ANNUAL REPORT 2011 - Ravinia Festival

ANNUAL REPORT 2011 

CELEBRATING 75 SUMMERS OF THE CSO 

ROBERT D. KREBS, 

CHAIRMAN BOARD OF TRUSTEES 

WELZ KAUFFMAN, 

PRESIDENT AND CEO 

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JAMES CONLON, 

MUSIC DIRECTOR

A MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN 

Drafting a message for Ravinia Festival’s 

annual report is a convenient excuse to 

look back on a summer filled with good 

friends and glorious music just as the days 

begin to darken early and the 

temperatures drop. What’s even more 

pleasing is to announce that in 2011, 

Ravinia not only achieved but surpassed its 

earned and contributed income goals 

while satisfying the varied tastes of nearly 

600,000 music lovers who applauded 

more than 100 separate events. 

Drawn to our diverse programming, 

which is more than 60 percent classical, 

and inspired by Ravinia’s three-pronged 

philanthropic mission to sustain classical 

music, return music to schools through our 

REACH*TEACH*PLAY education 

programs, and to maintain the nonprofit 

festival’s beautifully landscaped setting, 

contributors helped us achieve a recordbreaking 

year. Not only did Ravinia see 

growth in the amount of donations, but 

also in the numbers of people making 

those contributions. An expansion of the 

donor base is difficult any time, but is 

astounding in this tough economy. 

Let me thank those individuals, 

foundations and corporations that have 

generously supported Ravinia, with special 

gratitude to UBS, the festival’s lead 

sponsor since 2004. 

A key factor to our success, I believe, 

is Ravinia’s dedication to the customer 

experience. Despite being a longestablished 

institution, Ravinia is forwardfocused 

and willing to evolve. Under the 

leadership of our President and CEO Welz 

Kauffman, whose first goal was to improve 

the festival’s infrastructure, this past 

decade has seen more improvements to 

our park and to the concert experience 

than any other period in our 107-year 

history. We’ve tripled the opportunities to 

dine in a weather-controlled atmosphere 

with our award-winning dining pavilion; 

we’ve rebuilt our donor parking lots to be 

ecologically friendly and attractive; we’ve 

introduced mobility carts to help customers 

who need assistance traveling between 

key locations in the park; we’ve added 

video screens in the pavilion that give 

audiences views of the concerts like never 

before, including carefully timed, scorespecific 

close-ups of musicians and even 

keyboard players’ hands in action; and in 

2011 we opened our new grand entrance 

that gives people a sense of occasion 

when they arrive at the park along with the 

convenience of an underpass to the trains 

that so famously stop at our front gate. 

We’re already working on what might 

come next. In 2011 our incredibly 

engaged Board of Trustees initiated a longrange 

planning process to consider further 

improvements to our facilities, technology, 

education programs, customer experience 

and classical programming. I thank my 

fellow trustees for all their hard work on 

this project, and in all areas of governing 

the festival. The results speak for 

themselves. I specifically want to 

acknowledge five new trustees who joined 

this august board in 2011: restaurant 

proprietor Keene Addington; Mark 

Bergsrud of United; Gary Levin of Deloitte 

Financial Advisory Services LLP; Michael 

Gervasio of KPMG LLP; and Mark 

Gerstein of Latham & Watkins. 

Looking toward the future also means 

continuing our relationship with the 

incomparable Chicago Symphony 

Orchestra. Work has begun on a long-term 

contract to retain the CSO, whose summer 

residency Ravinia has hosted since 1936. 

That makes it the longest and most 

successful musical marriage in the world, 

and a great benefit to both organizations. 

I must also thank Jeanne Denison and 

our dedicated Women’s Board, who set 

the bar high for so many events, including 

our annual gala, while also contributing 

significantly to our bottom line. Special 

thanks go to our Ravinia Associates, a 

board of young professionals that 

promises a bright future for the festival. 

The Women’s Board started Ravinia’s 

education programs decades ago, and 

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both these groups are instrumental to our 

education activities, including our “El 

Sistema”-inspired student orchestras. We 

are looking forward to starting a new 

student orchestra in 2012. 

Ravinia’s approach to education 

continues into the shaping of professional 

musicians through our summer 

conservatory, the Steans Music Institute. 

We’ve integrated this program into the rest 

of the festival, giving more visibility 

through main-stage concerts to its 

participants, who receive fully paid 

fellowships to study with an esteemed 

faculty and the great artists who headline 

here. To ensure the future of this program, 

Ravinia has a launched a campaign to 

grow the endowment of SMI. 

In conclusion 2011 was a tremendous 

year for Ravinia Festival, critically and 

financially. This success is not just a 

memory to keep us warm through winter 

but also a challenge to do it all again in a 

few short months. 

Robert D. Krebs, Chairman 

Ravinia Festival Board of Trustees

A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT & CEO 

Listening to a steam calliope pump out “Bill Bailey 

Won’t You Please Come Home”— 

the first musical performance at the newly minted 

Ravinia over a century ago—who could have 

predicted that this one-time amusement park 

would host the annual summer residency of the 

inestimable Chicago Symphony Orchestra? In 

2011 we celebrated the 75th anniversary of this 

special relationship. 

The prime reason I came to Ravinia 12 years 

ago was to bring the brilliant Chicago Symphony 

Orchestra to new audiences for classical music. 

As a sort of Carnegie Hall without walls, Ravinia, 

with its eclectic programming (something different 

every day!), combined with our natural and 

welcoming setting,is the perfect place to give 

classical music a try. Our 17-concert CSO 

residency in 2011 showcased the variety and 

versatility of the mighty ensemble with a world 

premiere, timeless classic repertoire, superstar 

virtuosos, two movie nights, a complete opera, 

two major commissions and a multi-layered 

celebration of the bicentennial of the birth of 

charismatic composer/pianist/ 

media superstar Franz Liszt. The 19th-century 

musical genius was celebrated all summer as a 

composer, a mentor, a foil, a showman and 

inventor of the master class and the solo piano 

recital. 

There may not have been all the same people 

in the audience (and that’s a good thing), but the 

crowds were equally pleased by the best Tosca 

I’ve ever heard—with our brilliant Music Director 

James Conlon leading the CSO and soloists 

Patricia Racette, Bryn Terfel and the late 

Salvatore Licitra in his final performance—as they 

were by our big-screen extravaganza that had 

the CSO perform the Oscar-winning score to The 

Lord of the Rings—The Fellowship of the Ring live 

during showings of the film. 

Our indefatigable music director has come off 

an extraordinary year with the CSO (here and 

downtown, by invitation of Maestro Ricardo Muti) 

that included his conclusion of a multiyear Mahler 

cycle, a brilliant teaming with Yo-Yo Ma, and a 

world premiere commissioned by Ravinia from 

Nico Muhly for orchestra and five pianos (with 

the 5 Browns making their CSO debut!) and, of 

course, that perfect Tosca. Other highlights of the 

residency included Christoph von Dohnanyi 

conducting two back-to-back Brahms evenings 

with Emanuel Ax playing both piano concertos, 

and singer/songwriter Rufus Wainwright making 

his CSO debut with his own 5 Shakespeare 

Sonnets, commissioned by Ravinia. 

To help attract new listeners to the CSO, we 

created a preview edition of Ravinia Magazine 

that was hand-delivered to 400,000 households. 

We also created a CSO program guide directmailed 

to 200,000 households—all in addition to 

our regular brochure and advertising. We also 

worked with a student marketing team charged 

with creating a peer-to-peer campaign to 

encourage high school students to take 

advantage of free concerts in their own backyard 

by one of the world’s most important ensembles. 

The kids also devised a pre-concert event they 

called “Cannon Ball,” a pun based on that 

evening’s programming of the “1812” Overture, 

that attracted students from as far as Michigan. 

Building on our reputation as a family-friendly 

venue, we made it even easier to attend. In 2011 

we made it free for all children through age 15 to 

attend any classical concert on the lawn— 

including the centerpiece of our programming, 

the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, which has 

played Ravinia in its annual summer residency 

since 1936. We even had a free lawn day 

featuring music of Mozart, Tchaikovsky and 

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Dvorák. High school and college students who 

presented a school-issued I.D. at the box office 

also were given free lawn admission to classical 

concerts. A special 10-punch pass was also 

made available to all men and women serving in 

the military that allowed them to attend classical 

concerts for only $4 each. 

We’ve also responded to our customers who 

have asked for more alternative “classical” 

programs, whether it’s a film night like The Lord 

of the Rings or a performance by 11-year-old 

singing sensation Jackie Evancho or the 

stunningly innovative dance company Momix, 

whose wildly acclaimed dance-theater work 

Botanica was one of 50 Ravinia premieres in 

2011. 

Aside from classical, we offered a wide 

variety of favorite “oldies” (Deep Purple, Dave 

Brubeck, Tony Bennett, who, as part of his 85th 

birthday celebration, rededicated the painting he 

made of Ravinia), “goodies” (Chicago, Steely 

Dan, Doobie Brothers) and 50 debuts, including 

Maroon 5, Guster and Jack’s Mannequin and 

Chicago’s own Oscar- and Grammy-winner 

Jennifer Hudson. 

We unveiled our new grand entrance, but 

even bigger, in a way, was our reimagining of 

an existing space, the wonderfully intimate 450seat 

Bennett Gordon Hall. We’ve thoroughly 

engaged this performance space with a series of 

$10 concerts (the cost of going to a movie!) led 

by the incredibly talented fellows from our own 

summer conservatory, The Steans Music Institute 

(SMI). No longer will we hide this light under a 

bushel. Each year SMI fully funds around 60-70 

fellowships that give the next generation of 

headliners the opportunity to study individually, in 

groups and with a talented faculty, including 

public master classes with such festival favorites 

as singer Sylvia McNair and our own talented 

and tireless Music Director James Conlon. 

The $10 series also a featured standout 

performances by award-winning singer/actress 

Laura Benanti, cellist Zuill Bailey, pianist and 

From the Top radio show host Christopher 

O’Riley, pianist Valentina Lisitsa and exceedingly 

popular jazz pianist Eldar. 

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Ravinia has taken a leadership role in cultural 

education. I had the great pleasure this year to sit 

on the board of the Chicago Arts Learning 

Initiative (now called Ingenuity Inc.) that is 

organizing the efforts of all arts institutions 

working with CPS students in order to streamline 

processes, identify needs and reduce 

redundancies. We have a better picture of the 

arts education landscape in Chicago than we’ve 

ever had before. 

As they head into their 50th anniversary year, 

I’d like to thank the members of the Women’s 

Board of Ravinia Festival for constant inspiration. 

It was this group of intrepid volunteers who 

started Ravinia’s earliest education programs, 

and they continue to lead the way in today’s 

REACH*TEACH*PLAY programs, working on the 

creation of a second elementary school orchestra 

in the “El Sistema” mode. I thank the Ravinia 

Associates and all of our supporters, particularly 

our lead sponsor, UBS. 

I’d also like to acknowledge our partners at 

Chicago Botanic Garden, Kohl Children’s 

Museum and Writers’ Theatre for joining us under 

the banner DO NORTH to make our region a 

cultural attaction for all Chicagoland. 

Finally I thank a Board of Trustees for whom 

stewardship is “DO diligence.” It’s so great to see 

them attending the concerts and events that they 

make happen. Ravinia would not exist without 

their leadership. In fact, I just answered my own 

opening question: It is people like this who would 

have foreseen the great future of Ravinia and its 

enviable relationship with the CSO. 

Welz Kauffman, President and CEO 

Ravinia Festival Association

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JUNE 

CHICAGO CHILDREN’S CHOIR 

CONCERT DANCE, INC. 

CONCERT DANCE, INC. 

THE JUDDS 

THE MOODY BLUES 

KO-THI DANCE COMPANY 

WYNTON MARSALIS/ 

JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER 

ROBERT PLANT 

and the Band of Joy 

JAZZ SHOWCASE 

GO-GOs/THE B-52s 

DEEP PURPLE with Orchestra 

JULY 

MAROON 5/P. J. Morton 

JOSHUA BELL/IU Summer 

Festival Orchestra 

TOM CHAPIN & FRIENDS 

RALPH’S WORLD 

MUSIC OF ABBA by Arrival 

from Sweden 

PETER FRAMPTON: Frampton 

Comes Alive 35 

EMERSON STRING QUARTET 

CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 

LANG LANG plays Liszt 

CSO: ESCHENBACH conducts 

Rite of Spring 

CSO: DEBORAH VOIGT 

JUSTIN ROBERTS 

RAMSEY LEWIS TRIO/PINK 

MARTINI 

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DIRTY SOCK FUNTIME BAND 

K.D. LANG/The Belle Brigade 

Pianist VLADIMIR FELTSMAN 

A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION 

Live Broadcast 

Violinist MIRIAM FRIED & FRIENDS 

Daryl HALL & John OATES 

MAROON 5/P. J. Morton 

ZUKERMAN CHAMBERPLAYERS 

ZUKERMAN CHAMBERPLAYERS/ 

EMANUEL AX 

CSO: ALL-BRAHMS 

CSO: ALL-BRAHMS 

JENNIFER HUDSON 

JENNIFER HUDSON 

BRAHMS’S SEXTET 

WIND SOLOISTS FROM THE CSO 

Lisztian Lovers/André Watts & 

MIchael York 

CSO: RACHMANINOFF EVENING 

ADAM LEVINE TAKES TIME FROM HIS HIT SHOW THE 

VOICE TO MAKE HIS RAVINIA DEBUT WITH MAROON 5 

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FIVE FOR FIGHTING/ 

VANESSA CARLTON 

CSO: GERSHWIN GALA 

CSO: JAMES CONLON conducts 

“EROICA” 

CONLON SHOWCASE: 

Breaking the Silence 

Mezzo-soprano EKATERINA 

SEMENCHUK 

MISHA & CIPA DICHTER/ 

HARLEM STRING QUARTET 

THE BODEANS 

THE MARIACHI DIVAS 

CSO: TOSCA/RACETTE, LICITRA 

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CSO: TCHAIKOVSKY 

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Pianist JORGE FEDERICO 

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CSO: PERLMAN PLAYS 

BEETHOVEN 

CSO: YO-YO MA PLAYS 

TCHAIKOVSKY 

CSO: PERLMAN CONDUCTS 

FLEISHER 

HIGHLAND PARK STRINGS 

JACKIE EVANCHO of 

America’s Got Talent 

CSO: THE 5 BROWNS 

LOS LONELY BOYS/ 

LOS LOBOS 

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LYNYRD SKYNYRD 

DOOBIE BROTHERS 

GUSTER/ 

JACK’S MANNEQUIN 

CARRIE UNDERWOOD 

with orchestra 

Pianist ELDAR NEBOLSIN 

Pianist DMITRY MAYBORODA 

JUILLIARD STRING QUARTET 

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HANDEL’S ORLANDO 

(baroque opera in concert) 

STEELY DAN/Sam Yahel 

STEELY DAN/Sam Yahel 

CSO: RUFUS WAINWRIGHT 

TAKÁCS STRING QUARTET 

ITALIAN SONGS VOCAL RECITAL 

Pianist TZIMON BARTO PLAYS 

LISZT 

CHRISTOPHER O’RILEY 

“LISZT COVERS” 

Pianist VALENTINA LISITSA 

CSO: THE LORD OF THE RINGS 

CSO: THE LORD OF THE RINGS 

LINCOLN TRIO 

Pianist GARRICK OHLSSON 

AFIARA QUARTET 

MOMIX: BOTANICA 

Violinist GIORA SCHMIDT 

MOMIX: BOTANICA 

JOHN HIATT/BIG HEAD TODD & 

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Violinist ANNE AKIKO MEYERS 

LIFEHOUSE 

LYLE LOVETT & His Large Band 

Jazz pianist ELDAR DJANGIROV 

THE KNIGHTS Chamber 

Orchestra 

GIPSY KINGS 

(annual dance contest) 

TONY BENNETT 

85th Birthday Concert 

Violinist RAY CHEN 

CHICAGO 

LAURA BENANTI 

direct from Broadway 

CHICAGO 

Cellist ZUILL BAILEY 

MANDY PATINKIN/ 

NATHAN GUNN 

BROADWAY AND TELEVISION 

STAR LAURA BENANTI RAISES 

THE ROOF IN HER BENNETT 

GORDON HALL CONCERT

On July 7, piano phenomenon Lang Lang—who coincidentally launched his own 

international career at Ravinia in 1999—inaugurated the 2011 Chicago Symphony 

Orchestra residency at Ravinia as well as the festival’s summer-long observance of the 

bicentennial of the birth of Franz Liszt, playing the Liszt Piano Concerto No.1. He also 

performed Chopin’s Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise on a program that included 

Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique conducted by Lang Lang’s mentor Christoph Eschenbach. 

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On July 30, Ravinia Music Director James Conlon (top left) led the CSO in a thrilling 

concert performance of Puccini’s beloved Tosca starring tenor Salvatore Licitra (top 

right) as Cavarodossi, the artist-revolutionary whose love for the tempestuous Tosca 

(soprano Patricia Racette, bottom left) is thwarted by the evil and corrupt chief of police Scarpia 

(bass-baritone Bryn Terfel, bottom right). Filling out Puccini’s sonic tapestry was the Apollo 

Chorus of Chicago and Chicago Children’s Choir. 

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Two complete screenings of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring with live 

accompaniment by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and choruses plus soloists drew 

throngs of Tolkien fanatics to Ravinia on August 18 and 19. The combination of the epic 

film and Howard Shore’s lush symphonic score performed by America’s greatest orchestra 

provided two evenings of magic greater than any mere wizard could conjure, thrilling tens of 

thousands of audience members. 

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Legendary cellist Yo-Yo Ma (below) returned to join the CSO under James Conlon at Ravinia 

on August 5 for two celebrations of Tchaikovsky’s melodic invention, his Andante cantabile 

and “Rococo” Variations. The program also included Maestro Conlon’s own suite of 

excerpts from this year’s One Score, One Chicago selection, Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet. It 

truly was a night of music “From Russia—With Love.” 

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By George, the Women’s Board of Ravinia Festival hosted an incredible Gala Benefit Evening on 

July 23, honoring the 75th anniversary of George Gershwin’s one and only Ravinia appearance. 

An all-star lineup of great Gershwin interpreters (above, from left)—singers Kelli O’Hara, Brian 

Stokes Mitchell, Sylvia McNair and pianist Kevin Cole—dazzled the audience in a program that 

reproduced much of the repertoire Gershwin himself performed here in 1936. The CSO, itself 

celebrating the 75th anniversary of their Ravinia summer residency, was heroically led by David Alan 

Miller, who graciously stepped in on short notice for an ailing James Conlon. 

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The musical family phenomenon called The 5 Browns—a quintet of talented siblings who all 

attended The Juilliard School and now make music simultaneously on five grand pianos—returned 

to Ravinia for their resounding Chicago Symphony Orchestra debut on August 9. Making the 

occasion all the more special was the world premiere of The Edge of the World, a work Ravinia 

Festival commissioned especially for them and the CSO by one of today’s leading compositional 

talents, Nico Muhly. The concert, led by Ravinia Music Director James Conlon, also included 

Shostakovich’s triumphant Fifth Symphony. 

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Pop troubadour Rufus Wainwright made his Chicago Symphony Orchestra debut singing his 

own Ravinia-commissioned (with the San Fransico Symphony) cycle Five Shakespeare 

Sonnets (above) on a program that included the CSO performing other Shakespearethemed 

music in the first half of the concert, conducted by Jeffrey Kahane . Following 

intermission, the singer-songwriter returned (below right) for a full-blown concert of his own hits 

that have made him a favorite at Ravinia and elsewhere. 

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Part dance, part abstract art, and pure magic, Moses Pendelton’s wildly inventive troupe 

Momix made an indelible impression with their Ravinia debut performances on September 

9 and 10. The vehicle they chose, Botanica, was an eye-popping celebration of the 

determination with which plants, in the words of Maurice Maeterlinck, strive to “approach 

another kingdom, to enter a moving, animated world”—a quote that applies equally well to 

the brilliant young dancers of Momix. 

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Another 2011 Ravinia debut that flooded the park with wildly enthused fans was that of 

Maroon 5, which appeared on June 30 and July 1 with special guest PJ Morton. Guided 

by lead singer Adam Levine, the group delighted sold-out audiences with the highenergy 

hits that have been their hallmark for over a decade. 

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Oscar- and Grammy-winning singer Jennifer Hudson made Ravinia one of her very few 

concert appearances this summer with her festival debut performances on July 16 and 

17. The evening, with opening act Miguel, revealed Hudson to be a visual and sonic 

knockout—truly the Windy City’s very own “dreamgirl.” 

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Along with exciting new acts and upcoming young artists, Ravinia’s impressive roster of 

festival debuts also features the tried-and-true, bringing classic rock groups to be savored 

by their longtime fans as well as whole new generations of listeners. One of the 

summer’s hottest tickets was the August 12 and 13 debut performances of Steely Dan, the 

iconic rock-jazz-blues-funk band created in the late 1960s by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker. 

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Perhaps the youngest headliner to make a Ravinia debut in 2011 was the 11-year-old 

America’s Got Talent phenomenon Jackie Evancho. Her purely focused soprano voice was 

perfectly showcased in a program featuring the Ravinia Festival Orchestra and guest 

pianist Conrad Tao, and gave a capacity audience a preview of musical treasures to be 

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Ravinia’s summer conservatory, The Steans Music Instiute, offers 60-70 fully paid fellowships 

to talented professionals from around the world. The participants study with an esteemed 

faculty and work with the artists who headline the festival. They also perform free concerts 

throughout the summer and are the featured main-stage headliners in five sold-out concerts, the 

anchor of Ravinia’s $10 Classics series. 

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Ravinia Festival reaches out to families around Chicagoland through its REACH*TEACH*PLAY 

education programs, which include newly created student orchestras in the “El Sistema” 

model, under the guidance of the festival’s Women’s Board. The programs feature a 

community conservatory in Lawndale, artists in elementary school classrooms and the Jazz 

Scholars program in high schools. This year, Ravinia started a new project with Highland Park 

High School to have students create peer-to-peer strategies to attract high school-aged students to 

CSO concerts. This culminated in the highly successful Cannon Ball Event. 

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Ravinia expanded the use of its most intimate space, the 450-seat Bennett Gordon Hall by 

opening it up for a series of $10 concerts that included performances by the Steans Music 

Institute, Christopher O’Riley, jazz sensation Eldar, Broadway star Laura Benanti and many 

more. This allows Ravinia to book artists in an appropriately sized hall and to program more 

than one concert on a given night. 

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&QA For 

One especially fertile 

ground for our artists 

was the question, 

“Do you have an 

annoying habit?” For 

pianist Christopher 

O’Riley, it was 

“Wolfing my food.” 

Country music 

sensation Carrie 

Underwood 

described her hidden 

vice thusly: “I can sometimes be a little obsessive about 

some things. I have to have my fridge and pantry 

completely organized, and if anyone puts something 

back in the wrong place, heaven help them!” She seems 

to have a kindred spirit in the person of baritone 

Nathan Gunn, who confided, “I don’t think it’s 

annoying, but others might: I like loading the 

dishwasher in a way that makes sense so that it’s easy 

to unload after the cycle is over.” Vocalist Laura Benanti 

explained, “I say ‘I’m sorry’ all the time, even when 

there is absolutely no reason to do so. It’s a really weird 

and annoying habit!” Marta Aznavoorian of The Lincoln 

Trio dodged the issue a bit by replying, “Not that I know 

of! However, my pet peeve is when I can hear people 

chewing their gum. It doesn’t look very pretty, either.” 

Violinist Ray Chen admitted, “Yes—checking my 

Facebook 10 times a day. Any less and I start having 

withdrawal symptoms.” 

Time seems to be at the heart of the vices of several of 

our summer guests. John Oates, of the legendary rock 

duo Hall & Oates, claims “I am very punctual, which is 

a character flaw as a musician.” This is in contrast to 

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several years now, as part of our ongoing attempts to 

establish a less formal and more casual relationship between 

performing artists and audiences, Ravinia has invited our 

artists to respond to a brief, informal interview feature we call 

“Q&A,” in which they are asked to answer a number of 

decidedly frivolous questions. Some choose not to respond at 

all; others provide only one-word answers. But some really 

take them to heart and make the effort to reveal a part of their 

personality that might not come across from the stage. We’d 

like to share some of the more interesting replies with you. 

Colin Jacobsen, first violinist of The Knights chamber 

orchestra, who reveals “I’m overly optimistic with time, 

thinking it’s possible to be in two places simultaneously, 

which can translate regularly as 15 minutes late.” And 

pianist Valentina Lisitsa really unburdened her soul on 

the subject: “I am the biggest procrastinator with 

anything but music. My ‘business’ communication is 

always in dismal shape. Hey, I am even responding to 

this Q&A an evening before the deadline, even though I 

had it for a month! I just keep adding red flag ‘to do 

list’ to my e-mails, and they keep piling up. I have very 

tempting fantasies about declaring an email 

‘bankruptcy’—just send an apologetic email to 

everybody on my ‘to do’ list, close my e-mail account, 

and start anew with a new address. It is not going to 

help, though. To add insult to injury, I am not a ‘phone 

person.’ Somehow, since childhood I have had a ‘duck 

and cover’ reaction to a ringing phone. I would rather 

go to dentist than have a meaningful conversation on 

the phone. I can’t get rid of this habit—to my utter 

shame.” 

Perhaps the most offbeat “annoying habits” are those of 

Adam Gardner, Ryan Miller and Brian Rosenworcel, the 

three members of rockgroup Guster. Ryan: “I finish 

everyone’s sentences for them.” Brian:

“Sexting? Answering interview questions with only 

sarcasm?” And not to be outdone, Adam: “I love to pick 

my nose and am not ashamed to do so in public, much 

to my wife’s chagrin.” 

Miriam Fried, director 

of the program for 

piano and strings at 

Ravinia’s Steans Music 

Institute, tells us what 

happens after a 

concert: “A concert is a 

celebration, and I do 

not really feel that I 

need to ‘wind down’ 

after it. It is concerts I 

feel unhappy about 

that require 

postmortems and then 

trying to forget about 

them.” But the most 

startling revelation 

came, once again, from Guster’s drummer Brian 

Rosenworcel: “I usually put my hands in a bucket of ice 

right when we get off stage so my fingers aren’t so 

inflamed when it’s time to abuse the hand drums again 

the next day.” 

The question of “What is the best compliment you ever 

received and from whom?” also elicited some intriguing 

replies. For Valentina Lisitsa it was “from a random 

online fan who wrote to thank me for what he called 

‘disturbing playing.’ This is the best compliment indeed. 

I dislike smooth, pleasant, non-denominational music 

making—the kind one hears in elevator or upscale 

bakeries. I am not an entertainer-pianist, not a feel-good 

pianist; my aim is to disturb listeners into the most deep 

and profound emotions they are capable of.” Brian 

Rosenworcel didn’t hesitate: “This is an easy one. We 

opened for Sting once in Columbus, and he must have 

watched our set, because he stormed into our dressing 

room afterwards and asked me how on Earth I played 

the drums that way night 

after night, adding, ‘I 

ought to give you a 

Sting Medal for . . 

something.’ It wasn’t 

exactly a compliment, 

now that I think about 

it. I think it came from a 

place of concern.” 

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Violinist Ilmar Gavilan of the Harlem Quartet said the 

group’s best compliment came “from Chick Corea, who 

said, ‘I cried trough the whole performance of my 

quartet. You guys made it sound better than what I 

wrote!’” John Oates still prides himself on a compliment 

he received from bluegrass mandolin player Sam Bush, 

who said “Nashville is a better place now that Oates is 

here in town.” Pat Simmons of The Doobie Brothers 

quotes “‘You’re the best dad in the world’—from my 

kids, right before they said I was a jerk!” Marta 

Aznavoorian’s favorite is a bit more lofty: “After I 

performed a concert at a middle school down state, a 

young girl told me afterwards that when I am playing, I 

look as if I am looking at heaven.” 

Tessa Lark recalls that “a man once came up to me after 

a concert and told me that he was there with his elderly 

mother who for years hadn’t smiled because of severe 

pains she was 

experiencing from 

chronic arthritis. After I 

played, he said, she 

was grinning ear to 

ear; he was astonished 

and asked her if her 

pain was gone and 

she said, ‘Of course 

not, I feel awful—but I 

think I just heard the 

best violinist of my 

life!’ To bring a smile 

back to someone's 

face, through such physical pain, is the most I could ask 

for from a performance, and certainly one of the 

greatest compliments I’ve ever encountered.” Walt 

Parazaider of the rock group Chicago had a lot to say 

on this one, too: “This is a pretty tough one. Hard to 

pinpoint the best one because I have been fortunate to 

have many people say very nice things about me. I 

would narrow it down to two. Jimi Hendrix said the 

horns are like one set of lungs and wanted to record an 

album with us. But, unfortunately, that didn’t 

happen because of his passing. The second would be 

Cannonball Adderly saying I started a really great 

band. As a point of information, I saw Cannonball a 

few times at Ravinia when I was a very young 

musician.” 

Some of the compliments were a bit more whimsical. 

Chris O’Riley got his “at Ravinia Festival after my first all-

Radiohead recital, from [fellow pianist] Claude Frank: ‘I 

don’t know Radiohead from a hole-in-the-head, but I 

loved the piano-playing and I loved the music.’” Laura 

Benanti shared, “Patti LuPone told me I should be a 

stand-up comedian. That was pretty cool.” And Adam 

Golka no longer remembers who said it, but claims his 

greatest compliment was, “Great shoes!” 

One other surprising result came from the collective 

answers to “What is your favorite movie of all time?” 

Nowhere were the expected results of The Wizard of 

Oz or Gone with the Wind or Citizen Kane; instead we 

got To Kill a Mockingbird (Laura Benanti), The Tree of 

Life (Christopher O’Riley), Guess Who’s Coming to 

Dinner (Walt Parazaider), The Royal Tenenbaums (Marta 

Aznavoorian), Pixar’s Up (Bella Hristova), Fight Club 

(Adam Levine of Maroon 5), “a tie between Where the 

Wild Things Are and Fight Club (pianist Conrad Tao), 

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Steans 

cellist Nathan Vickery), Cinema Paradiso (Pat 

Simmons), Patton (John Oates), Lisztomania (Valentina 

Lisitsa), the Halloween movies (Carrie Underwood), just 

about any “Western directed 

by Clint Eastwood” (Nathan 

Gunn) and Pee Wee’s Big 

Adventure (Brian 

Rosenworcel): “Next week I 

will show it to [my 3-year-old 

daughter] and she will have 

nightmares about Large Marge 

for the rest of her childhood.” 

But the most vociferous 

response came from several 

fans of the 1998 Coen 

Brothers comedy, The Big 

Lebowski, which was named 

by Adam Golka as his favorite 

Thank you! 

To all of the wonderful artists who took the time to share some small but fascinating and 

previously unknown facets of their lives with Ravinia audiences by answering these and 

other questions, we offer a sincere and deeply felt “Thank you!” For the full responses from 

this season’s Rising Stars artists, visit the Ravinia website at www.ravinia.org. 

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movie (and responded to 

the next question, “What 

would be the most difficult 

thing for you to give up?” 

with “My favorite movie”), 

Gilles Vonsattel (who placed 

it in a tie with 2001: A 

Space Odyssey, citing 

“great music in both”) and 

both Colin Jacobsen and 

conductor Eric Jacobson of 

The Knights. Eric 

approached it gradually, 

pointing out that “The 

Graduate, The Godfather 

and Star Wars all hold very 

special places in my heart, but without The Big 

Lebowski, where would our generation be?” His brother 

Colin elaborated: “Within The Knights, we probably 

could act out the whole movie, line by line. Every detail 

of the absurd plot is lovingly cared for. And the 

soundtrack is great: Mozart, Meredith Monk, 

Kenny Rogers, Gipsy Kings, Moondog, Dylan and 

more. ‘The Dude Abides.’’

GRAND ENTRANCE 

UNDERPASS PROJECT 

COMPLETED 

Breaking ground immediately 

following the 2010 season, 

Ravinia completed the $5 million 

grand entrance pedestrian 

underpass that connects the main 

parking lot to the festival grounds 

at the Tyler Gate entrance under 

the Metra train tracks. Designed 

by JJR, this handicappedaccessible 

ADA-compliant 

underpass features a concrete 

relief panel displaying the name 

“Ravinia” camouflaged in a relief 

image of birch trees. The new 

structure eliminates long wait times 

in the parking lot for customers 

who cannot enter the grounds 

while trains are unloading. In the 

past, wait times were as long as 

30 minutes when the northbound 

and southbound trains arrived 

consecutively. Ravinia staff and its 

contractors worked closely with 

representatives from Union Pacific 

Railroad and the City of Highland 

Park for two years to plan this 

project. 

The grand entrance officially 

opened on the first day of the 

2011 season, June 9, when the 

acclaimed Chicago Children’s 

Choir broke through a banner 

which featured a reprint of a 

historic photo of Ravinia’s train 

line, stretched across the tunnel 

while they sang a spiritual. The 

opening festivities also included a 

kiddie train ride in the park, an 

“instrument petting zoo,” where 

kids could try out musical 

instruments, prizes and train safety 

information provided by Metra. 

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CELEBRATING THE 75 TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CSO IN THE PARK 

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1936: Ravinia Festival reopens; 

George Gershwin makes his only 

Ravinia appearance. 

1944: Leonard Bernstein makes 

his CSO debut at Ravinia. 

1964: Seiji Ozawa named 

Ravinia’s first music director. 

1936 

1941: The U.S. 

declares war on 

Japan, Germany 

and Italy. 

1954: The Salk 

vaccine marks 

the beginning of 

the end of polio. 

1963: President John F. 

Kennedy is assassinated. 

1973: James Levine becomes 

Ravinia music director. 

1975: CSO soloists perform Bach’s 

complete “Brandenburg” Concertos. 

1979: The CSO performs all nine 

Mahler Symphonies at Ravinia. 

1977: George Lucas releases 

the very first Star Wars movie. 

1973: The Sears Tower opens as 

the world’s tallest building. 

1969: The Woodstock Music and Art Fair 

draws half a million people. 

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1994: Christoph 

Eschenbach becomes 

Ravinia’s third music 

director. 

1997:The DVD 

is introduced 

1983: The compact disc 

(CD) is introduced. 

2001: Ravinia begins 

commissioning a series of 

“Train Works” for the CSO. 

2003: James Conlon is 

named Ravinia’s 

fourth music director. 

2004: Centennial 

Celebration 

2001: The World Trade Center 

is destroyed by terrorists. 

2009: Abraham 

Lincoln Celebration 

2011: Ravinia 

celebrates the 75th 

anniversary of the 

CSO residency. 

2011

RAVINIA IN HIGHLAND PARK 

The not-for-profit Ravinia Festival has contributed $780,655 to its 

hometown of Highland Park, announced festival President and CEO 

Welz Kauffman. This is the third year of a 10-year agreement through 

which the festival donates 5 percent of its annual gross ticket revenue to 

the city for its use as needed. This is the largest amount donated to date, 

following $758,000 in 2010 and $710,000 in 2009, for a total of 

nearly $2.25 million. 

“We are so appreciative of the contributions Ravinia Festival makes 

to our community as a world-class performing arts center, a popular 

social destination, and as an economic engine for our city,” said 

Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering. “It has been and continues to be 

our pleasure to partner with Ravinia Festival.” 

“Ravinia Festival and the City of Highland Park have grown up 

together, and this agreement demonstrates that when Ravinia is 

successful, Highland Park is successful,” Kauffman said. “Highland Park 

is an extraordinary community filled with consumers of culture. That’s 

one reason why Ravinia is able to thrive and evolve with such 

improvements as our new grand entrance and underpass.” 

Prior to this agreement, Ravinia supported Highland Park by 

contributing more than $2.7 million over 13 years to local not-for-profits 

through YEA Highland Park, which distributed these funds to agencies 

dedicated to youth, education, the arts and social programs. The city of 

Highland Park continues to fund YEA with a portion of Ravinia’s annual 

contribution under the new arrangement. 

A study conducted by an independent research firm determined 

that Ravinia Festival is a boon to the local economy, indicating that 

concertgoers spend an average of $60 to $90 outside the venue with 

each visit. The venue also hires many local residents, with over 100 

employed in 2009, not counting police officers and restaurant staffs. 

The venue also waives $100,000 in fees for Township High School 

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District 113 to graduate from the pavilion stage in two separate 

ceremonies each June. 

Ravinia remains an active member of the Highland Park Chamber 

of Commerce, through which we awarded our sixth annual $1,000 

scholarship to a Highland Park student endeavoring to study music in 

college. Our REACH*TEACH*PLAY department continues to work with 

School District 112, including its annual “Kids Go Classic” event 

intended to introduce elementary schoolchildren to symphonic music, 

distributing 1,200 free tickets. 

Ravinia was actively involved in planning the “Focus on the Arts” 

immersion week at Highland Park High School. We introduced an arts 

marketing class at Highland Park High School in which 13 motivated 

students were charged with the task of peer-to-peer marketing of the 

CSO to other high school students. We implemented their plans, which 

included a competition between high schools. Each time a high school 

student showed a valid I.D. for FREE lawn admission to a CSO concert, 

he/she received one point. At the end of the summer, the school with the 

most points would win $5,000 for its music programs. A second, related 

plan invited kids from all high schools for a social “meet-up.” The 

students named it the Cannon Ball, a pun borne of the evening’s concert 

program featuring the “1812” overture. More than 200 students from as 

far as Michigan attended that pre-concert party and many of them then 

experienced the CSO for the first time. In the end, Highland Park High 

School pressed home court advantage to win the $5,000—which was 

generously donated by the Ravinia Associates. 

For more information on the festival, please visit Ravinia.org. 

Ravinia welcomes all festival fans to follow, connect and interact online 

at backstage.ravinia.org, facebook.com (search Ravinia Festival) and 

twitter.com/raviniafestival. Ravinia Festival is a not-for-profit 

organization.

RAVINIA IN SOCIAL MEDIA 

Like it, tweet it, snap it, 

tag it, post it and share. 

Ravinia is listening and sharing with its audience in a whole 

new way with social media. While our big-hitters are 

Facebook and Twitter garnering over 25,000 fans and 

followers, our presence does not stop there. We are actively 

engaging with our audience on LinkedIn, Flickr, Picasa, 

Instagram, FourSquare, Last.fm, and more recently, Spotify. 

Our patrons engaged with our social media in record 

numbers. Facebook had an unprecedented double-digit 

percentage increase over previous seasons. 

Our twitter photo caption contest helped catapult Chicago 

Symphony Orchestra’s presentation of Lord of the Rings: the 

Fellowship of the Ring to be one of the most successful 

Chicago Symphony Orchestra performances in Ravinia 

history. For the night of the Lord of the Rings presentations, 

and two additional shows afterwards, we turned our lawn 

screen into a LIVE Twitter feed that audience members could 

tweet at using special hash tags and watch as their tweet 

came up in real-time on the giant screen. Ravinia-ran photo 

caption contests, a marriage proposal, photos of picnics, 

and audience-ran trivia games on the lawn, via the Twitter 

wall, were just some of the highlights of the evening and this 

is only the beginning. 

From a REACH*TEACH*PLAY concert at Hibbard to a $25 

special CSO concert for the July 31 Tchaikovsky spectacular, 

our audience can’t seem to get enough Ravinia, and as our 

social media presence strengthens, it will be easier than ever 

to truly bring the experience Ravinia anywhere. 

WE MONITOR FEEDBACK 

20,425 FANS 

4,895 FOLLOWERS 

Increase from second half of season

FISCAL 2011 • FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 

Fiscal 2011 Ravinia Festival revenues totaled a record $28.3 million, vs. $27.6 million the previous 

year. Ticket sales reached $15.7 million, vs. $15.3 million in 2010, while contributions totaled a 

record $10.8 million, up from $10.5 million in 2010. 

Festival expenses for fiscal 2011 totaled $27.8 million, versus $27.1 million in 2010, with the increase 

shared among artistic, technical and support costs. 

The resulting $496,000 operating surplus, along with income of $2,682,000 from the festival’s 

endowment fund, will be transferred to the festival’s fixed asset fund, in anticipation of project 

expenditures under the long-range planning initiative. 

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25 

20 

15 

10 

5 

0 

2002 

2003 

Five Year Summary of Key Financial Data 

Operating Results (Amounts in Thousands of Dollars) 

Total Revenues in Millions 2002-2011 

2004 

2005 

2006 

Revenues 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 

Earned Income 15,051 14,916 16,215 17,089 17,444 

Contributed Income 9,482 9,599 9,754 10,531 10,829 

Special Project/Artistic Initiatives Funds - 

- 200 - - 

Total Revenues 24,533 24,515 26,169 27,620 28,273 

Expenses 

Variable Costs 13,077 

Other Operating Expenses 9,838 

Depreciation 1,479 

24,394 

29 

12,712 

10,364 

1,697 

24,773 

15,136 

9,937 

1,760 

26,833 

15,624 

9,696 

1,818 

27,138 

15,983 

9,957 

1,837 

27,777 

Surplus/(Deficit) Before Endowment Transfer 139 (258) (664) 482 496 

Covered by Earnings Transfer 258 664 

139 - - 

482 496 

2007 

Attendance Summary 

Total Attendance 592,864 

No. of Performances 111 

2008 

602,091 

103 

2009 

2010 

571,197 

93 


572,169 

96 

575,093 

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RAVINIA 2011 LEADERSHIP 

The Honorable Patrick J. Quinn 

Governor of Illinois 

Robert D. Krebs 

Chairman 

James T. Glerum, Jr. 

Vice Chairman and Treasurer 

John C. Berghoff, Jr. 

Vice Chairman 

James Abrams 

Howard Ackerman 

Keene Addington 

Aaron E. Alt 

Larry A. Barden 

John C. Berghoff, Jr. 

Mark Bergsrud 

Debra A. Cafaro 

Jane D. Casper 

Adela Cepeda 

Stephen M. Chipman 

Jeanne M. Denison 

Christopher A. Deveny 

Annette Dezelan 

Tadashi Enami 

Clifton L. Fenton 

John C. Fortson 

Michael M. Froy 

Mark D. Gerstein 

Michael R. Gervasio 

James T. Glerum, Jr. 

Louis B. Goldman 

Howard L. Gottlieb 

Joseph A. Gregoire 

Kelly Grier 

Jeffrey C. Hammes 

Matthew F. Hilzinger 

Betsy Holden 

Richard D. Johnson 

David R. Kahnweiler 

Welz Kauffman 

Emily T. Knight 

Kara Longo Korte 

Robert D. Krebs 

Jeffrey M. Leiden, M.D., Ph.D. 

Marcus Lemonis 

Richard H. Lenny 

Gary J. Levin 

Susan C. Levy 

Harold R. Lifvendahl 

James W. Mabie 

Holly W. Madigan 

Alan R. May 

Lucy R. Minor 

Toni-Marie Montgomery 

Mary Moreland 

Christopher Noon 

Daniela O’Leary-Gill 

Alice M. Peterson 

Dale R. Pinkert 

The Honorable Nancy Rodkin Rotering 

Mayor of Highland Park 

Jeffrey M. Leiden, M.D., Ph.D. 

Vice Chairman 

Kelly Grier 

Secretary 

Welz Kauffman 

President and Chief Executive Officer 

RAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION 2011 BOARD OF TRUSTEES 

RAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION 2011 LIFE TRUSTEES 

Cameron S. Avery 

Marshall Bennett 

Jean S. Berghoff 

Harry H. Bernbaum 

Lawrence Block 

Sandra K. Crown 

John A. Edwardson* 

Christoph Eschenbach 

Stanley M. Freehling* 

Ellen C. Gignilliat 

Mrs. David J. Harris 

Richard D. Harza 

Thomas D. Heath 

Richard H. Hunt 

Dolores Kohl Kaplan 

Martin J. Koldyke 

Michael E. Lavin* 

Ramsey Lewis 

Donald G. Lubin* 

Mrs. Irl H. Marshall, Jr. 

R. Eden Martin* 

William J. McDonough* 

Harvey N. Medvin 

Zarin Mehta 

Josephine Baskin Minow 

R. Michael Murray, Jr. 

Mrs. Leonard J. O’Connor 

Marian P. Pawlick* 

James T. Rhind 

Donald W. Schaumberger 

The Honorable Milton I. Shadur 

Patricia Sikorovsky 

Harrison I. Steans 

Mrs. Harrison I. Steans 

Bruce V. Rauner 

Daniel H. Reisner 

Larry D. Richman 

Peter Roberts 

Audrey C. Rubinstein 

Michael J. Sacks 

E. Scott Santi 

Jana R. Schreuder 

Stephen N. Sehler 

Joseph T. Seminetta 

Richard L. Sevcik 

Alejandro Silva 

Jennifer W. Steans 

Avy H. Stein 

John A. Stepan 

Thomas H. Stone 

Reverend Richard L. Tolliver 

Paul B. Uhlenhop 

Mark A. Wagner 

Michael Waks 

J. Randall White 

Christopher L. Williams 

Thomas C. Wright 

Paul G. Yovovich 

Richard A. Stein 

Pamela B. Strobel* 

David B. Weinberg* 

Robert G. Weiss 

Emory Williams 

* Past Chairman 

In Memoriam: 

Samuel M. Budwig, Jr. 

Joan S. Freehling 

J. Parker Hall III 

Burton Kaplan 

Morris A. Kaplan 

Robert F. Reusche 

John A. Wing

RAVINIA FESTIVAL WOMEN’S BOARD 

Jeanne M. Denison, Chairman 

Becky Murray, Vice Chairman 

Lisa Brown Tribbett, Administrative Vice 

Chairman 

Elizabeth Karabatsos, Recording Secretary 

Andrea G. Fox, Treasurer 

Sarah B. Barden, Member-at-large 

Caroline T. Huebner, Member-at-large 

Toby Newman, Member-at-large 

Marilynn Alsdorf 

Sarah B. Barden 

Mrs. Orville C. Beattie 

Debra S. Beck 

Jean Smith Berghoff+ 

Elizabeth Bergmann 

Mrs. George H. Bodeen+ 

Susan Bodeen 

Mary A. Boyer 

Lynn C. Burt 

Lutgart Calcote 

Leslie S. Carothers 

Wendy Alders Cartland 

Mamie Case 

Jane D. Casper+ 

Judy Castellini 

Mrs. Hammond E. Chaffetz 

Jane B. Colman 

Kirby Lewis Colson 

Catherine J. Cooper 

Mrs. Robert A. Cox 

Sandra K. Crown+ 

Mrs. John A. Daniels 

Bobbie B. Denison 

Jeanne M. Denison 

Mindy Meade DeStefano 

Annette G. Dezelan+ 

Victoria Dorgan 

Mrs. Jerrold L. Eberhardt 

Susan R. Elliott 

Mrs. William S. Ettelson 

Mrs. Robert Feitler 

Mrs. Peter B. Foreman 

Christy S. Fowler 

Andrea G. Fox 

Ilana Fradkin 

Mrs. Maurice F. Fulton+ 

Ellen Gignilliat 

Mrs. Bruce K. Goodman 

Barbara Greis 

Kelly Grier 

Mrs. William N. Guthrie 

Mrs. Stanton T. Hadley 

Mrs. Richard C. Halpern 


Margaret Mitchell Hastings 

Mrs. Thomas D. Heath 

Gail Hodges 

Caroline T. Huebner 

Mrs. Thomas B. Hunter III 

Mrs. Jorge Iorgulescu 

Judy Istock 

Mrs. Edward R. James+ 

Lori L. James 

Elizabeth Karabatsos 

Dolores Kohl Kaplan 

Niven Q. Kingwill 

Carol Evans Klenk 

Emily T. Knight+ 

Janet W. Krasny 

Claudia Stewart Lane 

Donna LaPietra 

Mrs. Samuel T. Lawton, Jr. 

Mrs. M. James Leider 

Mary Clewlow Loch 

Amy Lubin 

Mrs. Irl H. Marshall, Jr. • 

Mrs. Lester M. Mayber 

Mrs. John W. McCarter, Jr. 

Jean McClung+ 

Patty McGrath 

Betty McLean 

Mrs. Alan G. McNally 

Sheila Medvin 

Barbara Melcher 

Lucy R. Minor 

Mrs. John R. Moore 

Mary Moreland 

Mrs. David Moscow 

Becky Murray 

Mrs. Joseph E. Nathan • 

Toby Newman 

Mrs. Ray E. Newton, Jr. 

Pamela Sims Nunley 

Mrs. Leonard J. O'Connor+ • 

Daniela O'Leary-Gill 

Jane D. Otis 

Marian P. Pawlick 

Jane Perkins 

Sara Pfaff 

Sue N. Pick 

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Betsey N. Pinkert 

Cynthia Willis Pinkerton 

Mrs. Neil K. Quinn 

Gloria Reisner 

Merle Reskin 

Nancy Rodkin Rotering 

Susi Rowe 

Audrey C. Rubinstein+ 

Onnie M. Scheyer 

Susan B. Schmitt 

Mrs. Richard H. Schnadig 

Jana Schreuder 

Carol W. Schroeder 

Evey Schweig 

Mrs. John R. Scott 

Kate S. Shapiro 

Stephanie Sick 

Mrs. Eugene F. Sikorovsky+ 

Mrs. Alejandro Silva 

Susan Spears 

Harrison I. Steans 

Mrs. Harrison I. Steans 

Marcie A. Stein 

Pamela B. Strobel 

Mrs. Philip W.K. Sweet, Jr. 

Elizabeth M. Thomas 

Mrs. Richard L. Thomas 

Lisa Brown Tribbett 

Virginia C. Vale 

Penny Van Horn 

Marilyn Vender 

Mrs. Morris S. Weeden 

Janis Weil • 

Mrs. Robert G. Weiss 

Bisi Williams 

Mrs. Emory Williams 

Joan C. Wing 

Jane Woldenberg 

Patti Zeeman 

+Past Women’s Board Chairman 

• Founding Member 

IN MEMORIAM 

Deborah G. Beitler 

Mrs. Kent W. Duncan 

Joan S. Freehling 

Lori Ipsen Stotler

RAVINIA ASSOCIATES 

Ravinia Associates is a 

premier group of more than 

60 young professionals from 

the Chicago area who are 

dedicated to supporting the 

musical arts. The Associates 

focus on expanding the size 

and diversity of audiences for 

music, emphasizing Ravinia 

Festval and its 

REACH*TEACH*PLAY 

education programs and 

enhancing broad 

appreciation for classical 

music.. 

For information about 

becoming a Ravinia 

Associate, please email 

associates@ravinia.org 

or call 847-266-5089. 

Kara Longo Korte * 

David Gaspar * 

Steve Rappin * 

Ravinia Associates 

Christopher Atkinson 

Linda Storzek Barham 

Erin Bognar * 

Michael Brooks * 

Diana Cannon ^ 

Eric Cannon 

Casarine Chong 

Sal Cianciolo * 

Joanna Dutta 

Heather Gaspar * 

Seth Gastwirth 

Adam Gelfeld 

Laura Glick 

Steven Greene 

Emily Hathcoat 

Travis Hensley 

Christy Jacox 

Andrew Jessen 

Nagawa Kakumba * 

Grace Konopacki * 

Amy Krebs 

Robert Krebs 

Brandon Labrum 

Beth Lambert * 

Erin Leddon 

Jennifer Luby 

Pritha Majumder 

John Martin * 

Sabina McBride 

Jennifer McGlinn * 

Thomas McWalters 

Meghan O'Malley Miller 

Matthew Musa 

Jamie Nero 

Brad Olson 

Stacy Overby * 

Angela Pace-Moody 

Polly Pancoe-Kortlander 

Alyssa Quinlan * 

Parag Raja 

Jennifer Rehn * 

Ken Robertson 

2011 ANNUAL FUND COMMITTEE 

Ravinia would like to thank 

the 2011 Annual Fund 

Committee members for 

their efforts on behalf of 

the festival. 

J. Randall White, Chairman 

Norman R. Balkin 

John F. Benjamin 

John C. Berghoff 

Harry H. Bernbaum 

Peggy Budwig 

Joel M. Cahn 

James A. Chatz 

Melanie R. Cohen 

Joan Colmar 

Sandra K. Crown 

Jacqueline Dann 

Tadashi Enami 

Clifton L. Fenton 

R. Gerald Fox 

Ellen C. Gignilliat 

Robert H. Glaze 

Louis B. Goldman 

Bruce K. Goodman 

Lou Guthrie 

Arthur W. Hahn 

Marilyn Heath 

Richard D. Johnson 

Diane Karzas 

Alvin C. Katz 

Barbara Marshall 

Alan R. May 

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Rachel Rone * 

Aimee Scherger ^ 

Jason Schmitt 

Christopher Shelton 

Erica Smith * 

Katherine Sonar ^ 

Susanna Spurgis 

Steven Steinmeyer * 

Colin Taft-McPhee 

David Turok 

Lisa Uehara 

Melanie Wright 

Kerri Gimbel 

Lynette Hood 

Sharon Burks Horos 

T.J. Houlihan 

Cheryl DeMong 

Hubbard 

Kathryn Ingraham 

Jennifer Keller 

Steve Madden 

Lisa McClung-Ristic 

Patrick McGlinn 

Debra Pickett 

Donald Ross 

Julie van Overbeek 

Claire Weiler 

* Executive Committee 

^ Leave of Absence 

Lisa McClung-Ristic 

Josephine B. Minow 

Toby Newman 

Yasuko Okigawa 

Jody Perl 

Alice M. Peterson 

Bonnie Pick 

Dale R. Pinkert 

Madeleine P. Plonsker 

Daniel H. Reisner 

Warner A. Rosenthal 

Nancy Rotering 

Donald W. Schaumberger 

Steven D. Schaumberger 

Richard L. Sevcik 

Stephanie Sick 

Patricia Sikorovsky 

Gary Slack 

Steven Steinmeyer 

Kim Taylor 

Paul B. Uhlenhop 

Vincent E. Villinski 

Thomas C. Wright 

Andy Zimmerman 

Tom Zimmerman

ANNUAL FUND DONORS 

Ravinia Festival expresses its most sincere 

gratitude to the 2011 Annual Fund 

contributors, who provide vital operating 

support for Ravinia’s REACH*TEACH*PLAY 

education programs, the beautification of 

the festival grounds and the low ticket 

prices for classical music that Ravinia 

patrons enjoy. The names listed below 

represent those donors who contributed 

$1,000 or more during the period between 

October 1, 2009 and September 30, 2011. 

A (º) symbol represents Silver Circle 

members who have supported Ravinia 

for 25 consecutive years or more. An 

addition sign (+) indicates new donors or 

donors with increased contributions of 

$500 or more. 

CORPORATIONS AND 

FOUNDATIONS 

Aon Corporation° 

Camping World & 

Good Sam Club+ 

General Motors, Official Car Company 

of Ravinia Festival+ 

JPMorgan Chase & Co. +° 

Kraft Foods Foundation° 

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur 

Foundation 

Negaunee Foundation 


The Ravinia Festival Golf Tounament 

The Searle Funds at the Chicago 

Community Trust+ 

Terlato Wines International 

UBS, Lead Sponsor 

United Airlines, Official Airline of 

Ravinia Festival 

Women’s Board of Ravinia Festival 

Abbott° 

Allstate Insurance Company 

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Livney Foundation+ 

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Richard and Elaine Loewenstein+ 

Elaine Gray Loseff°+ 

Maynard and Judy Louis°+ 

Sandra and Robert Lund+ 

Jim and Kay Mabie+ 

Mr. and Mrs. John D. Mabie 

Susan and Fred Mardell 

Dr. Ajay A. Madhani-Mosc 

Susan and Robert Malott+ 

Roberta and George Mann° 

Peggy and David Mason+ 

Mrs. Mary I. Mathewson 

Carol and Bert Maxon° 

Morton and Karen May+ 

Sally L. Maybrook° 

Beatrice Cummings Mayer°

Mr. and Mrs. John W. McCarter, Jr. 

Betty and Will McLean+ 

Mr. and Mrs. James A. McClung 

Ann and John McDermott+ 

Mr. and Mrs. David McGranahan+ 

George and Alice McKann+ 

Chris and Josh McQueen 

Dorothe Melamed and Howard Lehman+ 

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Richard and Sara Mesirow°+ 

Adam and Martha Metz 

Mr. and Mrs. Noble Butler 

Mrs. Jerald Miller°+ 

Lois and Jon Mills+ 

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Mrs. Selma Mizel 

Mr. and Mrs. John R. Moore 

Daniel Jenks and Mary Moreland+ 

Beverly Morris and Gerald Reese°+ 

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Mr. and Mrs. Peter Morse+ 

Jim Moss 

David and Joanne Mullen+ 

Ms. Ellen Multack and Family 

Richard James Murphy+ 

Robert T. and Catherine Napier+ 

Davida and Rick Nelson°+ 

Eric and Jenny Newman+ 

Mr. and Mrs. Jay Newmark 

Mr. and Mrs. Ray E. Newton, Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Nopar°+ 

Ms. Martha C. Nussbaum+ 

Mr. Michael R. O’Connor 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. O’Kieffe 

Mr. and Mrs. Kazuichi Okigawa-Hara 

Eli and Hella Okman+ 

Annika and Michael Olshansky+ 

Mrs. Harold M. Olshansky+ 

Dudley and Ann Onderdonk 

Mr. David Oscar+ 

Jane and Elliott Otis+ 

Mrs. Evelyn E. Padorr°+ 

The Pattis Family Foundation°+ 

Kenneth and Susan Pearl+ 

Sheldon and Jayne Pekin+ 

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Pell 

Mr. and Mrs. Donald S. Perkins 

Mr. Richard Perna+ 

Amy and Troy Peters 

Ron and Loretta Peterson+ 

Meline and Allan M. Pickus°+ 

Ms. Melissa Pielet+ 

Dan and Rhoda Pierce°+ 

Dr. and Mrs. William K. Platt+ 

Madeleine P. and Harvey R. Plonsker+ 

Marlene and David Pochis°+ 

Podolsky Family Foundation°+ 

Jean and Gerald Pollack+ 

Carol G. Pollock+ 

Mr. and Mrs. J. Kevin Poorman 

Mr. Clyde S. McGregor and Mrs. LeAnn 

Pedersen Pope+ 

Ruth B. Powell+ 

John and Merry Ann Pratt+ 

Dr. Sondra C. Rabin+ 

Mrs. Robert F. Rainer+ 

Mr. and Mrs. John R. Raitt+ 

Mr. and Mrs. Ron Rashkow 

Ms. Terry Rauber 

Phillip and Jeanne Ravid+ 

Mrs. John S. Reed°+ 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Reusché°+ 

Mr. and Mrs. James T. Rhind° 

Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Rhoades+ 

Tom and Margi Rice+ 

Glenn and Kelly Richter 

Paul and Carol Rigby 

Steve and Mimi Ritchie+ 

Teresa Grosch and Thomas Roberts+ 

John and Nancy Robinson+ 

Dr. and Mrs. Richard S. Rock+ 

Morton W. Rosen, in memory of Vera D. 

Rosen°+ 

James and Sandra Rosenberg+ 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Rosenberg+ 

Ann and Michael Rosenblum 

Mr. and Mrs. John H. Rosenheim°+ 

Lisa and Jeff Rosenkranz 

Lorelei Rosenthal+ 

Judy and Warner Rosenthal°+ 

Linda and David Ross 

Edith Rosskam°+ 

Mr. and Mrs. Steve Rosskam+ 

Howard and Bev Rossman+ 

Joyce and Al Rothschild+ 

Holly B. Rothschild 

John Rothschild and Jodi Sheffield 

Judith and Robert Rothschild° 

Janet and Philip Rotner+ 

Ms. Jan Rotter+ 

Susi and Randy Rowe+ 

Mrs. Helen R. Rubens+ 

Susan B. and Dr. Myron E. Rubnitz°+ 

Carla E. Ruettinger, in memory of John & 

Edith Ruettinger 

Eleanor S. Rusnak°+ 

T. E. (Tim) Russell 

Tom and Bonnie Ryszka 

Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Sacks 

Julie and Kenneth Sacks+ 

Susan and Marc Sacks and Family 

In Memory of Adda and Paul Safran 

Mr. Peter D. Sandquist 

Michael and Marcia Saper 

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Mitchell and Linda Saranow+ 

Don Schaumberger°+ 

Steve, Ruth, Spencer, and Andrew 

Schaumberger 

Philip J. and Suzanne Schiller°+ 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Schlosberg 

Mr. and Mrs. John I. Schlossman+ 

Mr. and Mrs. F. Eugene Schmitt+ 

Barbara M. Schrayer+ 

Dr. and Mrs. James L. Schroeder+ 

Florence B. Schubert 

In Memory of 

Bernard C. Schubert and 

Ralph M. Bressler 

Mark Schulte and Mary Holcomb+ 

Laura Schumacher 

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Schwab+ 

Susan and Donald Schwartz+ 

Edward and Irma Schwartz+ 

Horace J. Schwartz and Sandra Harris°+ 

Phyllis and Perry Schwartz+ 

Mr. Robert I. Schwartz 

Diane and Bud Schwarzbach+ 

Mr. and Mrs. Brad Seaman 

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen N. Sehler 

Richard Seidel+ 

Richard and Leslie Sevcik+ 

Eleanor and Milton Shadur°+ 

Mr. James Shaeffer and Ms. Lynn 

Hughitt+ 

Jane L. and John S. Shapira°+ 

Drs. Alan and Susan Shapiro+ 

Eugene and Marlene Shapiro 

Valerie and Lee Shapiro+ 

Randy and Nate Shapiro°+ 

Richard and Joan Sharfstein+ 

Sheffield Foundation+ 

Mr. and Mrs. Roger A. Shiffman+ 

David and Lynne Shindoll+ 

Dr. and Mrs. Alfred Siegel°+ 

Gregory and Martha Silich+ 

Valerie and Mitchell Slotnick+ 

Suzanne T. Smart 

Pat and Clarke Smith 

Rick and Julie Smith+ 

The Smith Family+ 

Marney and Bill Solomon°+ 

Mr. and Mrs. Michael B. Solow+ 

Virginia Sonnenschein°+ 

Mrs. Irving T. Soudek°+ 

Alice and Christopher Spahr+ 

Dorothy J. Speidel°+ 

Edward St. Ville 

Heather Steans and Leo Smith+ 

Mr. Walter Stearns+ 

Mr. W. Peter Steffen III 

Susan Stein°+

Mr. and Mrs. Gary C. Stephans+ 

Holly Hayes and Carl W. Stern+ 

Dorie Sternberg°+ 

The Marilyn and Robert Sternberg 

Family Charitable Foundation+ 

Mr. James H. Stone 

Mr. and Mrs. Jerome H. Stone°+ 

Barbara and Joel Stone+ 

Richard and Judi Stone°+ 

Mr. and Mrs. Sherwin J. Stone 

Kelly and Deborah Stonebraker+ 

Jane and Michael Strauss+ 

Mr. and Mrs. Rick Strusiner+ 

Robin and Sandy Stuart+ 

Merle and Jim Styer+ 

Greg and Anne Taubeneck+ 

Mrs. John Reid Taylor°+ 

John and Kim Taylor+ 

Frank and Jeannine ten Brink+ 

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick B. Thomas+ 

Mrs. Nancy J. Thorner°+ 

Calvin Jay Tobin°+ 

Bernadette and Tom Tramm+ 

Mrs. Robert C. Trotter+ 

Jane and Jim Truettner+ 

Richard and Ilene Tucker+ 

Mr. and Mrs. Hiroshi Uchida+ 

Mr. and Mrs. S. Sye Unell 

Mrs. Jerome W. Van Gorkom°+ 

Jamie and Brian Vandenberg+ 

Michael and Marilyn Vender+ 

Mr. and Mrs. Vincent E. Villinski°+ 

Ms. Carol J. Ward+ 

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Warshauer 

Carol and Myron C. Warshauer+ 

Gwenyth B. Warton 

Jim and Sally Wascher+ 

David Wasserman: 

In memory of Abby S. Magdovitz- 

Wasserman+ 

Sally and John Weber 

Mrs. R. S. Webster 

Mr. and Mrs. Morris S. Weeden+ 

Marilee and Richard Wehman 

Dia S. and Edward S. Weil, Jr.°+ 

Frieda and Judd Weinberg°+ 

Mr. Jerome Weinstein 

Steven B. Weinstein+ 

Ann and Leonard Weiskirch+ 

Albert and Sherrie Weiss+ 

Syril and James Weiss° 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wellek+ 

Beth and Michael Wexler+ 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. White, Jr.°+ 

Susan J. White+ 

Mr. and Mrs. William J. White+ 

Mr. and Mrs. Marc R. Wilkow+ 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wilson+ 

Mr. and Mrs. John S. Wineman, Jr.+ 

Mr. and Mrs. John R. Winter+ 

Mr. and Mrs. Larry J. Wolfe+ 

David and Susan Wolff 

Stephen and Cynthia Wolpert 

Mr. and Mrs. Freeman J. Wood, Jr.+ 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Wood 

Valerie J. Woods 

Patti and John Zeeman+ 

Matt and Rivka Zell 

In Memory of Harry Zemel 

Gary and Jeannine Zipfel 

David and Tracy Zirin+ 

Marilyn Zirn 

Sheri and Sherwin Zuckerman+ 

Anonymous (4) 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Abernathy+ 

Mr. Anthony Achilles+ 

In memory of 

Dr. and Mrs. B. H. Adelson 

Kevin Alcock 

Ms. Lindsey Allen+ 

Dr. and Mrs. James C. Anderson 

Mr. and Mrs. Duncan B. Ashurst+ 

Marcie and Timothy Austen+ 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Bacon° 

Mr. and Mrs. David Barrios+ 

Tony Brooks and Molly Baskin+ 

Mr. Eric D. Becker 

Christina Beer 

Mr. and Mrs. Matthew F. Bergmann 

Dr. Katherine M. Boho 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Boho° 

Mr. Robert Bowes 

Mrs. Kenneth A. Bro° 

Steven and Phyllis Brody 

Mr. Edward V. Broesamle 

Carol and Dan Brusslan° 

Mr. Louis Bucksbaum+ 

Mr. David Bunning+ 

Carl Calkins 

Pat and Sandy Cantor+ 

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Carlotti 

Mr. and Mrs. Jerome A. Castellini 

Ms. Susan Cohn and 

Mr. Jonathan Klein+ 

Ms. Mari Connelly 

ML Corrigan & JW Rogul 

Mike and Joan Crouch 

Lorrie and Jeffrey Daube 

Mr. Barnabus Davis° 

Tom and Mary Jane Dee 

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Diane and Joe Deiss 

Mitchell and Marcy Dolins 

Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey S. Dreebin 

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald D. Emanuel 

Roy and Marta Evans 

Mr. Jack Faintuch 

Mr. and Mrs. Holland B. Fisher+ 

The Footprints Foundation+ 

Debbie and Chuck Frank+ 

Marilyn and Marvin Friman 

Dr. Emily Gallagher 

Mr. and Mrs. Dale J. Garber° 

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Gassner° 

Mr. John C. Gill+ 

Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Gold 

Mr. Neal Golden 

Cynthia and Norm Goldring 

Mr. Scott Goodman+ 

Amy and Bob Greenebaum+ 

Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Hefter 

Brent and Beverly Heimann 

Richard and Elaine Heuberger 

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hill 

Mr. and Mrs. Walter F. Hoeppner III 

Mr. and Mrs. James LaPaglia+ 

Kathy and Joe Horvath+ 

Peter and Lindsay Ianello+ 

Sheri and Steve Idelman 

Annette Janowiak 

Tingate Jue 

Karen and Matthew Kaplan+ 

Elizabeth and Peter Karabatsos+ 

The Loraine Kaufman Foundation 

(Lori and Steve Kaufman)+ 

Mark and Beth Kaufmann 

Ms. Laura Kelsey 

Dr. James Kipp+ 

Ms. Gwenda Klein 

Ms. Barbara A. Komp 

Rick and Stephanie Koretz 

Susan and Martin Kozak 

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kring+ 

Marilyn and Ivan Kushen 

Betsy and Scott Lassar 

Tom Lipman° 

Mr. Richard J. Loewenthal, Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lynch+ 

Mr. and Mrs. Lowell B. Mason, Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. Bret Maxwell+ 

Mr. and Mrs. Frank D. Mayer, Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. McKenna 

Michael and Jenny McMurray 

Mr. and Mrs. Steven M. Medvin 

Steven and Sheree Medwed+ 

Mr. and Mrs. Russel Miron 

Dr. and Mrs. Neal A. Moller+ 

Dr. Toni-Marie Montgomery

Samantha Morrison 

Greg Moyer 

Walter and Ann Nathan+ 

Gregg and Jodi Newmark+ 

Franklin Nitikman and Adrienne Drell° 

Lee and Sharon Oberlander 

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Olswang 

Bob and Marcia Paley 

Jane Pasin 

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Pasternak 

Mr. and Mrs. Joachim Peters 

Sherri and Ted Pincus 

David and Barbara Pinzur 

Robin and Jonathan Plotkin 

Mr. and Mrs. Edward and Tamra Polen 

David and Valeria Pruett+ 

Mr. and Mrs. Neil K. Quinn+ 

Missy Lavender and Kim Redding+ 

Peter and Susan Reisner 

Ms. Maxine Retsky 

Amy Ripepi 

Roy Roberts° 

Edgar Rose 

Mr. Saul M. Rosen 

John and Trudy Rule 

Ed and Diana Ruthman 

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Sackheim° 

Ms. Andrea Saia 

Ms. Anita M. Sarafa and 

Mr. John Duncan 

JoDean and Juris Sarins 

James A. Scharnell+ 

Ms. Carol Schmidt 

Mr. Allan P. Scholl 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schrank 

Mr. Philip Seeger 

Jerry and Naomi Senser 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Sheffield, Jr.° 

Caroline Schwarz Siegel 

Mr. and Mrs. Eugene F. Sikorovsky° 

Margaret and Alan Silberman° 

Nancy and Tom Silberman 

Elizabeth and Joe W. Silverman 

Dr. and Mrs. Herbert L. Slutsky 

Melissa and Charles Smith+ 

Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Spagat+ 

Linda and Stewart Spies+ 

Beth and Jim Stephens 

Ms. Sue Suchy 

Ms. Sheryl A. Summers 

Mr. and Mrs. Tom Surdyk+ 

Bernard M. and Caryl Susman° 

Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Swiryn° 

Corrinne Taylor 

Richard and Linda Theis+ 

Ms. C. Robin Thomas 

Ms. Carla M. Thorpe 

Mr. and Mrs. David Tropp 

Dr. and Mrs. David Turok 

David Urbanski+ 

Penny and John Van Horn 

Mrs. Herbert A. Vance 

Steven and Stephanie Victor 

Mr. and Mrs. John Vresics 

Mrs. Sally H. Ward 

Mrs. Roy I. Warshawsky 

Mr. and Mrs. Avers Wexler° 

Mrs. Florence F. Wheeler 

Dr. Jack M. Whitney+ 

Lynn and Leo Wiznitzer 

Lisa Wolfe 

Harold G. Wolff 

Herbert L. Zarov and 

Alice White-Zarov 

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce M. Zessar+ 

Mr. Scott A. Abramson+ 

Ms. Mary Anderson+ 

Mr. and Mrs. Louis D. Axelrod 

Prue and Frank Beidler 

Amy and Chris Boehm 

Marjorie and Robert Breisblatt+ 

Randy Casey 

Nancy and John Challenger+ 

Janet and Skip Cohen 

Marilyn and Lawrence Cohen°+ 

Carolyn Cole° 

Ms. Geraldine C. Cowlin 

Miss Inge de la Camp° 

Mr. and Mrs. William Dietz, Jr.+ 

Joan and David Dubin 

Ms. Jane E. Feerer 

Linda and Jack Fischer° 

Patty and Bob Fitzgerald 

Mr. Anthony Gargiulo 

Maureen Glassberg+ 

Jill Glickstein and Andrea Heiman 

Ethel and Bill Gofen 

Mr. and Mrs. Rodney L. Goldstein+ 

Mrs. Donald E. Goll 

Mr. Jason Gordon+ 

Sarah and Joel Handelman 

Ms. Marguerite D. Hark 

Mr. Louis S. Harrison+ 

Mr. Steve Hartman 

Ms. Linda Hauser+ 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Hermes+ 

Dr. Gerhardt A. Herrmann 

Dr. Mark Nolan Hill+ 

Gail and Tom Hodges 

Dawn and Evan Hollander+ 

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Cheri and Tom Hubbard+ 

Mr. and Mrs. Verne G. Istock 

Mr. and Mrs. James H. Johnson+ 

Leon and Sharon Kaufman Foundation / 

Teri and Jack Heyden 

Gerry and Steve Keen 

Ms. Linda D. Kiefel 

Judy Geleerd Kitzes 

Mrs. Russell V. Kohr 

Pat and Mike Koldyke° 

Mrs. Frank J. Kraus 

Mr. and Mrs. John R. Landis+ 

Lew and Laurie Leibowitz 

Doris Lewy 

Drs. Eva F. Lichtenberg and Arnold 

Tobin° 

Toby and Seymour Lipton 

Mr. and Mrs. Harvey A. Lobstein 

Laura and Jeff Malehorn 

Marge Marcus 

Regan McAllister & Parents 

Mr. and Mrs. Donald M. McMahon+ 

Penny and Ira Meyers 

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Micatka+ 

David Nelms 

The Perlmans+ 

Mr. Thomas Peterson 

Ms. Nicole Putzel 

Ms. Marilyn S. Rzasa+ 

Mr. and Mrs. John Saliba+ 

Mrs. Cynthia M. Sargent 

Mrs. Lawrence K. Schnadig 

Cynthia Seifert+ 

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Mrs. William Simon, Jr.° 

Ms. Amy Small+ 

Mr. and Mrs. Kraig M. Smiegowski 

Mr. David Smith 

Mr. George L. Speros 

St. Andrews Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. C. Edwin Starr+ 

Dr. and Mrs. John M. Sultan+ 

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald F. Tesarik 

Rev. Richard L. Tolliver, Ph.D., D.D. 

Kenneth and Caryl Vehe+ 

Jody and Dean Weinberg+ 

Shirley Wilgenbusch 

Nat Zivin°

REACH*TEACH*PLAY 

DONORS 

The donors listed below generously 

contributed to Ravinia’s Reach*Teach*Play 

education programs between October 1, 

2009 and September 30, 2011. 

For information about giving to Ravinia’s 

Reach*Teach*Play education programs, 

please contact Stephanie Borash at (847) 

266-5020. 

The Searle Funds at The Chicago 

Community Trust 


The Ravinia Festival Golf Tournament 


JPMorgan Chase Foundation 


Anonymous 

CME Group Community Foundation 


Lloyd A. Fry Foundation 

Greenberg Traurig, LLP 

Carol and Ed Kaplan / Kaplan 

Foundation 

Irv Lewis 

Richard and Marianne Reinisch 

Foundation 

Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Foundation 

Charles & M.R. Shapiro Foundation 

The Albert Pick, Jr. Fund 

Allstate Insurance Company 

Alverin M. Cornell Foundation 

Discover, Official Card of Ravinia Festival 

Exelon 


The Deane A. & John D. Gilliam 

Foundation 

Harris Family Foundation 


Dr. and Mrs. David Ingall 

Welz Kauffman 


Malott Family Foundation 

The Edward and Lucy R. Minor Family 

Foundation 

Harold M. and Adeline S. Morrison Family 

Foundation 

National Endowment for the Arts 

Northern Trust 

RBC Wealth Management 


The Trillium Foundation 

United Airlines, Official Airline of Ravinia 

Festival 

Modestus Bauer Foundation 

First Bank of Highland Park 

Infinium Capital Management 

Therese Krieger and Gordon Ziols 

The Lake County Community Foundation 

North Shore Gas 

The Farny R. Wurlitzer Foundation 

Bachmann Family Foundation 

Ellen and Paul Gignilliat 

Jules and Gwen Knapp Family Foundation 

Audrey and Michael Rubinstein 

Lois and Harrison Steans 

Takiff Family Foundation 

Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey S. Dreebin 

Karen and Matthew Kaplan 

Dolores Kohl Kaplan and Morris A. 

Kaplan 

Jennifer Steans and Jim Kastenholz 

Sallyan Windt 

Baytree National Bank & Trust 

Gerri & David Kahnweiler / Colliers 

International 

Clif and Judy Fenton 

Goorin Brothers Inc. 

Margo Lynn Hablutzel 

The Happ Inn Bar and Grill 

Judy and Michael Lavin 

Mr. and Mrs. Dale Pinkert 

Mr. Conrad Stanek 

Ms. Janet D. Thau 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Weiss 

Kathleen and Tom Wright 

Nancy M. and Douglas M. Yeager 


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The Ravinia Festival Association extends 

a special note of appreciation to the 

Women’s Board of Ravinia Festival for its 

establishment of the RISE Orchestra Fund. 

Over the past three years, they have 

contributed over $870,000 to this fund, 

which provides ongoing assurance that 

the RISE Orchestra Project, established 

in 2010 by the Women’s Board in 

cooperation with the Peoples Music School, 

will flourish at Hibbard Elementary School 

in Chicago’s Albany Park neighborhood 

for a minimum of five years. Moreover, the 

fund allows Ravinia to expand the project 

into new locations secure in the knowledge 

that funding for this project is accessible. 

CORPORATE PARTNERS 

Ravinia Festival sincerely thanks its 2011 

Corporate Partners for supporting Ravinia’s 

world-class performances 

and their commitment to the community. 

For more information about the Corporate 

Partners Program, please contact Germaine 

Maschoff at gmaschoff@ravinia.org 

or 847-266-5015. 

Atlantic Trust Wealth Management 


Chicago Title and Trust Company 

Foundation 

Edy’s Grand Ice Cream+ 

Larry and Barbara Field 


W.W. Grainger, Inc. 

K&L Gates LLP 

Gerri and David Kahnweiler / Colliers 

International 

Learning Resources, Inc. 

Mazzetta Company, LLC 

North Shore Auto Group 

PotashCorp 


Testa Produce 

Wells Fargo Advisors 

Akzo Nobel Inc. 

Applied Discovery 

Cole Taylor Bank 

GATX Corporation

Harbortown Industries, Inc. 

Heineken USA 

J. Emil Anderson & Son, Inc. 

Maron Electric Company 

McKinsey & Company, Inc. 

Meltzer, Purtill & Stelle LLC 

Mid Oaks Investments LLC 

Midwest Foods 

MillerCoors LLC 

Oak Ridge Investments, LLC 

Peck Bloom, LLC 

Perlmutter Investment Company 

The SF Foundation 

Specialty Print Communications 

Sunset Food Mart, Inc. 

Thermos L.L.C. 

Transco Inc. 

Anonymous 

Charles and Sharon Angell 

Behles Family Dental Care 

Digital Check Corp. 

Edward Don & Company 

Forsythe Technology, Inc. 

Gonzales Associates 

HighTower 

Mark Holihan Farmers Insurance Agency 

Holland & Knight LLP 

Horwood Marcus & Berk Chartered 

Jaffe & Berlin, L.L.C. 

Jasculca/Terman & Associates, Inc. 

Kings Transportation Services, Inc. 

LA-CO Industries, Inc. 

Lundbeck Inc. 

McGuireWoods 

Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. 

Neimark & Helfand 

Nielsen-Massey Vanillas 

Plastamet Inc. 

Precision Plating Company Inc. 

Prime Property Investors, Ltd. 

Reed Smith LLP 

Rukavina Trade Consultants, Inc. 

Sahara Enterprises, Inc. 

Schiller & Klein, P.C. 

Slack & Company 

Telephone & Data Systems, Inc. 

The Real Deal Company 

Thompson Coburn LLP 

Trustmark Insurance Companies 

United Conveyor Foundation 

Windy City Novelties 

Robert and Fran Sachs – 

XL Screw Corporation 

MATCHING GIFTS 

Ravinia Festival would like to thank the 

companies listed below for their generous 

contributions, which double and sometimes 

triple the amount donated to Ravinia by 

their employees. To learn more about 

Ravinia’s matching gift program or to 

inquire about recognition in this program 

book, please contact Mary Hummel at 847- 

266-5023. 

Aetna Foundation 

Allstate Giving Campaign 

Ameriprise Financial Gift Matching 

Program 

Aon Corporation 

Arch Insurance Group Inc. 

Arthur J. Gallagher 

AT&T Foundation 

Bank of America Foundation 


The Boeing Company Gift Matching 

Program 

BP America Inc. 

Caterpillar Foundation 

CDW Corporation 

Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation 

Chevron Humankind 

The Chicago Community Trust 

The Chicago Tribune Company 

Circle of Service Foundation, Inc. 

CNA Foundation 

Coca-Cola North America 

ConAgra Foods Enterprise Services, Inc. 

Discover Financial Services 

ExxonMobil Matching Gift Program 

Fortune Brands, Inc. 

GATX Corporation 

General Electric Credit Corp. 

Goldman Sachs Matching Gift Program 

W.W. Grainger, Inc. 

William Harris Investors, Inc. 

Harris N.A. 

Houghton Mifflin Company 

HSBC - North America 

IBM Corporation 


Johnson Controls Foundation 

JPMorgan Chase Foundation 

Kaplan, Inc. 

Kirkland & Ellis 

Kraft Foods Inc. 

Leo Burnett Company, Inc. 

Levi Strauss Foundation 

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur 

Foundation 

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McCormick Foundation 

McDonald’s Corporation 

The McGraw-Hill Companies 

McMaster-Carr Supply Company 

Merrill Lynch 

Microsoft Matching Gifts Program 

Morgan Stanley 

Motorola, Inc. 

Nicor Gas 

Northern Trust 

Nuveen Investments, LLC 

Omron Foundation, Inc. 

OppenheimerFunds Legacy Matching Gift 

Program 

PepsiCo Foundation 

PNC Foundation 


PotashCorp 

Qualcomm Inc. 

RBC Foundation 

Sara Lee Foundation 

Takeda Employee Giving Programs 

The Retirement Research Foundation 

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 

U.S. Cellular 

United Technologies 

Verizon Foundation- Matching Incentive 

Program 

CAPITAL AND DIRECT 

ENDOWMENT GIVING 

Gifts to Ravinia’s endowment—the Fund to 

Assure Ravinia’s Future —help to ensure the 

festival’s solid financial foundation and the 

promise of future season of magnificent 

music. We are grateful to the following 

donors for their direct endowment or capital 

gifts of $250 or more between Oct. 1, 2009 

and September 30, 2011. 

For more information about supporting the 

endowment, please contact Dylan Commeret 

at 847-266-5027 or dylan@ravinia.org. 


Aaron Alt and Jennifer Konz-Alt 

Harry and Harriet Bernbaum 

John and Elizabeth Buccheri 

Alfreda Burke 

Charlotte Hughes and 

Christopher Combs

Jennifer and James Conlon 

Mr. and Mrs. John E. Deimel 

Leon F. and Mary V. Fabbioli 

Kris Fabbioli Fay and Ken Fay 

Theresa R. and Richard F. Fenton 

Henry and Frances Fogel 

Julie Griffin and Greg Meadors 

Samuel S. and Dorothy R. Haber 

Foundation 

Herbert S. Harvis 

Dolores Kohl Kaplan and 


Welz Kauffman 

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H. Kortlander 

Virginia Fabbioli Marsten and 

Richard Marsten 

Mr. and Mrs. Joachim Peters 

The Rosen Family 

Mr. and Mrs. James S. Rosenbaum 

Jane E. Samuelson 

In Honor of Pat Sanders 

PNC Bank 

Eugene and Marlene Shapiro 

Takiff Family Foundation 

Mark and Martha Tecca 

Mr. Daniel Teichmen 

Darcy L. Walker 

Albert Webster 

Nick and Sally Webster 

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Weil, 

in honor of their 60th anniversary 

Joan and Jack Wing 

A. Duain Wolfe 


EDWARD GORDON 

SOCIETY 

Memorializing the festival’s former longtime 

executive director, the Edward Gordon 

Society recognizes donors who have 

provided for Ravinia in their estate plans. 

Many Edward Gordon Society members 

enjoy immediate tax benefits, estate tax 

savings and investment income. They also 

receive benefits at Ravinia, like ticketing 

privileges, Freehling Room membership and 

recognition on the honor roll. We sincerely 

thank all members of the Edward Gordon 

Society for their commitment to Ravinia’s 

future. 

MARION LLOYD CIRCLE 

Ravinia is honored to announce the Marion 

Lloyd Circle this summer, created in memory 

of our distinguished festival chairman from 

1971 to 1975. The following Marion Lloyd 

Circle members have generously designated 

one or more major planned gifts to Ravinia 

Festival with a value at or exceeding 

$100,000. For more information about the 

Marion Lloyd Circle, please call Dylan 

Commeret at 847-266-5027. 

Anonymous (2) 

Marshall and Arlene Bennett 

Judy and Merrill Blau 

Mrs. Sandra K. Crown 

Mr. Terrence M.W. Ellsworth 

Mr. and Mrs. Stanley M. Freehling 

Mr. and Mrs. Maurice F. Fulton 

Robert H. Glaze 

Marsha and Michael Goldstein 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Harza 

Wm. P. Hauworth II 

Howard Kaspin 

Mr. and Mrs. John P. Keller 

Esther G. Klatz 

Michael and Judy Lavin 

Dr. Sheldon H. Marcus 

Sharon and Eden Martin 

Mr. and Mrs. Newton N. Minow 

Dr. Marylou Witz 

Nancy Zadek 

Anonymous 

Marilynn Alsdorf 

Bruce and Ann Bachmann 

Charles J. Balkin III 

Mr. and Mrs. Murray Beck 

Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Bernbaum 

Mr. J. Salvatore L. Cianciolo 

Mrs. George H. Conrad 

Mrs. Wayne Dailey 

Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Dann 


Mrs. Kent W. Duncan 

Mrs. Evelyn M. Edidin 

Janice Ferri Esser 

Ms. Nadine Ferguson 


Susan and Sy Frolichstein 

Mike and Lynn Froy 

Jean Gelbort 

Mrs. Samuel Gershuny 

Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Gignilliat 

Mr. and Mrs. Donald F. Goldsmith 

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce K. Goodman 

Mr. and Mrs. Millard J. Grauer 

J. Brian Greis, M.D. 

Mr. Ernest A. Grunsfeld III and Ms. Alice 

Kurland 

Frances F. Hall 

Julie and Parker Hall 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Halpern 


Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Heath 

Jay and Judy Heyman 

Edith Hicks 

Stuart Kane 

Mr. Morris A. Kaplan 

Gerry and Steve Keen 

Mr. and Mrs. Brian R. Kenney 

Ms. Patricia J. Klemz 

Mrs. Dolores Kohl Kaplan 

Mrs. Helen J. Kohr 

Mr. and Mrs. Martin J. Koldyke 

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H. Kortlander 

David A. Lawrence, Ph.D. 

Amy and Donald Lubin 

Barbara F. Marshall 

Mr. and Mrs. Lowell B. 

Mason, Jr. 

Howard M. McCue III 

Dorothe Melamed 

Dr.and Mrs. Jack Melamed 

Rob, Susan & Christopher Meyer 

Mrs. Jerald Miller 

J. Clifford Moos 

Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Nieminen 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. O’Kieffe 

Bruce P. Olson 

L. M. Overend 

Marian Tyler Pawlick 

Maxine R. Philipsborn 

Bonnie Pick 

Sue N. Pick 

Dale and Betsey Pinkert 

Michael G. Rahal 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Rain 

Robert F. Reusché 

James T. Rhind 

Mr. and Mrs. James S. Rosenbaum 

Sue and Bill Samuels 

Mr. Arthur W. Segil 

Alfred L. Siegel 

Mr. and Mrs. Eugene F. Sikorovsky 

Mrs. John N. Stern 

Marty Stiffler 

Dr. Gerald Sunko 

Ember Swanson-Jesunas

Dr. Gary C. Thom 

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Tucker 


Mr. Robert F. VanderSchaaf 

Mrs. Arnold R. Wolff 

ESTATE AND 

TRUST MEMBERS 

We gratefully acknowledge these estate 

gifts received from October 1, 2008, to 

September 30, 2011. The foresight and 

generosity of these departed friends will 

help to ensure the wonderful music at 

Ravinia Festival will live on for generations 

to come. 

Estate of Lillian S. Coleman 

Estate of Betsy N. Getz 

Estate of Edward Gordon, 

late Executive Director of Ravinia 

Estate of Anne M. Gutmann 

Estate of Betsy A. Haas 

Estate of James D. Hinchliff 

Doris Hoffman Trust 

Grace E. Hokin 

Estate of Dorothy F. Johnson 

Estate of Miriam G. Lichtenstein 

Estate of Marion M. Lloyd 

Estate of Margaret P. Magnus 

Estate of Eloise W. Martin 

Mrs. Dean B. Phemister Trust 

Estate of Suzanne J. Pochter 

Estate of Carol Ann Jean Poremba 

Estate of Sidney L. Port 

Mrs. Jack E. Portis 

Estate of Marie Quinlan 

Estate of Norman A. Ross 

Estate of Susan L. Rothschild 

Milton H. and Lillian Z. Schwartz 

Foundation 


Selim N. Tideman Charitable Trust 

STEANS MUSIC INSTITUTE 

The Steans Music Institute also relies heavily 

on its endowment to bring these programs 

to fruition. As we approach the 25th 

anniversary of the institute, we are excited 

to have launched an important campaign to 

bolster this endowment and assure that 

Steans continues to grow and remain one of 

the world’s foremost professional music 

studies programs. We are most grateful to 

donors listed below who have made 

generous commitments to the Everything for 

the Artist Campaign between September 

30, 2009 and September 30, 2011. 

Neguanee Foundation 

Lois and Harrison Steans 


Estate of Mrs. Grace E. Hokin 

Harry and Harriet Bernbaum 

Walter and Karla Goldschmidt 

Foundation 

Welz Kauffman and Jon Teeuwissen 




Dale and Betsy Pinkert 


Pamela B. and Russ M. Strobel 

Anonymous 

Judy and Bill Cottle 

Dr. Scholl Foundation 

Mark Hajduch 

Mr. and Mrs. Rick Spain 


The Thoresen Foundation 


OPERATING SUPPORT 

The exemplary programs of the Steans 

Music Institute are directly supported by 

generous individuals and organizations that 

share the institute’s devotion to the future of 

music. The following gifts of $250 or more 

were received between October 1, 2010 

and September 30, 2011. 

Jim and Wendy Abrams 

Mr. and Mrs. Larry A. Barden 

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Chipman 

Miriam L. Christ 

Colburn Foundation 

Steven and Nancy Hannick 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Harza 

Helen E. Heggie Fund 

Anne and Dick Johnson 

Mrs. Samuel T. Lawton, Jr. 

Barbara Marshall 

Becky and Mike Murray 


Madeleine P. and Harvey R. Plonsker 

Jessica and Anthony Roberts 

Mr. and Mrs. John A. Stepan 


Audrey L. Weaver and 

Michael D. Vogan 

Window to the World Communications 

Carol McCardell 

National Federation of Music Clubs 

Anonymous 

Judy and Merrill Blau 

Mrs. Dolores Borowitz 

The Butz Foundation 

Jeffrey and Teri Kaye Conklin 


Mr. and Mrs. James Doppke 

Richard M. Gordon 

Rita Kanne in loving memory of 

Jeffrey Kanne 

Ernest A. Grunsfeld III and Esther Grunsfeld 

Klatz 

Gloria and George Keats 


Chuck and Bess Prazak 

Benjamin J. Rosenthal Foundation 

Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Schenck 

St. Margaret’s College and Schools 

Foundation 

Starling Foundation 

Stepan Company 

Susan Stevens 

Dr. Marylou Witz 

Dr. June T. Fox in memory of 

Lenore Sherwin 

Lilli and James Greenebaum 

Mason Foundation, Inc. 



Mr. Charles D. O'Kieffe 

The Port, Washlow and Errant Families 

Merle Reskin 

The Rhoades Foundation 

Mrs. Jerome W. Van Gorkom

In Memoriam 

Deborah G. Beitler 

A member of the Women’s Board since 1999, Deborah Beitler was known for her smile, energy and 

for being a great friend to many. Through the Women’s Board, Debbie was involved with the festival, 

assisting the Annual Gala Benefit Evening Food & Wine committee and co-chairing the annual poster 

design competition in 2008. At 56 years of age on July 22, 2011, Deborah passed away. Former chair 

of the Women’s Board and a close friend of Debbie’s, Audrey Rubinstein, gave a beautiful tribute to her at 

Debbie’s memorial service. 

Samuel M. Budwig, Jr. 

Life Trustee Samuel Budwig devoted much energy to the festival, believing in its mission of REACH*TEACH 

*PLAY in many ways including creating the Reach For the Stars golf outing. This now annual event has 

raised a tremendous amount of funds towards the festival’s education and community programs. At 85 

years of age on March 18, 2011, Sam died of a stroke in Boynton Beach, Florida, where he spent the 

winters. 

Samuel Budwig was a former vice president and director of marketing at Metropolitan Structures, the 

developer of Illinois Center which covers land bound by the Chicago River, Lake Michigan, Randolph Street and Michigan 

Avenue. His creative vision in projects translated to many clients and Sam believed in infusing office space with art. In 1989, 

he assisted in the creation of the New East Side Association to help connect the people who made up the community to 

Chicago culture and each other. As the group’s president, he worked with area businesses including Habitat Co. and Whitman 

Corp., as well as the Hyatt Regency, Fairmont and Swiss Grand (now called Swissotel) hotels. In addition to Ravinia Festival, 

Sam supported the Ryan Opera Center of the Lyric Opera of Chicago. 

Deuel Duncan 

A well-loved and devoted Women’s Board member since 1978, Deuel Duncan was very active with 

Ravinia Gifts, and a loyal member of the “Basement Buddies,” a group of members who assist in many 

organizational aspects of the gift shop. On September 9, 2011, Deuel passed away in her Winnetka 

home. She was 88 years old. 

In her early years on the Women’s Board, Deuel would use her talents with hand calligraphy to notate 

the place cards for all the Gala Benefit Evening dinner guests. A lover of the arts, she was also a past 

board member of the Chicago Art Institute. 

Joan Steif Freehling 

A life trustee and Women’s Board member since 1974, Joan Freehling was active in virtually every 

major innovation and project of the festival including her role as editor of the Ravinia Women’s Board 

cookbook, Noteworthy. On April 16, 2011, at her home in Highland Park, Joan died at the age of 85. A 

memorial service was held in her honor at Ravinia featuring music performed by Ravinia President and 

CEO Welz Kauffman and members of The Lincoln Trio. In addition, a tribute film was presented and friends 

and family spoke kind words about her life. 

During the four years from inception to publication, her skills as a writer, organizer, leader and designer of Noteworthy 

became increasingly evident and were essential to the book’s ultimate success. The book has become a classic in the cookbook 

industry with five editions and sales of well over 100,000 copies which resulted in a Women’s Board gift to the festival of $1 

million. Along with her husband, former Ravinia board chair and Life Trustee Stanley Freehling, Joan remained commited to 

civic and philanthropic causes serving on the women’s boards of the Goodman Theater, Art Institute of Chicago, The University 

of Chicago and Northwestern University. She was also board member of the Cradle and the Rehabilitation Institute. 

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J. Parker Hall III 

A lover of jazz piano as well as the outdoors, Life Trustee J. Parker Hall III died of complications from 

MSA (Multiple Systems Atrophy) at the age of 78, on September 22, 2011. 

After receiving his MBA from Harvard, J. Parker held four positions in finance and investments before 

joining Lincoln Capital Management Company in 1971, where he remained as president for nearly 30 

years. In 2000, he received the first Hortense Friedman Award from the Investment Analysts Society of 

Chicago. In addition to his involvement with Ravinia, he served as trustee and chairman of the investment 

committees of the University of Chicago, Swarthmore College, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the YMCA of Metropolitan 

Chicago. J. Parker was also a trustee of the Nature Conservancy of Illinois, a board member of the LaSalle Street Fund, and an 

advisor to the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation. Parker and his wife Julie were honored for their service and 

philanthropy over the years, together receiving the University of Chicago’s Medal of Honor, the ACLU’s Roger Baldwin Award, 

and North Shore Country Day School’s Foster Hannaford Recognition. 

Lorraine Ipsen-Stotler 

On December 3, 2010, at the age of 89, Lorraine Ipsen-Stotler died peacefully surrounded by her 

family. She was a Ravinia Women’s Board member since 1973. 

Born in Chicago, she married Harold Ipsen in 1944 and moved to Rockford, IL where she succeeded 

him as CEO of Ipsen Industries after his death in 1965. In 1968, she married Howard Stotler, former vicechairman 

of the Chicago Board of Trade and Ravinia Life Trustee. During her life, Lori served on the 

boards of the Infant Welfare Society and Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital. She was also active in the 

Chancel Guild at the First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest and at the Chicago Botanic Garden where she had a special 

interest in the new Children’s Garden. She was also a supporter of the nearly finished Nicholas Conservatory & Gardens, a 

part of the Rockford Park District. 

Burton Berline Kaplan 

After a courageous 20-year battle with Parkinson’s disease, lover of the arts Life Trustee Burt Kaplan 

died peacefully at his Highland Park home at the age of 70 on March 28, 2011. 

As a Wesleyan University graduate, where he played football, studied intellectual history and music 

appreciation, he went on to obtain his MBA from Harvard University. During his career, Burt became CEO 

of Sealy Mattress of Illinois and co-chairman of National Bedding. In the late 80’s, he became concerned 

about the growth of economic inequality in America and focused his efforts on providing educational 

opportunities for the underserved children of Chicago. In 1987, he started an I Have A Dream (IHAD) program in Chicago’s 

Cabrini Green neighborhood, adopting a class of 43 seventh-graders, which today remains an important part of the extended 

Kaplan family. He was one of the founders of North Lawndale College Prep and served as a director of the Albert Pick 

Foundation, the Ounce of Prevention Fund, and the Kaplan Family Foundation. Burt also sat on the boards of The Joffrey Ballet 

and Auditorium Theatre, and was a collections committee member of the Art Institute and the Museum of Contemporary Art. 


Morris Kaplan has been involved with the festival for many years. It was in the romantic setting of 

Ravinia, that he met his wife, Women’s Board member Dolores Kohl Kaplan. Today stands a plaque 

devoted to this sentimental occasion in one of the festival’s beautiful gardens. Morry, a life trustee, passed 

away on June 1, 2011, at the age of 98. 

Morry began his 49-year business career as a licensee at Sealy in 1939 and, together with an 

executive team, developed the Sealy Posturepedic mattress and innovative manufacturing , advertising, 

and marketing programs which led him to become the chairman, president, and CEO of Sealy. An active Northwestern 

University alum and a life trustee, Morris was awarded The Alumni Service Award, Alumni Medal and the Kellogg Schaffner 

Alumni Award. He was a member of the Kellogg Alumni Advisory Board, and visiting committee of the School of Music. Along 

with his wife, they chaired the 50th, 60th and 65th Northwestern Class Reunions and Gift Committees and established the 

freshman Kaplan Humanities Scholars Program. He also created the Morris and Alice Kaplan Chair of Ethics and Decision in 

Management at Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management. Morry was also a life trustee of the 

boards of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Chicago Council of Global Affairs. He was also former vice chairman of 

the CSO board, vice president of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, vice president of North Shore Congregation 

Israel, and chairman of the advisory committee to the Dean at Harvard Business School. He was also a member of the 

Commercial Club of Chicago, The Chicago Club, Northmoor Country Club, Lake Shore Country Club, and The Standard Club 

of Chicago. A believer in giving back to the community, Morry founded and chaired the Mayer and Morris Kaplan Foundation 

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Robert F. Reusché 

Robert Reusché was deeply involved with Ravinia since 1976 from being a donor to the festival to a 

member of the Edward Gordon Society and also serving as chairman of the board of trustees from 1990- 

1992. On November 15, 2011, Life Trustee Robert F. Reusché passed away. He was 83 years old. 

Bob retired as vice chairman of the Northern Trust Company in 1990 after a 39-year career in the 

trust department. An avid civic and philanthropic supporter he served as senior advisor at the Chicago 

Community Trust, founder and inaugural executive director of the Lake County Community Foundation, 

founding board member of the Health Foundation of Northern Lake County, chairman of PADS of Lake County, trustee of the 

West Virginia chapter of The Nature Conservancy, board director of St. Ignatius College Prep, board director of the Lumen 

Christi Institute of Catholic Thought at the University of Chicago, president’s council member of Heartland Alliance, director of 

the Bowman Health Center at Rush University Medical Center, trustee and board president of the Policeman’s Annuity and 

Benefit Fund of the City of Chicago, president of the Board of Education, Lake Forest District #115, founding member of the 

Lake Forest Club and life member of the Commercial Club. As a supporter of his Alma Mater, Bob served Ohio State in 

numerous capacities including board member of the University Foundation, member of the College of Arts and Sciences 

Advisory Board and founding member of the Humanities Dean’s Advisory Committee. Bob and his wife Mary created the 

Robert and Mary Reusché Humanities Scholar Endowed Scholarship Fund and the Robert and Mary Reusché Scholarships for 

Study Abroad. As part of his lasting legacy at Ohio State, he established lacrosse as a competitive sport in 1949 and in recent 

years provided instrumental counsel and support to the team. 

John A. Wing 

Trustee and supporter of chamber music at Ravinia for many years, John Wing passed away at the 

age of 75, on August 7, 2011. At his memorial service at the Alice Millar Chapel on the campus of 

Northwestern University, Ravinia friends The Lincoln Trio performed chamber works in honor of his love of 

music. 

Known for his personal connection to his staff, Jack was the CEO of Chicago Corp. for 16 years, 

building the company from 250 employees to more than 1,500. He managed the sale of Chicago Corp. 

to ABN Amro NV, and became chairman of the board and CEO of ABN AMRO. Jack also became a professor of law and 

finance at the Illinois Institute of Technology, where he created the school’s program for the study of financial markets. A tribute 

to his management style came last September when executive alumni revived the firm’s storied name for a company 

specializing in mergers and acquisitions, Jack agreed to be chairman emeritus of the venture. He sat on the boards of the 

Chicago (Midwest) Stock Exchange, the National Futures Association and was elected to a hall of fame of the futures trading 

industry in 2005. Jack was also a board member of Kartemquin Films, life director and former board chair of the Illinois 

Humanities Council and was chairman of the North Shore Country Day School. 

Ravinia salutes these and all of our fallen friends we may have failed to mention. 

You remain in our thoughts. 

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