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Play-Deepen Connection

Jazz Mentor Program – Talented high school students are mentored and coached by Chicago’s finest jazz musicians. Beyond the instruction that these young musicians receive in high school bands, Ravinia provides inspiration, jazz assemblies and master-classes. Each year students are selected through audition to become members of the prestigious Jazz Scholar Ensemble and receive intensive instruction from the Mentors.

Sistema Ravinia – Ravinia’s latest and most innovative program, is an intensive after school orchestra that fosters social development through exceptional music training for underserved students in Chicago. Inspired by Venezuela’s influential El Sistema model, students in the program receive daily ensemble and orchestra instruction in their chosen instrument.

Ravinia Lawndale Family Music School – Ravinia provides opportunities for cultural enrichment, to this underserved west-side community, through high-quality music instruction and performances. The school offers free classes in general music, voice, violin, guitar and piano to children and adults who reside in the Lawndale neighborhood, as well as free tickets to Ravinia concerts. Click here to learn more…

To learn more about Ravinia’s PLAY programs, contact Isaac Sinnett at isinnett@ravinia.org