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Breaking Barriers 2026 Event Tickets

Conductor Marin Alsop, Composer Laura Karpman, and Conductor Chi-Yuan Lin superimposed on a filmstrip Breaking Barriers 2026 Festival: Women in Film and Music

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See below for details about the limited-availability add-on tickets for the pre-concert panel conversation and dinner on Friday, July 24 and the pre-concert workshop and demo performance on Saturday, July 25.

Tickets to the evenings’ main-event concerts are not included with the add-ons and must be purchased additionally.

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Pre-Concert Add-On Events (July 24 & 25)

“The Female Aperture through the History of Film” Panel & Dinner

Join us before the Breaking Barriers signature concert for a discussion with Ravinia Chief Conductor Marin Alsop, Oscar-nominated composer Laura Karpman, and special guests from the making and study of cinema, sharing the stories within the stories being told through music on screen. This engaging panel conversation also includes a private dinner in celebration of Women Composers in Film.

Limited availability!

July 24 add-on event ticket (per person): $65

(Add-on event ticket does not include a main‑event concert ticket.)

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“The Science of Scoring” Workshop/Performance

As Oscar-nominated composer Laura Karpman explains it, “the absolute magic of music in film is contingent on a strange bargain between an audience and a composer—it’s pure witchcraft.” Karpman and Ravinia Chief Conductor Marin Alsop lead an interactive presentation with a studio-size ensemble, workshopping sounds that demonstrate “The Science of Scoring” to create heroic, sad, suspenseful, and more moods.

Limited availability!

July 25 add-on event ticket (per person): $10

(Add-on event ticket does not include a main‑event concert ticket.)

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Individual Main‑Event Concert Tickets (July 24 & 25)

More Info for On the Movies
Fri, July 24, 2026
Hunter Pavilion

On the Movies

Music’s descriptive magic, written by women and about women
Marin Alsop & Laura Karpman, co-curators

CSO Series
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More Info for An Evening with St. Vincent
Sat, July 25, 2026
Hunter Pavilion

An Evening with St. Vincent

A new dimension of favorites and deep cuts, from Marry Me to All Born Screaming
Jules Buckley, conductor

CSO Series
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Ravinia is grateful to Don & Susan Civgin, Daniela O’Leary-Gill & George Gill, and Ellen Rudnick & Paul Earle for their generous sponsorship of the Breaking Barriers Festival.