Ravinia Steans Music Institute
Program for Singers | July 28—August 20, 2022
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.
Director of the Program for Singers, Kevin Murphy
First-time participant, soprano Brittany Logan, and third-time fellow, soprano Tiffany Choe, talk about their experience at Ravinia Steans Music Institute's Program for Singers during the summer of 2021.
Notable Alumni
Barbara Hannigan
Soprano & Conductor, 1999
Karen Slack
Soprano, 2008
Measha Bruegger-Gosman
Soprano, 2002
Amanda Majeski
Soprano, 2007
Janai Brugger
Soprano, 2011
Jennifer Johnson Cano
Mezzo-Soprano, 2008
Faculty and Fellows
Kevin Murphy, Program Director and Piano
Marianne Barrett, German Diction and Repertoire
Steven Blier, Vocal Coach and Pianist
Alan Darling, Vocal Coach and Pianist
James Conlon, Conductor and Master Clinician
Cori Ellison, Dramaturg
Walter Huff, Vocal Coach and Pianist
Graham Johnson, Scholar (German Lieder and French Melodie)
Gerald Martin Moore, Voice Teacher
Heidi Grant Murphy, Soprano and Voice Teacher
Patricia McCaffrey, Mezzo-Soprano and Voice Teacher
Lee Musiker, Music Director, Piano, Arranger
JJ Penna, Vocal Coach and Piano
Jennifer Ringo, Language and Diction Coach
Mark Schnaible, Bass-Baritone and Voice Teacher
Melissa Wegner, Career Development
Javier Arrebola, Head of Piano Staff
Kunal Lahiry
Lucas Nogara
Nikolay Verevkin
Ting Ting Wong
Lucy Baker, Mezzo-Soprano
Joel Balzun, Baritone
Ekaterina Chayka-Rubinstein, Mezzo-Soprano
Tiffany Choe, Soprano
Nuno de Araújo Pereira, Baritone
Yuntong Han, Tenor
Theo Hoffman, Baritone
Donghoon Kang, Bass-Baritone
Laurence Kilsby, Tenor
Anneliese Klenetsky, Soprano
Sabrina Langlois, Soprano
Siphokazi Molteno, Mezzo-Soprano
Korin Thomas-Smith, Baritone
Chloé Vaught, Soprano
David Wolfe, Baritone
