Jazz Grandstand at Bennett Gordon Hall RSMI’s Jazz Program is focused on composition and small-group collaboration. From the moment they arrive, the 15 specially invited fellows are rehearsing in different instrumental combos and workshopping new music with the guidance of standard-bearers in the vitality of jazz - co-Artistic Directors Billy Childs, Rufus Reid, and Steve Wilson - together learning to adapt to gigging with ever-changing personnel. Within a week, the musicians form three quintets to premiere their original works on this evening’s culminating Jazz Grandstand concert.
Performers Ravinia Steans Music Institute Jazz Program Fellows