Bennett Gordon Hall 200 Ravinia Park Road Highland Park, IL 60035 Website|Map
Ravinia Steans Music Institute's Jazz Program is focused on composition and small-group collaboration. From the moment they arrive, the 15 specially invited fellows are rehearsing in different instrumental combos and workshopping new music with the guidance of standard-bearers in the vitality of jazz—co-Artistic Directors Billy Childs, Rufus Reid, and Steve Wilson—together learning to adapt to gigging with ever-changing personnel. Within a week, the musicians form three quintets to premiere their original works on this evening’s culminating Jazz Grandstand concert.
