Master Class with Chief Conductor Marin Alsop

About the Artist

The 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 vocal performance, including style, technique, language, diction, dramaturgy, performance, and career preparation.

In addition to several afternoon and evening concerts presented during the summer, the musicians participate in a series of public master classes, where the faculty or a Ravinia guest artist provide in-the-moment insights on the fellows’ performances of excerpts from their repertoire, guiding both the growth of their interpretations and sharing the experience with all in attendance.

This master class is led by Ravinia Chief Conductor Marin Alsop, a powerful and inspiring exemplar and voice of music’s power to change lives. She is internationally recognized for her innovative approach to programming and audience development, as well as a deep commitment to education. The first and only conductor to receive a MacArthur Fellowship, Alsop made history as the first female conductor of the BBC’s Last Night of the Proms. To promote and nurture the careers of her fellow female conductors, in 2002 she founded the Taki Concordia Conducting Fellowship, which was renamed in her honor as the Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship in 2020. Deeply committed to music’s power to speak to the moment, she was Music Director of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music for 25 years, over the course of which she led 174 premieres.

Performers

RSMI Program for Singers 
Marin Alsop, conductor