake Counties, particularly in Chicago Public Schools. We’re especially proud of our latest expansion, employing the “” immersion model to create the first elementary-school orchestra based at Ravinia. We anticipated that perhaps 50 students from the five schools participating in the program would express interest in this intensive extracurricular program. Instead, more than 200 students signed up, and we were happy to find instruments for them all. Though working together just since last autumn, these Sistema Ravinia students were invited to share their new passion on the main stage of the worldwide Latino television Ravinia’s new aquatic sculpture, Chorus, is a “dancing fountain” network Telemundo’s Cinco de Mayo festival. that is illuminated at night.

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Ravinia’s commitment to music education extends to tal- ented young professionals, too, who hone their stagecraft with the world-class artists at our summer conservatory, Ravinia’s Sistema Ravinia students warm up for their Cinco de Mayo performance. Steans Music Institute. The RSMI fellows perform through- out the season, including their own headlining on We’ll dedicate several concerts to the “complete” works Ravinia’s immensely popular $10 BGH Classics series, through of not only Bartók, but also Haydn, Bach, and Beethoven, which audiences can connect with some of the finest music including the launch of a three-year cycle of Beethoven’s piano ever composed in Ravinia’s most intimate space, the 450-seat sonatas by acclaimed pianist and noted Beethoven scholar and Bennett Gordon Hall, for less than the cost of a movie ticket. teacher Jonathan Biss. In a season composed of an unprec- And these aspiring musicians, who competed in worldwide edented 70 percent classical programming, we must honor auditions for 60 coveted spots, also expose themselves to pub- Allstate for returning for its second year as the Lead Classical lic scrutiny and challenge akin to the high-wire give-and-takes Sponsor of Ravinia Festival. Remember that children and you’d expect of the television hit The Voice in a series of free students through college are admitted free to the lawn for all master classes, where the same instantaneous transformations classical programming, and most Pavilion seats for all CSO happen before your eyes. (The relation is not coincidental; concerts are only $25. The Voice uses the classical master class as the model for its We also salute the other corporations and individual pop, rock, and country stars’ work with the contestants). We donors who make Ravinia possible. About half the money also will welcome back more than 20 RSMI alumni for per- needed to run the not-for-profit festival comes from ticket formances as diverse as Garrison Keillor’s final live broadcast sales. The rest comes from these supporters of Ravinia’s mis- from Ravinia of A Prairie Home Companion and a presenta- sion. Our special thanks go to Ravinia’s Board of Trustees and tion of Bartók’s complete string quartets. Life Trustees, distinguished business leaders and philanthro- Among the 80 Ravinia debuts this summer are , pists who have been overseeing the health and vitality of the , Ms. Lauryn Hill, and eight conductors, four of festival since 1936. We also thank the young professionals whom are also making their CSO debuts. And we’ll celebrate of the Ravinia Associates Board, who just set a fundraising both the American and Mexican Independence Days at record with their 2016 Music Matters event, honoring Ravinia Ravinia this year! On July 4 we’ll have performances by Life Trustee Dolores Kohl Kaplan. And we thank Dolores, giant Chick Corea and Twenty Feet from Stardom star Lisa whose foundation has given us the water sculpture Chorus in Fischer, and then on September 17 we’ll have a full-fledged memory of her late husband Morry Kaplan, who she met at festival of Mexican food, art, and music, headlined by Los Ravinia. Love, like water, is a source of life. Tigres del Norte, the world’s top Norteño band, and featuring We thank you for your love of Ravinia, and hope you enjoy the festival debut of Mariachi Flor de Toloache. the 2016 season.

MISSION STATEMENT OF THE RAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION Ravinia is an internationally renowned, not-for-profit that presents outstanding performances by the world’s greatest artists. Ravinia’s principal objectives are • to present performances of a full range of in its open-air Pavilion and enclosed recital halls, by the world’s greatest and musicians, along with a variety of other kinds of light classical, jazz and popular music; • to maintain a beautiful park that is welcoming to all and attractive to families in which the music experience is enhanced by a beautiful environment and excellent dining opportunities; • to enable gifted young performers to study under great teachers and perform in concert settings; and • to develop broader and more diverse audiences for classical music through education and outreach programs and by John L. Anderson Welz Kauffman maintaining affordable ticket prices. Chairman, President and CEO, Ravinia Festival Association Ravinia Festival Association JUNE 22 – JULY 10, 2016 | RAVINIA MAGAZINE 11 Casting Tones

And some of the best of those young musicians are toiling Like its quartet, The away just a few blocks to the north, in the practice rooms, rehearsal halls, classrooms, and theaters of Te Juilliard shatters musical ceilings School. Located in the Lincoln Center since 1969, Juilliard is one of the world’s most famous (and selective) conservatories. Te school’s starry list of musical alumni includes dozens of marquee names: Barry Manilow and Audra McDonald; Yo-Yo Ma, Renée Fleming, and ; composers and Steve Reich; violinists Pinchas Zukerman and By Wynne Delacoma ; conductors James Levine and . Last year 3,000 high-school and college students applied for admission to the school’s undergraduate and graduate music “ ractice” may not be the most programs; 300 made the fnal cut. (Approximately 850 students are enrolled at Juilliard across its three divisions: close to 100 Phelpful answer for a dancers, more than 75 thespians, but musicians by far number City visitor wondering how to get to the most at roughly 660.) Juilliard will be in the spotlight on June 27 in Ravinia’s . But it is the answer of Martin Teatre. Te internationally acclaimed Juilliard String choice for the thousands of aspiring Quartet, the school’s resident ensemble of 70 years, is poised to perform works by Mozart and Schubert, as well as the musicians who dream of one day Chicago premiere of American Richard Wernick’s

appearing on that theater’s fabled stage. No. 9. It will be the group’s fnal performance DIDONNA MICHAEL 12 RAVINIA MAGAZINE | JUNE 22 - JULY 10, 2016 with cellist Joel Krosnick, who has been with the quartet for 42 years. Cellist Astrid Schween, who ofcially succeeds him in the fall, will join the ensemble for Schubert’s famed string quintet. Te quartet’s association with Juilliard goes far beyond its concerts and tours as a resident ensemble; each member teach- es at the school. Schween and frst violinist Joseph Lin, who joined the ensemble in 2011, also studied there: Schween from age 7 through graduate school, and Lin during his high-school years. [Lin also honed his skills at Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute in 1997 and as a member of the Formosa Quartet in 2005. Among the faculty and fellows at RSMI this summer, 25 have called Juilliard their musical home at one time or anoth- er.] Music lovers are well aware of Te Juilliard School’s reputa- tion as a high-pressure, competitive incubator for generations of ambitious, would-be superstars. As former students and cur- Clockwise from top left: Juilliard String Quartet members violist Roger Tapping, rent faculty members, Schween and Lin ofer a unique perspec- violinists Ronald Copes and Joseph Lin, cellist Joel Krosnick, who is retiring from the ensemble after 42 years, and cellist Astrid Schween, who offcially joins the tive on the school that opened its doors in 1905 as the Institute ensemble this fall. of Musical Art in a donated mansion in Lower Manhattan. Te school has changed more than its locale, they say, now helping students navigate a world in which a well-crafed YouTube He, too, spent his Saturdays in Juilliard’s pre-college classes and video can be as important to a career as a successful audition rehearsals, though as a teenager. But for college he wanted a for a top-tier American or European orchestra. broader education and enrolled in Harvard, where he graduat- ed magna cum laude in 2000 with a major in the comparative chween, who grew up in Manhattan, is something of study of religion. Sa Juilliard baby. She began attending the school’s weekly Juilliard requires that students work on as Saturday pre-college sessions as a precocious 7-year-old. (Hiao well as solo repertoire, and Lin’s focus as a teacher is coaching Tsiun Ma, Yo-Yo’s father, was her frst teacher.) She stayed with those fedgling ensembles. He notices an intriguing diference the program through high school and earned her undergrad- between the undergraduates, who arrive at Juilliard in their uate degree at Juilliard in 1984, then her master’s degree a year late teens, and the graduate students, who arrive in their 20s. later. “I’ve become more aware of how diverse the students are,” says “I probably entered the school a little too young,” Schween Lin, who speaks in the sof, unhurried cadences of a thought- admits. “Tere was so much I didn’t know on a conscious ful, caring teacher. “Tey’re certainly all very talented. In the level. As a 7-year-old I was frequently in classes with kids who undergraduate program, there is a lot of raw talent but less were 10 years older than me. So it was difcult, it was stress- self-awareness of it when they come in. Tese are students ful for me. I excelled, I guess, musically; at least, people were who, for the most part, have done brilliantly in whatever con- impressed with what I was able to do. But to me, Saturday at text out of which they come. Tey’re accustomed to being at Juilliard was always kind of a tough day.” the top in those maybe smaller ponds. When time for college rolled around, Schween was accepted “It’s a delicate process,” he continues, “the four years over at another highly prestigious conservatory, the Curtis Institute which they will start to gain some sort of awareness of them- of Music in . She wanted to study there, but since selves. Tey’re becoming a little bit older, but also [becoming she was only 16, her parents thought she was too young to live aware of their place] relative to their classmates, of being in away from home. “And I think, too, the name Juilliard really this much larger pond with all of the talent around them. To seemed to resonate with my family,” she says. “Tey thought, navigate that transition, it is extremely challenging, for them- [with Juilliard] you can’t go wrong.” selves and for those of us who are working with them as well. For Schween, Juilliard continued to be musically enriching I can’t say that it doesn’t leave several students struggling for but personally demanding during her college years. “Given my quite a while to deal with that process, that transition. upbringing at the school, it was probably a little tougher for “With undergraduates coming in, I almost invariably see a me than if I had come from somewhere else and there was the kind of cockiness—or a kind of innocent brilliance—and then [fresh] lure of and excitement of Te Juilliard a lot of struggle. One is lucky if some of that struggle can be School,” she says. “I was proud to have gotten in, and one feels resolved by the fourth year, but more likely it will continue a very important going to that school, but at the time, there were little beyond that.” not measures in place to really monitor and nurture each and Lin fnds that most graduate students have a clearer sense of every student to the extent that the school seems to be doing their own gifs and career prospects. “For the most part, it’s a [].” more conscious choice to take that further step in their musical A Juilliard faculty member for the past fve years, Lin knows education,” he says. “Some may not be coming from a conser- well the kind of nurturing that gifed young musicians need. vatory, but from a more liberal arts background. In those cases RICHARD TERMINE (PORTRAIT) especially, it’s a very conscious choice: ‘Okay, I’ve gotten a taste help answer a question the Juilliard faculty, staf, and board has of a lot of diferent things. But music is where my heart is at, been asking in recent years: Is the school’s curriculum adapting and I really want to give it a shot.’ You don’t have to worry as and adjusting to the needs of the 21st-century performer? much [about their] psychological development because they’re Students aiming for performing careers are, by necessity, a little bit more aware of why they’ve taken this step.” obsessively focused on honing their instrumental skills. Tey’re Of course, Lin says with a rueful laugh, even the most expected to spend long hours every day in tiny practice rooms realistic graduate student is daunted by the challenge of forging perfecting their technique. In the past three or four years, a professional career. Hundreds of gifed musicians graduate however, says Hipes, Juilliard students have begun to realize from music schools every year, but job opportunities, whether that building a successful career requires more than a brilliant positions in an orchestra or teaching posts at elementary or musical technique. “Tey have become more aware of all the high schools, are shrinking. “Te other harsh reality sets in,” things that are available at the school,” he says. “And we can as- says Lin. “Tey’ve worked hard to get that master’s or doctoral sist them in independent projects. If they want to do a concert degree, yet the prospects of what they’re going to do with it the curriculum or an interdisciplinary performance, seem bleaker than they had imagined.” our ofce can help with everything from providing space and Tat is why Juilliard, like many other major music schools, technical support to, possibly, fnancial aid. Tey’re [becoming] encourages students to think beyond the practice room and re- very well aware of what entrepreneurship means.” hearsal studio, and why last year it founded the Alan D. Marks Center for Career Services and Entrepreneurship, where frst- chween was a member of the acclaimed Lark Quartet year students take basic courses in business. Te center ofers Sfor 20 years, and she has also traveled the world as a guest weekly lunchtime sessions with music business professionals artist in her performing career. But teaching has been equally as well as intensive, multi-day programs throughout the school important to her. She is a faculty member at the Interlochen year, focused on marketing, arts management, and business Center for the Arts in Michigan, the Hartt School of Music, skills. Students can hone their public-speaking skills in semi- and the University of . Nonetheless, she was nars and individual coaching sessions. In addition, Juilliard has surprised how the environment at Juilliard had changed since created what Barrett Hipes, the career center’s director, calls her student days. “It’s a completely diferent place,” she says. “curricular through-lines.” “ year at Juilliard was Joseph Polisi’s frst [as its presi- “It’s to make sure that in every course a student is tak- dent (1984)]. He started making wonderful changes then, and ing,” says Hipes, “they’re getting some sort of information he just never seems to have let up. He created dormitories and about topics like writing and speaking, entrepreneurship, counselors and live activities for students at various levels, and information literacy,” which can range from expanding career-building and networking. Tere’s a real focus on the their computer skills to learning how to efciently navigate a whole person … evening get-togethers and chats with guest complex research topic. According to Hipes, the new programs artists, roundtables and discussion groups. Tere’s a sense of community that I really don’t remember from my childhood or my college years.” Colin and Eric Jacobsen, cofounders and -directors of the New York–based Juilliard has changed physically as well. In 2009, as part of orchestra The (which has appeared at Ravinia frequently since 2010), are among the luminaries that have led sessions on entrepreneurship at Juilliard. an overhaul of Lincoln Center, its formerly forbidding entrance and frst foors were opened up with walls of glass. Similarly, a glass-walled studio foats above an open plaza, giving passersby on Broadway a glimpse of student dancers. “I like what you’ve done with the place,” Schween recalls joking during a recent conversation with Polisi. A new look, a new atmosphere for a new generation of 21st-century performers.

Wynne Delacoma was classical music critic for the Chicago Sun-Times from 1991 to 2006 and has been an adjunct journalism faculty member at Northwestern University. She is a freelance music critic, writer, and lecturer. PHOTOS COURTESY OF JUILLIARD OF COURTESY PHOTOS

16 RAVINIA MAGAZINE | JUNE 22 - JULY 10, 2016 Grateful Eternal Jerry Garcia and the Dead made music for the ages

By Davis Schneiderman 18 RAVINIA MAGAZINE | JUNE 22 - JULY 10, 2016 . They The Grateful Dead, in all of these made one “classic” MTV forms, performed its more than 2,000 video—1987’s “Touch of concerts constrained increasingly by Grey”—that won them- the perils of its own success. When selves legions of not-always- was “on,” the music was welcome new admirers. transformative. The audience, turned Even though they played “on” or “off” by various pharmaceuti- the same hundreds cal enhancements, could step into a of times (“Me and My matrix of swirling instrumentation that Uncle” to the tune of over produced trance-like states as much 620 times and “Playing in as it did old-timey sing-alongs. In the the Band” over 715) over early years, the band played psychedelic thousands of concerts, they songs stretched in multiform ways never played them quite the (“Dark Star” into “St. Stephen” into same way . They for- “The Eleven,” etc.). By the time of the Jerry Garcia (above, left) went from a corner(stone) got the words (often) and, bluegrass Americana of Workingman’s of ’s Haight-Ashbury to several covers yes, they were sometimes Dead (1970), American Beauty (1970), of , including one dedicated to his the sloppiest band you’d and ’72 (1972), the songbook memory in 1995 (below). ever hear. But the magic of extended into infinite nightly permuta- the Grateful Dead, when tions of the older pieces mixed with it clicked, could lift even a rough-and-tumble outlaw/ narra- ike a multifaceted gem mediocre to a special place. And tives (“Brown Eyed Women,” “Mexicali reflecting back the last half cen- no matter the quality of a particular ”) with Garcia wading through Ltury, Jerry Garcia and the Grateful note on a particular night, nobody sweet sound streams (“,” “Stella Dead added an astounding burst of color heard these things the same way. Blue”). The late found—and to our collective cultural imagination. Each listener came away with their thankfully lost— (“Shakedown The Dead’s powerful take on the own experience. Street”) as part of the equation, in addi- American Songbook traverses more Everyone got their own Grateful Dead. tion to (“Estimated than five decades of sonic exploration, Prophet,” “,” “Help on and the band members are mashup he band experienced a number of the Way/Slipknot/Franklin’s Tower”) masters who created their magic from Tsignificant personnel changes over and a failed stab at FM radio success a seemingly infinite alchemical base. the years, but it persevered primarily (“Alabama Getaway”). The found Yoking together jazz, folk, bluegrass, and mightily with the core of Garcia the Dead enjoying unexpected commer- contemporary classical, , , (lead ), ( guitar), cial success with In the Dark (1987) and and even disco, the Dead stirred these (), and its ubiquitous hit “,” while raw materials—sounds unbound by the (drums). Second percussionist Mickey Garcia, in declining health after a 1986 limits of any single musical idiom—into Hart joined in 1967 but took a hiatus diabetic coma, would enter a period of an improvisatory American soup. from 1971 to 1974 after his father, slow decline punctuated by some of the The band that took its name (aban- band manager Lenny Hart, robbed worst performances of his career—as doning “The Warlocks”) from the the group of $150,000. Founding band well as some of the best. accident of Garcia opening an ency- member, organist, and incredible blues clopedia also took as much from John Ron “Pigpen” McKernan died Cage, , Ornette in 1973, but he was neither the first Coleman, and as it did nor the last keyboardist to cycle out. from , Merle Haggard, and (T.C.) had a brief Jesse “The Lone Cat” Fuller, among tenure (1968–70), succeeded a couple countless other precursors and years later by Keith Godchaux, who contemporaries. left under a cloud with his vocalist wife They stitched extended collective Donna Jean in 1979. He was replaced improvisations and avant-garde by , whose composi- sequences—the ever-different “Drums” tions were many but never thoroughly and “Space” concert segments—to integrated into the band, and who died the cloth of songcraft favorites like from a drug overdose in 1990; Vince “Tennessee Jed” and “US Blues.” They Welnick would take the keyboard chair played progressive rock that transcend- from 1990 until Garcia’s death, with a ed tales of British heaths and hobbits more-than-substantial assist from Bruce PHOTOS: DEAD.NET with the lyrics of and Hornsby (1990–92).

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n the years stretching from its first show at Magoo’s Pizza IParlor in Menlo Park, CA, (May 5, 1965, as the Warlocks) to its last in Chicago’s Soldier Field (July 9, 1995, weeks before Garcia’s death), the band pioneered live concert taping, turned tie-dye merchandising into big business, and contributed to the invention of the Internet (think open, online concert file trading). They did this all while navigating the success that moved them steadily from San Francisco ballrooms to amphitheaters and arenas to cavernous stadiums. The exponential problems of crowd scale—security, gatecrashing, drugs, etc.—would ultimately crescendo into a “scene” that could no longer reconcile the animating vision of a band escaping the boundaries of mundane life with the problems of managing so many concertgoing bodies with so many different reasons for turning on. Dead fandom is a big-tent club that lets the uninitiated enter in a thousand different ways. Yet what so often gets lost in analysis of the later years was the importance of the San Francisco scene. Anchored by Quicksilver Messenger Service, , Janis Joplin, and the Dead—with help from promoters The Family Dog and , plus the and a cast of that literally stepped out of Ken Kesey’s “Further” bus—the music radiating out from the City by the Bay’s Haight- Ashbury neighborhood viewed the American lifestyle as a war machine at best ignored or better yet deformed and defanged by countercultural music that refused to play along. Add the “” (long parties with legal LSD, 1965–68) and an enterprising sound engineer in the person of Owsley “Bear” Stanley, who built the Dead’s “” speaker system and manufactured mass quantities of LSD before being jailed in 1970, and you have a combination that couldn’t get any stranger.

Clockwise from top left: A poster for one of the original “Acid Tests,” which the Grateful Dead frequently played; Ken Kesey and a restored “Further” bus; the Dead playing to a packed 1978 New Year’s Eve concert at the in San Francisco

20 RAVINIA MAGAZINE | JUNE 22 - JULY 10, 2016 (Old and in the Way [1973], the members of the Dead, remembers Garcia and the Dead drew crowds all over the world, Shady Grove [1996]), and Garcia in the spirit keeping with both even to the pyramids at Giza.

many others. These records Jerry’s explorations and Ravinia’s long PHOTOS: DEAD.NET deftly step over, under, and tradition of orchestral music. around the legacy of the Though the Grateful Dead never Grateful Dead to reveal a engaged in traditionally symphonic player in thrall to American works, a strong current of 20th-century music in all its playful permu- contemporary classical music, primar- tations. ily from Lesh and Garcia, was always And while the “Further” an element of their explorations. Most bus of the Merry Pranksters is prominently, the long suite called long gone, fans are still driven “Terrapin Station” from the of he quintessential early phase is to ensure the Grateful Dead’s vitality the same name (1977) incorporated Tcaptured on the superlative double even 20 years after Garcia’s death. The significant . Haynes’s live album Live/Dead, a mix of a few five “Fare Thee Well” 50th anniversary approach is to treat the music with the shows from 1969. It is as much within concerts in the summer of 2015—the canonical respect it now commands, the 23-minute jazzed-up jam “Dark last three at Soldier Field—marked not while preserving the looseness that kept Star” as within the 15-minute “Turn only the hemicentenary of the band, it always going somewhere unexpect- on Your Love Light”—powered by but also the last time the surviving edly special. sandpaper-hewn Pigpen vocals—that original members would supposedly Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead the free-range Grateful Dead come into play together. However, months later a didn’t always know where they were focus. What Coltrane does for “My reconstituted band, Dead & Company, going, but they knew where they had Favorite Things” is what the Dead do missing Dead Phil Lesh but with been. Their music persists because they for the blues. What the Reverend Gary pop-rock guitarist and vocalist John didn’t have an answer; they merely Davis does for “Death Don’t Have No Mayer, has reformed to some of the had a vehicle. No matter the year, the Mercy,” Garcia does in his cover of the best reviews of the band’s career since Grateful Dead’s spirit of musical and song: the malignancy of Davis’s ver- Garcia. cultural adventure is still vibrantly alive, sion is replaced with the droning dirge While these versions of the band and ever traveling, well into the 21st of Garcia’s prescient playing. Here, 26 have themselves kept it going, century. years before his death, Garcia sings of scene supported by and extended from what’s inevitably to come. He was 29 at the Grateful Dead is also marked by Davis Schneiderman is a Professor of English the time, but he sounds 1,000 if a day. the passing of the songbook to the and Associate Dean of the Faculty at Lake Forest Garcia’s mercurial solo and side next generation(s). Bands like , College. He will co-teach a course on “The Grateful projects were equally driven. There’s , Umphrey’s McGee, Dead and American Culture” next spring, all the underrated fusion of Hooteroll and have picked up the because he listened to the album Live/Dead as he (1971) with , the magical fan base the Dead built, while purpose- fell asleep every night when a teenager. records with Merle Saunders (including formed Dead cover bands like Dark Star the essential [1973]), Orchestra, JRAD, and numerous others numerous , have also kept the music and spirit alive. excellent bluegrass with The indie band The National recently curated Day of the Dead, a five-hour tribute album from the likes of musi- cians born halfway through the Dead’s first 50 years, and Ravinia patrons are lucky enough to get another version of the full mashup treatment with and his Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration on June 26. Haynes, a long- time member of , the founder of Gov’t Mule, and a frequent post-Garcia collaborator with

At left, (left) performs a sound check with Garcia (right) before a 1993 Grateful Dead concert at Soldier Field (at right).

22 RAVINIA MAGAZINE | JUNE 22 - JULY 10, 2016 STAYING HUNGRY Duran Duran hasn’t stuttered with the release of

By Miriam Di Nunzio

he soundtrack of the early 1980s simply oozed Duran Duran. Teir extraordinary run T of singles—“,” “Rio,” “,” “Te Refex,” “Te Wild Boys,” “”—earned Simon Le Bon, John Taylor, , Roger Taylor, and Andy Taylor the moniker “Te Fab Five” among ’s second . Teir music videos proved almost too risqué even for MTV, at a time when the cable channel was the “social media” pinnacle for recording artists. To paraphrase that old song: If you could make it there, you could make it anywhere. And make it they did. Duran Duran’s highly stylized, feature flm– like videos (shot on 35mm stock) propelled their /synthpop music to the tops of charts on both sides of the Atlantic. Teir success was cemented by 13 albums and 14 top-10 singles, selling 70 million of those albums and earning a pair of Grammys along the way. ¶ And then the late 1980s arrived.

24 RAVINIA MAGAZINE | JUNE 22 - JULY 10, 2016 JUNE 22 - JULY 10, 2016 | RAVINIA MAGAZINE 25 The current members of Duran Duran outside a venue in their native England: (left to right) drummer Roger Taylor, bassist John Taylor, vocalist Simon Le Bon, and keyboardist Nick Rhodes

Amid impossible in-fghting, a hiatus ensued and the group “And also we’ve worked at the friendship. If somebody has splintered of into various other music projects, regrouping a gripe with somebody else in the band we get it out straight in 1985 for the chart-topping movie theme song away and nothing’s lef to fester,” the 57-year-old Le Bon elab- “.” But it was a second eponymous ofering orated. “Te songwriting is the heart of the band. Tat’s what (dubbed “Te Wedding Album” because of its cover art), with makes you able to look each other in the eye when you’re on its intoxicating single “Ordinary World,” released in 1993, stage and feel good about it. followed by a compilation album (appropriately titled Greatest) released in late 1998, that helped propel a most remarkable uran Duran was born in 1978 in , (and some thought impossible) comeback. DEngland, the band’s name borrowed from the char- And they are indeed back, heaving released their 14th acter Dr. Durand Durand in the Jane Fonda cult sci-f flm studio album, Paper Gods, in 2015—with guitarist Andy Taylor Barbarella. (Tey would later record the song “Electric the only absentee of the Fab Five—and that’s anything but Barbarella” in homage to the movie.) Te hits came and went, ordinary. but the sound—their sound—remained, and stood the test of “We concentrate our energy on making . We time, as Paper Gods has proven. Tey’ve been out on the road like each other. We make each other laugh. We’re still friends. since 2015 in support of this latest studio project, which brings Tere’s a real love in this band,” Le Bon told Ravinia magazine them to Ravinia for concerts on July 8 and 9. [ in a recent interview, when asked about the staying power of (who cowrote and coproduced a couple of the album’s tracks) Duran Duran. “We’ve been through some really low times and and his band CHIC share the bill.] we’re not scared of them. And we’re not scared of failure. Te “We basically got started with it in 2013 and we started the fact that we really want to survive, that’s a big deal for us. And way we always start—with jamming our music out and seeing that we don’t want to do anything else with our lives. Tere’s if anything good and worthy came out of it, which it did,” nobody who wants to be a fashion house or a flm director. Le Bon said of Paper Gods. Te album plays out like vintage We’re really happy being a band. Duran Duran, with an altogether contemporary spin. “Well,

26 RAVINIA MAGAZINE | JUNE 22 - JULY 10, 2016 you have to fnd a balance. If you’re Duran Duran, you know All We Need Is Now [released in 2010]. We asked him why he there’s something expected from you by the fans, and you have didn’t work on previous albums we sent to him, and he said, to true to your core values,” Le Bon continued. “And it’s ‘Tey weren’t good enough to be Duran Duran albums.’ Which also [about] quality—the quality of the lyrics, the quality of the is very interesting—and really scary for us! What he made us melodic-ness, if you will. What we did for the frst time with understand is that he cared about Duran Duran, and that’s to this album is that we were very minimal. It’s the most minimal say, if I’m gonna work on a Duran Duran album, I want it to be Duran Duran album that’s ever , which is constantly one of their very good ones. It validated [Paper Gods] to us.” overlooked by people, actually. Tat’s the one thing we’ve been Does Le Bon think some of Duran Duran’s previous albums trying to do for decades, [but] we never really had the balls were not very good ones? to really ‘leave it empty.’ Somebody would always go, ‘I’m not “I’m sure there’ve been times when—yes,” Le Bon concluded comfortable with that bit of silence there. I need to put some- with some hesitation. “But I’m not really into drudging up that thing in it.’ It’s the sparseness of those silences and the space stuf. It’s fair enough to say some albums are better than others. around those notes that gives them the power on this album.” Tat’s the reason it took us two years to make this album, Much of that “power” is due to the album’s because we knew that it wasn’t good enough until we’d really and the mixing, courtesy of longtime Duran Duran studio col- dug [deep]. It’s not like the good old days of just lying around laborators engineer Josh Blair and mixer Spike Spencer. “Te on the surface. You’ve got to dig down, and sometimes you dig arrangements, that’s a whole band and producer and engineer until your hands bleed. And it’s only then you get to the good project. Everybody’s involved with that,” Le Bon said. “Ten stuf. We spent a whole year digging without fnding anything you send it of to Spike, who mixes it—and frankly things can that was really worth it. change in the mix; they can completely change. We’re very “Many years ago I had a conversation with [INXS cofound- lucky to have a great relationship with Spike. He understands er] about writing lyrics and having writer’s us musically. He likes Duran Duran. Sometimes he just does block, and I asked him, What do you do? And he said, ‘I just stuf and you go, WHAT? We had no idea that it was going to keep writing. I write rubbish, and I fnd that eventually I get sound like that! And [it sounds] great. to the good stuf.’ And that’s kind of like what we did with this “We actually approached Spike before about other albums album in a general way. We knew we had to go through this to mix, and he said no [several times]. His frst one with us was process before we found the stuf that was good enough.

It’s not like the good old days of just lying around on the surface. “ You’ve got to dig down, and sometimes you dig until your hands bleed. And it’s only then you get to the good stuff. ”

28 RAVINIA MAGAZINE | JUNE 22 - JULY 10, 2016 “You don’t want to go back and do the same thing with the next album, you know? You have to move on. So we went with one word: Dance. We wanted to write something that would work on the dance foor. It may be egotistical, but there’s noth- ing better than seeing sexy guys and sexy chicks gyrating on the dance foor to your record! Tat’s outstanding. Tat’s [time- less] thinking. In the ’80s you could go to clubs and everybody was dancing to [our songs] and you could dance to them!” One interesting surprise on Paper Gods, which already features a slew of collaborators in Janelle Monée, ex– guitarist , , and Mr. Hudson, is the presence of , providing spoken word in a brief span on the track “Danceophobia.” “We’ve [remained friends] ever since we met, I believe on Te Tony Danza Show in New York,” Le Bon said. “So we had this part in ‘Danceophobia’ that needed something really spe- cial to make it work, to make it click. And she was in doing the stage production of [David Mamet’s] Speed the Plow and she’d been [asking me] about doing some on the album. And I said, ‘Come on guys let’s get her to try this part out.’ And she did, and it was amazing.” Le Bon and company haven’t exactly mellowed these days, judging by the early reports of the tour, but there is a newfound maturity it seems in Le Bon’s outlook. “I think the change with me is that my ears are so much more open now,” he said. “I will listen to an artist like Afghan Whigs and then I’ll turn on the radio and I’ll hear some early music with those old strings and things and I get turned on by that as well,” Le Bon said. “I’ll hear someone on a beach and that will turn me on. I’ve become a much more open person, whereas before I was very concentrated on very narrow sort of boundaries. … You’ve got a choice in life, haven’t you? As you get older, you can either get narrower and become less tolerant, or you can become more open and more tolerant. In that way, you keep learning. It keeps your mind fresh and willing to accept new ideas and that’s a very important part of life for me. Music is a very good way of doing that.” Duran Duran briefy considered scrapping their April 16 tour stop in Charlotte, NC, on account of the fury over the state’s recent passage of HB2, the Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act (“Te Bathroom Bill”), but they decided to go on with the show. “We are very liberal people. We are a band for everybody. I think one of the things that has been a message in our music is to be true to yourself and to honor yourself and not be forced by fear into being anything else than who you are. I’m very proud of our LGBT following. So we did not can- cel our show. We played. And we had massive support from the audience. [Education] is the best way to defeat this [discrimi- nation]. … For us to cancel—we’d have been punishing them when what we wanted to do was go there and support them. So we did.”

Miriam Di Nunzio is the entertainment arts editor for the Chicago Sun-Times, covering music, theater, and pop culture. ANDY ARGYRAKIS ANDY

30 RAVINIA MAGAZINE | JUNE 22 - JULY 10, 2016 ON THIS DATE 50 YEARS AGO July 9, 1966

At a time when the guitar was quickly growing in popularity as the musical backdrop of , the Spanish-born quartet Te Romeros was showing a diferent side of the instrument, one much older but no less passionate. Celedonio Romero and his sons Celin, Pepe, and Angel began playing classical guitar across the in the early 1960s—within a short period of time appearing on the stages of Carnegie Hall and the sensation-making Ed Sullivan Show (right, top)—sparking a renewed interest in the unassuming , among both listeners and performers. Such classical guitar stars as Christopher Parkening practically grew up alongside the young Romeros. Te quartet arrived at Ravinia in 1966 to make its debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, together playing a concerto by Vivaldi and Celedonio soloing on Albeniz’s famous Leyenda. Angel returned to Ravinia in 1991 as soloist for the CSO’s frst performance of Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez, and again in 2012 to perform works by Boccherini and Vivaldi with a quartet of string musicians from Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute (right, bottom) as well as his father’s own Malagueñas. Tis classical guitar tradition will continue at Ravinia on September 2 when 2015 Grammy winner Jason Vieaux plays Bennett Gordon Hall with harpist Yolanda Kondonassis.

Celedonio Romero greets fans after a concert.

JUNE 22 - JULY 10, 2016 | RAVINIA MAGAZINE 31 ON THIS DATE 80 YEARS AGO July 3, 1936

Ernest Ansermet conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in its frst concert at ainia since the festial shut it ates during the depths of the Great Depression, beginning an annual residency unparalleled in the classical music world.

32 RAVINIA MAGAZINE | JUNE 22 - JULY 10, 2016 In  Ravinia and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra began behind the international stage hit War Horse. an enthusiastic partnership in presenting history’s greatest As ever, all season long the CSO will be joined by a remark- music in a uniquely lush and comfortable setting, and  years able, rotating host of supporting artists as storied and varied later that dedication is as strong as ever, forming the corner- as the history of the orchestra’s residency, and featuring both stone of the festival’s classical mission, which also encompasses longtime favorites and young stars destined to be heard again chamber music, recitals, kids concerts, Reach*Teach*Play, and and again over the coming years. In addition to the long-await- Ravinia’s Stean’s Music Institute. Even before the relationship ed return of James Levine for the th annual gala concert became ofcial the CSO was a regular guest, dating back to and the th anniversary of his debut with the CSO at the  as the Teodore Tomas Orchestra. Over the  concerts festival, beloved baton-wielders David Zinman and Sir Andrew that compose its residency at Ravinia this summer, the CSO Davis will bring to the podium this summer the phenomenal will play works that are just as powerful today as they were musicianship that has made each a venerated name the world during that frst season—from Beethoven’s Seventh, Brahms’s around, and six conductors will be making their frst impres- Second and Fourth, and Dvořák’s “New World” Symphonies sions upon Ravinia audiences, from downtown veterans Vasily to such orchestral delights as Respighi’s Pines of Rome and Petrenko and Cristian Măcelaru to CSO newcomers such as Strauss’s Don Juan to the playful swirl of Gershwin’s Rhapsody Kirill Karabits and Gustavo Gimeno. Alongside these fgures in Blue. But the ensemble will also be instrumental in the pre- will be such celebrated soloists as Itzhak Perlman and Lynn sentation of several never-before-seen/heard works, including Harrell, both of whom are marking the th anniversaries of the American premiere of a concerto co-commissioned their Ravinia and CSO debuts, as well as next-generation coun- by Ravinia from , the modern-day master of terparts Nicola Benedetti and Alisa Weilerstein. Superstars genre-bending classical music like Gershwin before him. Tese Joshua Bell and join forces for an evening of special features also include the frst showing in the Midwest showpieces, while Gil Shaham and Paul Lewis similarly join of ’s cinematic masterpiece with the the CSO onstage for selections from their respective special- worldwide bestselling score by performed live ties. Longtime Ravinia favorite Misha Dichter will be returning with the complete movie, as well as a new flm showcasing the to the Pavilion stage for the frst time in nearly a decade, and grandeur of our solar system as seen through NASA’s lenses Daniil Trifonov will be making his frst such appearance, hav- set to Holst’s celestial suite, and the Chicago premiere of an in- ing thrilled CSO audiences downtown since his Ravinia debut, novative, new staging of Stravinsky’s breakthrough frst ballet, plus pianist and conductor Jefrey Kahane will combine those Te Firebird, co-commissioned by Ravinia from Janni Younge talents for a signature performance of Gershwin’s original of the Handspring Puppet Company, the visual mavericks Rhapsody in Blue.

CELEBRATING YEARS OF THE CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA RESIDENCY JUNE 22 - JULY 10, 2016 | RAVINIA MAGAZINE 33 Rooted Chords

Classical musicians grow from many seeds

By Mark Tomas Ketterson

here is an interesting ubiquitous among musicians. Look at Classical music is no exception. Te quirk in being an arts maven Te Beatles—John fathered Julian and Bach and Strauss families ruled their T of a certain age. One not only Sean, while Ringo’s son respective musical spheres for eons, and follows his or her favorite artists as they has drummed for Te Who and Oasis. everyone has heard of the composer evolve, but also ofen watches their chil- Broadway’s John Raitt sired bluesy chan- Leopold Mozart’s famous son, Wolfgang dren grow up, too. Tis came to mind teuse Bonnie. Te jazz and pop worlds Amadeus. More recently, we can look in a conversation following the afecting have boasted two generations of Sinatras to conductors Erich and loss of actress Patty Duke, who was a and Coles, while country has given us or flm composers Alfred and Tomas beloved fantasy friend and sister to mil- the Cash/Carter clan, as well as Billy Newman. spawned the Garcia lions. Someone recalled that Duke had Cyrus and daughter Miley. family, headed by Manuel, an import- taken to jokingly introducing herself as is the son of folk ant of the early 19th century. His “Sean Astin’s mother,” referring to her singer Kate McGarrigle and Louden daughters were divas Maria Malibran popular actor son. Wainwright III, and all four of reggae and Pauline Viardot; his son Manuel Te phenomenon of familial talent legend ’s sons have proudly Jr., opera’s frst great vocal pedagogue, across generations has been particularly carried on their father’s legacy. who numbered among his pupils the ILLUSTRATION BY CHRIS ANDERSON CHRIS BY ILLUSTRATION

34 RAVINIA MAGAZINE | JUNE 22 - JULY 10, 2016 “Swedish Nightingale” Jenny Lind and he was still a fetus. “I didn’t do much,” from them. I thank them for that. Tey Mathilde Marchesi, the foremost teacher he deadpans, “but I was present.” had a horror of the idea that I would be of her own era. A Marchesi protégé Tose who assume that gifed chil- in my twenties and suddenly think ‘I trained Beverly Sills; another taught an dren of renowned musicians are fragile don’t know why I doing this, I’m just Australian housewife named Muriel hothouse fowers will fnd nothing of doing it because it is expected of me.’” Sutherland, whose daughter would sit at that stereotype here. What is immediate- “I was given a toy violin by a friend her feet and listen to her practice. Mrs. ly striking about both of these delightful of theirs,” Frank recalls. “I had been Sutherland mostly sang for pleasure, but young instrumentalists is how unassum- through so many concerts in utero, I her little daughter grew up to be Dame ing and accessible they are. Tey appear apparently precociously—and probably . to be warm, grounded people whose very obnoxiously—complained that the Ravinia favorite Bobby McFerrin, the connectedness refects good parenting. violin was not of high enough quality. I son of Robert McFerrin, de- And both speak appreciatively of their had to beg for a couple of years before scribes the experience of having musical parental infuences. “I really think it was they fnally gave me a real violin and les- parents as pure “osmosis.” “I grew up the most signifcant factor in becoming sons. But my parents stayed completely in a house full of music,” McFerrin told the person I am,” Biss observes. “It is out of it. Tey wanted me to have my Ravinia in 2015. “I have lots of mem- a truism, but music is a language … own thing. Tey would never remind ories: all of us singing together, hiding and language is best learned when you me to practice or practice with me. Tey under the piano listening to my father are very young. I think because there were really anti-stage parents. I owe teach and practice, going to church was music in my house from the time them my mental health for that, and my with my mother to sing in the choir, I was born, it meant that this idea of enjoyment of music, because I never felt ‘’ our stereo as it played music, with the spoken rhythm and the pressured.” Beethoven. I know all those experiences cadences of a language, was something “What I got from my parents wasn’t shaped me as a musician and as a per- I experienced from the beginning. My nuts and bolts,” Biss explains, “it was a son. I can’t imagine a better education.” relationship with music began there and method of working. One of the biggest [By contrast, Sylvia McNair (another everything grew out of that.” things one has to learn is how to prac- Ravinia favorite) found a musical “father “With me, that goes even further,” tice, and it’s not obvious at all. A lot of fgure” outside of family, in the per- Frank agrees. “At home, they didn’t very gifed people make the mistake of son of conductor , whose do anything with me but play musical just doing it again and again. What my centennial the festival is celebrating this games. Tey were always fooling around parents tried to teach me was having a summer. “Most of the people I worked at the piano, paraphrasing things. goal; to learn to listen, hear what wasn’t with were trying to take a 23-year-old I think it was inadvertently like ear working, and make corrections. Tis voice and make it sound like a 35-year- training. Apparently I could identify the wasn’t a conscious thing, but so much old voice,” she recalls. “So when this diference between white and black keys, music operates on a level that is instinc- legendary musician says to me, ‘Don’t and they turned that into a party trick: tual and extremely difcult to explain. push [your voice],’ you bet that sank in, ‘Look what little Pamela can do!’ My Tose things I got from my parents. because I was being asked to push all the parents were extremely serious musi- Long before I played an instrument, I time! He asked—no, he allowed me to cians, but they didn’t take themselves heard them practicing and heard where fnd my own natural voice.”] seriously. Tey were in pursuit of fun, you put punctuation, where you breathe. and these musical games were integrated Tey were my frst infuences, and your hree particularly celebrated into a musical life. I never felt music was frst infuences are powerful.” Tchildren of famous parents are anxiety-producing; it was for pleasure. “Tey led by example,” Frank adds. visiting Ravinia this summer: “Genius” Te thing is, I didn’t realize until much “All they were interested in was doing cellist Alisa Weilerstein, the daughter later that they played the piano for a service to the composer, and in a pure, of violinist Donald Weilerstein and living. It didn’t occur to me that it wasn’t idealistic love and reverence for the pianist Vivian Hornik Weilerstein their hobby. I think that was the biggest music itself. If you are surrounded by (who coincidentally form a piano infuence on me. Tey were so much talk on that level, you realize how lucky trio); violin virtuoso Pamela Frank, fun, I never fgured it out.” you are to be in music at all. I just fed of the daughter of pianists Claude Frank However, their parents scrupulously of that and the love for being in music and Lilian Kallir; and pianist Jonathan side-stepped the matter of their formal altogether. For that I can’t thank them Biss, who conversely was born into a training. “Tey really wanted to draw enough.” family of string players. His parents are clear lines,” Biss asserts, “where they violinists Miriam Fried and Paul Biss, would practice with me or work with heir indebtedness is palpable. and his grandmother was cellist Raya me, but they were not my teachers. Tat TAs Frank acknowledges, being the Garbousova (for whom Samuel Barber was made very clear. I think that was child of famous parents “could easily wrote his concerto). Biss jokes smart, because when it was clear that I have gone the other way.” Both teach at that he made his Carnegie Hall debut in was passionate about music, it helped the Curtis Institute of Music, and Biss Mozart’s A-major while me to develop my own identity separate notes that while “all my students have

36 RAVINIA MAGAZINE | JUNE 22 - JULY 10, 2016 well-meaning parents, the diference can be night and day between the ones whose parents give space and let their kids make their own choices and the ones who are on top of them all the time. Tat is another factor in my growing gratitude.” Biss now concertizes with his mother annually. Frank also toured extensively with her father before his death in 2014, and their collaboration can be heard on CD in the music of Schubert and Beethoven. “I joke that families that play togeth- er—well, it will either be very natural or a total catastrophe,” Biss laughs. “We are lucky, and I think a lot of the credit is due In addition to the rigors of years of orchestra and choir rehears- to her. At this point I like to think she has no difculty seeing als, classes at music schools, and private lessons—let alone the me as an equal, but when I was 13 and we started playing so- hours of personal practice, perhaps (though clearly not always) natas around the house, I’m sure I didn’t know what the hell I under the scrutinizing eye of a taskmaster parent—the path was doing. But she understood that, so those things you cannot to fourishing as a professional performer is also paved by the really discuss in music occurred very naturally.” daunting-sounding environment of “master classes.” But just “When I started playing with my father, he never gave one what is a master class? What it isn’t is more book academics. suggestion,” Frank adds. “We just played. We never talked, Rather, a master class takes the intensity of a private lesson with a world-renowned performing artist—of which Ravinia’s Steans we just played. He spoke through the music, and there was Music Institute has many on its faculty, including Miriam total musical absorption for me because he didn’t exercise any Fried, Paul Biss, Donald Weilerstein, and Claude Frank (before paternity. None. It was incredibly liberating. To go on tour with his passing in 2014)—and puts it before an audience of the your father, who happens to be your musical hero and your young professional’s peers, and as at Ravinia, the public as well. favorite person, and to play this beautiful music, it just doesn’t Tere’s good reason this might seem a familiar forum, even for get better than that.” those that have never been to a master class. Te hit TV show Frank continues to commune with her father through Te Voice follows this same format: as contestants perform for music. “I have never known anyone who loved music like him,” the master musicians leading the session, they publicly open she poignantly explains. “So I try to be a little bit like him themselves up to the masters’ scrutiny. Ten, as they and their art are transformed, their peers (and audience) beneft as well, every day. When I hear music, I am almost channeling him not only from the musical knowledge, but from watching an now. I imagine what he would feel, what he would say. If I can artist grow before their very eyes. do even a fraction of that every day I think I will be a better person.” And does this communion ofer any wisdom for the During its summer season, Ravinia hosts such master classes for the piano and string musicians and the singers honing their future of classical music? “If you were talking to my father now, skills at RSMI, and these sessions are all free and open to the he would say, ‘Don’t you think the music will win out?’ He public—presented at 2:00 p.m. in Bennett Gordon Hall. really believed that. So maybe we all just have to be a little like Claude. You see? Now I am channeling my father, because I Thursday, June 30 Tuesday, August 2 think of how he would react to the question. He truly believed Donald Weilerstein, the A day afer Met and Lyric longtime frst violinist of the Opera star tenor Matthew in the power of beauty and music. And that will supersede renowned Quartet, Polenzani makes his Ravinia other problems.” works with the violinists of recital debut in the Martin Pamela Frank will share her wisdom (and her father’s) the RSMI Program for Piano Teatre, he works with at Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute this summer, while Alisa and Strings. He currently RSMI’s singers. Weilerstein will play Elgar’s Cello Concerto with the Chicago serves on the faculties of Saturday, August 6 New England Conservatory Symphony Orchestra on July 16 and Jonathan Biss will begin Te star of Lyric’s Bel Canto, and Juilliard. a three-year cycle of Beethoven’s complete piano sonatas with Danielle de Niese performances in Bennett Gordon Hall on August 18, 20, and Friday, July 8 coaches the top singers of 22. By the way, his mom will be playing some Bach on the Violist and composer Atar RSMI in performances of the same stage the night before. If you’re around, drop by and let Arad has performed around world’s great classic songs. the world with innumerable her know she did a swell job with her kid. Thursday, August 11 ensembles, and he brings As part of Ravinia’s that wealth of experience to Mark Thomas Ketterson is the Chicago correspondent for . He has celebration of the 100th the violists of the RSMI class also written for the , Playbill, Chicago magazine, Lyric Opera birthday of Robert Shaw, two of 2016. of Chicago, Grand Opera, and Washington National Opera at the of his most beloved artists, Kennedy Center. Friday, July 15 soprano Sylvia McNair and Legendary pianist Leon mezzo-soprano Marietta Fleisher gave his frst Ravinia Simpson, work with RSMI master class decades before singers on some of the RSMI was even founded master’s favorite vocal solos. in 1988, and since then he has been a stalwart on the faculty. PATRICK GIPSON (MASTER CLASS) Finding Higher Truth Chris Cornell unplugs to stay plugged in

By Andy Argyrakis O ne of the most distinctive voices in rock’s entire history also happens to be among the most prolifc and eclectic since bursting out of ’s indie scene three decades ago. Between his time fronting alterna- tive icons , short-lived but beloved side project (including future members of ), and the post-millennial supergroup (featuring Rage Against the Machine’s rhythm section)—not to mention an immensely successful solo career—Chris Cornell has thus far sold a staggering 30 million albums and been a top box ofce draw in each incarnation. So how in the world does the singer, songwriter, guitarist, composer, and lyricist face the daunting task of sculpting a show to address each of those vital eras, while also celebrating his critically lauded new album Higher Truth throughout the course of a single evening? “Tere’s a balancing act that I do between wanting to play songs that I know a majority of people want or expect to hear, and the songs that I feel are vital for me to play,” suggests the Grammy winner and Golden Globe nominee, phoning in from home in Rome prior to his inaugural Ravinia appearance on Sunday, July 3. “Ten as the tour progresses, I make sure that I’m not getting burned out on something. [If that happens], I either stop doing it for a while or I start to approach it in a dif- ferent way. With the Higher Truth tour and the acoustic tours, I’ve thought of back-catalogue songs that seem like they would [translate] acoustically—I’ve learned a lot about music over the years doing that. “One of the best examples that I can think of is ’s version of [Soundgarden’s] ‘.’ He really took the lyrics and the song and made it so musically stripped down that it’s completely diferent than the original,” Cornell relates. “Another is the version that I do of ’s ‘Billie Jean.’ Te idea started out as a joke, but when I made adjust- ments to the chords and time signature, I also realized where lyrically that’s a really incredible song. It’s kind of a lament of a very serious story and somehow that had always been lost on me. One of the joys of doing acoustic tours is the challenge of trying to look at a catalogue of songs in a diferent way and making it work in an acoustic context.” Te genesis for this type of touring, which clearly informs the understated but still anthemic Higher Truth studio record- ing, dates back to a period of self-examination by the superstar in 2010. As he was addressing any remaining fears in his life, which surprisingly included stepping on stage with just an

JUNE 22 - JULY 10, 2016 | RAVINIA MAGAZINE 41 acoustic guitar, he decided to face the previously uncharted territory head-on. Not only was an unplugged tour a grand slam for fans (spawning 2011’s extraordinary live album Songbook), but perhaps most important, it built a remarkably cohesive bridge between all of Cornell’s varied projects. “Between Soundgarden, Audioslave, Temple of the Dog, and all the solo work, it gets so eclectic, but when I strip it down to the context of me just singing and performing the songs, suddenly it all kind of made sense,” confrms Cornell. “You could clearly draw a line between all of those diferent projects musically, and they sounded like they all came from one creative spirit. Tat’s the way I can communicate all of the diferent periods of my career in a way that puts them all together in the same realm, plus that became a way for me to make that type of touring a living, breathing thing, as opposed to nostalgia. It’s a diferent way of looking back, [and] now I feel like this is an ongoing thing. You can look forward to new songs, you can look forward to new albums, you can look for- ward to ideas that ft into the context of [acoustic] touring. “By coincidence, Soundgarden reformed around the same time, [but] there is actually no confusion between the two, whether you’re a fan or whether it’s my creative spirit,” Cornell continues. “Tey’re so far apart and so dramatically diferent in terms of me going into a room and writing a song, and I love that. I feel like at this point in my life, somehow I’ve just sort of stumbled upon a situation where I have this huge spectrum of creative styles that I get to go out and do in a meaningful way and it’s very fulflling.” Speaking of songwriting, much of Cornell’s ability to bounce between bands with diverse musical dynamics, individ- ual projects, and soundtrack work (including Casino Royale, Te Avengers, 12 Years a Slave, and Machine Gun Preacher) has to do with his unique philosophy surrounding the artistic dis- cipline. “I’ve never been a writer where I go out the front door, have an experience, and come back and write a song about it,” he explains. “Tere’s a germination period, so whatever I’m writing today—if it’s autobiographical, it’s something that hap- pened to me a year or two ago, and then it comes out in a nat- ural way. Tere’s also a certain amount of fction or creating a character. With Soundgarden or Audioslave, I would imagine, ‘Who is this guy? What does he sing like? What does he sound like? What is his attitude? What is his story?’ And what ends up is it becomes a combination of diferent people that are real and fantasy—and ultimately some of it is me per- sonally, in the same way that a novelist creates characters. “‘Trough the Window’ of Higher Truth is a great example of that, where I’m coming up with words in a realistic way of observing a woman through a window,” Cornell continues. “She’s allowing herself to feel a lot of uncomfortable feelings from various periods of her life that are making her very sad, and she thinks that no one is watching. It’s something that she would hide from anyone and everyone, but I just happened to see it the way you would see someone on a train or a bus and they’re not paying attention to anyone looking. Ultimately the character in the song is a combination of a whole bunch of people and a whole bunch of experiences that I’ve had over the years.” JEFF LIPSKY (PORTRAITS) 42 RAVINIA MAGAZINE | JUNE 22 - JULY 10, 2016 While it’s impossible to cram all of Cornell’s expansive me to tell you what’s cool and this is what’s cool,’ and the ma- musical and personal experiences into a single conversa- jor labels said okay. But I was not a visionary at 21 years old, tion, one crucial subject is his and Soundgarden’s downright saying my band is going to sell millions of records, nor would revolutionary role in shaping the music world’s transition I have said that about Nirvana or Pearl Jam or Alice in Chains from the 1980s’ excesses to the 1990s’ authenticity. Ironically, or the Red Hot Chili Peppers or or anyone like that. around that time, the singer wasn’t looking for any type of I fgured that would always be something you would think of commercial success, let alone thinking his group would be as underground or indie.” considered one that paved the way, alongside Nirvana and While all of those acts still have plenty of indie credibility, Pearl Jam, for practically every rock act that followed in their the active ones are just as popular as ever, headlining arenas, footsteps. “I think our initial goal with Soundgarden was that stadiums, and festivals around the globe to this very day. And we needed to create something that was uniquely us, and the though Soundgarden faithful are surely rejoicing they can goal that followed was that we wanted to participate in the have both the band and its frontman back in the mix at the post-punk indie scene,” Cornell recalls. “Tat was the scene same time, will loyalists of his other iconic acts ever be so that was the most vital at the time, and it included the UK, lucky? “It has to be a unanimous thing, with the band in its Australia, Ireland, and absolutely the US. But our thoughts entirety, as opposed to like two guys and then studio musi- were [simply] to release our records and be an indie band. cians or hired guns,” asserts Cornell. “I made that very clear I didn’t think—nor do I think anyone else in Soundgarden with Soundgarden, but I think it was clear with everyone thought—it would play out on the international stage com- even before we split up. If somebody quit, I don’t see us con- mercially, especially when you looked at [what else was out tinuing. I don’t think it’s right or fair to the fans … especially there] at the time. with bands, I think the fans have some part of their identity “But I think there was a need for the change, and the in it, and they’re trusting you [to honor that]. So the answer changes were audience driven, not music business driven,” to that really is if everyone’s into it, I’m always open to it. I Cornell continues. “I don’t think the music business had a had great creative experiences with Temple of a Dog, with clue that would transform so much. To me, it was Soundgarden obviously, and in Audioslave. As time has gone because the major labels hired guys who worked at college on, I think that everybody sort of understands their priori- radio stations and indie labels. Tey went in and said, ‘You ties in a diferent way. I’ve always felt like, you never know. guys need to look at these groups because these are the ones Anything is possible.” that are vital and these are the ones that are great. You hired Andy Argyrakis is a Chicago-based writer/photographer whose credits include the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Daily Herald, Daily Journal, Illinois Entertainer, Hear/Say Now, Concert Livewire, Chicago Now, Redeye, Metromix, Paste, Downbeat, Spin.com, MTV.com, Fuse TV, UP TV, Pollstar, and Celebrity Access, among many others. He also is the founder and content curator for ChicagoConcertReviews.com. ANDY ARGYRAKIS ANDY STANDING UP

Like its sound, t may be a truism that leaving home for college Iis a life-changing experience, but how many people Guster looks to can say they met both lifelong friends and career- keep the world defning collaborators on the frst day? ¶ Tat’s how Adam Gardner tells the story. It’s true enough; a nice, evergreen easy shorthand version. When pressed, however, he reveals that he actually met bandmates and buddies and Brian Rosenworcel shortly before that, at a wilderness orientation for freshman at Tufs University (just outside of ) in 1991. Te trio soon learned they shared a passion, and that’s the origin of the band known as Guster—a group still

By Web Behrens going strong a quarter-century later. PHOTOGRAPHY ZOE-RUTH 46 RAVINIA MAGAZINE | JUNE 22 - JULY 10, 2016 Today a foursome, Guster plays Ravinia on July 7, sharing the bill with of . It’s not part of a full-blown tour; their latest release, -reviewed , came out 18 months ago. Rather, the appearance is one of just a dozen shows in the Northeast and Midwest, a pace re- fecting life’s evolution. Gardner and his bandmates all have families now. “We appreciate touring more than ever,” he says. “Who else gets to rewind the clock and do what they did before they had kids and get to sleep all night? It’s amaz- ing! But don’t tell my wife I said that.”

ho’d have guessed such a big, Wlong-lasting dream was fulflling itself as soon as college began? “Literally the frst day [away because of] school, I met Ryan and Brian,” recalls Gardner, who’d formed his frst band as an 8th-grader in New Jersey. Going away to Tufs meant fnding new music-making companions. “ were always an important part to me, so I knew that was something I wanted. Right away, I asked Ryan, ‘Can you sing?’ And he said no.” Gardner pauses to laugh. “Now he’s our lead singer! Turns out he can usters Adam ardner uitar brouht his twin assions to ainia in 20 his nonroft reen tourin initiative Reverb, and, of course, his then-20-year-old band, featuring the unique percussion of fellow sing. He just didn’t know it at the time.” cofounder Brian Rosenworcel. Within a few weeks, they were busy— Gardner and Miller on their acoustic , Rosenworcel with his bongo— themselves over time: “I’m doing the network for fans, and a joyful stage writing their own songs ofen marked by same thing right now with my daughter, presence). One through line is Guster’s intricate duo vocals, a Guster signature. who’s 8.” embrace of a good harmony, Gardner’s “We all come to the table from Once he satisfed his parents with baritone melding with Miller’s tenor. slightly diferent directions,” Gardner some piano, Gardner moved onto “loud- But that’s not their only aural delight. notes. “I defnitely came from a clas- er and louder instruments,” including a Te pair has a strong penchant for the sic-rock background—that frst band and a kit before settling aforementioned , blending in 8th grade, we were playing songs by on . But there was also the two diferent lyrics and togeth- Te Beatles and Te Stones and Te singing, which added some arrows to his er, providing a more complex vocal than Who. Crosby, Stills & Nash was a big musical quiver that would enable him what you hear in the tighter harmonies [infuence], as was —that’s to expand his dimensions: “I also sang of CSN or the Indigo Girls. “With our where the harmonies come from. … in the boys’ choir in high school, and harmonies, we try to make them more Ryan came from more of a I sang masses, so I learned a lot about interesting,” Gardner says. “Sometimes, background: Stone Roses, Te Smiths, counterpoint.” each part is . Whether you sing Te Cure. I discovered those bands a Anyone who’s heard Guster’s upbeat Ryan’s part or my part, they both stand little bit later.” songs can already hear how that choral on their own, but they mean more Tose weren’t the only infuences. experience might have fltered into together. More traditional harmonies, Gardner never studied music formally the band’s . As they evolved, they go up a third or a ffh and just in school, but he did play piano during they’ve been variously described as pur- follow the melody around, running par- childhood. “My parents more than veyors of folk-pop (thanks to their love allel, whereas ours tend to cross voices encouraged me. ‘Forced’ is a strong of acoustic instruments and percussion, quite a bit. I’ll start below and end up word, but they more than encouraged especially bongo) and as a quirky jam above—we move around each other piano lessons,” he quips. Ten he adds band (due in no small part to their early a lot, so what we end up with is more

RUSSELL JENKINS RUSSELL a realization about how roles reverse dedication to touring, a tape-trading interesting.” JUNE 22 - JULY 10, 2016 | RAVINIA MAGAZINE 47 Fans who came to Ravinia for Guster’s show in 2011 saw one example of how the organization works, although Reverb customizes its programs for each tour. “Last time Guster and Reverb were at Ravinia together, Reverb had a large ‘eco-village’ for fans to visit, with a handful of tents for local and nation- al environmental nonproft groups,” Gardner explains. “We even had a so- lar-powered pop-up stage where Guster did a surprise acoustic performance before the show began. It’s all about en- hancing the concert experience for fans Gardner (left) harmonizes with Ryan Miller during Guster’s 2011 concert at Ravinia. while supporting important environ- mental campaigns in a fun way.” Because Guster’s 2016 Ravinia uster has one odd stat that stands to eco-minded pursuits through his show is a one-of, not part of any big Gout for such a long-established group: passion for the outdoors, but he also ofcial tour, you won’t see the Reverb Evermotion, released in January 2015, is married his college sweetheart, Reverb Eco-Village. “However, we’ll continue only their seventh original album. (Teir co-founder Lauren Sullivan, who went to limit our environmental footprint discography also includes two live on to earn a master’s degree in environ- backstage,” Gardner confrms. recordings and an EP.) Clearly they’re mental education. Te nonproft is just Which brings us back to Evermotion. not aiming to be speed demons in the as much her baby as it is his. “You live However you want to defne Guster’s recording studio—the two releases prior one way at home when you live with an sound—and there’s clearly no single to Evermotion each took more than a environmentalist,” Gardner notes, “but correct description—everyone can agree year. (Te recent album broke that cycle. when you’re on the road, everything was that the band has landed on a win- When they told producer Richard Swif, completely opposite. Everything was ning formula for longevity. Tat’s why known for playing keyboards with Te disposable. Tere’s trash on the ground Evermotion makes such an apt name for Shins and bass with , and we’re in these fuel-guzzling buses. their latest record: Tese guys never stop about their typical pace, Gardner recalls, It was always a rough transition. I think evolving. “He said, ‘Oh, I’ve never made a record I complained to Lauren one too many Tat ability to fow goes all the way that took longer than two weeks.’ We times when I came home. I said, ‘Gosh, back to their early years, when the group compromised and did it in three weeks.” it’s such a mess out there! It’s too bad we was originally called Gus in the ’90s. Gone were multiple takes and fretting can’t do anything about it.’ And she said, “We were such a DIY band, we’d already over vocal imperfections; instead, they ‘Wait a minute! Why does touring have established ourselves independently,” got raw performances with more layers to be that way?’ So really, Reverb was Gardner says. “Meanwhile, there were a of instrumentation.) Teir relatively low Lauren’s brainchild.” few other artists going by that name that recorded output is the result of many Gardner knew a lot of other bands had already signed with major labels. It factors, including their drive to tour in felt the same way, so he started calling was clear that we needed to change our earlier years and, in more recent times, them— Band, Barenaked name to avoid confusion, but we had al- fatherhood. Ladies, Jack Johnson—to get them on ready sold 50,000 copies of cassettes and Music and children aren’t Gardner’s board. “Ten we realized that Bonnie CDs in the backs of our cars. We didn’t only legacy, however. More than a Raitt had done something almost exact- want to go too far from the actual name, decade ago, he co-founded Reverb, a ly like what we were talking about a year so we added -ter.” nonproft dedicated to helping bands prior. It was called the Green Highway. Te irony of course is, Where are “green” their tours through various We called her manager and said, ‘We all those other Gus bands, 25 years methods, including using biodiesel in saw what Bonnie did on this tour, and later? Gardner chuckles, “Yeah, as far buses and setting up composting and we’d like to do this for all tours.’ Tey as I know, it’s true: We’re the last Gus recycling systems. Te organization also said, ‘Great. And while you’re pursuing standing.” engages audiences at concert venues to your own nonproft status, you can help raise awareness and spur action to come in under our foundation.’ We A native of the Windy City, Web Behrens covers protect the environment. enjoyed the mentorship so much under arts, culture, and travel for the Chicago Tribune and Just as Gardner can trace Guster Bonnie’s Aria foundation, we didn’t Crain’s Chicago Business. He’s also worked as an back to his college days, he could say become our own nonproft until a few editor and contributor for Time Out Chicago and the same thing about Reverb. He comes years later.” the Chicago Reader. RUSSELL JENKINS (PERFORMANCE); ZOE-RUTH PHOTOGRAPHY (SILHOUETTE) 48 RAVINIA MAGAZINE | JUNE 22 - JULY 10, 2016 RAVINIA’S STEANS RSMI alumni regularly garner professional honors and recognition around the world. In the past year, alumni MUSIC INSTITUTE have won a Grammy Award, three Avery Fisher Career Grants, the National Council and Young Concert Artists International Auditions, the American Jazz Pianist Competition, and the Young Jazz Composer Award. RSMI musicians also appear as orchestral soloists and recitalists worldwide and are members of the world’s finest , chamber ensembles, opera companies, and the faculties of major universities and conservatories.

This year’s RSMI fellows perform in concerts and mas- ter classes throughout the summer. Except where noted below, these events have free public admission and take Miriam Fried leads a group of recent alumni on a performance tour each spring, place in Bennett Gordon Hall in the John D. Harza including this performance on Ravinia’s $10 BGH Classics series in Bennett Gordon Hall. Building at Ravinia. Close to each performance date, repertoire and artists are listed on the festival’s website. Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute, the festival’s summer conservatory for young professional To receive regular updates by e-mail, including repertoire classical and jazz musicians, opened in 1988 and is one of the world’s most sought-after and artists, please visit Ravinia.org, scroll to the bottom of summer study programs. RSMI has hosted outstanding young musicians from over 65 the page, and sign up for the newsletter (select “Ravinia’s countries to study and perform with an internationally renowned faculty of artist-teachers. Steans Music Institute”).

$10 BGH CLASSICS FREE CONCERTS MASTER CLASSES Jazz Grandstand Program for Piano and Strings Master classes provide the public an intimate glimpse into the conservatory as one Friday, June 17, 6:00 p.m. Saturday, July 2, 2:00 p.m. generation of great musicians passes its knowledge and expertise on to the next. Straight from their intensive study at Thursday, July 7, 2:00 p.m. Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute, young Saturday, July 9, 2:00 p.m. Program for Piano and Strings Program for Singers jazz players perform original composi- Sunday, July 10, 2:00 p.m. Thursday, June 30, 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 2, 2:00 p.m. tions as soloists and in ensembles. Thursday, July 14, 2:00 p.m. Donald Weilerstein Matthew Polenzani Celebrating Beethoven Saturday, July 16, 2:00 p.m. The longtime first violinist of the A day after the Met and Lyric Opera star Monday, July 11, 6:00 p.m. Sunday, July 17, 2:00 p.m. renowned Cleveland Quartet works makes his Ravinia recital debut in the Monday, July 18, 6:00 p.m. Friday, July 22, 2:00 p.m. with violinists in the Program for Piano Martin Theatre, he comes to BGH Wednesday, July 20, 6:00 p.m. Saturday, July 23, 2:00 p.m. and Strings. He currently serves on the to work with RSMI singers. The RSMI fellows tackle some of the faculties of New England Conservatory Saturday, August 6, 2:00 p.m. greatest piano and string works by one Program for Singers and Juilliard. of history’s greatest composers. Sunday, July 31, 2:00 p.m. Danielle de Niese Shakespeare and Company Friday, July 8, 2:00 p.m. The star of Lyric’s Bel Canto coaches Atar Arad Monday, August 8, 6:00 p.m. FREE CONCERTS IN CHICAGO top RSMI singers in performances The violist and composer has performed RSMI marks the 400th anniversary Program for Piano and Strings of the world’s great classic songs. around the world with innumerable of the Bard’s death with an exploration Wednesday, July 13, 12:15 p.m. Thursday, August 11, 2:00 p.m. ensembles, and he brings that wealth of song repertoire from and inspired Dame Myra Hess Concert Series Sylvia McNair and Marietta Simpson of experience to the violists in the RSMI by Shakespeare and his contemporaries. at the Chicago Cultural Center; As part of Ravinia’s celebration of the class of 2016. Singing Brahms broadcast live on 98.7 WFMT 100th birthday of Robert Shaw, two of Wednesday, August 10, 6:00 p.m. Friday, July 15, 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, July 19, 5:15 p.m. his most beloved artists work with RSMI Before the CSO plays Brahms at 8:00 p.m., Leon Fleisher Rush Hour Concerts singers on some of the master’s favorite catch RSMI fellows performing a program The legendary pianist gave his first at St. James Cathedral, Chicago vocal solos. that includes the composer’s gorgeous Ravinia master class decades before Liebeslieder Waltzes. Wednesday, July 20, 12:15 p.m. the founding of RSMI and has been World Premiere Dame Myra Hess Concert Series a stalwart on the faculty ever since. Monday, August 15, 6:00 p.m. at the Chicago Cultural Center; Ravinia presents the world premiere broadcast live on 98.7 WFMT of the third David Ludwig commission written for RSMI fellows.

FACULTY John Henes, Alexander Technique Danielle de Niese, Soprano COLLABORATING PIANISTS Program for Jazz Joseph Kalichstein, Piano Michelle DeYoung, Mezzo-soprano Program for Piano and Strings David Baker, Program Director Kim Kashkashian, Cori Ellison, Dramaturg Renana Gutman (in memoriam) Martha Strongin Katz, Viola John Henes, Alexander Technique Ron Regev , Composer/Pianist Ralph Kirshbaum, Cello Stephen King, Baritone Einav Yarden Nathan Davis, Saxophone Laurence Lesser, Cello David Ludwig, Composer Rufus Reid, Bass Robert McDonald, Piano Malcolm Martineau, Piano Program for Singers Anton Nel, Piano Denise Massé, French Javier Arrebola Program for Piano and Strings Howard Nelson, Physical Therapy Patricia McCaffrey, Mezzo-soprano Bretton Brown Miriam Fried, Program Director and Violin , Piano Sylvia McNair, Soprano Brent Funderburk Atar Arad, Viola Christoph Richter, Cello Heidi Grant Murphy, Soprano Nikolay Verevkin Paul Biss, Violin and Viola Donald Weilerstein, Violin J.J. Penna, Piano Peter Walsh Ivan Chan, Violin Matthew Polenzani, Tenor Timothy Eddy, Cello Program for Singers Jennifer Ringo, Language and Diction Steinway is the official piano of Leon Fleisher, Piano Kevin Murphy, Program Director and Piano Marietta Simpson, Mezzo-soprano Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute. Pamela Frank, Violin Marianne Barrett, German Anthony Spiri, Piano Midori Goto, Violin Steven Blier, Piano Melissa Wegner, Career Development Frans Helmerson, Cello

50 RAVINIA MAGAZINE | JUNE 22 – JULY 10, 2016 The invaluable instruction and performance opportunities provided by Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute are only possible because of generous donors. Relying directly on contributions from these dedicated supporters to fund these vital programs, RSMI provides its participants with every- thing they need—from practical housing and meals to priceless lessons with the world’s greatest musicians—so that they can focus fully on their craft. By removing financial considerations, Ravinia affords RSMI participants an opportunity to learn from the world’s best pedagogues at a critical time in their career development. In addition to annual support, RSMI relies heavily on its endowment to make these important programs possible. To solidify and strengthen RSMI’s bright future, Ravinia launched a campaign to bolster the RSMI endowment in order to assure that these programs will be available free of charge to gifted musicians for many years to come. We thank our donors who have helped provide for the future of RSMI with a gift of $300 or more to the Everything for the Artist 25th Anniversary endowment campaign. We also greatly appreciate the donors below who have given a gift of $300 or more to RSMI’s annual operating fund between October 1, 2014, and May 20, 2016, to help bring these programs to life this summer. Midori leads a master class for RSMI.

EVERYTHING FOR THE ARTIST 25TH ANNIVERSARY ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN DISTINGUISHED ENDOWMENT Ellen and Paul Gignilliat Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Uhlenhop PROGRAM FOR PIANO AND SUPPORT Joan J. Golder Virginia C. Vale STRINGS Negaunee Foundation Louis and Barbara Goldman Penny and John Van Horn Anonymous (2) Lois and Harrison Steans Mark Hajduch Michael and Marilyn Vender Judy and Blau Ravinia Women’s Board Linda and Jeffrey Hammes Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Weiss Mrs. Dolores Borowitz Betsy and Arthur Holden Randy and Lisa White The Butz Foundation In Memory of Sally & Ernest A. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Hunter III Kathleen and Tom Wright Jeffrey and Teri Kaye Conklin Grunsfeld III Daniel Jenks and Mary Moreland Paul and Mary Yovovich Judy and Bill Cottle Estate of Mrs. Grace E. Hokin Ann and Dick Johnson Mr. Joseph Curtin Esther G. Klatz The Morris and Dolores Kohl Kaplan OPERATING FUNDS Margaret C. and Clarence Deigel Dr. Marylou Witz Fund of the Dolores Kohl Education GENERAL SUPPORT Mr. John E. Deimel Foundation Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. James A. Doppke Harry and Harriet Bernbaum Emily and Christopher Ms. Bija Bennett Dr. and Mrs. James L. Franklin John and Fran Edwardson Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Leiden Jean and John Berghoff Mr. and Mrs. Stanton Hadley In Memory of Joan Freehling Susan and Richard Lenny The Butz Foundation In Memory of Margo Hammond Walter and Karla Goldschmidt Gary and Liz Levin Miriam L. Christ Carol and Joel Honigberg Foundation Mason Foundation, Inc. Ann and Roger Cole Rita Kanne, in loving memory of Jeffrey Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Harza Mr. and Mrs. Alan R. May The Dancing Skies Foundation Kanne Welz Kauffman and Jon Teeuwissen Patty and Mark McGrath Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Ettlinger Gloria B. Keats Anne E. and Robert D. Krebs Sheila and Harvey Medvin Clif and Judy Fenton Esther G. Klatz Harold M. and Adeline S. Morrison Joan Criswell-Merrilees and Rob Mr. John Forsythe Mr. and Mrs. Michael H. Koval Family Foundation Merrilees Steven and Nancy Hannick Roger and Betsy Mandel in Memory of Dale and Betsey Pinkert The Edward and Lucy R. Minor Family Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Harza Lucille Jenks June B. Pinsof and Madeleine P. and Foundation Mrs. Thomas D. Heath Negaunee Foundation Harvey R. Plonsker Toby and Gordon Newman Helen E. Heggie Fund Oyama Charitable Foundation Ravinia Associates Board Jill and Chris Noon Mr. Joseph B. Kastenholz Ravinia Associates Board John and Bonnie Stepan Alice Peterson and Paul Munk Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lovaas Benjamin J. Rosenthal Foundation Pamela B. and Russ M. Strobel Mr. and Mrs. Daniel H. Reisner Kitty and Bill Moeller Michael A. Sachs and Family Craig and Linda Umans Mr. Peter C. Roberts and Mrs. Robin Negaunee Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Robert R. Schenck Roberts Mr. F. Padnos St. Margaret’s College and Schools ENDOWMENT SUPPORT Morton W. Rosen, in memory of Vera The Joachim & Vicki Peters Foundation Foundation from Mr. Tadashi Enami Anonymous (4) D. Rosen Chuck and Bess Prazak Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation Jim and Wendy Abrams Audrey C. Rubinstein Ravinia Women’s Board Brad and Marilyn Stein Megan P. and John L. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. E. Scott Santi Jessica and Anthony Roberts Stepan Company Sarah and Larry Barden Dr. Scholl Foundation Linda and Harold Rosenson Susan Stevens Jean and John Berghoff The Schreuder Family Judy and Warner Rosenthal Dr. Marylou Witz Judy and Merrill Blau In Memory of Helene “Hush” Segil Jennifer W. Steans and James P. Kastenholz Mr. and Mrs. George H. Bodeen Heather Steans and Leo Smith Mr. and Mrs. John A. Stepan PROGRAM FOR SINGERS Mr. and Mrs. Darryl Bradford Jennifer Steans and James Kastenholz Virginia C. Vale Anonymous (2) Jane and David Casper Robin Steans and Leonard Gail Audrey L. Weaver Dr. June Fox in memory of Lenore Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Chipman Mr. and Mrs. Stephen N. Sehler Sherwin Don and Susan Civgin Joseph T. Seminetta THE RAVINIA WOMEN’S BOARD Lilli and James Greenebaum Jane B. and John C. Colman Mr. and Mrs. Rick PROGRAM FOR JAZZ Mrs. Thomas D. Heath Judy and Bill Cottle Mr. and Mrs. P.D. Spears Ann and Roger Cole Mason Foundation, Inc. Elizabeth Crown and Bill Wallace St. Margaret’s College & Schools Rita Kanne, in loving memory of Jeffrey Harold M. and Adeline S. Morrison The Dancing Skies Foundation Foundation from Mr. Tadashi Enami Kanne Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Christopher A. Deveny Avy and Marcie Stein Carol McCardell The Port, Washlow and Errant Families Susan and Jesse Elliott Thomas H. and Donna M. Stone National Federation of Music Clubs Ravinia Associates Board Joseph and Carol Epkins Foundation Tera and Richard McBlaine Merle Reskin Clif and Judy Fenton In Memory of Howard A. Stotler Oyama Charitable Foundation The Rhoades Foundation Diane and Lowell Fixler The Thoresen Foundation Stephan and Susan Rappin Mrs. Jerome W. Van Gorkom Muriel and Maurice Fulton Lisa and Charles Tribbett Ravinia Associates Board

JUNE 22 – JULY 10, 2016 | RAVINIA MAGAZINE 51 REACH*TEACH*PLAY® EDUCATION PROGRAMS

Over 75,000 people are served through Ravinia’s Reach*Teach*Play programs each year. Our programs are designed to educate, foster diverse audience involvement, and ensure that underserved populations have access to live music experiences in their communities and at Ravinia.

Programs that extend Ravinia’s REACH and bring the joy REACH of music to thousands throughout the Chicago area

Programs that TEACH the foundations of music and allow TEACH children to express themselves creatively

Programs that encourage students to PLAY and experience PLAY music throughout their lives

In October 2015, Reach*Teach*Play celebrated the launch of a new Sistema Ravinia program for elementary school students in Lake County. Sistema Ravinia is an intensive orchestral training initiative that fosters social development through exceptional music instruction. The students of this new orchestra performed at Telemundo’s Cinco de Mayo festival in Cicero, IL, on May 7.

52 RAVINIA MAGAZINE | JUNE 22 – JULY 10, 2016 Ravinia Jazz Scholars and RSMI alumnus Marquis Hill performs in Bennett Gordon Hall. Through Reach*Teach*Play, over 1,000 high-school students receive jazz instruction and mentoring each year.

Violin students perform at the Ravinia Lawndale Family Music School, which provides tuition-free music classes to residents of the underserved North Lawndale neighborhood in Chicago.

Chicago Public School teachers perform together at the culmination Chicago Public School students and their teachers perform onstage of a weeklong Professional Development Institute. in Ravinia’s Martin Theatre, demonstrating what they’ve learned in through the Music Discovery Program.

A young girl enjoys KidsLawn, a musical activity space that allows children and families to explore music in fun and interactive ways. The Opportunity Lawn Pass Program provides free lawn tickets to social service agencies, whose constituents would otherwise not be able to attend Ravinia concerts.

A music and dance performance of Ravinia’s 2016 One Score, One Chicago selection, Stravinsky’s The Firebird, at Hale Elementary School in Chicago as part of the Guest Artists in the Classroom program of Reach*Teach*Play.

JUNE 22 – JULY 10, 2016 | RAVINIA MAGAZINE 53 REACH*TEACH*PLAY® EDUCATION PROGRAMS

Te donors listed below generously contributed to Ravinia’s Reach*Teach*Play education programs between October 1, 2014, and May 20, 2016. Te list includes donors to such initiatives as the Music Discovery Program, Guest Artists in the Classroom, Jazz Scholars, and Sistema Ravinia, which reach thousands of underserved Chicago Public School and Lake County students each year. For information about giving to Ravinia’s Reach*Teach*Play education programs, please call 847-266-5020.

$100,000 AND ABOVE $10,000 – $19,999 $4,000 – $6,999 Samuel S. and Dorothy R. Haber Foundation Modestus Bauer Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Jefrey S. Dreebin Beatrice Cummings Mayer Alverin M. Cornell Foundation Christy and Craig Fowler Te Negaunee Foundation Discover, Official Card Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Frank Ravinia Associates Board First Bank of Highland Park Ann Ravinia’s Reach for the Stars Golf Tournament W.W. Grainger, Inc. Knapp Family Foundation Ravinia Women’s Board Harris Family Foundation Emily and Christopher Knight Illinois Tool Works Cookie and Henry Kohn $50,000 – $99,999 Carol and Ed Kaplan / Kaplan Foundation RBC Wealth Management Paul M. Angell Family Foundation Malott Family Foundation Seagears Family Foundation Martin and Mary L. Boyer Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Harold M. Morrison Elizabeth Crown and William Wallace National Endowment for the Arts $2,000 – $3,999 Fortune Brands Home & Security Northern Trust D’Addario Foundation Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Takif Family Foundation King’s Global Logistics, Inc. Polk Bros. Foundation Te Trillium Foundation Mark and Elyce Metzner Underwriters Laboratories Inc. Sallyan Windt $20,000 – $49,999 Audrey L. Weaver Anonymous (3) Mr. Brian Weinberg $300 – $1,999 Aon Corporation Clif and Judy Fenton Te Boeing Company $7,000 – $9,999 Heard the World Fund CME Group Community Foundation Baxter International Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Klieger Te Dancing Skies Foundation Exelon Corporation Alicia and Frank Lieberman Mrs. Zollie S. Frank Terese Krieger and Gordon Ziols Te Joachim & Vicki Peters Foundation Greenberg Traurig, LLP KPMG LLP Liz and Eric Lefofsky Diane and Jim Levy Irv Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Alan R. May Te Edward and Lucy R. Minor Family Foundation Perkins Coie LLP Richard and Marianne Reinisch Foundation Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Foundation Charles & M.R. Shapiro Foundation Walgreens Sistema Ravinia students learn their brass instruments at North Elementary School in Waukegan.

SISTEMA RAVINIA Sistema Ravinia would not be possible without the foresight of the Ravinia Women’s Board and the funders who have joined them in supporting this project. Ravinia wishes to thank the Women’s Board for this foresight and contributions toward this program; Te Negaunee Foundation, for its endowed support of Ravinia’s Reach*Teach*Play programs in Lake County, includ- ing the Sistema Ravinia: Harza Nucleo; and the Samuel S. and Dorothy R. Haber Foundation for its endowment dedicated to the Sistema Ravinia: Harza Nucleo.

54 RAVINIA MAGAZINE | JUNE 22 – JULY 10, 2016 Negaunee Foundation The Negaunee Foundation’s founder fell in love with SALUTE TO outdoor music at Ravinia in the 1940s, a love affair without end. We are pleased to support Ravinia’s continued efforts to bring the magic of music to SPONSORS succeeding generations of children.

Every year, Ravinia plays host to the beauty of nature, the joy of great music, and the harmony of satisfied audiences. We owe this, of course, to David Nelms nature’s cooperation and the talent of the performers, but we also recog- Chairman & Chief Executive Officer nize the generosity of our sponsors, whose support helps us to bring these Discover performers to Ravinia and keep admission prices low. Corporate, founda- Discover is committed to supporting educational ini- tion and individual sponsors have contributed to bring you almost every tiatives in our community. We are proud to support performance this season, and we salute their ongoing efforts to support Ravinia’s Reach*Teach*Play education programs. We the many performing arts institutions we enjoy in Chicago. applaud Ravinia for providing access to and sparking a curiosity in children to learn more about music. Welz Kauffman, President & CEO Best wishes for another successful season! Ravinia Festival Paul Lamb Don Civgin General Manager, Central Region President, Emerging Business Hyundai Motor America Allstate Insurance Company Hyundai is proud to be the official vehicle of Ravinia, We are pleased to once again partner with Ravinia on and to be part of its one-of-a-kind music experience. their efforts to bring classical music to the Chicago Ravinia’s summertime tradition is a Chicago staple, area. We applaud Ravinia’s commitment to educa- offering incredibly diverse talent for a range of musical tion, public outreach, and making world-class per- tastes. The brief summer months are cherished by every Chicagoan, and we formances accessible to all. want to help make the most of that time by giving guests the best experience Allstate and Ravinia recognize the importance possible. At Hyundai, our mission is to deliver vehicles and technologies that of serving the community—together we are a make things better for drivers everywhere, and with sponsorships like this, force for good. we can extend that mission past our products and support Ravinia’s ongoing efforts to support live music in Chicago. United Airlines United is pleased to serve Ravinia as its official airline and proudly sup- Daniela A. O’Leary-Gill ports the remarkable contributions they make to the arts community in Senior Vice President Chicago and beyond. Together with the festival, United celebrates the BMO Harris Bank energy that performers and nearly 600,000 guests bring to our hometown Enriching our communities with music, art, and and the global stage. United is proud of our long-standing partnership cultural events is a tradition we continue to honor at and we are pleased to join Ravinia in BMO Harris Bank. We are pleased to be a longtime welcoming you to the 2016 season. supporter of Ravinia and take delight in the annual “sounds of summer” the festival brings to our community. By opening its doors to world-class musicians, Ravinia breaks down cultural barriers with a varied lineup of artists whose work inspires and entertains audi- ences of all ages. As Chicago is home to many of our employees and cus- tomers, BMO Harris Bank considers it a particular privilege to play a part in supporting one of Chicago’s most beloved, festive summer events.

Steven Schwartz President and CEO William A. Terlato John A. Terlato Anthony J. Terlato Midtown Athletic Clubs Chief Executive Officer Vice-chairman Chairman Terlato Wines According to my sister, everyone needs a library card and a membership to a health club. Sound mind, sound body. Terlato Wines is a Chicago-based family business that has brought some To that I’d add, everyone needs a little Ravinia in the of the world’s best wines to the American table for more than 60 years. summer. Growing up within blocks of Ravinia, I loved Owned by Anthony J. Terlato and his sons Bill and John, Terlato Wines the music I heard on summer afternoons as the musicians rehearsed for each is pleased to again partner with Ravinia. As producers, importers, and night’s performance. The music helped shape the community and brought marketers of exceptional wines, the Terlato family understands the friends together on summer nights. At Midtown Athletic Clubs, we’re com- passion for excellence that underscores each performance, and we are mitted to creating places that bring family and friends together to work out, pleased to help Ravinia continue its great tradition of bringing the finest swim, play tennis, play basketball, dine, shop, relax, and socialize with friends. quality music to the Chicagoland community. Here’s a Terlato toast to Our clubs promote and support our members’ active, healthy lifestyles and another glorious Ravinia season. are engaging communities of fun people. Located in Bannockburn, Chicago, Palatine, and Willowbrook, they are sports resorts right here at home. As a sponsor, Midtown takes pride in supporting the Ravinia community as an extension of our belief that active, social people lead happier, healthier lives.

JUNE 22 – JULY 10, 2016 | RAVINIA MAGAZINE 57 Kim Simios Chicago Managing Partner SALUTE TO Ernst & Young LLP EY is committed to doing its part in building a better SPONSORS working world for our people, for our clients, and for our communities. Our sponsorship of Ravinia’s 2016 season is just one example of our ongoing effort to help build a stronger Chicago. Locally, EY has nearly In Memory of Howard A. Stotler 3,200 people who recognize our responsibility to contribute our time and We are so very fortunate to have such a great summer talent to drive positive change. We are especially focused on developing festival for the city of Chicago and its surrounding future generations of talent by mentoring and addressing issues of neighbors; the quality of the programming and its access to higher education. That’s why we’re proud to support Ravinia and leadership have brought us a wide range of great tal- its music education programs that benefit schoolchildren ent for our summer enjoyment. Howard was very throughout Chicago. By working with organizations like happy to have participated in bringing the efforts of Ravinia, we can help ensure remarkable music and music Ravinia to the public. education are available to everyone. — Nancy and Bruce Payne Chris Crane President and CEO Exelon Corporation Exelon is committed to strengthening and enriching the communities where we operate and is proud to support the 2016 Ravinia Festival. Through our sponsorship we continue our commitment to programs that further enrich the quality of life and cultural resources in the communities where we live and work. We applaud Ravinia’s success in bringing world-class music and diverse programming to Chicagoland and are proud to support Ravinia’s Ravinia Women’s Board significant contributions to the arts while looking Since 1962 the Women’s Board has promoted Ravinia through a wide forward to another great season of music. range of initiatives, from enhancing audiences’ enjoyment of the festival experience to furthering appreciation of music and the arts to educating Matt Shattock young performers, gifted or simply enthusiastic. This broad-based mis- Chairman & Chief Executive Officer sion of the Women’s Board is accomplished through highly successful Beam Suntory fundraising and the commitment of its dynamic volunteers. Our two There are many great places to experience live music, major fundraisers, Ravinia Gifts and the annual summer Gala, continue and many wonderful spots to enjoy the wonders of to successfully support our mission. nature. But only at Ravinia do music and nature come On July 23 the Women’s Board looks forward to celebrating both our together in such a magical way. From all of us at Beam 50th Gala and the return of Maestro James Levine, who shared his Suntory, here’s to another memorable Ravinia love of music with Ravinia audiences for over 20 years, both as a guest season of music, fun, and friendship. ! conductor and as our music director from 1973 to 1993. He returns to the podium to lead the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in Chris Klein Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony—the same program he conducted in Chief Executive Officer his Ravinia debut 45 years ago. Contributions toward this event help fund Fortune Brands Home & Security Ravinia’s Reach*Teach*Play education programs, serving over 75,000 Fortune Brands Home & Security is committed to individuals throughout the Chicago area. supporting organizations that are important to the The Women’s Board is also proud to sponsor communities in which our employees live and work. the August 12 concert featuring Chris Botti Through our legendary brands, like Moen faucets, and Joshua Bell. Omega cabinetry, Aristokraft cabinetry, Therma-Tru entry doors, and Master Lock and SentrySafe security products, we help Scott C. Swanson fulfill the dreams of homeowners and help people feel more secure. We President are proud to partner with Ravinia, a cultural centerpiece of our commu- PNC Bank, Illinois nity, and we look forward to celebrating PNC Bank is committed to making life more reward- this Ravinia season with you. ing for our customers, employees, and communities. We are proud to play a supporting role with Ravinia. Mark A. Harris We continue to be inspired by its creativity and Partner imagination in providing a season of outstanding performances that sup- Jenner & Block port the cultural priorities and enrichment of the entire region. We look In keeping with our commitment to one of Jenner & forward to the 2016 season of world-class music and entertainment Block’s core values—encouraging and supporting our at Ravinia. communities—the firm is proud to once again sup- port Ravinia. As one of Chicago’s oldest and largest law firms, we celebrate Ravinia’s music, culture, history, and success and part- ner with Ravinia to enrich the lives of tens of thousands with world-class musical performances. We look forward to Ravinia’s 2016 season.

JUNE 22 – JULY 10, 2016 | RAVINIA MAGAZINE 59 Edward J. Wehmer President & CEO SALUTE TO Wintrust Wintrust is proud to support Ravinia and the joy SPONSORS it brings to so many during the summer season. At Wintrust, we believe in supporting local organiza- tions, such as Ravinia, that help make our communities Gil M. Soffer stronger. Wintrust is a financial holding company providing commercial and Managing Partner, Chicago community banking, wealth management and treasury management servic- National Co-Chair, Litigation es, and mortgage origination. Wintrust Community Banks have more than Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP 150 locations around Chicago, southern Wisconsin, and northwest Indiana, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP is proud to continue including in Lake Forest, Highland Park, Northbrook, Wilmette, Chicago, its support of Ravinia for the 2016 season. Through and Schaumburg. At a Wintrust Community Bank, Katten Cares, we celebrate the impact arts and culture you get the resources of a big bank with the excep- have on our community by sponsoring great tional service and community focus that can only organizations like Ravinia. We welcome you come from a local community bank. all to what is expected to be a very inspira- tional season. In Memory of Keene H. Addington II The Keene H. Addington II memorial concert Jeffrey C. Hammes fund was established in 1995 in memory of Keene Chairman Addington, a former board member and dedicated Kirkland & Ellis LLP supporter of Ravinia. A lifelong resident of the Chicago Kirkland & Ellis is proud to support Ravinia once area and an energetic leader in both business and again in its 2016 season. Our firm is committed to civic duties, Keene was passionate about Ravinia and supporting arts and education, and we are pleased to its role in bringing world-class music to the Chicago sponsor Ravinia in its mission to bring some of the area. Prior to his death, Keene was Campaign Chairman and Trustee for world’s greatest artists to our community. It is our privilege to join the Designs for the Future: Magnifying Ravinia’s Magic, a major funding initia- other Ravinia sponsors in sharing the great tradition of music under the tive in which he was a driving force behind its inception and success. As stars with the Chicago community. Best in all his endeavors, Keene Addington approached his participation in the wishes for another great summer of out- Ravinia Festival with energy and determination. The Keene H. Addington standing performances. II memorial fund is proud to participate in the ongoing support of Ravinia.

Burton Street Charles and Margery Barancik Foundation Chicago Complex Director Margie and I are most delighted to continue to be sponsors of Ravinia RBC Wealth Management and its variety of musical tastes. This is the most glorious music festival that we have ever attended throughout the last 55 years. I personally have At RBC Wealth Management, we believe the strength been regularly attending Ravinia for over 60 of our business is directly tied to the well-being of the years. We should all continue to be support- communities where we live and work. For over 100 ers of this North Shore treasure, which has years, RBC has strived to be the leading provider of enriched our lives for so many generations. financial services, while building strong partnerships with our clients and communities. We are proud to support the Ravinia Festival, which brings Harriet Bernbaum music not only to thousands of concertgoers each year, but also to local The concert on July 16 is given in memory of classrooms and communities through its education programs. By support- Harry Bernbaum and our daughter Keren-Or ing the arts, our goal is to help foster greater dialogue and appreciation for Bernbaum. They were both avid music lovers. the role that art and culture play in shaping our communities. RBC Wealth Keren was a mezzo-soprano, singing in opera Management is a proud 2016 Season Sponsor and French art song recitals; Harry was just of Ravinia and is celebrating more than 15 avid. Ravinia has been in our lives for as far years of support. Member NYSE/FINRA/SIPC back as I can remember. It is a gem in Chicago’s cultural crown, and it should be our legacy to support its future, not just for Diane Duncan classical music, but all of the many genres that are produced during the festi- General Manager, Chicago Retail val season. Just do it! For your children and grandchildren. We are so proud Steinway & Sons of Ravinia’s long and accomplished history. Steinway & Sons is a proud supporter of the 2016 Ravinia Festival and is excited to supply Steinway and In Honor of Sandra K. Crown Steinway-designed Boston and Essex for the Sandy has always believed that “the arts are the implicit language of peace in the world, with Ravinia the festival’s musical studies and performances. The Stein- shining star.” When she was chairman of the Ravinia way Piano Galleries of Northbrook, Chicago, and Hinsdale are proud to be Women’s Board, the board began to fundraise. Her the only Steinway & Sons factory-owned children worked with her and the board when it and -operated showrooms in the Midwest. started the Friendship Booth, which evolved into the Ravinia Gift Shop. Her children chose to honor her with a very generous gift to the endowment fund in perpetuity. This gift helps support the August 17 concert performance of You’re The Top: ’s 125th Birthday Celebration with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Ravinia was the first to highlight American Classic Music Theater, followed by the and the Goodman Theatre.

JUNE 22 – JULY 10, 2016 | RAVINIA MAGAZINE 61 Megan P. and John L. Anderson Ravinia and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra SALUTE TO have brought lasting enjoyment to our family for three generations. We are especially passionate about music education and great SPONSORS performances, and are committed to sustaining Ravinia’s mission and its success for future Welz Kauffman generations. We are excited about the 2016 President and CEO summer season and feel especially privileged to have the opportunity Ravinia Festival to sponsor the ’s performance of Haydn’s complete In 2016, we celebrate the opening of an aquatic sculpture, which welcomes Op. 76 string quartets on July 5. visitors at Ravinia’s grand entrance and hearkens back to the park’s 1904 opening, when visitors enjoyed several fountains around the park. Our new sculpture is called Chorus and to celebrate it we have programmed several Dave Gaspar water-themed concerts in the season, including the Chicago premiere of Tan President Dun’s Water Passion, Handel’s Water Music, and Debussy’s La mer. We hope Ravinia Associates Board that people will find beauty in the music and the sculpture, seeing their love The Ravinia Associates Board is a premier group of over and joy reflected in the dancing notes and waters. 100 Chicagoland young professionals who share a pas- Another chorus we’ll unveil is in honor of the late, great Robert Shaw. sion for Ravinia and the musical arts. Their mission is to As a kid, I sang in choruses, often with music arranged by him. Later, support Ravinia by promoting awareness of the festival I had the great fortune to witness Shaw’s MASS series in San Francisco and its musical programs, encouraging the development of new audiences and understood that I was in the presence of a master musician who for classical music, and contributing to Ravinia’s Reach*Teach*Play educa- MORE CLUB THAN GYM. tion programs. To date the Associates have raised over $3 million for the profoundly touched everyone lucky enough to attend his performances. Little did I know that this great conductor, this great American, this festival and Reach*Teach*Play. champion of civil and who toured courageously through the South at the height of segregation with his Chorale populated with African Americans, would someday be my mentor in things musical and JR Hand in life. In this, his 100th birthday year, Ravinia celebrates Robert Shaw’s President and CEO legacy through programs and artists he loved, inspired, even willed into Lakeshore Beverage existence. We hope you will join us on June 15 for a special evening as Lakeshore Beverage is proud to support Ravinia with we share a new documentary film about Shaw’s life called Man of Many the official import and craft beers of the festival, Stella Voices, followed by a performance of one of Shaw’s signature works, Artois and Goose Island Beer Company. The beautiful Rachmaninoff’s “Vespers.” outdoor setting of Ravinia, the great music perfor- mances, and the passionate fans make for a perfect experi- ence to enjoy a beer with friends and family. Whether it’s The Madigan Family a Stella Artois, which has been a Belgian tradition since Our family has come to Ravinia for four gen- 1366, or a Goose Island Beer, Chicago’s original craft brew- erations, and it is especially rewarding to help ery, Lakeshore Beverage is excited for the opportunity to be make memorable music experiences again this a part of the 2016 Ravinia Festival. Cheers! year. We enjoy spending our summer evenings here with friends and family and are proud to support the efforts of the festival to present Roisin Hennerty exciting concerts in such a beautiful setting. President Ornua North America, Inc. We look forward to the start of summer and the The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation anticipation of music-filled nights under the stars at Lawrence L. Belles, President Ravinia. We welcome the opportunity to meet festival- Allan R. Drebin, Treasurer goers each summer and share with them the unique Howard M. McCue III, Secretary taste of our grass-fed butter and cheeses. Enjoying Elisabeth O. Geraghty, Executive Director its debut this summer, Kerrygold Cream Liqueur is the latest addition to The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation was established our portfolio of products—chilled or on the rocks, it’s the perfect drink in 1985 by Elizabeth F. Cheney shortly before her to sip as you relax and unwind to your favorite bands. With Ornua Foods death. Miss Cheney, a lifelong resident of the Chicago area, was particu- North America’s headquarters based in Evanston, it’s always a highlight larly interested in artistic, cultural, and educational organizations and for our team to unwind and enjoy many an eve- GRASS OM -FED FR C K O supported many such institutions during her lifetime. The foundation L W ning at Ravinia. Returning for our 13th summer, I S M is proud to support Ravinia, particularly this summer’s performances by Kerrygold is proud to be a sponsor again this year. Juilliard String Quartet on June 27 and Vladimir Feltsman on August 8. We’ll be there with our picnics, ready to savor the memorable and musical nights that are Ravinia Festival.

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All of us at Blue Cross wish to extend a standing Independent Investment Counsel ovation to the artists, staff, and board of directors Altair Advisers is proud to be a sponsor of Ravinia’s at Ravinia who make the festival experience 2016 Music Matters benefit in support of its possible. We look forward to the sights and sounds Reach*Teach*Play programs, which ensure that of another special summer under the stars. children throughout the Chicago Public School system have access to quality music education. Altair is exclusively focused on providing inde- pendent and objective investment counsel to high-net-worth Marcus Lemonis individuals, families, and foundations. Partnering with Ravinia Chairman and Chief Executive Officer is one way of demonstrating our philanthropic commitment to Camping World & Good Sam the broader Chicago community where our clients and associ- Host of CNBC’s Reality Series, The Profit & The Partner ates live and work. We look forward to another summer under Camping World & Good Sam have been leaders in the stars! the outdoor, RV, and camping industry since 1966. Partnering with Ravinia is a natural fit, as the organi- Greg Case zations all have a great passion for outdoor entertain- President and CEO ment to be shared with family and friends. The unique setting of Ravinia Aon Corporation is accommodating for music and outdoor enthusiasts from all walks of Aon applauds Ravinia and takes great pride in the life, and Camping World & Good Sam are proud to sponsor and support long-standing partnerships we hold with the com- Ravinia’s continued contributions to the musical arts. Much like Camping munities in which our clients and colleagues live and World & Good Sam, Ravinia is synonymous with work. Ravinia’s world-class performances and unique good times, good friends, and great outdoor setting create a cultural experience that only the nation’s oldest outdoor adventures. We look forward to the 2016 Ravinia summer performing arts festival can provide. As a strong supporter for the Festival season. diversity of music, art, and cultural programs throughout the Chicagoland area for many years, Aon looks forward to continuing that tradition with our sponsorship of the 2016 Jon Harris Ravinia Festival season. Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer ConAgra Foods Joe Kolar, Bob Baizer, and David Neiman (and Gertrude) Congratulations to the Ravinia Festival which contin- Baizer Kolar P.C. ues to present an exceptional season that fully engages For over 35 years, people have trust- the community in an amazing celebration of music. ed our law firm to bring them jus- For most of us, every Ravinia experience begins with tice for wrongs they have suffered an abundant picnic, and I firmly believe that great food comes from from the negligence of others. We’ve brands that have an unwavering dedication to doing what’s right for all, been in Highland Park that entire which includes supporting the community. ConAgra Foods is proud of time, earning state-wide recognition our brands and is proud to support our community including Ravinia. for our dedication to our clients, many of whom are our neighbors. We have always enjoyed support- Jon Resnick ing our local community, and this year is no exception. We’re proud once Chief Revenue Officer again to be the only Highland Park-based Consilio business that is a Ravinia Program Sponsor. Consilio (formerly Huron Legal) is honored to serve From all of us at BK, have a great Ravinia as a sponsor of Ravinia to support the long-standing Summer. Break a leg! tradition of cultural and music events. We are proud to be a part of the great work the organization carries out Baxter International Inc. for the Chicago community through arts and As a global healthcare leader, Baxter’s mission is to educational initiatives. save and sustain lives. That mission is carried out in the daily work of Baxter employees around the world. Our employees’ passion for caring for others extends to the communities where they volunteer their time, address local problems with sustainable solutions, and give back to those in need. Illinois has been the home of Baxter’s headquarters for 84 years, and Baxter employees take pride in supporting Ravinia and bringing world-class music to our hometown.

JUNE 22 – JULY 10, 2016 | RAVINIA MAGAZINE 65 Michael R. Gervasio Partner, KPMG & Ravinia Trustee since 2011 SALUTE TO KPMG LLP Each summer, Ravinia’s gates open to provide a unique SPONSORS cultural experience for all Chicagoans, and KPMG is proud to have been a part of this tradition for more than 40 years. KPMG proudly directs its support Gary J. Levin to Ravinia’s Reach*Teach*Play education programs Partner, National Leader – Litigation & Dispute and, in doing so, ensures that Ravinia is accessible to the constituents Consulting of more than 185 social service agencies in our community through the Forensic & Dispute Services Opportunity Lawn Pass Program. On behalf of the partners and profes- Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP sionals of KPMG in Chicago, we hope that you and Deloitte salutes Ravinia and its commitment to bring- your families enjoy the beauty, music, and enrich- ing extraordinary entertainment and cultural enrich- ment Ravinia has to offer this season. ment to the Chicago area. We are proud to continue our support of the quality and memorable Mark D. Gerstein programming provided to children, families Partner and individuals across our community. Latham & Watkins LLP Latham & Watkins is proud to support the 2016 Ravinia Festival and applauds Ravinia on its continued David J. Morris success in enriching the lives of music lovers through- Partner out the Chicago area and introducing children to Fox, Swibel, Levin & Carroll, LLP the musical arts through its Reach*Teach*Play education programs. Our Fox, Swibel, Levin & Carroll, LLP, is proud to support participation in the Ravinia Festival is part of Latham’s continuing engage- Ravinia. We appreciate the opportunity to give back to ment with the cultural, civic, and social services institutions and programs the Chicago community by sponsoring Ravinia and its that make a difference in all of Chicago’s com- Reach*Teach*Play music education programs. Our law munities. We look forward to another phenom- firm is committed to participating in programs that provide education and enal season of best-in-class music at Ravinia. support to help children succeed in school and in life. We look forward to a spectacular 2016 summer season at Ravinia! Paul W. Theiss Chairman Mayer Brown LLP Stephen Chipman Ravinia’s summer music season is a vital part of the Retired CEO fabric of our community that enriches us all. We are Grant Thornton LLP honored to support this year’s festival. Music represents the very essence of human existence and evolution. It takes us on a journey through time and across continents and cultures. It unites us in a way few other arts can do. Ravinia has long recog- Mitchell S. Feiger nized the power of this special medium and has created an outdoor music President and Chief Executive Officer experience like no other. Grant Thornton is proud to support Ravinia and MB Financial the important role it plays in fostering the arts here in the Chicago area. MB Financial Bank is pleased to sponsor another Ravinia’s long-term commitment to bringing extraordinary Ravinia Festival season in which music and art in to our lives remains stead- Chicagoland will once again celebrate music-filled fast. Enjoy the season! summer nights under the stars. Just as Ravinia has a long-standing tradition of creating the “Ravinia experience,” MB has an over-100-year tradition of helping businesses succeed. MB Financial Bank Paul T. Fox and John F. Gibbons applauds the artists performing this year whose business it is to captivate Co-Managing Shareholders, Chicago the audience. You mean business as much Greenberg Traurig, LLP as we do. On behalf of MB, enjoy the 2016 Greenberg Traurig is proud to Ravinia Festival season. continue our long-standing sup- port of Ravinia and the world-class music it brings to our community. Richard Price It is also our pleasure to help the Ravinia Women’s Board ensure that great Chairman and Chief Executive Officer music remains accessible to all through the Reach*Teach*Play education Mesirow Financial programs, teaming resident artists with Chicago Public Schools. We Mesirow Financial is committed to sustaining will continue to support our “adopted” school, the William H. Seward Chicago’s culturally rich fine arts community. Communication Arts Academy, providing Seward’s students with access to We are proud to sponsor Ravinia, and are looking quality music education. Please accept our best wishes for another memo- forward to a summer rable summer at Ravinia. season full of great talent, enjoyment, and inspiration.

JUNE 22 – JULY 10, 2016 | RAVINIA MAGAZINE 67 Mark Wagner President of Business Operations SALUTE TO Walgreens Walgreens is honored to continue its long-time SPONSORS support of Ravinia, its world-class musicians, and its Reach*Teach*Play education programs. We proudly join Ravinia in its effort to enhance the cultural health Christopher B. Wilson of our communities and connect the world of music to Chicago Office Managing Partner those who lack access and opportunity. As a Chicago hometown company, Perkins Coie LLP we look forward with our neighbors to another Perkins Coie is proud to sponsor Ravinia, the oldest season of music under the stars. outdoor music festival in North America. For more than 100 years, Ravinia’s diverse repertoire of music— Wrightwood Furniture young and old; classical, jazz, and rock—have found a Douglas and Michael Cohen, Proprietors home under Ravinia’s sky. Like Ravinia, Perkins Coie understands the role As residents of the North Shore, Ravinia is diversity plays in our lives and work. With more than 1,000 lawyers in 19 near to our hearts. Wrightwood Furniture is offices across the United States and , Perkins Coie celebrates a diverse

Jeff Cohen Photography proud to make 2016 its first year of sponsor- workplace and how diversity supports providing great service to clients. ship of the Ravinia Festival. Craftsmanship is Perkins Coie shares Ravinia’s commitment at the core of what we to community and sharing knowledge and do in our Lakeview, resources with the people of Chicago. Chicago, retail store and through the support of live musical performance. We look forward to Larry Richman enjoying evenings under the stars with you this President and Chief Executive Officer summer. The PrivateBank The PrivateBank is proud to support Ravinia as part Joan & Bob Feitler of our commitment to institutions that make Chicago Ravinia is one of Chicago’s greatest summer great. As we celebrate our 25th anniversary, we rec- traditions, and we’re pleased to be part of it ognize those that have a great history of enriching the by helping to bring the Takács String Quartet arts and culture community. We are hon- with clarinetist Anthony McGill to the Martin ored to be part of the Ravinia tradition and Theatre on July 15 for a performance of works we hope you enjoy the season. by Beethoven, Shostakovich, and Brahms.

Donna Sciarappa Lori Ann Komisar and Morris Silverman Regional Managing Partner We are honored to sponsor the July 29 view- RSM US LLP ing of Titanic scored live by the Chicago We are proud to once again support the oldest music Symphony Orchestra. Ravinia has always festival in North America and to help it continue serv- been our summer “home away from home.” ing as the summer home for the Chicago Symphony Whether picnicking on the lawn with family Orchestra. With an incomparable blend of world- and friends or sitting in the Pavilion enjoying class music, starry nights, and friendly atmosphere, Ravinia Festival truly the diverse talents of the world’s most noted engages the cultural passions of audiences and artists alike. As a leading artists, to us Ravinia is a family treasure and tradition we are proud to provider of audit, tax, and consulting services, we understand how impor- share with the greater Chicago community. We look forward to the CSO’s tant it is to support the communities where we work and live. It takes tal- performance on July 29 and are pleased to support the efforts of the 2016 ent, dedication, and encouragement to build the institutions that raise the Ravinia Festival in bringing another spectacular summer under the stars quality of our lives. Ravinia is an invaluable tradition that enriches us all. for all to enjoy. We’re looking forward to another exciting season at the festival, and to all those who make it possible, we say, Roslyn and James Marks “Encore!” Ravinia has been the gift of summer for our family for over 60 years, enriching our lives, Peter Testa our children’s, grandchildren’s, and now great- President & CEO grandchildren’s! We are honored and delighted Testa Produce, Inc. to help sponsor a concert again this year. Testa Produce, Inc., is proud to support and be a part of the excitement at Ravinia in 2016! For over 100 years, we have prided ourselves on providing the best Zadek Family Foundation quality produce and foods while encouraging healthy No one does it better than Beethoven, and living. With all of the live music and great with Itzhak playing the evening will be divine! events, we are honored to be a part of the amazing Ravinia experience. – Nancy Zadek Craig and Linda Umans Kathi and Tom Lind

JUNE 22 – JULY 10, 2016 | RAVINIA MAGAZINE 69 SALUTE TO We don’t just fulfill SPONSORS homeowners’ dreams and help Pinkert Industrial Group Ravinia would like to extend its appreciation to the following additional We are pleased to support Ravinia’s central mission of sponsors: people feel more secure. presenting classical music in a beautiful park environ- ment. The summer residence of our esteemed Chicago Joe & Ross Ice Cream: Ofcial Ice Cream of Ravinia Symphony Orchestra and a welcoming home to inter- MillerCoors nationally acclaimed artists—how fortunate we are to Audrey L. Weaver, in loving memory of Michael D. Vogan: June 18 enjoy Ravinia has to offer, across a wide spec- Suzanne and Robert Wieseneck: June 22 trum of musical genres, in our own backyard! Leslie Berger and Paul Williams: July 6 Jo and Newt Minow: July 22 James T. Ryan Sharon and Eden Martin: July 25 Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Te Dancing Skies Foundation: July 26 W.W. Grainger, Inc. Diana and Bruce Rauner: August 10 Grainger congratulates Ravinia for its ongoing com- Te Planets Consortium: July 13 mitment to bringing the joy of music to so many Anonymous attendees every year. We are pleased to be a longtime Earl Abramson and Sheila Schlaggar supporter of Ravinia. For more than 85 years, Grainger Paul and Jackie Baker has helped businesses and institutions keep their facilities safe, efficient, Michael A. Leppen and Miriam U. Hoover and functioning by providing the right products where and when our Karen and Stephen Malkin customers need them. We are proud to support our communities where Gordon S. and Claire Prussian our team members and customers live and work. Richard H. Robb and Rebecca E. Crown We look forward to the 2016 season. Ellen Rudnick and Paul Earle RumChata Te Schreuder Family Lynne and David B. Weinberg Melissa and Chuck Smith In 130 performances over 100 days, Ravinia trans- Tina and Byron Trott forms 36 acres on Chicago’s North Shore into one of the cultural capitals of the world. We are honored to Te Firebird Consortium: July 26 have our name associated with this great institution. Anonymous Azure Consulting Winnie and Bob Crawford David and Annette Dezelan Larry and Barbara Field Joan Wing and Family, in Memory of Jack Wing Ginny and Peter Foreman Thoughts of summer at Ravinia make my winters in Joan J. Golder Chicago much more bearable. I was introduced to Jack and Donna Greenberg Ravinia by good friends shortly after we moved to the Kelly and John Grier area, and it is my favorite thing. The venue, the per- Erika and Dietrich Gross sonnel, the people, and the facilities are all so lovely Anne E. and Robert D. Krebs We have a long history of giving back that I never want to leave when the summer is over. Helen S. Rubinstein, in memory of Michael J. Rubinstein I am excited to sponsor Danielle de Niese in the Stuart Sondheimer and Bonnie Lucas to our community. Martin Theatre on August 4th; I anticipate it to be a wonderful performance! Te Crossroads Consortium: August 16 We’re proud to support Ravinia’s new Harza Nucleo after school Anonymous (2) Mrs. Zollie S. Frank Sue & Tom Pick orchestra for under-served children in Lake County. Klaf Family Foundation Ravinia, to Tom and me, means summer Mr. and Mrs. Alan R. May memories that go back over half a century, Michael A. Sachs and Family starting with romantic picnics on the lawn Denise M. and Joseph T. Seminetta when we were dating. Early years of mar- Jennifer W. Steans and James P. Kastenholz riage and being the youngest member of the Pamela B. and Russ M. Strobel Women’s Board, seeing our four kids work as Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Tomas wait staff and ushers, giving a memorial con- Paul and Virginia Uhlenhop cert dedicated to Tom’s mother, and in recent years, an annual get-together Chuck and Mary Westphal for our Sanibel/Chicago friends. But it’s really all about the music! Paul and Mary Yovovich www.FBHS.com

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Ravinia expresses its most sincere gratitude CORPORATIONS AND FOUNDATIONS to the 2016 Annual Fund contributors. These donors supply vital operating support MAJOR DONORS AND SPONSORS—$100,000 AND ABOVE Allstate Insurance Company Te John D. and Catherine T. Terlato Wines +, for Ravinia’s Reach*Teach*Play education Te Dancing Skies Foundation MacArthur Foundation Ofcial Wine Sponsor programs, as well as the beautification of the Discover, Ofcial Card Negaunee Foundation + United Airlines, Ofcial Airline festival grounds and the reasonable ticket Hyundai, Ofcial Vehicle Sponsor Ravinia Women’s Board + prices that Ravinia patrons have come to MAJOR DONORS AND SPONSORS—$50,000 – $99,999 know. The names listed below represent Anonymous Julius N. Frankel Foundation PNC Bank Paul M. Angell Family Foundation + Illinois Arts Council Agency Polk Bros. Foundation + those donors who contributed $1,000 or Beam Suntory Illinois Tool Works Ravinia Associates Board + more during the period between October 1, BMO Harris Bank Jenner & Block LLP RBC Wealth Management + 2014, and May 20, 2016. Please note that Martin and Mary L. Boyer Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP Steinway Piano Gallery Foundation Kirkland & Ellis of Northbrook, subsequent gifts will be recognized in later Ernst & Young LLP Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Ofcial Piano Sponsor editions. A degree symbol (°) represents Exelon Corporation Midtown Athletic Club, Wintrust Silver Circle members, those who have Fortune Brands + Ofcial Club supported Ravinia for 25 consecutive years CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE AND PROGRAM SPONSORS—$20,000 – $49,999 or more. A plus sign (+) indicates new Anonymous (2) Consilio Mesirow Financial + AbbVie Crown Family Philanthropies Oak Ridge Investments, LLC donors or donors who increased their Altair Advisers, LLC Deloitte LLP Perkins Coie LLP contributions by $500 or more. Aon Corporation Fox, Swibel, Levin & Carroll, LLP Te PrivateBank Baizer Kolar P.C. Te Deane A. & John D. Gilliam Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Baxter International Inc. Foundation + Foundation 2016 ANNUAL FUND COMMITTEE BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois W.W. Grainger, Inc. ° RSM US LLP Ravinia would like to thank the 2016 Annual Te Bruning Foundation Grant Tornton LLP Stella Artois and Goose Island Fund Committee members for their efforts Te Buchanan Family Foundation Greenberg Traurig, LLP Beer Company, Ofcial Craf Camping World & Good Sam Club Kerrygold and Import Beer Sponsor on behalf of the festival. Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation KPMG LLP Testa Produce + Te Chicago Community Latham & Watkins LLP Walgreens Joseph T. Seminetta, Foundation + Mayer Brown LLP + Xfnity Chairman ConAgra Foods MB Financial Bank + PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE—$10,000 – $19,999 Associated Agencies, Inc. Helen M. Harrison Foundation Northern Trust Norman R. Balkin Josephine Minow Modestus Bauer Foundation HighTower Te Professional Staf of NorthShore John F. Benjamin Toby Newman Behles Family Dental Care Iron Horse Seating + Peck Ritchey, LLC +° John C. Berghoff Jr. Yasuko Okigawa Gerri and David Kahnweiler / Joe & Ross Distributing, Inc. PotashCorp Colliers International A.D. Johnson Foundation ° RumChata Peggy Budwig Jody Perl Alverin M. Cornell Foundation Learning Resources, Inc. Shalom Memorial Funeral Home/ Joel M. Cahn Alice Peterson D.R.L. Enterprises Malott Family Foundation Shalom Memorial Park James A. Chatz Dale R. Pinkert Larry and Barbara Field Mason Foundation, Inc. + Solot Family Foundation First Bank of Highland Park Mazzetta Company, LLC Te Trillium Foundation Douglas E. Cohen Madeleine Plonsker Ann and Gordon Getty Meltzer, Purtill & Stelle LLC UBS Financial Services Melanie Cohen Daniel H. Reisner Foundation Mercer Northbrook Joan Colmar Warner A. John R. Halligan Charitable Fund National Endowment for the Arts Underwriters Laboratories Inc. Gayla Cox Rosenthal Harris Family Foundation NIB Foundation Wells Fargo Advisors West Monroe Partners Sandra K. Crown Nancy Rotering GUARANTOR—$7,000 – $9,999 Vickie Dorgan David A. Schabes Anonymous (2) Harbortown Industries, Inc. McKinsey & Company, Inc. ° Tadashi Enami Donald W. ABI Specifcations Consulting Harriette & Ted Perlman/ Metro Storage LLC Clifton L. Fenton Schaumberger Akzo Nobel Inc. Te HAVI Group MillerCoors LLC Ellen Gignilliat Steven D. L & R Anixter Foundation Mark Holihan Farmers Insurance Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. Banner Plumbing Kitchen & Bath Agency Next Chapter Inc. Robert H. Glaze Schaumberger Showroom J. Emil Anderson & Son, Inc. ° Northwestern University ° Louis B. Goldman Susan Schmitt Te Bill Bass Foundation Jafe & , LLC Henry Pope Foundation William N. Guthrie Richard L. Sevcik Te Belmonti Family Te Morris & Dolores Kohl Kaplan Renaissance Place Colette and John Rau ° Fund of the Dolores Kohl Arch W. Shaw Foundation ° Arthur W. Hahn Stephanie A. Sick Te Colmar Foundation Education Foundation Sunset Food Mart, Inc. Thomas D. Heath Patricia Sikorovsky GATX Corporation ° Judy and John Keller Termos LLC Richard D. Johnson Steven Steinmeyer Samuel S. and Dorothy R. Haber Lundbeck UBS Foundation Maron Electric Company Te Vail Family Foundation Diane Karzas Kim Taylor Hall Capital Maurice Sporting Goods Carol Klenk Paul B. Uhlenhop Alvin C. Katz J. Randall White OPUS—$4,000 – $6,999 Alan R. May Andy Zimmerman Anonymous (2) Cole-Crone Family Foundation Forsythe Technology, Inc. Lisa McClung-Ristic Te Allyn Foundation ° Abe and Ida Cooper Foundation Full Circle Architects, LLC Charles and Sharon Angell Patrick & Anna M. Cudahy Fund Generations Fund +° Te Benach Foundation + D+G Consulting Group, LLC Meyer and Raena Hammerman Came Sweeney Digital Check Corp. Foundation Carnot and Luceile Allen Edward Don & Company Te Irving Harris Foundation Foundation Evans Food Group, Ltd. + Hillwood, A Perot Company

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CORPORATIONS AND FOUNDATIONS (CONTINUED)

OPUS—$4,000 – $6,999 Holland & Knight LLP C. Louis Meyer Family Foundation + Te Podolsky Family Foundation ° Trek Freight Services, LLC + Te Horner Family Foundation + Mesirow Family Charitable Foundation Prime Property Investors LTD + Trustmark Foundation Horwood Marcus & Berk Neimark & Helfand ° Professional Education International United Conveyor Foundation ° Chartered ° Newly Weds Foods, Inc. Rosebud Foundation + Howard L. Willett Foundation + Jayne Agency Nielsen-Massey Vanillas Benjamin J. Rosenthal Foundation Whole Foods Market + Katalyst Technologies + North Shore Gas Peter and Laura Rukavina + XL Screw Corporation - A. & E. Kaplan Foundation Geraldi Norton Foundation ° Sahara Enterprises, Inc. Frances and Robert Sachs ° Te Krasnow Family O’Halloran, Kosof, Geitner & Cook, LLC TDK Corporation of America + LA-CO Industries, Inc. ° Oxford Bank & Trust TDS Inc. + McGuireWoods ° Te Joachim & Vicki Peters Foundation Tompson Coburn LLP

MARQUEE—$2,000 – $3,999 D’Addario Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lynch Shaw Fishman Glantz & Tobwbin LLC King’s Global Logistics, Inc. + Reynolds Family Foundation Te Wagner Foundation

PATRON—$1,000 – $1,999 Draper and Kramer, Incorporated + Hamilton Ties & Lorch LLP Maurice Fund, Inc.

INDIVIDUALS

MAJOR DONORS AND SPONSORS—$50,000 AND ABOVE Charles and Margery Barancik ° Lyn Goldstein ° Robert D. Merrilees and Estate of Howard A. Stotler ° Harriet Bernbaum ° Welz Kaufman and Jon Teeuwissen Joan Criswell-Merrilees Audrey L. Weaver + Elizabeth Crown and William Wallace + Holly and John Madigan

MAJOR DONORS AND SPONSORS—$30,000 – $49,999 Anonymous Megan P. and John L. Anderson Liz and Eric Lefofsky Irv Lewis Jim and Wendy Abrams Mrs. Zollie S. Frank ° Diane and Jim Levy +°

CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE AND SPONSORS—$20,000 – $29,999 Anonymous (4) Diane and Bill Lloyd + Richard and Marianne Reinisch Lynne and David B. Weinberg ° Joan and Bob Feitler Roslyn and James Marks +° Foundation ° Suzanne and Robert Wieseneck Te Fremont Foundation ° Mr. and Mrs. Alan R. May Michael A. Sachs and Family Leslie Berger and Paul Williams Walter and Karla Goldschmidt Jo and Newt Minow ° Cari and Michael J. Sacks Mrs. John A. Wing Foundation ° I.A. O’Shaughnessy Foundation Lori Ann Komisar and Wrightwood Furniture Linda and Jefrey Hammes Sue and Tom Pick Morris Silverman Nancy Zadek ° Susan and David Kalt + Diana and Bruce Rauner WAG Consulting

PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE—$10,000 – $19,999 Anonymous (8) Sonia Florian Kaplan Foundation + Becky and Mike Murray ° Earl Abramson and Sheila Schlaggar ° Ginny and Peter Foreman ° Mrs. Kurt B. Karmin +° Jill and Chris Noon ° Aaron Alt and Jennifer Konz-Alt + Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Frankel Klaf Family Foundation ° Sanford and Jody Perl Azure Consulting + Mr. Stanley M. Freehling ° Becky and Lester Knight Alice Peterson and Paul Munk + Bruce R. Bachmann ° Michael and Lynn Froy +° Emily and Christopher Knight + Mr. and Mrs. Dale Pinkert ° Paul and Jackie Baker + Cathy and Rob Funderburg Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Krebs +° Robert Pinkert Henry Berghoef and Christine and Stephen Fussell Mr. and Mrs. Adam Kriger Barry and Amita Poll + Leslie Lauer Berghoef + Wilbur and Linda Gantz ° Marilyn and Mark Labkon Mr. Clyde S. McGregor and Dr. and Mrs. Jacob Bitran + Mr. and Mrs. James T. Glerum Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Larsen Mrs. LeAnn Pedersen Pope Mr. and Mrs. Roger O. Brown Joan J. Golder ° Mr. and Mrs. Daniel R. Lee + Richard and Linda Price Mr. and Mrs. Rhett W. Butler +° Jack and Donna Greenberg Susan and Richard Lenny Phyllis and Dennis Propp ° Jane and David Casper Kelly and John Grier + Miriam U. Hoover and Gordon S. and Claire Prussian ° Mr. and Mrs. Jerome A. Castellini + Erika and Dietrich Gross +° Michael A. Leppen Gloria and Dan Reisner Stephen and Kim Chipman Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Hahn Elaine and Donald I. Levinson Ms. Helen S. Rubinstein Don and Susan Civgin Mrs. Richard C. Halpern Susan and Richard Levy Mr. and Mrs. E. Scott Santi + Winnie and Bob Crawford Craig J. Lancaster and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Loeb Linda and Dick Saslow ° Te Crown and Goodman Family Charlene T. Handler Amy and Don Lubin ° Judy and David Schifman Mr. and Mrs. Lester Crown Ms. Holly Harralson Makeitbetter Media + Te Schreuder Family Mr. and Mrs. Charles Goodman Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Harris Karen and Stephen Malkin + Mr. John D. Seder ° Mr. and Mrs. Richard Goodman Mr. and Mrs. Louis S. Harrison + Andrew and Laurel Marovitz + Mr. and Mrs. Stephen N. Sehler Richard H. Robb and Mr. and Mrs. Warren Hayford Sharon and Eden Martin ° Joe and Denise Seminetta + Rebecca E. Crown Janice and Steve Hefer Tera and Richard McBlaine Mr. and Mrs. William N. Sick ° Bobbie and Charlie Denison Betsy and Arthur Holden Patty and Mark McGrath ° Kit and Bob Simon Jeanne and Tom Denison Ms. Kathryn D. Ingraham and Sheila and Harvey Medvin +° Melissa and Chuck Smith Mr. and Mrs. Christopher A. Deveny Mr. James Jacobson Melissa and Dan Mendelson + Stuart Sondheimer and Bonnie Lucas + David and Annette Dezelan + Mr. and Mrs. Jefrey H. Jacobs Dave and Emily Merjan Jennifer W. Steans and Ellen Rudnick and Paul Earle + Mr. and Mrs. Brian R. Jessen Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Miller James P. Kastenholz Teodore Eckert Foundation + A.D. Johnson Foundation ° John and Sandy Miller Pamela B. and Russ M. Strobel John A. Edwardson ° Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth S. Kailin + Te Edward and Lucy R. Minor Takif Family Foundation + Merrick and Allison Elfman Te Kalmin Family + Family Foundation + Jamie and Rob Taylor Missy and Bruce Ettelson + Carol and Ed Kaplan / Mr. and Mrs. Harold M. Morrison + Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Tomas ° JUNE 22 – JULY 10, 2016 | RAVINIA MAGAZINE 75 ANNUAL FUND DONORS

PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE—$10,000 – $19,999 (CONTINUED) Tina and Byron Trott + Myron C. and Carol Warshauer Steven B. Weinstein + Randy and Lisa White Paul and Virginia Uhlenhop ° Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Weiss ° Mrs. Ann S. Wolf ° Te Vail Family Foundation +° Betsy and Andrew Weil Chuck and Mary Westphal + Paul and Mary Yovovich Mr. Brian Weinberg Beth and Michael Wexler

GUARANTOR—$7,000 – $9,999 Anonymous (11) Philip Garoon and Family Mr. and Mrs. L. Bates Lea ° Mr. Arthur W. Segil +° Stuart and Phyllis Applebaum ° Mr. Paul Gascoigne + Mr. Steven Lefar + Denise M. Seminetta + Lee Auerbach and Leah Leddy Mrs. Jean Gelbort +° L & R Anixter Foundation + Richard and Leslie Sevcik Lynn Donaldson and Cameron Avery +° Laura and Larry Gerber ° Jay and Linda Levyne Michael and Susan Sharkey + Laurie and Grant Bagan + Mrs. Willard Gidwitz ° Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Linger + Arch W. Shaw Foundation +° Sarah and Larry Barden + Ellen and Paul Gignilliat +° Nancy S. Lipsky ° Mr. and Mrs. David A. Shine + Mr. Robert Batey and Ms. Chris Weiler George and Maureen Gilmore + Patricia M. Livingston + Mr. and Mrs. Alejandro Silva Esther and John Benjamin +° Margie and Dennis Goldman + Jessica and Torjus Lundevall + Mr. Michael Silver + Jean and John Berghof ° Donald and Alice Goldsmith +° Marilyn Lustbader +° Mr. and Mrs. Jefrey Silverman Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. Berning Mary and Bruce Goodman ° Roberta and George Mann +° Mr. and Mrs. John D. Simms / Martha and Tom Biede + Gorter Family Foundation + David B. and Toni P. Mathis + Simms Family Foundation + Judy and Merrill Blau Roberta and Howard Goss + Mr. and Mrs. Russell K. Mayerfeld + Mitchell and Valerie Slotnick + Mr. and Mrs. Donald N. Boyce +° Te Marvin and Elaine Gottlieb Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Metzler + Erika Radunz and Scott Slussar Arlene and Keith Bronstein & Family ° Family Foundation Mark and Elyce Metzner +° David and Robin Small + Mr. and Mrs. William Gardner Brown +° Avrum Gray +° Mr. and Mrs. Craig A. Miller John Snyder and Mignon Dupepe Te Buehler Family +° Mr. and Mrs. Edward Haben + Jack and Goldie Wolfe Miller Mr. and Mrs. Michael B. Solow + Mr. David G. Bunning Samuel S. and Dorothy R. Haber Andy and Nancy Mills + Lois and Harrison Steans ° Mr. and Mrs. Roger D. Burgis + Foundation + J. Cliford Moos +° Avy and Marcie Stein + Mr. and Mrs. Duane L. Burnham + Nan Weiss-Ham and Eldon Ham + Daniel Jenks and Mary Moreland + Steven and Susan Steinmeyer + Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Canmann + Mr. and Mrs. Greg Hart Allan and Elaine Muchin +° Holly Hayes and Carl W. Stern + Lisa and Jim Challenger Robert and Margaret Hastings + Mrs. Joseph E. Nathan Mrs. Charles M. Stern ° Rick and Dee Dee Chesley + Mr. Scott Heineman + Gordon and Toby Newman + Marlene and Sheldon Stillman Mrs. William C. Childs +° Dan and Cynthia Helle + Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Niedert + Foundation +° Pat Cohn ° Barbara and Jim Herst ° Stacy and Scott Overby + Mr. and Mrs. Sherwin J. Stone Te Colmar Foundation + Judy and Jay Heyman +° Mr. and Mrs. L. Robert Pasquesi + Stone Capital Group, Inc, Mr. Richard Cortesi + Mrs. Mary P. Hines +° Henry Pope Foundation Donna & Tom Stone +° Mr. and Mrs. William A. Crane +° Nancy and Allen Hirschfeld ° Ms. Susan Raab + Kelly and Deborah Stonebraker + Mrs. Sandra K. Crown +° Rick and Cathy Hirschmann + Mrs. John S. Reed ° Jane and Michael Strauss + Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Cunningham + Ms. Joan H. Holland + Merle Reskin ° Mr. and Mrs. James H. Swartchild Jr. Laura Delman Family +° Dr. Courtney M.P. Hollowell, MD + Steve and Mimi Ritchie + Mr. and Mrs. Andres T. Tapia In memory of Rory + Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Holson III + Roberts Family Foundation +° Te Taylor and Robinson Families + Mr. Richard A. Ditton + Mr. and Mrs. Troy Ihlanfeldt + Mr. Peter C. Roberts and John and Kim Taylor Stephen and Diane Donahue + Dr. and Mrs. David Ingall ° Mrs. Robin Roberts Mr. and Mrs. Eduardo Tobon Mr. Kenneth Douros Joyce and Roger Isaacs +° Mr. Scott Roberts Tof Family Fund / Teodore Eckert Foundation Vance and Randee Johnson + Cheryl and Steven Rosen +° Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Tof Lois and Steve Eisen +° Pat and Dan Jorndt ° Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Rosenberg Richard and Ilene + Ms. Bernice Elbin + Lois and Sid Kahn + Linda and Harold Rosenson +° Virginia and Frederick G. Uhlmann +° Mr. and Mrs. Eric Elert + Anne L. Kaplan + Mr. and Mrs. Myron Rosenthal ° Virginia C. Vale ° Susan and Jesse Elliott + Ron and Julie Kaplan + Patti and Eugene Ross +° Mr. and Mrs. Bob Vasa Mr. and Mrs. R. Scott Falk + Linda and Peter Karmin + Mrs. Donald I. Roth +° Gwenyth B. Warton + Ms. Sharon Feigon and Mr. John Kaufman + Judith and Robert Rothschild +° Mr. Louis Weber and Mr. Steven Bialer + Kennedy Family Foundation + Mr. and Mrs. Steven R. Safran Mrs. Linda Weber + Robert Felsenthal and Roxanne Hori +° Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Kent +° In Memory of Florence and Ben Sager +° Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Weil ° Ms. Jennifer Fennell + Mrs. Velma M. Kinney + Drs. David and Karen Sager, Ellen Lisa and David Weinberg + Ms. Venita Fields and Michael and Kellie Klein + Nathan, and Dr. Rachel Rubin Mr. David Weiner + Mr. Lonnie Hampton + Joe and Susan Koehler Mr. and Mrs. David Salsburg + Mr. and Mrs. Roger Weston + Andrew J. Filipowski and Melissa Oliver Te Morris and Dolores Kohl Kaplan Ron and Ellen Saslow Dee Dee Whipple + First Bank of Highland Park Fund of the Dolores Kohl Education Ed and Mary Schreck Sallyan Windt ° Diane and Lowell Fixler + Foundation ° Carol and David Schulman +° Lynn and Leo Wiznitzer Foster Charitable Trust - Mr. Jef Kohley and Ms. Brenda Herold + Mr. and Mrs. Peter Schwab Jane Woldenberg +° Mr. and Mrs. James R. Foster +° Cookie and Henry Kohn ° Mr. and Mrs. John Sciarappa Mr. and Mrs. Larry J. Wolfe + Mr. Mike Gamson + Te Kugler Family + Mr. and Mrs. Alan M. Sebulsky Mr. Daniel Yost + Mr. and Mrs. Howard Garoon Ms. Jennifer Larsen + Karen and Chris Segal + Mr. and Ms. James J. Zenni Jr. and Family Mr. Christopher Lea Gordon and Carole Segal David and Tracy Zirin

OPUS—$4,000 – $6,999 Anonymous (21) AVR Systems, Inc. Ms. Cheryl Axley + C. Bendy ° Ms. Sally Aaron Steve and Mary Anderson Mrs. Juliette F. Bacon +° Arlene and Marshall Bennett ° Mr. and Mrs. Jack A. Ablin James R. & Lesley B. Anixter Mr. James Baird and Ms. Dianne Stone Janet and David Bergman Marcy and Billy Abt Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Bartram Mr. and Mrs. Matthew F. Bergmann Mrs. Arthur M. Adler Jr. ° William and Nancy Anixter Howard and Donna Bass Mr. and Mrs. Hank Bernbaum Mr. and Mrs. Brad Akason Jonathan Appelbaum Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Bates Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Brad Bernstein Mona and Andy Albert ° Judith L. and Robert D. Appelbaum ° Christina and Scott Bates Mr. and Mrs. H. Bruce Bernstein ° Kevin and Celeste Alcock Jefrey and Lisa Aronin Mr. and Mrs. Gary Bazelon + Joel and Carole Bernstein Ms. Mary Alfni + Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Aronson Mr. and Mrs. Steve A. Beitler Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bindler Te Allyn Foundation ° Mr. Guy Arvia + Te Benach Foundation Mr. Ted Birren Mrs. Evelyn Alter ° Ms. Elizabeth Asbjornson Bruce and Judy Bendof ° Mr. Jefrey Blackburn

76 RAVINIA MAGAZINE | JUNE 22 – JULY 10, 2016 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Golan + Mr. and Mrs. Jim Kargman Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Gold Harriet and Ernest Karmin ° ANNUAL FUND Mr. and Mrs. Larry Goldberg Mr. and Mrs. Byron C. Karzas ° Beverly and Lee Goldberg Foundation ° Alvin and Elizabeth Katz Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Golden + Sheila W. Keeshin Mr. Neal Golden Will K. Kellogg III DONORS Michelle and Steve Goldish + Dennis and Barbara Kessler Louis and Barbara Goldman Mr. Brad Keywell Marsha and Michael Goldstein Mr. and Mrs. Norman K. Kidder OPUS—$4,000 – $6,999 (CONTINUED) Gillian and Ellis Goodman Foundation Heidi Kiesler Ms. Elizabeth Blanchard Mr. and Mrs. William J. Devers Mr. Scott Goodman + Mr. Mitchell Kiesler + Arleen and Robert S. Blatt Mr. and Mrs. James W. DeYoung ° Mr. Jason Gordon Robert and Margaret W. Kimble +° Sonia Bloch ° Lyn Dickey ° Mr. Andrew Gottschalk Mr. Ty King + Mr. and Mrs. Andrew K. Block + Mr. and Mrs. James F. Dietz + Mr. and Mrs. Jefrey E. Grahn Shelley and Charles M. Kiven Family Mr. Steve Blonder + Margaret Dixon + Mr. Mark Green + Mr. and Mrs. James Klein Kemery Bloom Matt and Lolly Dominski Mrs. Irving M. Greenberg ° Annette R. Kleinman Mr. and Mrs. Jef Blumberg Domont Family Foundation Mrs. Helen D. Greenebaum ° James and Carol Klenk ° Mrs. George H. Bodeen ° Perfect Smile Dental Spa, Mrs. Nancy Greenebaum ° Knapp Family Foundation Ms. Christina Bolt and Mr. Robert Bolt Dr. and Mrs. Timothy Dotson Bob and Amy Greenebaum Mrs. Arthur R. Kneibler Elaine T. Bovaird Bill and Robin Downe Reba and Dave Gribben Dan Koenitz Mary and Carl Boyer ° Dr. and Mrs. Jefrey S. Dreebin Mr. Michael W. Grivas Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Konen Mr. and Mrs. Darryl Bradford Linda and Chuck Dresner Mr. Laurence I. Guthmann Mr. David Korman + Joseph and Beverly Braun Te Howard and Ursula Dubin Joseph and Sheila Gutman Family Rick and Pamela Korte Transworld Trade Shows Foundation Mrs. Richard H. Gutstadt ° Jim and Debbie Koziarz Elizabeth and Charles Brock Sharon and Larry Dubin ° Kaye and Howard Haas ° Dr. and Mrs. Colman Kraf Larry and Ann Brown Mr. James Duca and Mrs. Christine Duca Mr. and Mrs. Tim Halfmann + Te Krasnow Family ° Louis and Julie Bucksbaum Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Duncan + Michele and Bronson Hall Nancy and Rick Kreiter Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Burman Mr. Gary R. Edidin + Drs. Lucy and K.W. Hammerberg Cecelia D. Kriser ° Robert and Lynn Burt ° Gail Ehrlich and Harvey Adelstein Mr. and Mrs. Harold Handelsman Dana Krueger Mrs. Edryce H. Cadden ° Te Ehrlichman Family Foundation / Barbara and Jim Hanig Judith K. Kubert Drs. Neil and Janyce Cagan Agruss Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Ehrlichman Edward and Kara Haravon Dr. and Mrs. Howard D. Kurland +° Meg and Tim Callahan Mr. and Mrs. Gerald H. Elbin + John and Gwen Harris Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Kushen / Te Albert Sandra and Dennis Calvanese Deane Ellis ° Tom Harris ° Goodstein Family Foundation Judith and James Canel Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Ellwein Mrs. Henry G. Hart ° Caryl L. Kushner ° Scott and Lynda Canel Mr. and Mrs. Ronald D. Emanuel Mrs. Augustin S. Hart Jr. ° Ericka and Ron Labedz + Ms. Ann Carey + Mr. George Engeln Gregg and Susan Hartemayer Mr. Rich Lafnitzegger + Ms. Pamela G. Carey + Jane and Jim Esser Mrs. John M. Hartigan Charles and Katie Lane Carnot and Luceile Allen Foundation Mr. and Mrs. William S. Ettelson Everett and Jane Hauck Mrs. Robert G. Lane Ms. Courtney Carruthers + Shawn Fagan + Wm. P. Hauworth II ° Eli Lane Family ° Ms. Wendy Alders Cartland Mrs. Sharon Farmer Mrs. Tomas D. Heath ° Mr. and Mrs. Desmond R. LaPlace Mr. and Mrs. Gregory C. Case Clif and Judy Fenton Judy and Mel Hecktman ° Caryl and Burt Lasko ° John and Maura Cawley + Nadine Ferguson ° Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Hermes Mr. and Mrs. David LeClercq Mrs. Warren M. Choos ° Mr. Maury Fertig + Ms. Kimberlee Herold + Mr. Adam Lefebvre and Jessica Lefebvre Mr. and Mrs. Donald Chudacof ° Donna and Marty Field + Marjorie Friedman Heyman and Lefovitz Foundation ° Mr. and Mrs. Gregg Chudacof Ms. Barbara Finder Glenn R. Heyman Mr. M. J. Leider ° Mr. Tony Circolone + Mr. and Mrs. Mark S. Finder Steven and Michelle Hirsch Carol and Lionel Lenz Dr. and Mrs. Jonathon Citow Mr. Ed Fiorentino and Te Hirschfelds Lesnik Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Tomas Clancy Mrs. Mimi Fiorentino Mari Schoen Hirsh and Ms. Frances Leverentz Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Coggin + Brad and Lisa Fisher James M. Schreiber Fay and Daniel Levin Jules and Leslie Cogan Dr. Ronna S. Fisher Robert and Norma Hoaglund Gary and Liz Levin Melanie and Arthur Cohen Carol and Richard Fleisher ° Sue and Larry Hochberg ° Michael D. Levin and Carol A. McErlean ° Saul and Carol Cohen ° Erin and Justin Foley Mr. and Mrs. Walter F. Hoeppner III Robert and Karen Levin Susan Cohn and Jonathan Klein M.J. Foreman-Daitch and Mr. and Mrs. Burton Hofman + Mrs. Rhoda Levine +° Tom and Connie Cole Katie Foreman-Cohen Dr. and Mrs. Walter S. Hofman ° Mr. and Mrs. Alan Levinson Cole-Crone Family Foundation ° Christy and Craig Fowler FM DJ GATE + Barbara Levof + Mr. and Mrs. Tomas (Tim) D. Mr. Paul T. Fox Carol and Joel Honigberg ° Carole and Joseph Levy Coleman Jr. ° Helen H. Kimura Charitable Trust Ms. Sue Horgan Mr. Rick Levy Ms. Mary Collins White Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Frank + Te Horner Family Foundation Charles Ashby Lewis and John C. and Jane B. Colman ° Matt and Katie Frekko Vicki and Tomas Horwich ° Penny Bender Sebring Jefrey and Teri Kaye Conklin Mrs. John Friedlich ° Philip and Leslie Houk Mr. and Mrs. Stephen E. Lewis Mr. Carey Cooper and Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Friedman Hunter Family Foundation ° Ms. Carolyn Lickerman Dr. Cheryl Kraf Cooper Marilyn and Marvin Friman Mr. J. Tomas Hurvis Barbara Lieber Catherine Cooper and Mr. and Mrs. John Fromstein Steven and Susan Insof Mrs. Paul D. Lieberman Marshall Greenwald Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Fuller III Ann Israel Eleanor and Myron Lieberman ° Mr. and Mrs. Phillip J. Cooper Muriel Fulton ° Mr. Hector Izaguirre Jane and Richard Lipton Ms. Melissa Corley + Ms. Lisa Galvan + Jeri and Norman Jacobs Robert and Anna Livingston Jim and Vicky Costakis Mr. and Mrs. James L. Garard Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Jacobson Mr. John Lloyd Patricia Cox Mr. and Mrs. James L. Garard III + Milton and Gail Jacobson ° Dr. and Mrs. Henry Loeb ° Mr. Paul Cox + Mr. and Mrs. Charles and Barbara Gately Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. James ° Elaine Loewenstein ° Mr. William Coyne Generations Fund ° Ms. Cynthia Jamison + Elaine Gray Losef ° CSR Trust Mr. Tasker Generes Lois and Richard Janger ° Mrs. Maynard Louis ° Ms. Laurie Dearlove + Mr. and Mrs. John E. Gepson Mr. Mark Jason Robert and Sandra Lund Mr. and Mrs. Dewey B. Crawford ° Geraldi Norton Foundation ° Jastromb Family Philanthropic Fund Mr. and Mrs. Todd M. Lustbader Dr. Bruce Culleton and Ms. Jennifer Gersten Mr. James Jensen + Jim and Kay Mabie Dr. Katherine Gooch + Mr. and Mrs. Michael Gervasio Mr. M.J. Jiaras + Dr. Laurence A. Mack Memorial Fund Jacqueline and Donnie Dann Mr. and Bert Getz Jr. Dick Johnson Family ° D.G. and Kim Macpherson + Mr. Barnabus Davis ° Mr. and Mrs. Larry Gilbert + Mrs. Susan F. Kahn ° Margaret Madden and Richard Phillips Merri and Steve Davis ° Darlene and Lawrence Gilford ° Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel T. Kain Ms. Anne Malueg Nancy Dehmlow Anita and Richard Gilford ° Mr. and Mrs. Hershel Kamen Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mariani Mr. and Mrs. John E. Deimel ° Mr. and Mrs. James J. Glasser ° Dr. and Mrs. David Kanarek Ms. Martel Mr. and Mrs. K. Deppert Adrienne Glazov ° A. & E. Kaplan Foundation Peggy and David Mason ° Mindy Meade and Greg DeStefano + Mina Leon and Tomas Gleason Ms. Rose Kapoun ° Morton and Karen May ° Julie Deutsch Laura and Jason Glick + Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Karger Sally L. Maybrook °

JUNE 22 – JULY 10, 2016 | RAVINIA MAGAZINE 77 T. E. (Tim) Russell Mr. Travis Sullivan + Tom and Bonnie Ryszka Timothy E. Sweeney + ANNUAL FUND Mr. Mitchell Sabshon Mr. and Mrs. Alan Swimmer Julie and Kenneth Sacks Dr. and Mrs. Richard S. Swoiskin Susan and Marc Sacks and Family Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Tank Ms. Roberta Scarbeck Greg and Anne Taubeneck DONORS Bob and Janice Scarpelli Mrs. John Reid Taylor ° Don Schaumberger ° Ms. Susan Temple Steve, Ruth, Spencer, and Andrew Frank ten Brink and Jeannine Cleary OPUS—$4,000 – $6,999 (CONTINUED) Schaumberger Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Tesarik Beatrice Cummings Mayer +° Mr. Daniel Perlman Mr. Robert Schelhas Ceres Foundation Mr. and Mrs. John W. McCarter Jr. +° Te Perlmans + Onnie and Steven Scheyer Mr. and Mrs. Frederick B. Tomas Ms. Cathy McCarthy Alan Rosenberg and Barbara Perlmutter Philip J. and Suzanne Schiller ° Ms. Andrea Tome Mr. and Mrs. James A. McClung Mr. and Mrs. Richard Perna Mr. and Mrs. John I. Schlossman Mrs. Nancy J. Torner ° Judy and Scott McCue ° Ron and Loretta Peterson ° Mr. and Mrs. F. Eugene Schmitt Bernadette and Tom Tramm Mr. Charles McElhenie Lorna and Ellard Pfaelzer Jr. ° Mrs. Carol W. Schroeder Mr. Howard J. Trienens ° Mr. and Mrs. David McGranahan Meline Pickus ° Florence B. Schubert In Memory of Mrs. Robert C. Trotter George and Alice McKann ° Dan and Rhoda Pierce ° Bernard C. Schubert and Mr. and Mrs. Hiroshi Uchida Betty and Will McLean Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Platt Ralph M. Bressler Mr. and Mrs. Craig Vallorano + Joann and Milt Meigs Madeleine P. and Harvey R. Plonsker ° Mark Schulte and Mary Holcomb Ms. Dana B. Vas Nunes Dr. and Mrs. Jack L. Melamed Ms. Marlene C. Pochis ° Laura Schumacher Michael and Marilyn Vender Mr. and Mrs. Michael Mergener + Te Podolsky Family Foundation ° Mr. Jonathan Schuster + Steven and Stephanie Victor + Mesirow Family Charitable Foundation ° Jean and Gerald Pollack Susan and Donald Schwartz ° Mr. and Mrs. Vincent E. Villinski ° Marnie M. Miller and Joesph Noren +° Carol G. Pollock Horace J. Schwartz and Sandra Harris ° Mr. Frank Vydra + Lois and Jon Mills Mr. and Mrs. J. Kevin Poorman Phyllis Schwartz + Mr. Scott Wald Mrs. Carol Mitchel ° Catherine and Gregory Popp Diane and Bud Schwarzbach Mr. and Mrs. Gregg Walla Gerald and Liora Mizel Mr. Mark L. Prager Scott Schweinfurth and Margie English Te Ware-Robbins Memorial Fund ° Mrs. Selma Mizel ° Pritzker Pucker Family Foundation Mr. Sear Ms. Brenda Warkow Dr. Toni-Marie Montgomery + Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Ptak Richard Seidel Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Warshauer Mr. and Mrs. John R. Moore In memory of Donald J. Putlak Mr. and Mrs. Steve Serck Jim and Sally Wascher Mrs. Arthur H. Morrison ° Mr. and Mrs. Neil K. Quinn ° Eleanor and Milton Shadur ° David Wasserman: In memory of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Morse Julie and Keith Radner Mr. Gerard Shannon Abby S. Magdovitz-Wasserman Jim Moss Ms. Lisa Radomski + Jane L. and John S. Shapira ° Sally and John Weber Leslie and Art Muir Mrs. Robert F. Rainer Drs. Alan and Susan Shapiro Marilee and Richard Wehman ° Ms. Ellen Multack and Family Mr. John R. Raitt Valerie and Lee Shapiro Dia S. and Edward S. Weil Jr. ° Mr. Christopher Murphy Phillip and Jeanne Ravid Randy and Nate Shapiro ° Mr. Chester Weiler + Richard James Murphy ° Mr. and Mrs. Charles Reeder + Ilene & Michael Shaw Charitable Trust ° Frieda and Judd Weinberg ° Myrna and Herbert Natkin Andrea and Tomas Rein + Mr. and Mrs. Roger A. Shifman Mr. Richard Weinberg Jossy and Ken Nebenzahl ° Mr. Bob Reynolds Bernice Sickle Ann and Leonard Weiskirch ° Davida and Rick Nelson ° Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Rhoades Mrs. Barbara F. + Albert and Sherrie Weiss + Jon and Kathy Newcomb Mr. Glenn Riese and Mrs. Linda Siegel + Mr. and Mrs. Jef Wellek Eric and Jenny Newman Ms. Gretchen Horlacher-Riese Suzanne T. Smart ° Susan and Richard Wellek Gregg and Jodi Newmark Paul and Carol Rigby Pat and Clarke Smith Mrs. Florence F. Wheeler + Mr. and Mrs. Jay Newmark Ms. Christine Robb Rick and Julie Smith Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. White Jr. ° Mr. and Mrs. Ray E. Newton Jr. Nancy Robinson Marney and Bill Solomon ° Susan J. White Mr. Harold Nidetz and Ms. JoAnn Klak Mr. Randy Rochman Mr. Ronald Sonenthal and Mr. William J. White ° Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Nopar ° Dr. and Mrs. Richard S. Rock Dr. Kathy Sonenthal Ray and Michele Whittington + Ms. Martha C. Nussbaum Chas and Renee Rosenberg Mrs. Sonnenschein ° Mr. and Mrs. Marc R. Wilkow Mr. Frank Oddo + Daniel and Lindy Rosenberg Mr. and Mrs. David Spears Robert and Erin Wilson Mrs.Yasuko Okigawa; James L. Rosenberg Dorothy J. Speidel ° Mr. and Mrs. John S. Wineman Jr. ° Mr. and Mrs. Colin Hara Ann and Michael Rosenblum Mr. and Mrs. Gerald A. Spore ° Te Winick Family Eli and Hella Okman Mr. and Mrs. John H. Rosenheim ° Charles J. Starcevich Charles and Stacy Winternitz Ms. Daniela A. O’Leary-Gill Lisa and Jef Rosenkranz Heather Steans and Leo Smith + Mr. and Mrs. Jefrey B. Winton ° James and Margo Olif + Judy and Warner Rosenthal ° Mr. and Mrs. Gary C. Stephans Kenneth and Jodi Wittenberg Roberta Olshansky Linda and David Ross Dorie Sternberg ° In memory of Allan Harris Mrs. Harold M. Olshansky + Mr. and Mrs. Steve Rosskam Mrs. Margaret Stewart + and in honor of Beaty Harris Dudley and Ann Onderdonk + Howard and Bev Rossman Mr. Alan Stone + Stephen and Cynthia Wolpert Mr. Steve Pace + Ms. Christine Roth Mr. James H. Stone ° Kathleen and Tom Wright Mrs. Evelyn E. Padorr ° Joyce and Al Rothschild + Barbara and Joel Stone Keith and Wendy Yamada Ms. Barbara Palmer + John Rothschild and Jodi Shefeld Richard and Judi Stone ° Gary and Jeannine Zipfel Louis and Ali Paster Janet and Philip Rotner Mr. Jay Strauss + Mr. and Mrs. Jon Zirin Pattis Family Foundation ° Mrs. Helen R. Rubens Mr. and Mrs. Rick Strusiner Marilyn Zirn Kenneth and Susan Pearl Audrey C. Rubinstein Mr. Clayton A. Struve and Ms. Nitza Zisook + Ms. Lisa Pecka + Mrs. Susan B. Rubnitz ° Mrs. Donna Struve + Mr. Ted Zook Mr. Karl Pedersen + Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ruf Robin and Sandy Stuart Sheri and Sherwin Zuckerman Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Pell Howard and Raina Ruskin Merle and Jim Styer ° Mrs. Donald S. Perkins ° Family Foundation ° Mr. and Mrs. Tim Sullivan

MARQUEE—$2,000 – $3,999 Anonymous (6) Carol Brusslan +° Mr. Tomas G. Dubin Ms. Joyce Gallas + Bernadette C. Abdow Mark and Barbara Cabin + Mr. Brian Duf Mr. and Mrs. Dale J. Garber +° Mrs. Mary Abroe + Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cannon Anita M. Sarafa and John PC Duncan + Mr. Robert Gauch Mr. Anthony Achilles + Gerald F. Carter Roy and Marta Evans Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Gelber + Mr. and Mrs. Steven K. Baer + Mrs. Laurence A. Carton ° Mr. Tom Evett Dr. and Mrs. Mark Gerber Ms. Juliet Bartell Ms. Karen Chapin + Ms. Erin Fauber + Jill Glickstein and Andrea Heiman Tony Brooks and Molly Baskin Janet and Skip Cohen + Mr. and Mrs. Howard L. Felix + Mr. and Mrs. Peter D. Goldman + Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Belgrad ° Chandra and Kyle Cramer Mr. and Mrs. Brian Feltzin + Cynthia and Norm Goldring +° Joan and David Bergman + Ms. Jenipher E. Dalton Mr. Daniel Finkel Drs. Richard and Margaret Gore + Mr. and Mrs. David C. Beringer + Lorrie and Jefrey Daube + Michael Flagg & Greg Eaton + Mr. and Mrs. Stanton Hadley ° Ms. Cynthia Berryman Tom and Mary Jane Dee + Te Footprints Foundation + Mr. and Mrs. James F. Halloran + Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Boehrer Mr. David Dickens + Jefrey Fox + Mr. and Mrs. David Harris Mr. and Mrs. Tomas Borders Ms. Jodi Dohr Mr. Ernest Freudman Mr. and Mrs. Michael Harris Steven and Phyllis Brody Dr. and Mrs. Jefrey Draluck + Mr. Matthew Frigo Mr. Brian Hart and Ms. Lora-Lee Hall +

78 RAVINIA MAGAZINE | JUNE 22 – JULY 10, 2016 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Pasternak + Mr. and Mrs. William W. Shropshire Jr. David and Barbara Pinzur Mr. and Mrs. Hal Sider + ANNUAL FUND Robin and Jonathan Plotkin + Margaret and Alan Silberman +° Mr. and Mrs. Edward Polen + Mr. Richard Sklare Dr. Constantine L. Politis Amy and Andrew Small Mr. Jefrey Quicksilver + Mr. Robert Socol and DONORS Mr. Joseph M. Rafson and Mrs. Lynn Miller-Socol Ms. Cynthia R Plouche + Mr. Barry Solomon Reynolds Family Foundation Linda and Stewart Spies + MARQUEE—$2,000 – $3,999 (CONTINUED) Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lynch J.J. Peppers Mr. Ron Haselhorst Mr. and Mrs. Russ Lockridge Mr. George Rieber Ms. Mary St. Ville Diane and David B. Heller Charitable Mr. Douglas S. Mac Kenzie Edgar Rose and Inge Rothschild +° Ms. Sue Stark Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Madden Mr. Al Roth + Beth and Jim Stephens + Mr. James Hill Mr. and Mrs. Tomas A. Mann + Ms. Jill Rowe + Mr. and Mrs. Tom Surdyk + Ms. Janel Huston Mr. Nathaniel Marrs Ed and Diana Ruthman Mrs. Sally V. Sylvan Te Loraine Kaufman Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Frank D. Mayer Jr. ° Ms. Nancy Ryan Mr. and Mrs. William A. Tallent (Lori and Steve Kaufman) + Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Mazza + Mr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Sackheim ° Elizabeth and Brian Tenner + Mark and Beth Kaufmann Mr. Tomas McNulty + Tom and Judy Schnecke + Te Wagner Foundation + Kennedy + Mr. Tomas P. McNulty Dr. Earl Schneider Ms. Carla M. Torpe + Robert and Gladyce Kett Steven and Sheree Medwed + Ms. Stacey Schneider Mr. Michael Tiritilli Mr. and Mrs. Howard Klieger Penny and Ira Meyers + Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Schnierow + Lisa and Jef Trotter + Susan and Martin Kozak Mr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Micatka Mr. Charles Schoof Mr. David Vondra Susan Kreisman + Mr. and Mrs. Marvin A. Miller Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schrank + Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wangerin + Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kring Karen M. Millner + Barbara M. Schrayer Mr. and Mrs. Andy J. Warzecha, Sr. + Ms. Rita Lashmet Dr. Bud and Joan Mopper + Mr. and Mrs. Ira J. Schulman + Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Weiss Betsy and Scott Lassar Mr. Gary Morrison Joseph Schwartz + Mr. Michael Wurster + Ms. Andrea Lavelle Mr. Jim Moster Mr. and Mrs. John A. Schweig Mr. Eric Yablonka + Lew and Laurie Leibowitz Greg Moyer + Gail and Steve Seidman + Mr. and Ms. Paul Yasger + Mr. and Mrs. Karl G. Leinberger + Mr. Daniel Murphy + Jerry and Naomi Senser + Lili Ann and Richard Zisook + Ron and Julienne Lentz Franklin Nitikman and Adrienne Drell +° Mr. Barry Shaefer Nat Zivin ° Ms. Molly G. Levitt + Kathleen and Nixon + Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Shapiro + Mr. Michael Lippitz + Lee and Sharon Oberlander + Kate Shapiro ° Ms. Miriam Lipsky + Carole and Kenneth Ortiz + Mr. Seth Sharrin Mr. Howard Lipton + Mr. Daniel O’Shaughnessy Mr. and Mrs. James Sheridan Ken Litchfeld + Mr. and Mrs. Michael Paleczny David and Susan Sherman + PATRON—$1,000 – $1,999 Anonymous (5) Linda and Jack Fischer ° Ms. Sharon Krengel John and Trudy Rule Mr. Scott A. Abramson Dr. June T. Fox + Mr. Rich Kruzynski Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Salins Ms. Charlene Alderete and Mr. Frank Fradin + Frank and Barbara La Fasto + Mr. Joseph Salvatore and Mr. Michael Rubino + Mr. Michael Franke + Dan and Janet Ladurini Ms. Lynn + Ms. Joy L. Bailey Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Frezados Mr. and Mrs. Morton Lane Mrs. Patricia Sanders + Mr. and Mrs. Scott J. Bakal Mr. John Gibbons Mr. and Mrs. Howard S. Lanznar Mitchell and Linda Saranow + Mr. and Mrs. David Barrios Maureen Glassberg Dr. Teresa Law and Mr. Donald Law Mrs. Cynthia M. Sargent Gregory and Audrey Bartnicki + Ms. Alison Glendon + Mr. Peter Leeb + Dr. and Mrs. David Sarne + Ms. Elaine Baumann + Sherrie and Craig Glicken + Mr. Michael Lepore + Mr. Donald Schmidt + Frank and Prue Beidler Mr. and Mrs. David Golder Edward and Mindy Leshin Mrs. Marilyn Schmitt Ms. Gwendolyn J. Bennett Ms. Laura Goldman + Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Levin Mrs. Mary Schreibstein + Dr. and Mrs. Mark D. Blitstein Simon and Alessandra Grant Mr. Ruven Levitan + Dr. Jaye Schreier + Amy and Chris Boehm Mr. Michael Gravel + Mr. and Mrs. Steve Lewit + Ms. Meenal Sethna Mr. Christopher Boehm + Mr. Joseph Gregoire Mr. and Mrs. Howard Lipsky Mr. Douglas Shaw Lori Kite and Andrew Boemi + Mr. David Gross + Seymour Lipton Shefeld Foundation Willard and Helen Boris + Julie Hall Mr. Todd Logan + Dr. Kirk Shepard and Emily and Jim Borovsky Sarah and Joel Handelman Ms. Marie Lorden Mrs. Nadine Shepard + Stephen S. Bowen + Mr. George Hanna Mr. Robert Marth Ms. Jacqueline Sieros Mr. Kevin B. Boyd + Mr. Tomas Hart + Mr. and Mrs. Lester Mayber ° Nancy Silberman ° Nina and Lee Brottman Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Hefer Mr. and Mrs. Donald M. McMahon Ms. Lisa Silverman Mr. and Ms. Claude Brown Mr. William Hegan Tom and Patricia Meyers Jr. Mrs. William Simon Jr. ° Mr. and Mrs. Nick J. Brown + Dr. Gerhardt A. Herrmann Mr. Joel L. Michaels Ms. Wendy Smith + Mr. and Mrs. Guy T. Bucciferro Mr. Leroy Hirsch Mr. and Mrs. Russel Miron + Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Spagat Timothy Burroughs and Barbara Smith Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Hough Mr. William Murphy + Ingrid and William Staford Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Byron Mr. Tomas E. Ingram Mr. Ken Muth Walter Stearns Pat and Sandy Cantor Ms. Kathryn Rose Irey Kay C. Nalbach + Mr. and Mrs. Byoung I. Suh Ann and Richard Carr ° Ms. Judi Israel-Rosen Robin and David Nankin Dr. and Mrs. John M. Sultan + Randy Casey Mrs. Kristin Izenstark + Mr. and Mrs. Mark Neaman + Ms. Sheryl A. Summers + Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Center + Patrick and Joni Johnson Mr. Stephen Neil Mr. Michael J. Swedish + Mr. Richard K. Charlton + JS Charitable Trust ° Dr. and Albert A. Nemcek Jr. + Mr. Mark Swif Mr. Kieth Cienkus + Julie and David Kalainov Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Nommensen Ms. Shelley Swif Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Coe Mr. and Mrs. Arnie Kanter Ms. Patricia A. O’Donnell Mrs. Maurice Swiryn ° Mr. Michael Cohen + Elizabeth and Peter Karabatsos Elliott and Jane Otis Ms. Amy Taub + Ms. Henrietta Collins Mr. and Mrs. Geofrey Kass Mr. Scott M. Perlman Ms. Sheila Tuesdee Ms. Jill Deutsch Mr. and Mrs. Stephen F. Katz Mr. Kenneth G. Proskie Rev. Richard L. Tolliver, PhD, DD Mr. and Mrs. William Dietz Jr. Ms. Leigh-Anne Kazma Mr. Eric Pudnos + Mr. and Mrs. Tim Tomkovich Ms. Tonya Dominguez + Gerry and Steve Keen Ms. Nicole Putzel Mr. Jose M Torres Ms. Judy Edison Mr. and Mrs. Granger F. Kenly Jr. + Alyssa and Brian Quinlan + Mr. Sandy Weinstein + Mr. Steven Edwards William Kirchmeyer and Ms. Sue Randall + Mr. Kevin White + Sherrill L. Kohnert Dorothy Martin Mr. Paul J. Redmond + Ms. Laura Williams + Mr. Michael Farrell + Judith Geleerd Kitzes Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Resnick + Ms. Teresa Yamauchi Mr. Tomas A. Farrell Pat and Mike Koldyke ° Mr. David Reyes + Mr. Christopher Zaenger Susan Nicholas Fasciano + Ms. Joanna Kooistra + Francis and Anne Roach + Ms. Karen Zupko Terry M. and Annette K. Faulk + Mr. Steve Koulogeorge Sue and Wally Roberts Mr. William Fiedler + Susan and Manny Kramer + Babette Rosenthal + Robert F. and Linda C. Fiermuga Julie and Jef Kreamer Nancy and Rob Rotering

JUNE 22 – JULY 10, 2016 | RAVINIA MAGAZINE 79 CORPORATE PARTNERS

Ravinia sincerely thanks its 2016 Corporate Partners for supporting Ravinia’s world-class performances and their commitment to the community. As members of the Corporate Partners Program, companies are offered valuable opportunities to entertain and reward clients and employees, including VIP ticketing and parking benefits, recognition in Ravinia publications, and invitations to special donor events. For more information about the Corporate Partners Program, please contact Melissa Beringer at 847-266-5015 or [email protected].

CORPORATE PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE CORPORATE GUARANTOR CORPORATE OPUS $10,000 – $19,999 $7,000 – $9,999 $4,000 – $6,999 Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous (2) Associated Agencies, Inc. ABI Specifcations Consulting Charles and Sharon Angell Behles Family Dental Care Akzo Nobel Inc. D+G Consulting Group, LLC D.R.L. Enterprises Banner Plumbing Kitchen & Bath Showroom Digital Check Corp. Gerri and David Kahnweiler / Colette and John Rau Forsythe Technology, Inc. Colliers International GATX Corporation Full Circle Architects, LLC HighTower Hall Capital Hillwood, A Perot Company Iron Horse Seating Harbortown Industries, Inc. Holland & Knight LLP Joe & Ross Distributing, Inc. Harriette & Ted Perlman / Te HAVI Group Horwood Marcus & Berk Chartered Larry and Barbara Field J. Emil Anderson & Son, Inc. Jayne Agency Learning Resources, Inc. Jafe & Berlin, LLC Katalyst Technologies Mazzetta Company, LLC Judy and John Keller LA-CO Industries, Inc. Meltzer, Purtill & Stelle LLC Lundbeck McGuireWoods Mercer Mark Holihan Farmers Insurance Agency Neimark & Helfand Mr. and Mrs. Brian R. Jessen Maron Electric Company Nielsen-Massey Vanillas Northern Trust Maurice Sporting Goods O’Halloran, Kosof, Geitner & Cook, LLC Peck Ritchey, LLC McKinsey & Company, Inc. Oxford Bank & Trust PotashCorp Metro Storage LLC Peter and Laura Rukavina RumChata MillerCoors LLC Prime Property Investors LTD Te Professional Staf of NorthShore Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. Professional Education International UBS Financial Services Northbrook Next Chapter Inc. Sahara Enterprises, Inc. Underwriters Laboratories Inc. Renaissance Place TDS Inc. Wells Fargo Advisors Sunset Food Mart, Inc. Tompson Coburn LLP West Monroe Partners Te Belmonti Family Trek Freight Services, LLC Termos LLC Trustmark Foundation Transco Inc. United Conveyor Foundation UBS Whole Foods Market XL Screw Corporation – Frances and Robert Sachs

80 RAVINIA MAGAZINE | JUNE 22 – JULY 10, 2016 CORPORATE MATCHING GIFTS

Ravinia would like to thank the companies listed below for their generous matching contributions, which double and sometimes triple the amount donated by their employees to Ravinia. Trough matching gif programs, these companies give back to their community and help bring the joy of music at Ravinia to as many people as possible. To learn more about Ravinia’s matching gif program, please call 847-266-5023. Ravinia thanks the following companies for their matching contributions from October 1, 2014, to May 20, 2016. Please note that subsequent gifs will be recognized in later editions.

Anonymous Coke Zero McKesson Foundation Aetna Foundation Diageo North America Meridian Compensation Partners, LLC Allstate Giving Campaign Dover Corporation Microsof Matching Gifs Program Ameriprise Financial Gif Matching Program Exelon Foundation Matching Gif Program Mondelez International Aon Corporation Genentech, Inc. , Inc. Arch Insurance Group Inc. General Electric Credit Corp. Northern Trust AT&T Foundation GlaxoSmithKline Foundation NYSE Euronext Foundation Bank of America Foundation Goldman Sachs Matching Gif Program OppenheimerFunds Legacy Bank of America W.W. Grainger, Inc. Matching Gifs Program Baxalta US Inc HSBC – North America Oracle Matching Gifs Program Baxter International Inc. IBM Corporation PepsiCo Foundation BlackRock Inc. Illinois Tool Works Te PIMCO Foundation BMO Harris Bank Ingredion Inc. PNC Foundation Te Boeing Company Gif Matching Program Johnson Controls Foundation Polk Bros. Foundation Caterpillar Foundation JPMorgan Chase Foundation Salesforce Foundation CDW Corporation JP Morgan Chase & Co. Takeda Employee Giving Programs Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Kirkland & Ellis Te Navigators Group, Inc. Te Searle Funds Kraf Foods Foundation U.S. Bank at Te Chicago Community Trust Leo Burnett Company, Inc. UBS Foundation USA Matching Gif Program Te Chicago Tribune Company LinkedIn Matching Gifs Program Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company Chubb & Son Te John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Zurich US Foundation CME Group Community Foundation Foundation CNA Foundation McDonald’s Corporation

JUNE 22 – JULY 10, 2016 | RAVINIA MAGAZINE 81 SPECIAL GIFTS

LEADERSHIP DONORS Joel and Carole Bernstein Samuel S. and Dorothy R. Haber Foundation Negaunee Foundation Te Avrum Gray Family, Te Morris and Dolores Kohl Kaplan Fund Estate of Mrs. Eloise W. Martin in Memory of Joyce Gray of the Dolores Kohl Education Foundation Audrey L. Weaver

DIRECT ENDOWMENT DONORS We are grateful to the following donors for their gifs of $300 or more to the Fund to Assure Ravinia’s Future, received between October 1, 2014 and May 20, 2016. Anonymous Ray and Susan Gillette Madeleine P. and Harvey R. Plonsker Harriet Bernbaum Charlotte Hughes and Christopher Combs Ravinia Women’s Board Martha and Tom Biede Welz Kaufman and John Teeuwissen Mr. and Mrs. James S. Rosenbaum Elizabeth Crown and William Wallace EDWARD GORDON SOCIETY Memorializing the festival’s former longtime executive director, the Edward Gordon Society recognizes donors who have provided for Ravinia in their estate plans. Many members enjoy immediate tax benefts and estate tax savings. Tey also receive Ravinia benefts, such as ticketing privileges and Freehling Room membership. We thank all Edward Gordon Society members for their steadfast commitment to Ravinia’s future.

MARION LLOYD CIRCLE Created in 2011 in memory of our distinguished festival chairman from 1971 to 1975, the Marion Lloyd Circle recognizes Edward Gordon Society members who have designated one or more major planned gifs to Ravinia with a value at or exceeding $100,000. We are sincerely grateful to the following Marion Lloyd Circle members for their exemplary generosity. For more information about the Marion Lloyd Circle, please contact Mercedes Rohlfs at 847-266-5027 or [email protected].

MARION LLOYD CIRCLE MEMBERS Anonymous Mr. Stanley M. Freehling Jack Kanuk and Richard Foster Sharon and Eden Martin Bruce R. Bachmann Mr. and Mrs. Maurice F. Fulton Howard Kaspin Mr. and Mrs. Newton N. Minow Marshall and Arlene Bennett Robert H. Glaze Mr. and Mrs. John P. Keller John and Kim Taylor Judy and Merrill Blau Marsha and Michael Goldstein Esther G. Klatz Dr. Marylou Witz Mrs. Sandra K. Crown Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Harza Michael E. Lavin Nancy Zadek Mr. Terrence M.W. Ellsworth Wm. P. Hauworth II Dr. Sheldon H. Marcus

PROMISED GIFT MEMBERS Anonymous (3) Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Gignilliat Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H. Kortlander Maxine R. Philipsborn Marilynn Alsdorf Mr. and Mrs. Donald F. Goldsmith Ms. Alice Kurland and Sue N. Pick In memory of Mrs. C.F. Andes Mr. and Mrs. Bruce K. Goodman Mr. Ernest A. Grunsfeld III Dale and Betsey Pinkert Charles J. Balkin III Mr. and Mrs. Millard Grauer David A. Lawrence, PhD Michael G. Rahal Mr. and Mrs. Murray J. Brian Greis, MD Amy and Donald Lubin Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Rain Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Bernbaum Julie and Parker Hall Mr. and Mrs. Lowell B. Mason Jr. Mrs. Mary Reusché Mr. J. Salvatore L. Cianciolo Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Halpern Howard M. McCue III Mr. and Mrs. James S. Rosenbaum Mrs. George H. Conrad Mrs. David J. Harris Dorothe Melamed Sue and Bill Samuels Mrs. Wayne Dailey Mr. and Mrs. Tomas D. Heath Dr. and Mrs. Jack L. Melamed Mr. Arthur W. Segil Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Dann Judy and Jay Heyman Rob, Susan & Christopher Meyer Alfred L. Siegel Mr. and Mrs. John E. Deimel Edith Hicks Marnie M. Miller Mr. and Mrs. Eugene F. Sikorovsky Janice Ferri Esser Stuart Kane Milton H. and Lillian Z. Schwartz Fay Stern Ms. Nadine Ferguson Gerry and Steve Keen Family Fund Dr. Gerald Sunko Mrs. Zollie S. Frank Mr. and Mrs. Brian R. Kenney J. Cliford Moos Ember Swanson-Jesunas Susan and Sy Frolichstein Ms. Patricia J. Klemz Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Nieminen Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Tucker Mike and Lynn Froy Dolores Kohl Kaplan Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. O’Kiefe Virginia C. Vale Jean and Robert Gelbort Mrs. Helen J. Kohr Ms. L.M. Overend Mr. Robert F. VanderSchaaf Mrs. Samuel Gershuny Mr. and Mrs. Martin J. Koldyke Marian Tyler Pawlick Mrs. Ann S. Wolf

ESTATE AND TRUST MEMBERS Anonymous Estate of Hugh Johnston Hubbard Estate of Suzanne J. Pochter Mr. and Mrs. John N. Stern Estate of Kenneth M. Cahn Estate of Dorothy F. Johnson Estate of Carol Ann Jean Poremba Estate of Howard A. Stotler Mrs. Kent W. Duncan Mr. Morris A. Kaplan Estate of Robert F. Reusché Dr. Gary C. Tom Estate of Joan S. Freehling Estate of Marion M. Lloyd Estate of Norman A. Ross Selim N. Tideman Charitable Trust Estate of Edward Gordon, late Executive Barbara F. Marshall Estate of Edith S. Ruettinger Michael D. Vogan Trust Director of Ravinia Estate of Eloise W. Martin Milton H. and Lillian Z. Schwartz Estate of William D. Weaver Estate of Ernest A. Grunsfeld III Estate of Hugo J. Melvoin Family Fund Estate of James D. Hinchlif Estate of Bruce P. Olson

82 RAVINIA MAGAZINE | JUNE 22 – JULY 10, 2016 RAVINIA EVENT SPONSORS

Prior to the summer season, Ravinia hosts two major events that REACH FOR THE STARS GOLF TOURNAMENT raise funds for the festival’s Reach*Teach*Play education programs: the Music Matters Benefit, a project of the Ravinia Associates Board, and the Reach for the Stars Golf Outing, a project of the Ravinia Board of Trustees. Held at the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel on May 7, 2016, the 24th annual Music Matters benefit grossed over $625,000. The evening included cocktails, live music, dinner, an auction, and a special tribute to Dolores Kohl Kaplan in honor of her lifelong dedication to music education. The 17th annual Reach for the Stars Golf Outing was held on May 23, 2016, at Northmoor Country Club and raised over $200,000. Ravinia would like to thank the following sponsors for supporting these events.

MUSIC MATTERS BENEFIT

Brooke Gottshall, Dave Hogin, Ravinia Trustee Steve Rappin, and Nelson Gomez enjoying a day of golf at Ravinia’s Reach for the Stars Golf Outing.

PRESENTING SPONSOR Solomon Cordwell Buenz United Airlines, Official Airline of Ravinia WHI Real Estate Partners William Blair & Company GOLDEN TEE SPONSORS Willis Stein & Partners Goldman Sachs Willis Towers Watson Jones Lang LaSalle Raines International, Inc. Ravinia Associates Board President Dave Gaspar with DAY SPONSORS Spot Trading LLC Music Matters 2016 honoree Dolores Kohl Kaplan Applegate Thorne -Thompson John and Megan Anderson PRESENTING SPONSOR SCHOOL BENEFACTORS HOLE SPONSORS Cohn Reznick LLP Arlington Computer Products, Inc. AON MB Financial Bank CareerBuilder Assurance Agency Skender Construction Clark Street Real Estate The AYCO Company, LP Telos Group LLC Dentons Beam Suntory Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois FOURSOMES/MAJOR First American – National CenterPoint Properties ADDITIONAL AND Commercial Services Duke Realty IN-KIND DONATIONS COCKTAIL RECEPTION Hot Rooms, A Division of Ernst and Young LLP SPONSOR Hotel Reservation Management Corporate Imaging Concepts Grant Thornton LLP Ernst and Young LLP U.S. Bank ITW Hendrick & Struggles Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP Esperanza, an Auberge Resort JC Anderson MUSIC MATTERS CHALLENGE Meridian Compensation Partners Golfsmith – Highland Park Jenner and Block LLP SPONSORS Mid-America Real Estate Kirsten & Emily Maki Foundation Jones Day Lois and Harrison Steans Corporation RBC Wealth Management Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP The Morris and Dolores Kohl Kaplan Newmark Grubb Knight Frank Susie and Steve Steinmeyer Fund Ray Chevrolet Kirkland & Ellis LLP United Airlines, Official Airline of Kristel LP Ravinia COMMUNITY BENEFACTORS MAJOR IN-KIND SUPPORT Alan and Hope May Wilson Sporting Goods Company Chicago Title Insurance Company Beam Suntory Mercer Donlen, a Hertz Company United Airlines, Official Airline Midwest Mechanical Honorary Guest GATX Corporation of Ravinia Plante Moran Larry Potash, anchor for WGN Jones Lang LaSalle Viso Graphic Inc. Northern Trust Morning News Northern Trust Ravinia Associates Board Terlato Wines MEDIA SUPPORT Ravinia Women’s Board CS Magazine Sagent Pharmaceuticals

JUNE 22 – JULY 10, 2016 | RAVINIA MAGAZINE 83 BOARD OF TRUSTEES

HONORARY CHAIRMEN RAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION 2016 BOARD OF TRUSTEES The Honorable Bruce V. Rauner, James Abrams * Greg Hart Audrey C. Rubinstein Governor of Illinois Keene H. Addington III Betsy Holden * Michael J. Sacks The Honorable Nancy Rotering, John L. Anderson * Courtney M.P. Hollowell, MD E. Scott Santi * Mayor of Highland Park Larry A. Barden Kathryn D. Ingraham Stephen N. Sehler * Darryl Bradford Jeffrey H. Jacobs Joseph T. Seminetta OFFICERS Judy Castellini * David Kalt Richard L. Sevcik John L. Anderson, Stephen M. Chipman Elizabeth Karlson Alejandro Silva Chairman Don Civgin * Welz Kauffman * Jennifer W. Steans * Richard W. Colburn * Christopher J. Klein Avy H. Stein * Jennifer W. Steans, Bobbie B. Denison Liz Lefkofsky John A. Stepan Executive Vice-chairman and Treasurer Jeanne M. Denison Richard H. Lenny * Thomas H. Stone Richard H. Lenny, Christopher A. Deveny Gary J. Levin Nancy D. Tallent Vice-chairman Annette G. Dezelan Holly W. Madigan Andres Tapia E. Scott Santi, Tadashi Enami Andrew S. Marovitz Eduardo Tobon Secretary Venita E. Fields * Patty McGrath Rev. Richard L. Tolliver Welz Kauffman, Michael Froy Robert Merrilees Paul B. Uhlenhop President and Chief Executive Officer David Gaspar * Lucy R. Minor Mark A. Wagner Mark D. Gerstein Toni-Marie Montgomery Audrey L. Weaver PAST CHAIRMEN Michael R. Gervasio Mary Moreland Steven B. Weinstein James T. Glerum Jr. * Daniela O’Leary-Gill Paul G. Yovovich * Louis Eckstein, 1911–31 Howard L. Gottlieb Alice M. Peterson * Willoughby Walling, 1936–37 Arthur W. Hahn Dale R. Pinkert Percy B. Eckhart, 1938–50 Jeffrey C. Hammes Richard S. Price Howell W. Murray, 1951–58 Mark A. Harris Stephen Rappin * Executive Committee Julien H. Collins, 1959–61 Louis S. Harrison Daniel H. Reisner Earle Ludgin, 1962–64 Ronald M. Kimball, 1965–67 Stanley M. Freehling, 1968–71 RAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION 2016 LIFE TRUSTEES Marion M. Lloyd, 1971–75 Richard J. Farrell, 1976–78 Cameron S. Avery Ramsey Lewis Kent W. Duncan, 1979–81 Marshall Bennett Donald G. Lubin Jean S. Berghoff R. Eden Martin Donald G. Lubin, 1982–85 John C. Berghoff Jr. William J. McDonough William J. McDonough, 1986–89 Lawrence Block Harvey N. Medvin Robert F. Reusche, 1990–92 James Conlon Zarin Mehta Marian P. Pawlick, 1993–95 Sandra K. Crown Josephine Baskin Minow John A. Edwardson, 1996–98 John A. Edwardson R. Michael Murray Jr. David B. Weinberg, 1999–2001 Marian P. Pawlick Stanley M. Freehling Donald W. Schaumberger R. Eden Martin, 2002–4 Ellen C. Gignilliat Hon. Milton I. Shadur Michael E. Lavin, 2005–7 Mrs. David J. Harris Patricia Sikorovsky Pamela B. Strobel, 2008–10 Richard D. Harza Harrison I. Steans Robert D. Krebs, 2011–13 Richard H. Hunt Mrs. Harrison I. Steans Dolores Kohl Kaplan Richard A. Stein Martin J. Koldyke Pamela B. Strobel Robert D. Krebs David B. Weinberg Michael E. Lavin Robert G. Weiss

84 RAVINIA MAGAZINE | JUNE 22 – JULY 10, 2016 RAVINIA WOMEN’S BOARD

The Ravinia Women’s Board, founded in 1962, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Ms. Venita Fields * Marian P. Pawlick has raised over $29 million for Ravinia over Judy Castellini, Mrs. Peter B. Foreman * Jane Perkins its storied history. Major fundraisers include Chairman Christy S. Fowler Sara Pfaff the annual summer Gala, Ravinia Gifts and Gloria Reisner, Ellen Gignilliat Sue N. Pick Chair Rental, the Tribute Fund, and the Vice-chairman Barbara Greis Betsey N. Pinkert * Ravinia Cruise. Proceeds from these fundrais- Marcie A. Stein, Kelly Grier Cynthia Willis Pinkerton ing efforts help support the festival and its Administrative Vice-chairman Reach*Teach*Play music education programs. Mrs. William N. Guthrie Andee Rein * Susan Spears, Mrs. Stanton T. Hadley * Gloria Reisner * Recording Secretary Mrs. Richard C. Halpern Merle Reskin Elizabeth Bergmann, Mrs. David J. Harris Nancy Rodkin Rotering Treasurer Margaret Mitchell Hastings Susi Rowe Susan Elliott, Mrs. Thomas D. Heath Audrey C. Rubinstein * Member-at-large Gail Hodges * Onnie M. Scheyer * Mindy Meade DeStefano, Caroline T. Huebner * Susan B. Schmitt Member-at-large Michele Ihlanfeldt * Jana Schreuder Betsey Madden, Kathy Ingraham Carol W. Schroeder Member-at-large Mrs. Jorge Iorgulescu Evey Schweig * Mrs. Edward R. James Kate S. Shapiro MEMBERS Elizabeth Karabatsos Stephanie Sick * Past Women’s Board chairmen Marilynn Alsdorf Dolores Kohl Kaplan Mrs. Eugene F. Sikorovsky Sarah B. Barden * Peggy Wagner Kimble Mrs. Alejandro Silva Today, the Women’s Board is the largest sup- Debra S. Beck Niven Q. Kingwill Pamela Sims porter of Ravinia’s Reach*Teach*Play pro- Jean Smith Berghoff Carol Evans Klenk * Susan Spears * grams, which serve over 75,000 people annually Elizabeth Bergmann * Emily T. Knight Jennifer W. Steans throughout the Chicago area. These diverse pro- Mrs. George H. Bodeen Judy Konen * Harrison I. Steans grams have recently included the creation and Susan Bodeen * Janet W. Krasny Mrs. Harrison I. Steans support of several elementary school orchestras Emily Gale Borovsky * known collectively as Sistema Ravinia, which Beth Lambert Marcie A. Stein * Mary A. Boyer now serves four schools in Lake County from Claudia Lane * Toria Stender * Leslie S. Carothers Ravinia’s grounds. Reach*Teach*Play’s programs Donna LaPietra Pamela B. Strobel also include Guest Artists in the Classroom, Wendy Alders Cartland Amy Lubin Mrs. Philip W.K. Sweet Jr. training Chicago Public School teachers to Mamie Case * Betsey Madden * Nancy DiMaria Tallent incorporate music into their curricula, and a Jane D. Casper Debbie Marks Elizabeth M. Thomas * free community music school. Supported by Judy Castellini Mrs. Lester M. Mayber Mrs. Richard L. Thomas the work and dedication of the Women’s Board, Jane B. Colman Mrs. John W. McCarter Jr. Lisa Brown Tribbett * these programs bring music back into under- Kirby Lewis Colson Jean McClung Virginia C. Vale served schools and communities. Catherine J. Cooper Patty McGrath Penny Van Horn Gayla W. Cox Betty McLean * Marilyn Vender * Chandra Cramer * Mrs. Alan G. McNally Janis Weil * Sandra K. Crown Sheila Medvin * Mrs. Robert G. Weiss Mrs. John A. Daniels Rachel Davis Mersey * Bisi Williams Bobbie B. Denison * Mary Alice Miller * Joan C. Wing Jeanne M. Denison * Lucy R. Minor Jane Woldenberg Mindy Meade DeStefano * Mrs. John (Ron) Moore Patti Zeeman Annette G. Dezelan * Mary Moreland Victoria Dorgan Becky Murray * * Past Chairman Mrs. Jerrold L. Eberhardt Mrs. Joseph E. Nathan * Susan R. Elliott * Toby Newman * In memoriam Kelly Epstein * Mrs. Ray E. Newton, Jr. Mrs. Orville C. Beattie Mrs. William S. Ettelson * Daniela O’Leary-Gill Andrea G. Fox Ellen Falkof * Jane D. Otis Mrs. Maurice F. Fulton Mrs. Robert Feitler * Kathy Paleczny * Mrs. M. James Leider

JUNE 22 – JULY 10, 2016 | RAVINIA MAGAZINE 85 RAVINIA ASSOCIATES BOARD

The Ravinia Associates Board is a premier group of over 90 young professionals in the Chicago area who share a passion for Ravinia and the musical arts. Its mission is to support Ravinia by promoting awareness of the festival and its musical programs, encouraging the development of new audiences for classical music, and contributing to Ravinia’s Reach*Teach*Play education programs. To date the board has raised over $3 million for the festival and those programs. To learn about becoming a member of the Ravinia Associates Board, please e-mail [email protected] or call 847-266-5021.

PRESIDENT Nathan Fineman ^ Josh Nanus SUSTAINING MEMBERS David Gaspar * Elizabeth Francis David Norton Michael Brooks Sharhianna Fulce Robyn Petit * Casarine Chong EXECUTIVE John Gaines David Pryor Sal Cianciolo VICE PRESIDENT Dave Gaspar * Katie Reardon Seth Gastwirth Linda Barham * Adam Gelfeld Mark Rickmeier * Kerri Gimbel Chuck Giglio Jaclyn Rose Laura Glick ACTIVE MEMBERS Matthew Gray ^ Jerrold Rosema * Steve Greene Ana Amador Sunil Harjani Lisa Rowland * Emily Hathcoat Christopher Atkinson * Rachele Heiderman Snaidauf Jeff Samotny Sharon Horos Jonathan Babb Alexandra Helmuth Molly Selsby Cheri Hubbard John Bankhurst * Sarah Horowitz Quincy Shields Kathryn Ingraham Linda Barham * Kiki Katz Shannon Shin ^ Nagawa Kakumba Wicks Barkhausen Dana Krueger * Eric Spigelman Grace Konopacki Heidi Bellinger * Alston Lambert Stephanie Stefanik * Kara Korte Jonathan Biava Laura Lewandowski Ellen Stiller * Beth Lambert Elizabeth Buckton Joseph Lombardo Jacqueline Sylvester Erin Leddon Daniel Chapman Jen Luby * Nicole Szczepanek Steve Madden Mark Chowaniec Kyle Mackey Tom Templeton Lisa McClung Jeffrey Condren Chris Mancera Courtney Trombley * Patrick McGlinn Kara Coyle Catherine Mapelli * Bob Vasa * Jennifer McGlinn Kristin Culbertson * Jonathan Marks * Alexis Webb Stacy Overby Jessica D’Andrea Sabina McBride Lauren Whalley Angela Pace-Moody Christy David * Kristina McIntyre Jaime Willis Alyssa Quinlan Brett Doran Thomas McWalters * Benjamin Wineman * Stephen Rappin Kimberley Egonmwan Lally Meck * Susanna Reding Clay Estabrooke Madeleine Mollinedo * Executive Committee Jennifer Rehn Felipe Fernandez Matthew Musa ^ Leave of Absence Ken Robertson Rachel Rone Donald Ross Steve Steinmeyer Julie Van Overbeek Claire Weiler

86 RAVINIA MAGAZINE | JUNE 22 – JULY 10, 2016 RAVINIA ADMINISTRATION

EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT Stage Technicians FINANCE Welz Kaufman, President & Mike Robinson, Technical Director Sue Pateras, Associate Director Chief Executive Ofcer Sam Amodeo Jr., Master Sound Technician Kendra Stevens, Payroll & Benefts Manager Jamie Laing, Director, Norman Krueger, Front of House Engineer Kevin Fishbein, Staf Accountant Information Technology William Grzejka, Master Electrician Michelle Bringham, Accounting Coordinator Shari Massey, Director, Craig Carlson, Technical Advisor Finance Michael Lorentz, Video Director INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Leslie Muir, Director, Preston Carter, Systems Administrator Human Resources COMMUNICATIONS Kurt McClintock, Network & Database Nick Pullia, Director, Mindy Moore, Director, Administrator Communications Group Events & Dining Services Anthony Roberts, Director, Russell Jenkins, Senior Associate Director, RAVINIA’S STEANS MUSIC INSTITUTE Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute Advertising & Creative Miriam Fried, Program Director, James Schmitz, Director, Trish Dolan, Associate Director, Piano & Strings Park Operations, Facilities & Grounds Retail Operations Kevin Murphy, Program Director, Christine Taylor, Director, Pedro de , Manager, Singers Reach*Teach*Play Education Programs Press & Social Media Molly Sender, Operations Manager Greg Walters, Director, Patrick Gipson, Manager, Development Video & Photography REACH*TEACH*PLAY EDUCATION Angus Watson, Director, Nick Panfl, Manager, PROGRAMS Ticket Operations Publications Luciano Pedota, Project Manager David Rodriguez, Manager, Isaac Sinnett, Project Manager OPERATIONS Interactive Communications Madelyn Tan-Cohen, Project Manager Artistic Administration and Production Kyle Dunleavy, Video Producer Jessie Connor, Sistema Ravinia Nucleo Erik Soderstrom, Artistic Producer, Ashley Kresser, Assistant Manager, Manager Operations & Budgets Retail Operations Kathleen Lewis, Coordinator Stephen R. Smoot, Artistic Producer Alexandra Pikeas, Graphic Designer Madison Cottingham, Artist Services Allie Brightwell, Coordinator TICKET OPERATIONS Manager Jennifer Butler, Associate Director Denise Burghardt, Executive Assistant to DEVELOPMENT Duncan Moss, Manager the President & CEO Stephanie Borash, Associate Director, Carrie Pollard, Supervisor, Macaulay Tomas, Reception and Corporate & Foundation Relations Box Ofce & Phone Sales Administrative Assistant Dylan Commeret, Associate Director, Laura Skolnik, Production Manager Programs & Operations CONSULTANTS Heather Haigh, Production Coordinator Mercedes Rohlfs, Associate Director, Perkins Coie, Attorneys Christine Wagner, Production Coordinator Major Gifs Plante Moran, Auditors Elise Hausken, Assistant to the Production Melissa Beringer, Manager, Cambridge Associates, Investments Manager Corporate Relations Diamond Management & Technology Megan Wheeler, Production Administrator Deanna Braun, Manager, Consultants, Digital Strategies Aileen MacDonald, Assistant Production Annual Fund Campaign Lois Cohn, National Press Representative Coordinator Lisa Connolly, Manager, Maria Gac, Guest Services Major Gifs Ramsey Lewis, Artistic Director, Facilities, Park, Grounds, and Security Heather Nash, Manager, Jazz at Ravinia Larry Meyer, Facilities Manager Foundation & Government Relations Penny Tyler, Coordinator, Jim Ryan, Facilities Administration Manager Mark Pearlman, Manager, Jazz at Ravinia Brian Fenton, Assistant Facilities Manager Associates Board Operations Te Medical Program for Performing Artists Maria Gomez, Housekeeping Supervisor Marie Roth, Manager, of the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago * Robert Fox, Housekeeper Women’s Board Operations Volunteer Physicians of Highland Park Kim Martin, Housekeeper Mary Butler, Coordinator, Hospital * Jorge Cisneros, Grounds Manager Donor Services * Pro Joel Vergara, Grounds Foreman Jennifer Loiacono, Coordinator, Anthony Bilbao, Maintenance Technician Donor Records Cory Johnston, Maintenance Technician

JUNE 22 – JULY 10, 2016 | RAVINIA MAGAZINE 87 RAVINIA INFORMATION

NO SMOKING CAMERAS AND RECORDERS DROP-OFFS Ravinia is a smoke-free environment. Desig- Photographic and video or audio recording Patrons’ cars, taxis, limos, and ride-share ser- nated smoking areas are located outside the equipment is strictly prohibited at all Ravinia vices must comply with drop-of policies. Please entrance gates. Use of electronic cigarettes or events and may not be brought into any facility alert your driver. On most nights, patrons can vapor devices is also limited to these areas. or used at any performance. be dropped of at the following locations; a valid donor parking pass or handicap parking permit MEDICAL AID TICKETS must be presented for access to Ravinia’s north A nurse and physician are on duty at every Tickets may be ordered by phone at and south lots. performance. Contact the nearest in the 847-266-5100 or online exclusively at Ravinia. • Ravinia’s west, north, and south parking lots event of a medical emergency. org. Daily box ofce hours are posted online. If (inbound access is closed 30 minutes before you are unable to use your tickets, please con- LOST AND FOUND the performance ends and resumes 1 hour sider donating them to the festival for resale. Call 847-266-5100. afer the performance) Ticket donations may be made in person or by • Braeside Metra station (¼ mile away) QUIET LISTENING phone up until the time of the performance. You • Ravinia Metra station (½ mile away) We request that all audience members refrain will be e-mailed a receipt for the tax-deductible However, Highland Park Police and Ravinia from talking during the concert and avoid mak- donation. staf may need to redirect for various reasons. ing other disturbing sounds. If you are wearing GROUP SALES Please follow their instructions. No drop-ofs an alarm wristwatch or carrying an electronic A discount of 20 percent on Pavilion tickets are allowed on public streets; violators may be paging device or cellular phone, please turn it is available for groups of 20 or more for select subject to fnes from Highland Park Police. of before the performance. concerts. Call the Group Sales Department at NO STREET PARKING CHILDREN 847-266-5087 for more information. Please remember that Ravinia is located within Children ages 6 and under are not allowed in the SELLOUT POLICY a residential neighborhood, so please keep noise Pavilion, Martin Teatre, or Bennett Gordon To ensure audience comfort at all Ravinia con- to a minimum while exiting and drive safely. Hall, except for Kids Concerts and designated certs, walk-up sales will not be made on eve- Parking on the residential streets surrounding family programs. Ravinia requires parental su- nings of concerts that are sold out. To check Ravinia is strictly prohibited. Highland Park pervision of all children attending the festival. the status of a concert, call the box ofce at Police will issue $100 fnes to violators. AQUATIC SCULPTURE 847-266-5100 or visit Ravinia.org. Please note PARK AND RIDE We hope you enjoy the aquatic sculpture at that one-time-use lawn passes are not valid on Ravinia’s free and handicapped-accessible shut- Ravinia’s grand entrance—it was designed by sold-out evenings. tle bus service makes continuous round trips WET, the artists behind the Bellagio’s dancing $10 BGH CLASSICS SERIES between Ravinia and its of-site parking lots be- fountains—but please refrain from tossing coins Tickets to the $10 BGH Classics series are not fore, during, and afer Pavilion concerts, and is into it, as they may damage this brand-new wa- valid for entry to any other events held on the frequently the fastest way in and out of the park. ter feature. same dates. Tose exiting BGH into the park WEATHER PROHIBITED ITEMS may be asked to show their separate concert Concerts take place rain or shine. To check We want you to feel at home at Ravinia, but tickets. Please note that these tickets ofen sell the National Weather Service forecast for the please do not bring the following into the park: out in advance of the concert date. BGH con- Ravinia area, visit crh.noaa.gov or link from grills; beer kegs; athletic equipment (e.g., foot- certs are not broadcast to the lawn. Ravinia’s homepage. Ravinia is an open-air balls, fying discs); bicycles, scooters, and skates CHAIR AND TABLE RENTAL venue that cannot guarantee refuge to patrons (bike racks are located outside the box ofce); Lawn chairs and tables are available for rental in the event of severe weather. Guests are asked pets (service animals are permitted); tents or from the Ravinia Chair Rental tent on all to be aware of their surroundings. Ravinia may canopies of any size; umbrellas over six feet in Pavilion and Martin Teatre concert evenings. delay the start, interrupt, or even cancel a con- diameter; anything that needs to be staked into Visit Ravinia.org/Page/ChairRental/ for more cert if an emergency situation occurs. Updates the ground; personal stereos; drones or other information. will be provided when possible over the public- fying apparatus; and weapons. address system, by e-mail, and on video kiosks RESTAURANTS AND PICNICS SECURITY PROCEDURES located near the park entrances and restrooms. Reservations for Ravinia’s Park View and Firearms and explosives are prohibited at Refunds are not given due to weather unless a Mirabelle restaurants can be made online Ravinia. For your safety and the safety of all our concert is canceled in its entirety, with no re- through OpenTable or by calling 847-432-7550. guests, all items brought into the park (includ- placement performance scheduled. Guests are also encouraged to bring their own ing, without limitation, coolers, picnic baskets, picnics or build them at the Ravinia Market or CHECK RAVINIA’S WEBSITE! bags, backpacks, and purses) are subject to Char Bar outdoor bar and grill; however, beer Te complete concert schedule—including tick- search upon entry or reentry into the park and kegs and grills may not be brought into the et prices, gate and start times, and other infor- may also be inspected again upon entering the park. Food and beverages are not allowed in mation—as well as box ofce hours, directions, Pavilion. A metal-detection wand may be used Bennett Gordon Hall, the Martin Teatre, or the weather, park map, special ofers, and more are to scan patrons. Patrons who choose not to sub- Pavilion (except on designated nights). Picnic all at Ravinia.org. ject themselves to wanding or their personal be- baskets may be lef in the rear of the Pavilion. longings to a security search will not be permit- to enter the park or the Pavilion.

88 RAVINIA MAGAZINE | JUNE 22 – JULY 10, 2016 BE ALERT DURING SEVERE WEATHER Ravinia monitors the National Weather Service for our hometown of Highland Park. As always, Ravinia concerts occur rain or shine. However, should an alert from the NWS cause Ravinia to delay or cancel a concert, we will send an e-mail to ticketholders. Weather can change quickly in the summer, and guests can monitor conditions in the Ravinia area through the NWS link at the bottom of our homepage.

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JUNE 22 – JULY 10, 2016 | RAVINIA MAGAZINE 89 FOODSTUFFSometimes with food, as in life, the you have around the kitchen as opposed beets, keep in mind that smaller beets simplest things bring the most happiness. to the dish you were trying to cook. So tend to be tenderer and less f brous than I’d much rather be served a simple plate the next time you are cooking, show some larger ones. of food with just a few ingredients done restraint. Purchase great ingredients, In my opinion, the best way to prepare well than a dish consisting of countless prepare them simply, and let the food beets is to simply roast them with salt, ingredients competing with one another. speak for itself. pepper, olive oil, vinegar, and pickling A “less is more” philosophy is a telltale One of my favorite simple ingredients spice. “Low and slow” roasting of beets sign of a maturing chef or cook. Whether is beets. Even though I have to admit that will result in a tender beet infused with cooking at home or in a professional as a kid I did not like beets very much, earthy aromas and acidic notes. Roasted kitchen, it is of en very tempting to add over the years this simple root vegetable beets are great as a side dish, paired with one more spice, dash of sauce, or pinch of has become one of my favorite things to game meats or beef, and always make an herb. However, at times this habit may cook, eat, and serve. All beet varieties are amazing salads. be a pitfall when cooking, because by the very nutritious, containing potassium, time you are f nished you may realize the magnesium, f ber, phosphorus, iron, and end product is just a hodgepodge of stuf vitamins A, B, and C. When purchasing Cheers! Chef A! S« oor

Roasted Beet Salad with Whipped Goat Cheese Ingredients 1 bunch beets (¾ pound without 3 tbsp olive oil ½ tsp black pepper 1 cup frisée or baby arugula greens or 1¼ pound with), 1 tbsp pickling spice 1½ tbsp red wine vinegar ¼ cup chopped pistachios trimmed 1 tbsp kosher salt ½ cup goat cheese ½ of a lemon

Directions Af er trimming and rinsing beets, coat them with 2 tablespoons of olive oil, pickling spice, salt, and pepper. Place beets in a shallow oven- pan, then pour vinegar and ½ cup of water around the beets. Cover with lid or foil and place in 300°F oven for 45 minutes to an hour, depending on the size of the beets. You will know they are done when easily pierced with a fork or the tip of a knife. Allow beets to cool then peel and cut into medium-sized chunks. For whipped goat cheese, simply whisk goat cheese and remaining olive oil until fully blended and cheese is f uf y. Toast shelled pistachios until slightly browned, then rough chop with a knife. T e pistachios (or any nut of your choice) will add great texture to the salad. To serve, place a bed of roasted beet in the center of a platter, top with whipped goat cheese, chopped pistachios, and arugula or frisée. For the f nishing touch, squeeze fresh lemon juice over the salad and serve.

96 RAVINIA MAGAZINE | JUNE 22 – JULY 10, 2016 Restaurants, Razors, and Human Progress By Jack Zimmerman repealing duties on paper, glass, and Hoover was made director of what was dyestufs in the American Colonies, to become the FBI. Ten years ago, a friend who was in the and—get this—the opening of the frst throes of downsizing gave me his books. public restaurant in ! I had thought July 20, Rachmaninof’s Second Among the many classics, crime novels, that the entire human race and the Symphony. Rachmaninof was a 19th- and short-story collections century composer who was a 725-page volume lived most of his life in the titled Te Timetables of 20th century. His Second History. Basically, it’s a Symphony is a broad, sweep- year-by-year summary of ing testament to his melody- human progress beginning writing inventiveness. It in the late years before sounds like the 1880s but was the Era and premiered in 1908, the year extending into the 1990s Jack Johnson became the frst (though there’s probably black heavyweight cham- a more recent edition pion of the world. Lyndon that extends into the 21st B. Johnson was born that century), organized under year, and so was Ian Fleming, such headings as History the author of all those James and Politics, Literature Bond stories. But the most and Teater, Religion, etc. historically signifcant occur- Music has its own section, rence? Te Chicago Cubs as do Technology, Visual won the World Series! Te Arts, and Daily Life. last time the Northsiders were In my college years, so blessed. I was a music major and spent several French in particular had always eaten in semesters studying music history and restaurants, but I guess not. July 23, Mahler’s Second Symphony. memorizing the dates of composer’s In the spirit of sharing the wealth, Te program notes will tell you that births and deaths—Beethoven, 1770– I’ve taken a few of the orchestral mas- Mahler’s Second Symphony is a big 1827; Brahms, 1833–97; and so forth. terpieces to be played by the Chicago blow for brasses—the score calls for 10 I also committed to memory the dates Symphony Orchestra as part of the 80th horns, 10 , 4 trombones, and of notable premieres: 1913, Stravinsky’s anniversary of its summer residence at a tuba—that it refects Mahler’s view Te Rite of Spring; 1950, Leroy Ravinia and given them Te Timetables of life afer death, and that the work Anderson’s Te . Tis is the of History treatment. premiered in 1895. By coincidence, that way music history was taught, or at least was also the year H.G. Wells wrote Te taught to me. It consisted of a frame- July 12, Respighi’s Pines of Rome. Time Machine, the year Babe Ruth and work of signifcant dates that pertained Te program notes will tell you that Jack Dempsey were born, and—this only to music and musicians. It was as if Ottorino Respighi’s Pines of Rome is is the big one—the year King Gillette composers lived in a world occupied by a symphonic poem that premiered in invented the safety razor. nothing other than music. 1924, but they won’t mention that the Te world would have to wait until Ask me what else went on in 1770 Ford Motor Company produced its 1931 for the Schick electric razor. Tat besides the birth of Beethoven and I 10-millionth car that year, Mahjong was the year Cab Calloway recorded wouldn’t have a clue. But a quick look became an international craze, and “Minnie the Moocher.” at that year in Te Timetables of History the frst Winter Olympics was held at Jack Zimmerman has written a couple of novels and shows Gainsborough painting his Chamonix, . Architect Louis numerous newspaper columns and has told stories famous Blue Boy, the British Parliament Sullivan died that year, and J. Edgar his entire life.

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JULY 5 – 10, 2016 | RAVINIA MAGAZINE 105 7:30 PM TUESDAY, JULY 5, 2016 MARTIN THEATRE JOSEPH HAYDN (1732–1809) Six String Quartets, Op. 76

Haydn composed the six Op. 76 string quar- tets (Hob. III:75–80) in 1796–97, simultaneous with the genesis of his oratorio Te Creation. EMERSON STRING QUARTET Te composer intended these pieces for Count Joseph Erdödy, an important patron of music in EUGENE DRUCKER, Violin Vienna who had ofered him a commission the PHILIP SETZER, Violin previous year. Haydn had completed several of LAWRENCE DUTTON, Viola these quartets in June 1797 and performed them PAUL WATKINS, Cello for the Swedish diplomat to Vienna, Frederik Samuel Silverstolpe, who wrote, “A few days ago I went to see Haydn again, who now lives right Haydn’s Complete Op. 76 String Quartets next to me, since he gave up his customary win- ter and spring lodgings in one of the suburbs [Gumpendorf] and moved a whole quarter String Quartet in G Major, Hob. III:75 of a mile away. On this occasion he played to Allegro con spirito me—on the piano—violin quartets which a Adagio certain Count [Erdödy] has ordered from him Menuetto: Presto and which may be printed only afer a certain Finale: Allegro, ma non troppo number of years. Tese are more than masterly Philip Setzer, First Violin and full of new thoughts.” String Quartet in D Minor, Hob. III:76 (“Fifhs”) Allegro Andante o più tosto allegretto Menuetto: Allegro, ma non troppo Vivace assai Philip Setzer, First Violin

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String Quartet in B-fat Major, Hob. III:78 (“Sunrise”) Allegro con spirito Adagio Menuetto: Allegro Finale: Allegro, ma non troppo Eugene Drucker, First Violin

String Quartet Major, Hob. III:77 (“Emperor”) Allegro The Erdödy palace in Vienna, once owned by the Poco adagio; cantabile Esterházy family, Haydn’s employers Menuetto: Allegro Finale: Presto Tese quartets, Haydn’s last completed set, were Philip Setzer, First Violin fnally published by Artaria in Vienna in 1799, divided into two volumes of three quartets Intermission each. Te frst group originally appeared as Op. 75 and the second as Op. 76; the London String Quartet in E-fat Major, Hob. III:80 publisher Longman Clementi & Co. brought Allegretto—Allegro the six together later that year as a single vol- Fantasia: Adagio ume under the latter opus number. Although Menuetto: Presto Haydn retained his typical four-movement Finale: Allegro spirituoso structure in these works, he explored unusu- Eugene Drucker, First Violin al tonal relationships, concentrated melodic writing, and new formal designs within indi- String Quartet in D Major, Hob. III:79 vidual movements. Tis fresh approach imme- Allegretto diately appealed to the public. A critic for the Largo Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung commented, Menuetto “Tese quartets, the announcement and arrival Presto of which have really delighted the reviewer, are Eugene Drucker, First Violin again proof of the inexhaustible, never-ending source of mood and wit that come from their famous composer; they are wholly worthy of Ravinia expresses its appreciation for the generous support of Program Sponsor Megan P. and John L. Anderson. him. Te reviewer could hardly single out any as being the best, for they are all original and beautiful.”

106 RAVINIA MAGAZINE | JULY 5 – 10, 2016 Striking and extreme contrasts of mood and In the C-major third quartet, Haydn created an chords signal the recapitulation of the ascend- style are the hallmarks of the G-major frst essay of great nobility and majesty, a particularly ing frst-violin theme, afer which the descend- quartet. Tree full chords at the beginning of striking accomplishment considering its folk- ing cello theme returns in the tonic of B-fat the Allegro con spirito splinter of into an unac- like thematic material. He based the opening major. Following a pause, a coda recalls motives companied cello phrase and an answer from Allegro on two melodic gestures: a buoyant from the frst theme. solo viola. Only gradually does Haydn restore opening phrase and a skittish dotted pattern. the ensemble to its full strength. Te develop- Evocations of peasant drones appear frst in Te E-fat-major Adagio is in three parts. Its ment feigns Baroque fugato textures and circles the exposition, but they are employed for an opening section contains two important musi- of ffhs. Te Adagio is pure lyricism, a poignant extremely dramatic efect in the almost sym- cal ideas: the frst is a fve-note fgure played by song without words. Unadorned, simple violin phonic development. Te composer indicated the frst violin, and the second includes the trip- lines divert attention from Haydn’s complex an obligatory repeat of the second half in order let arpeggios that close the section. Te central design and harmonic twists. Halting motives to speed up the coda the second time. segment presents a variation on these two ideas, near the end are rhetorical in nature. almost like a development section, while modu- lating through several minor keys. Te fnal Although the third movement is called a section opens with an imitative treatment of the Menuetto, its Presto tempo imparts a scherzo- fve-note motive and triplet arpeggios. Afer a like quality. In the trio, pizzicatos accompany a fermata, a coda concludes the movement. Ländler-like violin melody before giving way to a restatement of the Menuetto. Rapid-fre triplet Te opening theme of the traditional minuet motion lends a driving edge to the minor-key movement is a two-part dance in B-fat major. Finale. A second theme adds lightly syncopated, Sustained pitches in the viola and cello link the folk-dance charm. Haydn returns to G major in minuet to its trio, which has the folk-like char- the coda, a farcical pizzicato section. acter of an Austrian or Hungarian dance. Te minuet music returns without repetition. Te score of Haydn’s D-minor second quartet displays a full range of invention. Te frst violin Te Allegro, ma non troppo fnale has an expan- opens the Allegro with four half notes outlin- sive character in three parts, featuring a quiet ing two descending perfect ffhs, the melodic major-key theme and a contrasting minor-key interval that accounts for the quartet’s nick- section, afer which the opening theme returns name—“Fifhs.” A lengthy transition dwelling Joseph Haydn by Thomas Hardy (1791) somewhat varied. Te tempo accelerates gradu- in F minor settles into the comparatively brief ally, frst for an imitative treatment of the open- major-key second theme. Development begins Haydn’s original tune for the Austrian national ing theme and then for a lively, highly orna- with the cello reprising the ffhs, inverted into anthem, “Gott erhalte Franz der Kaiser” (“God mented statement that drives the movement an ascending pattern, before the motive spreads Save Franz the Emperor”), serves as the basis for into a fnal series of chords. among all four instruments. Tree full chords a set of variations. Afer stating the theme in the and a momentary pause announce a modifed style of a simple hymn, the ensemble presents the Te D-major ffh quartet’s opening Allegretto recapitulation flled with harmonic surprises. unaltered melody—successively led by the second begins with a simple theme, whose gentle dance- violin, cello, and viola—with diferent accompani- like quality and regular phrasing seem ripe for Te Andante o più tosto allegretto alternates ments. Te fourth variation returns the melody to variation. However, the ultimate shape of this between major- and minor-key themes, each of the frst violin in a reharmonized version. movement is more complex, combining theme- which is varied. Haydn places most of his lyrical and-variations, ternary, and sonata forms. Te melodic material under the bow of the frst vio- Te Menuetto reveals the composer’s playful frst section presents the dance theme in several lin, relegating the other strings to background temperament, while its trio turns to a despon- varied statements. Te middle section begins in roles with light pizzicatos and staccatos. A dent minor key. Quite unusually, Haydn also D minor, and Haydn continues to explore dance brief violin leads to a prolonged decre- casts the majority of his Finale in minor (as motives while the music continues to modulate. scendo. Canonic writing, with the viola and in the frst Op. 76 quartet), breaking from the Te theme returns in D major with fuller orna- cello strictly imitating the two , produces tradition of concluding with a lighthearted mentation, afer which the tempo increases for a an unusual efect in the D-minor Menuetto. Te movement. Tis innovation injects unexpected fnal imitative statement of the theme. fnal cadence contains an embellished descend- tension into the quartet as a whole, which is ing ffh. Te staccato trio section and its drone only relieved slightly when the music modulates Te F-sharp minor Largo takes on a monothe- bass evoke the peasant Ländler dance before the back to major in the coda. matic sonata form, initially presenting a lyrical, canonic material resumes. melancholy (cantabile e mesto) melody in the Although marked Allegro con spirito, the frst frst violin that opens with a rising arpeggio. Te In the Vivace assai, Haydn placed fermatas over movement of the B-fat-major fourth quar- same melody, transposed to C-sharp major and the last two pitches of the opening violin phrase, tet creates a serene atmosphere through the played by the cello, serves as the “second” theme. emphasizing the perfect ffh. Te subsequent sustained chords in the lower strings and the Following a pause, the development opens with phrase begins with this same interval an octave gentle, rising frst-violin melody that earned the a bold modulation to the key of E major, and lower. Haydn further ingrains the ffh into quartet the nickname “Sunrise.” Haydn demon- there is another pause before the theme is passed the listener’s memory in the frst-violin leap strates an afnity for monothematic forms in among the four instruments, changing key sev- that opens the minor-key transition theme. this movement. Afer the frst violin plays the eral times in the process. Afer a third pause, the Another melody introduces delicate violin stac- ascending melody in the key of B-fat major, an themes return in F-sharp major, afer which a catos that are followed by further leaps. A joyful animated transition leads to the F-major second brief coda closes the movement. folk quality persists throughout the movement. theme—an inverted version of the frst—pre- To conclude, Haydn steadily quiets down the sented by the cello. activity increases Te third movement begins with a stately second theme before reversing the process: the to bring the exposition to a close. Te ascending D-major dance in 3/4 time, its rising arpeggio ensemble crescendos toward arching unison and transition themes are developed across a recalling the opening of the slow movement. Its arpeggios and punctuating D-major chords. variety of keys, particularly in minor. Sustained minor-key trio is characterized by continuous

JULY 5 – 10, 2016 | RAVINIA MAGAZINE 107 eighth-note in the lower register of the cello. Te opening minuet returns in D major.

In the Presto fnale, Haydn reveals the witty side of his personality by opening with a repeated cadence before the frst violin’s quiet, descend- ing line enters. Te second theme begins with a rising duet between the violins that shares a rhythmic outline with the opening. A sudden and distant key change to B-fat major marks the beginning of the development, and then a crescendo leads to the recapitulation of both themes in D major. Te cadential fgure, which appeared out of context at the beginning of the movement, then provides a conclusive ending.

Te fnal quartet of Haydn’s Op. 76 begins with an Allegretto set of variations, rather than the EMERSON STRING QUARTET Te Juilliard School, Drucker was concertmaster sonata form typical of most opening move- Formed in 1976, the Emerson String Quartet of the Juilliard Orchestra and appeared as a solo- ments. Te theme is subdivided into two parts, took its name from the American poet and ist with the ensemble several times. He is also a and the four variations retain its basic structure philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson. Violinists prizewinner of the , Queen Elisabeth, and E-fat-major tonality. Te frst variation Eugene Drucker and Philip Setzer alternate in and Concert Artists Guild Competitions, the opens with a duet between the two violins; the the frst-chair position and are joined by violist latter afording him his New York debut in 1976. frst violin provides a countermelody to the Lawrence Dutton and cellist Paul Watkins, who Among his recordings are the complete unac- second-violin theme. Te second variation is in 2013 became the quartet’s frst new member companied works by Bach, reissued by Parnassus identifed by the trills of the ornamented mel- since 1979, replacing David Finckel. Te ESQ Records, and the complete sonatas and duos ody. In the third variation, the viola and cello was the frst chamber ensemble to be awarded by Bartók for Biddulph Recordings. Drucker’s imitate the theme in the frst violin. Te fourth the Avery Fisher Prize in 2004, was named compositional debut, a setting of four sonnets variation shifs to Allegro for a fugal treatment ’s Ensemble of the Year in 2000, by Shakespeare, was premiered in 2008. Setzer of the theme, complete with countermelodies. and has been given honorary doctorates by began studying violin at age 5 with his par- Middlebury, Wooster, and Bard Colleges, as well ents, both former violinists of the Cleveland Entitled a Fantasia, the Adagio comprises two as the University of Hartford. Since 2002 the Orchestra. Following studies at Juilliard and basic ideas, the opening frst-violin melody and ensemble has been quartet-in-residence at Stony prizes from the Marjorie Merriweather Post an ascending scalar passage that travels through Brook University and is in its 37th season of resi- and Queen Elisabeth Competitions, he began a wide variety of keys. Modulatory in nature, dence at the Smithsonian Institution. During its appearing with orchestras in Aspen, Memphis, the frst half has no true key signature, but the years recording for , the New , Puerto Rico, Omaha, Anchorage, music ultimately settles into the key of B major. ESQ won nine Grammy and three Gramophone Cleveland, and Washington, DC. Setzer has Awards for albums that included the complete regularly been on the faculties of the Isaac Haydn entitled the third movement Menuetto, quartets by Bartók, Beethoven, Shostakovich, Stern Chamber Music Workshops at Carnegie but its Presto tempo gives it the quality of a and Mendelssohn, as well as chamber works by Hall and the Jerusalem Music Center, and he scherzo. In the opening section, Haydn reveals Janáček and Martinů; quartets by Grieg, Nielsen, is also a professor at SUNY–Stony Brook and his rhythmic wit by obscuring the underly- and Sibelius; and Mendelssohn’s Octet. Other the director of the Shouse Institute in . ing meter. Te contrasting section is called notable recordings include Schubert’s String A Juilliard graduate, violist Lawrence Dutton “alternativo” instead of term, “trio.” Quintet with cellist , joined the ESQ the year afer it was founded. Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf, a contemporary of Schumann’s Piano Quintet and Quartet with In addition to collaborations with such art- Haydn, defended a diference between the two Menahem Pressler, Webern’s complete string ists as , Mstislav Rostropovich, Leon é terms when he complained that many of his works, Barber’s Dover Beach with baritone Fleisher, Sir Paul McCartney, Ren e Fleming, Sir é own “‘Alternativen’ are entirely wrongly called Tomas Hampson, and quartets by Schumann, , Andr Previn, Emanuel Ax, Yefm trios nowadays.” Tradition rules again when the Brahms, Dvořák, Smetana, Tchaikovsky, Bronfman, Lynn Harrell, and Joshua Bell, he has frst section returns afer this extended contrast- Borodin, and Prokofev, many of which received also performed as a guest with Te Juilliard and ing part. award nominations. Te ESQ recently released Guarneri String Quartets and the Beaux Arts an album of early-20th-century Viennese music and Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trios. Since Te Allegro spirituoso makes economical use of with soprano Renée Fleming on the Decca label, 2001 he has been the artistic advisor of the Hoch melodic material: most of its music is derived including Berg’s Lyric Suite (with an alternate Chamber Music Series in New York. Te newest from the frst violin’s opening fve notes. Haydn fnal movement), Egon Wellesz’s Sonnets from member of the ESQ, Paul Watkins was appointed again exhibits humorous rhythmic invention in the Portuguese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, principal cellist of the BBC Symphony Orchestra this fnale. and Eric Zeisl’s Komm, süsser Tod. Te ensemble at age 20, and he made his debut as a concerto recently embarked on its frst tour of China, soloist with the Philharmonic at –Program notes © 2016 Todd E. Sullivan and in 2015 it was honored with the Richard ’s . He has since been J. Bogomolny National Service Award from a regular guest with all the major British orches- Chamber Music America. Te Emerson String tras, as well as several in mainland Europe and Quartet made its Ravinia debut in 1985 and Asia. Watkins became the English Chamber returns tonight for its 22nd season. Orchestra’s frst music director in 2009, and he served as principal guest conductor of the Ulster Violinists Eugene Drucker and Philip Setzer are Orchestra between 2009 and 2012. In 2014 he both founding members of the Emerson String was appointed artistic director of the Great Lakes Quartet. A graduate of Columbia University and Chamber Music Festival.

108 RAVINIA MAGAZINE | JULY 5 – 10, 2016 CELEBRATING 80 YEARS OF RAVINIA’S CSO RESIDENCY

8:00 PM TUESDAY, JULY 12 8:00 PM WEDNESDAY, JULY 20 PAVILION PAVILION

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C , Violin , Piano

WYNTON MARSALIS: R. STRAUSS: Concerto in D Don Juan Nicola Benedetti American premiere of Wynton Marsalis’s LISZT: frst violin concerto, co-commissioned by Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major, S. 125 Ravinia for Nicola Benedetti RACHMANINOFF: RESPIGHI: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27 Fountains of Rome Pines of Rome

8:00 PM TUESDAY, AUGUST 2 PAVILION 8:00 PM WEDNESDAY, JULY 13 PAVILION M, Conductor

C MC, Conductor , Piano

M WEBER: Alisa Weilerstein CC M C Overture to Der Freischütz

JOHN ADAMS: SCHUMANN: Short Ride in a Fast Machine Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54

R. STRAUSS: : Also sprach Zarathustra Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, B. 178 (“From the New World”)

Te Planets—An HD Odyssey Midwest premiere of a new flm featuring 8:00 PM WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 NASA’s stunning images of our solar system PAVILION HOLST: Te Planets , Conductor and Piano

GERSHWIN: Jean-Yves Thibaudet Rhapsody in Blue 7:00 PM SATURDAY, JULY 16 Jefrey Kahane conducts the original PAVILION version of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue while he plays the solo piano part , Conductor

, Cello BERNSTEIN: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasy on a Teme by Tomas Tallis RACHMANINOFF: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 ELGAR: Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 Daniil Trifonov

JULYJY 5 – 10, 0, 2016 206 | RAVINIA ANA MAGAZINE AANE 109109 7:30 PM WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 2016 MARTIN THEATRE (1756–91) Piano Trio No. 6 in G Major, K. 564

Vienna experienced an abrupt economic decline MIRIAM FRIED, Violin in 1788 when the Austrian Empire entered into war with the Ottoman Empire. Freelance musi- MIDORI, Violin cians sufered acutely as aristocratic patronage ATAR ARAD, Viola dwindled and the market for music publica- tions shifed toward lighter, accessible works for PAUL BISS, Viola amateur musicians. Mozart initially remained CHRISTOPH RICHTER, Cello † resistant to those trends, continuing to invest his energy in chamber, orchestral, and operatic MENAHEM PRESSLER, Piano works for public performance. In an attempt to generate income, Mozart planned a series of summer/autumn concerts in the casino of the MOZART Piano Trio No. 6 in G Major, K. 564 Trattnerhof, where the composer had lived four Allegro years earlier in a fourth-foor apartment with Tema con variazioni: Andante his wife and children. Tis was a very unusual Allegretto time of the year for concerts since most of the Midori, Christoph Richter, Menahem Pressler nobility had decamped from the city for their rural summer residences. Tere is no evidence that the concerts took place, though Mozart DOHNÁNYI Serenade in C Major, Op. 10 may have written his fnal three symphonies in Marcia allegro anticipation of the performances. : Adagio non troppo, quasi andante Scherzo: Vivace Eforts to sell manuscript copies of his composi- Tema con variazioni: Andante con moto tions produced few results, which in turn caused Rondo (Finale): Allegro vivace delays in publications and further lost revenue. Midori, Paul Biss, Christoph Richter Such was the case with three string quintets that were ofered to potential patrons in April; low subscription numbers prompted a deadline Intermission extension until the following January. Mozart also composed a series of piano trios—K. 542 in E major, K. 548 in C major, and K. 564 in G BRAHMS String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 111 major—quite possibly as concert companions Allegro non troppo, ma con brio to the symphonies and most certainly for pub- Adagio lication. He completed the frst two on June 12 Un poco allegretto and July 14, but the third was not entered into Vivace ma non troppo presto the composer’s catalog until October 17, 1788. Miriam Fried, Midori, Atar Arad, Paul Biss, Christoph Richter Te concert cancellations may have aforded Mozart time to change the stylistic direction of the G-major piano trio. Tis score posed fewer technical demands on the musicians than † Ravinia debut his earlier works, though Mozart continued down the modern path of full thematic equality between the instruments. Te succinct Allegro Ravinia expresses its appreciation for the generous support of begins with a keyboard statement accompanied Program Sponsor Leslie Berger and Paul Williams. by long sustained pitches in the strings that blossom into a playful theme. Te ensuing set of six variations on a folk-like Andante melody represents a clear acquiescence to popular taste, though Mozart could not resist “serious” canon- Tonight’s concert features the world-renowned artist-faculty of RSMI, ic writing in the fourth variation. Te conclud- which has been shaping the next generation of classical musicians for 28 years. ing Allegretto is a lighthearted movement with a dance-like theme in alternation with sections of contrasting character.

Te Piano Trio No. 6 in G Major, K. 564, was published the following year in Storace’s Collection of Original Harpsichord Music, a publication by the composer Stephen Storace and his sister Nancy (the soprano who sang Susanna in the premiere of Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro) following their move from Vienna to London. Despite Mozart’s designs, the Storaces

110 RAVINIA MAGAZINE | JULY 5 – 10, 2016 consciously advertised an outmoded instru- Dohnányi’s Serenade, Op. 10—scored for vio- A distinct Viennese quality permeates the Allegro mentation—“harpsichord with violin and cello lin, viola, and cello—dates from 1902. In this non troppo, ma con brio. Several 19th-century accompaniment”—to appeal to the dilettante fve-movement piece, Dohnányi adapted the musicians detected faint traces of Johann Strauss London musicians. Taking his lead from the Classical trio tradition of Mozart and Beethoven Jr.’s Wein, Weib, und Gesang waltz and Josef Storaces, the Viennese publisher Artaria later to the early Modernist world. Individual move- Strauss’s Frauenherz polka. When the work issued the trio with only a modicum more ments recall forms common in the 18th-century reached rehearsals, the balance between thick modernity, “for harpsichord or piano with serenade, right down to the inclusion of a set of violin and viola tremolos and the solo cello accompaniment by violin and cello.” variations. Its progressive, highly refned musi- theme in the opening measures proved difcult. cal language, though, establishes the Serenade Brahms initially considered thinning the accom- as one of Dohnányi’s frst masterpieces. paniment, but in the end lef his original idea ERNST VON DOHNNYI (1877–1960) intact, since this sonority highlights crucial divi- Serenade in C Major, Op. 10 sions in the movement. Two more themes round (1833–97) out the exposition: a lyrical viola duet and a Ernst von (Ernő) Dohnányi almost single- String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 111 second-violin melody with a short–long rhythm. handedly upheld musical standards in his native Afer a dramatic development section, Brahms Hungary between the monumental careers Brahms “retired” in 1890, apparently reach- reorchestrates his three themes. of Franz Liszt and Béla Bartók. His father ing the autumn of his productive composi- Friedrich, a professor of mathematics and phys- tional career with the String Quintet No. 2 for ics in Pozsony (the Slovak city of ) and two violins, two , and cello. Few catego- an amateur cellist, oversaw Ernst’s introduction ries of composition—perhaps only theatrical to the piano. A promising future was predicted genres—remained unconquered by the 57-year- for the young Dohnányi, who entered the Royal old musician. Refecting on his own mortal- Academy of Music in Budapest in 1894. ity, Brahms drafed a will in 1891, in which he bequeathed his library to the Gesellschaf der Musikfreunde (Vienna’s Musikverein) and his monetary resources to beneft needy musi- cians. All his afairs were in order as he entered the fnal phase of his life. Brahms could not have realized that a resplendent, postretirement “Indian summer” would result in a series of glorious clarinet works (a trio, a quintet, and two sonatas), several sets of piano pieces, and his haunting Four Serious Songs. Photograph of Johannes Brahms Planned from the outset as his valedictory address, the String Quintet No. 2 is a unique For the slow (Adagio) movement, Brahms com- musical document—a conscious summation posed a modestly sized, but highly expres- of Brahms’s style and aesthetic. He gave the sive set of variations. Te wistful, melancholy fve-member ensemble the capability to achieve D-minor theme in the frst viola rises above its delicate chamber textures as well as quasi- translucent accompaniment—cello pizzicatos Ernst von Dohnányi symphonic gestures. Brahms underscored the and a second-viola countermelody. Delicate individual personalities of his four movements scoring typifes the frst variation, and Brahms Composition proved as attractive a subject to with the wide-ranging musical vocabulary that changes keys to G minor for the second varia- Dohnányi as the piano. At age 19 he was award- is the hallmark of the Brahmsian dialect: lyri- tion. Te movement crests in the third variation ed the coveted Hungarian Millennium Prize cal passages rich in motivic material, variation, with an animated rhythm. A cadenza-like pas- for his Symphony No. 1, with a co-prize for his luxurious harmonies, a carefully planned key sage in the frst viola leads to the fnal variations. Zrínyi Overture. But it was his Piano Quintet, scheme, and the occasional dislodging of rhyth- Op. 1, that elicited praise from the typically mic pulse through hemiola (two beats against Te third movement is neither minuet nor reserved Johannes Brahms, who immediately three) patterns. scherzo but an intermezzo that anticipates arranged for performances in Ischl and Vienna. Brahms’s late piano pieces. Initially, the violin Dohnányi met with Brahms several times before Te String Quintet No. 2 never failed to pique ofers a minor/modal theme in short, clipped the elder composer’s death in 1897. the composer’s sense of nostalgia. Following a phrases. A shif to major fnds the violins and rehearsal for the premiere, Brahms was asked violas moving in pairs, and the cello adds long, Dohnányi embarked upon an extended period if the piece might secretly bear the subtitle arching arpeggios. Brahms returns to his initial of touring following his graduation in 1897, “Brahms im Prater” (afer his favorite district in minor-key theme, and then the major-key com- making stops throughout Europe, England, and Vienna, the densely wooded Prater), to which panion makes a brief fnal appearance. the United States. He joined the faculty at the he replied, “Precisely. And the many pretty Hochschule für Musik in Berlin in 1905 and was girls therein.” Violinist Arnold Rosé and his Brahms adopted a Hungarian style in the fnale, named a professor in 1908. Afer seven years, quartet—along with a guest violist—present- perhaps in homage to Joachim, who convinced Dohnányi returned to Budapest to become ed the frst public performance in Vienna on him to write the Quintet No. 2. Triplet motion in director of the Philharmonic Orchestra Society November 11, 1890. Tree months before his its second theme sets a more leisurely pace. Te and the . He lef the death, Brahms made a fnal appearance onstage concise development reveals a vivid harmonic politically unstable Hungary in 1945, three to congratulate violinist Joseph Joachim on his imagination. Following the restatement of the years later taking up residence in Tucuman, ensemble’s performance of the String Quintet two main themes, Brahms uses an animated coda . Dohnányi then joined the piano No. 2. Joachim remembered Brahms’s rare sense to propel the work to a boisterous conclusion. faculty of Florida State University in 1949, a of pride on that occasion: “It was almost as if he position he retained until his death. was satisfed with his work.” –Program notes © 2016 Todd E. Sullivan

JULY 5 – 10, 2016 | RAVINIA MAGAZINE 111 MIRIAM FRIED, Violin MIDORI, Violin ATAR ARAD, Viola Born in Romania, Miriam Fried emigrated Midori began her violin studies at an early age Israeli violist Atar Arad began his earliest musi- to Israel with her family at age 2, where she in her hometown of Osaka, Japan, and in 1982 cal studies on the violin, and in 1968 he was began taking violin lessons as a child with the 11-year-old was invited to be a surprise young artists selected to study Alice Fenyves in Tel Aviv. While there she had soloist for the ’s New at ’s Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel. the opportunity to meet and play for many Year’s Eve concert. She has since performed He became drawn to the broad and unfamiliar of the world’s great violinists, such as Isaac with many of the major orchestras of the world, repertoire and sound of the viola during this Stern, and . including those of Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, time, and in 1971 he devoted himself to the Stern encouraged her to study abroad and, , Berlin, London, Paris, and Vienna. instrument. Te following year, in his frst pub- afer briefy attending the Geneva Conservatory Midori has established a number of nonproft lic appearance as a violist, Arad was awarded under Fenyves’s brother, she became a student organizations in support of music; in 1992, the City of London prize at the Carl Flesch of Josef Gingold at Indiana University and Midori & Friends was founded to provide music Competition, and a few months later he took later Ivan Galamian at Te Juilliard School. education, workshops, and concerts to the frst prize at the International Viola Competition While under Galamian’s tutelage, Fried won her underserved public schools in New York City. in Geneva by the unanimous decision of the frst competition, the 1968 Paganini Contest in She has since formed Partners in Performance jury. In 1980 he moved to the United States and Genoa. Tree years later she claimed the grand and her Orchestra Residencies Program, which became a member of the Cleveland Quartet. For prize in the Queen Elisabeth International support recitals, chamber music, and youth the next seven years he toured the , Competition in , becoming the frst orchestras in the United States, as well as Music Europe, Israel, and Japan with the ensemble, col- woman to win the award. Fried has played with Sharing in Tokyo, Japan, which presents tradi- laborating with such artists as pianists Eugene nearly every major orchestra in the United tional and Western music throughout Japan. Istomin, Cliford Curzon, and Emanuel Ax, States and Europe, and is a frequent guest of In the wake of the Fukushima disaster, Midori violists Peter Schidlof and Jaime Laredo, cellists the Boston, Chicago, , and London added two Music Sharing visits to evacuation Yo-Yo Ma and Mstislav Rostropovich, futist Symphony Orchestras; Vienna Symphony; the centers. In 2001 she was Musical America’s James Galway, and clarinetist Eric Stolzmann. A Cleveland and Philadelphia Orchestras; and Instrumentalist of the Year and recipient of devoted chamber musician, Arad has appeared the Israel, (London) Royal, and New York the Avery Fisher Prize, and she was named both with the Cleveland Quartet and as a Philharmonics. She has also recently performed a UN Messenger of Peace in 2007. Midori guest artist with the Guarneri, Emerson, Tokyo, with the Los Angeles, Czech, Berlin, and Saint has made many recordings for Sony, including Mendelssohn, American, and Orion String Petersburg Philharmonics; l’Orchestre de Paris; Bruch’s G-minor and Mendelssohn’s E-minor Quartets, among others, at such music festivals and the Grand Rapids Symphony, with which concertos with the Berlin Philharmonic; as Aspen, Chautauqua, Edinburgh, Flanders, she premiered a violin concerto written for Dvořák’s Violin Concerto with the New York Norfolk, Paris, Ravinia, Salzburg, and Seattle, as her by Donald Erb and recorded the work Philharmonic; Sibelius’s Violin Concerto with well as New York’s and for the Koss label. Fried later recorded Bach’s the Israel Philharmonic; and Mozart’s Sinfonia Carnegie Hall. He has previously been a faculty Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin in France Concertante and the reconstructed Concerto member of the Eastman School of Music, Aspen for Lyrinx, following three years of international in D Major for Violin, Viola, and Piano with Music Festival and School, and Rice University’s performances of that demanding repertoire, Christoph Eschenbach, violist Nobuko Imai, Shepherd School of Music. He is currently and Sibelius’s Violin Concerto with the Helsinki and the NDR Symphony Orchestra. Most professor of viola at Indiana University’s Jacobs Philharmonic for Finlandia. She played frst recently she recorded Peter Eötvös’s Violin School of Music and a faculty member of the violin for the Mendelssohn String Quartet until Concerto No. 2 for Alpha Classics and Bach’s Domaine Forget academy, Israel’s Keshet Eilon it disbanded in 2009 and is currently on the fac- Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin for Onyx. Music Center, and, since 1994, Ravinia’s Steans ulty of New England Conservatory. Te director She is the chairman of the strings department at Music Institute. Atar Arad frst appeared at of Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute Program for USC’s Tornton School of Music and is on the Ravinia in 1984 as a member of the Cleveland Piano and Strings since 1993 and recipient of faculty of Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute for a Quartet, and tonight marks his 15th season Ravinia’s inaugural Edward Gordon Award, second year. Midori made her Ravinia debut in performing at the festival. Miriam Fried made her frst appearance at the 1987 and tonight returns for her 10th season at festival in 1974. Tonight marks her 26th season the festival. performing at Ravinia.

112 RAVINIA MAGAZINE | JULY 5 – 10, 2016 PAUL BISS, Viola CHRISTOPH RICHTER, Cello MENAHEM PRESSLER, Piano Violist and violinist Paul Biss is an alumnus of Previously the principal cellist of ’s Born in Germany in 1923, pianist Menahem Indiana University, where he received a bach- Northern Radio Symphony Orchestra, Pressler emigrated to Israel in 1939, shortly elor’s degree and studied with Josef Gingold, Christoph Richter began a solo career afer thereafer launching his performing career as and Te Juilliard School, completing a master’s winning top prizes in competitions in Paris and the winner of the 1946 Debussy International degree under the tutelage of Ivan Galamian. Geneva, embarking upon a close collaboration Piano Competition in San Francisco and mak- He has also studied chamber music with such with violinist Sándor Végh. He also became a ing his American debut with the Philadelphia artists as Walter Trampler, Claus Adam, Janos member of the Cherubini and Heine Quartets Orchestra under . Since then Starker, and William Primrose. For many years for several years and continues to perform regu- he has made numerous tours of North America, Biss was a member of the Berkshire String larly with pianists András Schif and Alexander Europe, and the East, regularly appearing with Quartet, which was in residence at Indiana Lonquich, violinist Isabelle , and com- the orchestras of New York, Chicago, Cleveland, University, and has appeared at many music poser/conductor , among oth- Pittsburgh, , San Francisco, London, festivals, including Ravinia, Marlboro, La Jolla, ers. Richter is also a frequent guest of such Paris, Berlin, , Dresden, Amsterdam, Lockenhaus, Naantali, Casals, and the Ysaÿe festivals as Ittingen, Risor, and Salzburg, where Brussels, , and Helsinki, among many oth- at London’s . As both a violinist he premiered Werner Henze’s Introduction, ers. In 1955 he expanded his career with the and violist, he has collaborated with Christoph Teme, and Variations for Cello and Orchestra. formation of the , frst perform- Eschenbach, Menahem Pressler, , His interest in contemporary music has led to ing at the Berkshire Music Festival and serving Pinchas Zukerman, Miriam Fried, Michael collaborations with such other composers as as its sole pianist for over 50 years alongside (at Tree, Janos Starker, Ralph Kirshbaum, and Gary Krzysztof Penderecki, György Kurtág, Helmut various times) violinists Daniel Guilet, Isidore Hofman, as well as the Mendelssohn, Fine Arts, Lachenmann, Holliger, Aribert Reimann, and Cohen, Ida Kavafan, Young Uck Kim, and and Alexander String Quartets. Biss has also Jörg Widmann. Richter has been the principal Daniel Hope, and cellists , regularly appeared in recital and as a soloist cellist of the chamber orchestra Cappella Andrea Peter , and Antonio Meneses. Tough the with orchestras in North America, Europe and Barca since its founding in 1999, regularly per- ensemble retired in 2008, Pressler continues to Israel, with recent concerts taking him to Brazil forming at the Mozartwoche in Salzburg and collaborate in chamber music with the Juilliard, and Korea. He became a professor at Indiana the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza. His recent per- Emerson, American, Cleveland, Pacifca, and University’s Jacobs School of Music in 1979 and formance highlights have included Beethoven’s Ebène Quartets, as well as tenor Christoph has conducted approximately 100 performances complete works for cello and piano in 2009, Pregardien and baritone Matthias Goerne, of symphonic music as well as 13 for the Brahms’s “Double” Concerto in 2012, and Bach’s among many other artists. He also continues to school’s opera program before retiring from the solo cello suites and viola da gamba sona- perform as a soloist, recently appearing with the position in 2008. Biss has also led orchestras tas in 2013. He has also recently recorded Berlin Philharmonic and Staatskapelle Dresden, in Mexico, Finland, Brazil, Korea, and Israel, works by Schumann and Holliger for the ECM as well as serve on the juries of several inter- where he was awarded a prize by the Ministry label, concertos by Julius Klengel for CPO, and national competitions and lead master classes of Culture for the performance of contempo- Brahms’s String No. 2 for Harmonia around the world. Among Pressler’s numer- rary work. Previously the assistant conductor Mundi, which was awarded the Diapason d’Or. ous honors are the Gold Medal of Merit from of the Akron Symphony, he is also a former Recently appointed professor of cello at the the National Society of Arts and Letters, the faculty member of MIT and the universities of Royal Academy of Music in London, Richter is German Cross of Merit, the Wigmore Medal, Tel Aviv and Akron, and has held a professor- also on the faculties of the European Chamber the Menuhin Prize, several honorary doctor- ship of violin and chamber music at the New Music Academy, ChamberStudio in London, ates, and lifetime achievement awards from England Conservatory since 2006. Paul Biss and Germany’s Folkwang University of the Arts. Gramophone, Germany’s , and joined Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute faculty He is also regularly a jurist for Vienna’s Haydn the International Chamber Music Association. in 1994, and tonight marks his 19th season as a Competition, Weimar’s Joachim Competition, He has also been inducted into the American performer at the festival. Norway’s Trondheim Competition, and the Classical Music and Gramophone Halls of Fame. London String Quartet Competition. Christoph Menahem Pressler frst appeared at Ravinia as Richter is making his frst appearance at Ravinia a soloist in 1950 and has also given numerous as both a performer and a member of Ravinia’s performances at the festival as a member of the Steans Music Institute faculty. Beaux Arts Trio. Tonight marks his 26th season on the festival’s stages.

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GUSTER

RYAN MILLER, Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard, and Bass ADAM GARDNER, Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard, and Bass BRIAN ROSENWORCEL, Drums and Percussion LUKE REYNOLDS, Vocals, Bass, Guitar, and Banjo DAVE BUTLER, Drums, Percussion, and Keyboard

GUSTER Intermission Formed by Ryan Miller, Adam Gardner, and Brian Rosenworcel while attending Tufs University in the early 1990s, Guster quickly began attracting fans from the scene † with its unique acoustic sound, underscored NEIL FINN by Rosenworcel’s hand percussion. Te group released its frst album, Parachute, in 1995, earning acclaim from as the Best Local Debut Album of the year. At the time, the band was known as Gus, but the following year added “-ter” to avoid confusion with other artists performing under that name, also reen- tering the recording studio to create Goldfy. † Ravinia debut Guster signed with Sire Records in 1998, reis- suing Goldfy ahead of 1999’s ; though a more polished and broadly orchestrated album, it maintained the trio’s folk-pop harmony and brought it into the main- national critical and popular success. Following stream with the Top 40 hit “.” Te 2003 the band’s breakup in 1984, Finn organized follow-up Keep It Together saw the group begin a new group, originally called Te Mullanes to integrate more traditional rock percussion (his middle name), but by the time the band and unofcially grow to a foursome with multi- began to record its debut album in 1985, it had instrumentalist , who became a full been renamed Crowded House. Te eponymous member by the time of the live album Guster album was slow to gain traction until the single on Ice (2004). With the popularity of its singles “Don’t Dream It’s Over” hit the airwaves in “Amsterdam” and “Careful,” Keep It Together late 1986, becoming a number-two hit in the cracked the top 40 of Billboard’s albums chart. United States and a top-20 hit in several other A “meow mix” version of the album, featur- countries, as well as earning Crowded House ing simulated cat sounds in place of the vocal the inaugural Song of the Year ARIA Award. tracks, was also created to combat illegal distri- followed in 1988 along with bution. Guster’s next two albums, Ganging Up another international hit single in “Better Be on the Sun (2006) and Easy Wonderful (2010), Home Soon.” Te reunited for a moved up into Billboard’s top 25, scoring the duo album in 1990 and again as bandmates for band another hit with “?” Crowded House’s 1991 album . Te NEIL FINN of the latter album. Pisapia parted ways with band dissolved in 1996, allowing Neil to focus the group before the Easy Wonderful tour and A native of , Neil Finn began on solo material, releasing Try Whistling Tis learning guitar and training himself as a singer- was replaced by Luke Reynolds. Two more live (1998), One Nil (2001), and the live album Seven albums followed in 2013 before Guster returned songwriter through his teens, embarking on Worlds Collide (2002) before recording Everyone a performing career in his brother Tim’s foot- to the studio to craf 2015’s Evermotion with Is Here (2004) with his brother and two albums, Te Shins’ Richard Swif as producer. Guster steps with the formation of Afer Hours in (2007) and (2011), with 1976. However, that group was short-lived, as frst performed at Ravinia in 2011 and tonight a reformed Crowded House. Finn later became is making its second appearance at the festival. Tim invited Neil to join his band, , involved in duo projects with his wife (Pajama the following year. Finn grew into the role of Club) and singer-songwriter Paul Kelly, record- lead guitarist and co– over 1977’s ing an album with each before resuming solo Dizrhythmia and 1978’s Frenzy, contributing work and releasing Dizzy Heights in 2014. Neil the immediate hit “I Got You” to 1980’s True Finn is making his Ravinia debut. Colours and helping launch Split Enz to inter-

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DURAN DURAN † Entering the UK’s “new romantic” pop music DURAN DURAN scene in the late 1970s, Duran Duran difer- entiated themselves and quickly rose to star- SIMON LE BON, Vocals dom through their cutting-edge music vid- NICK RHODES, Keyboards eos. Cofounders John Taylor and Nick Rhodes JOHN TAYLOR, Bass solidifed the lineup in 1980 with Simon Le Bon, ROGER TAYLOR, Drums Andy Taylor, and Roger Taylor. By the end of that year, Duran Duran’s frst single, “Planet Earth,” DOM BROWN, Guitar quickly rose to number 12 and established them SIMON WILLESCROFT, Saxophone and Percussion as leaders of the genre. Te racy music video ANNA ROSS, Vocals for “Girls on Film” garnered signifcant media ERIN STEVENSON, Vocals attention and became their frst top-10 hit, set- ting the stage for their 1981 eponymous debut album to become a smash hit. Duran Duran quickly followed up with Rio (1982), with sin- † Ravinia debut gles “Hungry Like a Wolf” and “Save a Prayer” becoming instant top-10 sensations. Te group broke into the United States with a dance of Rio tracks entitled Carnival—sending their music videos into heavy rotation on MTV and (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah),” and by late 1977 it their albums into top-10 positions on Billboard’s had become a popular club hit. Quickly scooped charts, with Rio remaining there for 129 weeks. up by , CHIC put out its epony- Together with “Is Tere Something I Should mous debut album that same year and further Know?” from the American rerelease of Duran established its unique place in disco music, Duran and “” from Seven cracking Billboard’s top 10 with a polished ver- and the Ragged (1983), the group had fve sion of its demo. Te group’s next two albums— top-20 hits in the US in a single calendar year. C’est Chic (1978) and Risqué (1979)—achieved Following Duran Duran’s completion of the rare success among disco records, selling over a title track for the James Bond flm A View to million copies each and charting within the top a Kill, the “Second British Invasion” began to fve. Both albums also featured a number-one cool of, though the group still enjoyed hits with hit, respectively “,” which spent sev- the title track from Notorious (1986), “I Don’t eral weeks atop the charts and became the best- Want Your Love” from Big Ting (1988), and selling song in Atlantic’s history, and “Good “Ordinary World” and “Come Undone” from Times,” which was later sampled in Sugarhill their 1993 eponymous record (“Te Wedding Gang’s landmark “Rapper’s Delight.” Rodgers Album”). Te group resurged with Astronaut and Edwards expanded their artistic horizons (2004), Red Carpet Massacre (2007), All You CHIC featuring NILE RODGERS around the same time, writing and producing In the early 1970s, Nile Rodgers and Bernard Need Is Now (2011), and Paper Gods (2015), ’s “We Are Family” and “He’s the which returned them to top-10 chart positions Edwards—both trained in jazz and fresh out of Greatest Dancer,” as well as Diana Ross’s num- high school—led the Big Apple Band, part of the worldwide. Duran Duran is making its much- ber- “Upside Down” and “I’m Coming anticipated Ravinia debut. time a fusion group, the other a backing band Out.” Afer CHIC broke up in the early ’80s, for the vocal group New York City. But by Rodgers kept on producing blockbuster albums, late in the decade they had decided to really including Bowie’s Let’s Dance, ’s Like make it on their own, briefy embracing new a Virgin, and Jagger’s She’s the Boss. Te band wave before comfortably settling into dance reformed in 1992, and Rodgers produced that music and taking on a new group name: CHIC. year’s Chic-ism as well as CHIC’s upcoming Te guitar-and-bass duo enlisted pairs of vocal- album It’s About Time. Tonight CHIC and Nile ists and keyboardists, as well as a drummer, to Rodgers are making their Ravinia debuts. record their demo single “Dance, Dance, Dance

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A GREAT BIG WORLD †

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PHILLIP PHILLIPS Te winner of the 2012 season of American MATT NATHANSON Idol, Georgia native Phillip Phillips frst began playing music in his teens, forming a band with AARON TAP, Guitar, Keyboard, Vocals, and Musical Director his brother-in-law and early mentor Benjamin SHIBEN BHATTACHARYA, Bass, Keyboard, and Vocals Neil. While attending Albany Technical College CHRIS LOVEJOY, Drums to study industrial systems technology, he won a local singing competition, “Albany Star,” which spurred him to leave behind work at his family’s pawn shop and audition for Idol the following year, singing ’s “Superstition” and Intermission Michael Jackson’s “Triller” and accompany- ing himself on guitar. During the competition, Phillips underwent eight surgeries to relieve pain from a congenital kidney condition, which was the only thing that threatened to eliminate him from the show; he was regularly a favorite PHILLIP PHILLIPS in audience voting. His debut single, “Home,” became the best-selling of any Idol “coronation JOEL BEHRMAN, Trumpet and Trombone song” and made the top 10 on four of Billboard’s NATE MERCEREAU, Guitar charts. Later that year he released his debut ANDREW VAIT, Keyboard album, Te World from the Side of the Moon, JJ SMITH, Bass which contained his second major-hit single, JASON “JT” THOMAS, Drums and Musical Director “Gone, Gone, Gone.” In addition to making Billboard’s top 25, it also became the “send-of song” for the 2013 season of Idol, playing under video montages of each week’s eliminated fnal- ist. Tat same year, Phillips released an iTunes session and a live EP, as well as a deluxe edition of his debut album with three bonus tracks, also entering the studio to create his follow-up, Behind . Released in 2014, its tracks were all written or cowritten by Phillips, and the album’s lead single, “,” was a † Ravinia debut top-10 hit on Billboard’s chart. Phillip Phillips frst appeared at Ravinia in 2014 as part of the “Food Network In Concert” event and tonight returns for his second season at the festival.

118 RAVINIA MAGAZINE | JULY 5 – 10, 2016 released a -funded debut EP, titled afer their new band name. Te duo received another signifcant boost in popularity when “Tis Is the New Year” was covered on the hit TV show Glee in 2013, afer which they signed to and released a new EP on that label, also embarking on a tour to support it. A Great Big World’s “Say Something” was featured on the competition show So You Tink You Can Dance? in September of that year, but a new version was released a month later featuring as a guest vocalist—this ver- sion became a worldwide top-fve hit afer the duo and Aguilera performed it on Te Voice. Before the end of the year, A Great Big World also appeared on the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show and broadcasts. MATT NATHANSON A GREAT BIG WORLD Te duo’s debut full-length album, Is Tere Massachusetts native Matt Nathanson released Te duo singer- Ian Axel and Chad Anybody Out Tere?, was released in early 2014, his frst album, Please, at age 20 on Acrobat King began performing together while study- rocketing up to number three thanks to their Records, continuing with the independent label ing music business at . In well-established singles and also turning out through Ernst (1997), Not Colored Too Perfect 2011 they licensed their song “Tis Is the New another Adult Top 40 hit in “Already Home.” (1998), Still Waiting for Spring (1999, featur- Year” to several television networks, includ- Tat year they also appeared on Michaelson’s ing instrumental contributions by members of ing MTV and ESPN, as well as such shows album Lights Out as guests on the song “Over ), and the EP When Everything as Te Amazing Race and , and You.” A Great Big World’s sophomore album, Meant Everything (2002). His major-label debut soon went on national tours as openers for When the Morning Comes, was released last came in 2003 with Beneath Tese Fireworks, and , among fall, preceded by its two versions of “Hold Each which included vocal contributions by Glen other artists. Te following year, they ofcially Other” (one featuring rapper Futuristic). A Phillips of Toad the Wet Sprocket, though it adopted the moniker A Great Big World and Great Big World is making its Ravinia debut. was his return to independence in 2007 with that ushered in his mainstream success. Te album’s platinum single “” became a number-three hit in the adult contemporary format and earned Nathanson a spot on VH1’s You Oughta Know, helping to propel Some Mad Hope to the num- CHAIR RENTAL ber-three position on Billboard’s Indie chart. “Car Crash” and “Falling Apart” from the same album joined “Come On Get Higher” in Top 40 popularity. Nathanson soon began making appearances on such national television shows as Ellen, Dancing with the Stars, and Rachael Ray, as well as late-night shows hosted by David Letterman, O’Brien, Jay Leno, Jimmy Leave the Kimmel, and Craig Ferguson. Additionally, his songs began to be featured in a growing number HEAVY of flms and television shows, including NCIS, Private Practice, Vampire Diaries, 90210, and the American Pie series. He followed up with Modern Love, which made number 17 on the lifting and featured his next Top 40 hit, “Faster.” Te album also saw Nathanson col- laborate with country duo on “Run,” which became his highest charting single to date to us. on the . His 2013 album, Last of the Great Pretenders, became a number-two hit on Billboard’s Rock chart and made num- ber 16 overall with the singles “Mission Bells” and “Kinks Shirt,” and his most recent album, Show Me Your Fangs (2015), featured the singles “Headphones” and “Gold in the Summertime.” Matt Nathanson frst played Ravinia in 2014 and tonight makes his second appearance. WWW.RAVINIA.ORG RAVINIA CHAIR AND TABLE RENTAL, MANAGED BY THE RAVINIA WOMEN’S BOARD, BENEFITS RAVINIA AND ITS REACH*TEACH*PLAY EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

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KENNY ROGERS A Hall of Famer as the cofounder of Te Eagles and the voice of “Hotel ,” Te legendary country singer-songwriter “Life in the Fast Lane,” and “Te Long Run,” embarks upon his fnal world tour. he recently released an album featuring guest Kenny Rogers country legends Merle Haggard, , NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND Trisha Yearwood, and .

Te folk-rockers that led the groundbreaking Will the Circle Be Unbroken collaborative albums celebrate their 50th anniversary. 7:00 PM FRIDAY, AUGUST 19 PAVILION LINDA DAVIS GOing, GOing, GONE Te duet partner of Reba McEntire on the Grammy-winning song “Does He Love You?”

Te history-making all-female rock stars behind “We Got the Beat” make their fnal Chicago 7:00 PM SUNDAY, JULY 31 appearance. PAVILION BEST COAST Bryan Ferry -rock duo whose music appeared in the Chicago’s own legendary blues man celebrates his 2014 flm Walk of Shame 80th birthday. KAYA STEWART JEFF BECK Te English-American singer-songwriter behind One of the top 10 guitarists of all time, according “In Love with a Boy” to Rolling Stone, and the driving force behind Te Yardbirds post–

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BRYAN FERRY Te lead guitarist, singer, and songwriter of Go-Go’s Creedence Clearwater Revival makes his Ravinia Te sharp-dressed frontman of glam-rocking debut. makes his Ravinia debut.

LP (LAURA PERGOLIZZI) 7:00 PM SUNDAY, AUGUST 28 Known initially as a songwriter for such artists as PAVILION Heidi Montag, , Te Veronicas, and Cher Lloyd, she has also had songs performed on Te Voice and was a featured artist in Vogue magazine. Te return of the soulful singer who lit up Ravinia in his 2012 festival debut

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