Premiere: String Quartet by Joel Thompson
Premiere: String Quartet by Joel Thompson

Premiere: String Quartet by Joel Thompson

Featuring Fellows of the Piano & Strings Program

Steans Institute Series
Sun, July 20, 2025 12:45 PM Tickets
Sun, July 20, 2025 1:30 PM Tickets

Know Before You Go

Getting to Ravinia: Parking, Rideshare & Train

Free Parking OnsiteFree Metra UP-N Train

  Park in the West Parking Lot at 201 Ravinia Park Rd. The lot opens at the listed “Public Gates” time.

 The South Parking Lot will only accommodate guests with disability parking placards or Ravinia Priority Parking Passes due to anticipated traffic for other events today.

Park and Ride shuttles are not in service for this event.

 Alert your driver: Uber, Lyft, and other car services must use one of the following parking lots to drop off and pick up guests.

  • West Parking Lot (201 Ravinia Park Rd)
  • Braeside Train Station (10 N. St. Johns Ave) — ¼ mile walk from Ravinia
  • No drop-offs or pick-ups are allowed on public streets. If Highland Park Police or Ravinia staff redirect traffic, please follow those instructions.

  Ride the Metra Union Pacific North Line train to and from our main entrance for free with your Ravinia ticket.
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Views of the Stage

Bennett Gordon Hall is an indoor venue. The stage is not visible from any location on the Lawn, nor is audio from the performance broadcast to the Lawn.

About the Performance

Performers

Zi Yang Low, violin
Boha Moon, violin
Haerim Oh, violin
Muyan Yang, violin
Miranda Werner, viola
Andrew Ilhoon Byun, cello
Jakob Giovanni Taylor, cello
Jiaxun Yao, cello
Nan Ni, piano
Yuki Yoshimi, piano

Program

Cécile Chaminade: Piano Trio No. 1 in G minor, op. 11 Zi Yang Low, violin; Jiaxun Yao, cello; Nan Ni, piano Joel Thompson: String Quartet No. 1 (premiere; commissioned by the Steans Institute) Boha Moon, violin; Muyan Yang, violin; Miranda Werner, viola; Jakob Giovanni Taylor, cello –Intermission– Johannes Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, op. 8 Haerim Oh, violin; Andrew Ilhoon Byun, cello; Yuki Yoshimi, piano

Program and featured artists are subject to change.