Schedule:

RSMI Singers at Bennett Gordon Hall
The Program for Singers offers a unique setting for 15 classical singers to delve deeply into the vast repertoire of art song for three weeks. Fellows are paired with staff collaborative pianists to work with a faculty of distinguished musicians, pedagogues, and scholars on varied aspects of vocal performance, including style, technique, language, diction, dramaturgy, performance, and career preparation.

In addition to a series of public masterclasses that focus on growing the fellows’ experience and interpretations of specific repertoire, the musicians participate in several afternoon and evening concerts presented during the summer, some with specially curated themes and others featuring repertoire selected by the performers.

Performers
RSMI Singers Program Fellows

Gates Open: 12:30 PM
Concert Starts: 1:30 PM

Tickets: Free

Angélique Kidjo + Meshell Ndegeocello at Pavilion
Angélique Kidjo, called "Africa's premier diva" and named one of the most influential people in the world in 2021 by Time Magazine, makes her return to Ravinia to co-headline the Pavilion with Ravinia first-timer Meshell Ndegeocello. The two artists have collaborated together in tribute to salsa legend Celia Cruz, recording the song "La Vida Es Un Carnaval." Kidjo is a Beninese-French singer-songwriter with five Grammy Awards to her name, and is known for her cross-pollinating the West African traditions of her childhood in Benin with elements of American R&B, funk, and jazz as well as influences from Europe and Latin America. Ndegeocello won the 2021 Grammy for Best R&B Song with "Better Than I Imagined," and the American singer-songwriter, rapper, and bassist has "lent her unique blend of spacious melodies, rooted grooves and intricate fingerpicking to tracks by everyone from Madonna to Herbie Hancock and Robert Glasper" (The Guardian). "Across her own albums," The Guardian continues, "Ndegeocello has been honing this sound to create soulful music that interpolates R&B and hip-hop as much as the virtuosity of jazz."

Performers
Angélique Kidjo
Meshell Ndegeocello

Donor Gates Open: 4:30 PM
Gates Open: 5:00 PM
Concert Starts: 7:00 PM

Tickets:
Reserved Seats: $60–$80
Lawn Reserved Blocks: $60
Lawn General Admission: $39