Ravinia is both North America’s longest-running music festival and its most artistically diverse. Over 100 different events by a mix of classical, rock, pop, jazz, R&B, indie, and country performers make up a typical summer season on our two open-air and two indoor stages. Each year the Chicago Symphony Orchestra is featured in six weeks of concerts, many with Chief Conductor Marin Alsop. During the same summer months, the Ravinia Steans Music Institute provides young professional classical and jazz musicians with career-advancing training and concert settings.
Offstage and year-round, Ravinia’s Reach Teach Play education programs engage 75,000 children and adults—in schools with little to no music curriculum, in our Chicagoland communities, and at our 36-acre park—in our mission to make music equitably accessible to all.
Ravinia embraces diversity in all forms and is committed to providing an equitable and inclusive environment for all staff, musicians, guest artists, audiences, and community members. Ravinia is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We encourage individuals of all identities and abilities to apply.
The Temporary Support Staff (TSS) position for the Ravinia Lawndale Programs will provide on-site logistical and administrative assistance for the Sistema Ravinia Lawndale Nucleo and the Ravinia Lawndale Family Music School. The TSS will also provide support for events, family communication and materials/supplies inventory and organization. Additional projects and responsibilities will be assigned as needed. The projects, work and hours are contingent upon program needs and may shift. The TSS will work under the supervision of the Ravinia Lawndale Program Manager.
Duties and Responsibilities
Ravinia Lawndale Family Music School (~5 hours per week)
Knowledge and Skills Required
Education and Experience
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About the Programs:
Sistema Ravinia is an after school orchestral music education program that fosters youth empowerment and social development through exceptional ensemble training for students in three nucleos (Austin, Lawndale, Lake County) across Chicagoland. Sistema Ravinia, launched in 2012 in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood, expanded to Lake County in 2015. Shaped by the philosophy of the noted El Sistema model, Ravinia has embraced the notion of transforming groups of children into communities of musicians who in turn transform their communities. Students receive mentorship from teachers and administrators that make them feel loved and valued as an asset to their nucleo community.
The Ravinia Lawndale Family Music School—hosted at Douglass, Franklin, Homan Square, and Piotrowski Parks as part of the Chicago Park District’s Arts Partners in Residence Program since 1998—provides hundreds of children, adults, and families residing in the under-resourced Lawndale community on Chicago’s West Side with access to tuition-free music classes in general music, voice, violin, guitar, and piano, fostering opportunities for artistic enrichment and the appreciation and joy of music.
Location: Lawndale Community on the westside of Chicago
Ravinia is an Equal Opportunity Employer
As an equal opportunity employer, Ravinia strongly believes that diversity of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives is essential to our success and we strive to create and sustain an equitable and inclusive environment for all our employees. Ravinia does not discriminate on the basis of any protected status under federal, state, or local law. We encourage individuals of all identities and abilities to apply.
To learn more about Ravinia’s Reach Teach Play programs, visit bit.ly/RaviniaRTP.
Ravinia is a non-profit outdoor musical festival that hosts musical events every June through September in Chicago, Illinois. The festival's non-profit community outreach and education initiatives also provide musical programs that serve people ev...
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