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- In 2011, Ravinia Festival's REACH*TEACH*PLAY educational outreach program created a free student orchestra based on the hugely successful Venezuelan El Sistema education mode: a system based on total music-immersion. This new orchestra was launched at Catalyst Circle Rock Charter School in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago under the banner of "Sistema Ravinia." In this short documentary, more than 50 students receive their new instruments, learn their very first notes, and perform their first concert for adoring fans.
- A group of volunteers formed the Women's Board of Ravinia Festival (the oldest outdoor music venue in America) in 1962. Over the next five decades, they became the largest donor to the not-for-profit festival, donating more than $25 million to help keep classical music alive. Along the way, they started Ravinia's acclaimed REACH*TEACH*PLAY education outreach programs with Artists in the Classroom, Teacher Training, and the creation of several "El Sistema" style student orchestras. To find out more about this dynamic group of volunteers, now celebrating their 50th anniversary.