Ravinia Steans Music Institute

The Women’s Board has been an integral part of Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute (RSMI) since its founding.  It has provided significant financial support for all three programs of RSMI through a leadership gift to the “Everything for the Artist” endowment campaign, sponsoring fellowships in both the Programs for Singers and the Program for Piano and Strings, for which it also endowed a faculty chair in honor of Edward Gordon.  The Women’s Board has also endowed the Program for Jazz in honor of longtime administrator Diane Dorn.

But above and beyond this vital financial support, Women’s Board members are in attendance at every RSMI concert and master class, and this intangible friendship reflects the immeasurable dedication that the Women’s Board brings to its many endeavors at Ravinia.