Ravinia Steans Music Institute
Program for Singers | July 30 – August 25, 2024
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Program Overview
RSMI’s Program for Singers offers a unique setting for 15 classical singers to delve deeply into the vast repertoire of art song for three weeks. Fellows are paired with staff collaborative pianists to work with a faculty of distinguished musicians, pedagogues, and scholars on varied aspects of the musical tradition, including style, technique, language, diction, dramaturgy, performance, and career preparation.
Notable Alumni
Barbara Hannigan
Soprano & Conductor, 1999
Karen Slack
Soprano, 2008
Measha Brueggergosman
Soprano, 2002
Amanda Majeski
Soprano, 2007
Janai Brugger
Soprano, 2011
Jennifer Johnson Cano
Mezzo-soprano, 2008
Faculty and Fellows
Artistic Director
Kevin Murphy, piano and vocal coach
Faculty
Cori Ellison, dramaturg
Samuel Hasselhorn, German diction and repertoire
John Henes, Alexander Technique
Walter Huff, vocal coach and pianist
Graham Johnson, scholar (German lieder and French mélodie)
Gerald Martin Moore, voice teacher
Heidi Grant Murphy, soprano and voice teacher
Patricia McCaffrey, mezzo-soprano and voice teacher
JJ Penna, vocal coach and piano
Jennifer Ringo, language and diction coach
Mark Schnaible, bass-baritone and voice teacher
Dorothy Shrader, artistic producer
Melissa Wegner, career development
Susan Youens, scholar (art song)
Master Clinicians & Guest Artists
Kurt Elling, vocalist and Ravinia Jazz Advisor
Matthias Goerne, baritone
Larry Gray, string bass
Jeremy Kahn, piano and arranger
Karen Slack, soprano
Joel Spencer, percussion
Matthew Gemmill
Lucas Nogara
Marco Rizzello
Nikolay Verevkin
Ting Ting Wong
Micah Yui
Jonathan Elmore, tenor
Joanne Evans, mezzo-soprano
Gregory Feldmann, baritone
Robert Frazier, bass-baritone
Julia Holoman, mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Huff, tenor
Sabrina Langlois, soprano
Eva Rae Martinez, soprano
Laura Miah, soprano
Siphokazi Molteno, mezzo-soprano
Celeste Morales, soprano
Laureano Quant, baritone
Veronica Siebert, mezzo-soprano
Jennifer Mariel Velscao, soprano
Johanna Will, soprano
