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The Associates will raise their glasses in honor of the Ravinia Festival Women's Board at the 2012 Music Matters Benefit.

Music Matters 2012

A benefit to support Ravinia Festival and its REACH*TEACH*PLAY Education Programs

Music Matters is a black-tie benefit hosted every spring by the Ravinia Associates to raise money and awareness for Ravinia's Reach*Teach* Play Education Programs. The 2012 event will take place on Saturday, May 12, 2012 at the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel in Chicago. The evening will feature live performances by students, silent and live auctions, raffle, dinner, dancing and more.

Music Matters Co-chairmen Dave Gaspar & Michael Brooks and Ravinia Associates President Kara Longo Korte recently announced they will celebrate the Ravinia Festival Women's Board this year in honor of its 50th Anniversary.

Proceeds from Music Matters 2012 help support the Ravinia Associates' three-part mission: to fund Ravinia's unparalleled REACH*TEACH*PLAY Education Programs; to support Ravinia's audience development initiatives through fund-raising and volunteer efforts; and to promote a city-wide awareness of Ravinia and its musical programs. Ravinia Festival's extensive REACH*TEACH*PLAY programs engage more than 35,000 Chicagoans annually in interactive, far-reaching free musical opportunities throughout the City of Chicago and Chicago Public School system. These programs have a specific focus on the geographic areas that suffer most severely from a lack of arts opportunities for young people.

Learn more about Ravinia Associates.

Visit the official Music Matters webpage.

Click here to purchase tickets or make a contribution to Music Matters 2012, or contact associates@ravinia.org or (847) 266-5089.