In August 2010, LuPone appeared in a three-day run of Irving Berlin ’ s Annie Get Your Gun, in which she played the title role opposite Patrick Cassidy, at the Ravinia Festival, directed by Lonny Price.

Festival appearances have included Bad Kissingen, Belfast, Cervantino, La Grange de Meslay, Husum Piano Rarities, Lanaudière, Ravinia, La Roque d ’ Anthéron, Ruhr Piano, Halifax ( Nova Scotia ), Singapore Piano, Snape Maltings Proms, Turku and Ottawa Strings of the Future, as well as the Chopin Festivals of Bagatelle ( Paris ), Duszniki and Valldemossa.

In Los Angeles, Phillips acted in Side Man at the Pasadena Playhouse, in Lips Together, Teeth Apart for the Mark Taper Forum, in You Can't Take It with You at the Geffen Playhouse ( directed by Chris Hart, Moss Hart ’ s son ), in The Bourgeois Gentleman for the Pasadena Symphony, directed by John de Lancie, which moved to the Ravinia Festival in Chicago, and as Polonius in Hamlet for the Uprising Theatre.

Musicians from Ravinia's Steans Institute is a chamber ensemble whose members are selected each year from the most promising musicians to attend the Institute ’ s summer session at Ravinia.

Musicians from Ravinia ’ s Steans Institute have appeared at such prestigious venues as Boston ’ s Gardner Museum, the Library of Congress, Miami ’ s Friends of Chamber Music series and New York ’ s Town Hall, in addition to performances each year on the Ravinia Festival ’ s Rising Stars series.

While reaching out through the schools, Ravinia is also active in Chicago ’ s under-served communities, particularly Lawndale, a neighborhood on Chicago ’ s West Side.

Stressing the importance of access, Ravinia ’ s Opportunity Lawn Pass Program is offered to organizations all across Chicago that serve those in need.

CYSO's various ensembles perform at places including Symphony Center-Orchestra Hall, the Chicago Cultural Center, the South Shore Cultural Center, University of Chicago ’ s Mandel Hall, Chicago ’ s Grant Park, and the Ravinia Festival.

She has performed at many international festivals including the WOMAD Festival, Bang on a Can Festival, Festival d ’ Automne in Paris, Henry Wood ’ s BBC Promenade, Hong Kong Arts Festival, La Jolla Summerfest, Le Festival de Radio France, Lincoln Center Festival, Luminato, NextWave !/ BAM, Ravinia Festival, Silk Road Festival, Sydney Festival, Tanglewood, Wien Modern and the Yatsugatake Kogen Festival in Japan.

He is actively involved in the Ravinia Festival's Steans Institute for Young Artists as well as Ravinia's model community outreach and education programs, and plans to help lead and expand educational projects during his tenure at Los Angeles Opera.

The tour, designed to bring the musical richness of Ravinia to a wider audience, presents formal concerts as well as educational outreach programs for schools and community organizations.

The Ravinia Festival Lawndale Partnership helps community leaders and residents reinvest in the cultural health of their community through town meetings, conservatory classes and

Currently in its 10th year partnership, the Ravinia Lawndale Community Music Conservatory currently offers free private lessons to more than 150 students in piano, violin, classical guitar and voice.

Under her direction, the Library launched the largest branch building program in its history, constructing or renovating 44 branch libraries ; installed more than 2500 free public access computers and wifi throughout the library system ; completed 2 strategic plans ; established professional development and training programs for all library staff ; and launched signature programs such as One Book, One Chicago ; YOUmedia ; the museum and Ravinia free admission programs ; Teen Volume ; Law at the Library ; and Money Smart financial literacy programs for adults and teens.

In each of the programs, young artists study with an internationally renowned faculty of artist / teachers, participate in concerts given as part of Ravinia's summer programming and attend Ravinia concerts.

At the end of the school year, children from the Music Illumination and Music Discovery programs are brought to Ravinia to perform for each other and picnic together during “ Ravinia Days .”

Concerts are performed at Ravinia, lectures are given at public libraries, and related programs are performed in the public schools.

: For the music festival in Highland Park, IL, see Ravinia Festival

As of 2005, James Conlon holds the title of Ravinia music director.

Ravinia Festival is the oldest outdoor music festival in the United States, with a series of outdoor concerts and performances held every summer from June to September.

Over 100 years later, Ravinia Festival is the oldest outdoor music festival in North America and is lauded for presenting world-class music.

Once at the park, visitors can eat, listen to music and visit the Ravinia Gift Shop.

Accordingly, most grocery stores and specialty restaurants in and around the Highland Park area offer ready-to-eat " Ravinia picnics " for purchase.

Ravinia Park, located north of Chicago, is also a favorite destination for many Chicagoans, with performances occasionally given in Chicago locations such as the Harris Theater.

Founded in 1891, the Symphony makes its home at Orchestra Hall in Chicago and plays a summer season at the Ravinia Festival.

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra maintains a summer home at Ravinia in Highland Park, Illinois.

Many conductors have made their debut with the Chicago Symphony at Ravinia, and several have gone on to become the artistic director, or primary summertime guest conductor at Ravinia, including Seiji Ozawa ( 1964 – 1968 ), James Levine ( 1973 – 1993 ), and Christoph Eschenbach ( 1995 – 2003 ).

A concert staging of the original version of Annie Get Your Gun took place at the Ravinia Festival, Chicago from August 13 – 15, 2010 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Annie Oakley's birth.

Since 2001, LuPone has been a regular performer at the Chicago Ravinia Festival.

In Chicago, he conducted his first performance at the Ravinia Festival in July 1967 ; he was the Festival's principal conductor from 1970 to 1972.

The American stage première took place at the Ravinia Festival near Chicago in 1959.

* 19 July 2008, sang her last American concert with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Ravinia Park.

Orchestra Hall was also used as a movie theater during the 1910s, to maintain income during the summer months, when the Chicago Symphony Orchestra was playing at the Ravinia Festival.

: The Union Pacific North line also provides service to Northwestern University via the Evanston Davis Street station, Ravinia Festival via the Ravinia Park station, and the Chicago Botanic Garden via the Braeside station.

She also performed at the Ravinia Festival with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and performed Samuel Barber's Knoxville: Summer of 1915 with the Orchestra of St. Luke's under André Previn.

He has been composer-in-residence at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Merkin Hall in New York, the Spoleto Festival USA, the Los Angeles Philharmonic's Music Alive series, Marlboro Music School and Festiva, Ravinia Festival, and several other festivals.

Some of the free programming the Chicago Public Library offers include: The One Book One Chicago program, The Summer Reading Program, The Adult Summer Reading Program, Bookamania ( held every November ), Great Kids Museum Passport Program ( allows patrons free admission to a variety of Chicago's world-class institutions ), and Words and Music Program ( which provides patrons with free lawn tickets to selected Ravinia concerts ).

The first date she announced was July 8, 2012 at Ravinia Festival near Chicago, Illinois.

James Conlon ( born March 18, 1950 ) is an American conductor and the current Music Director of the Los Angeles Opera and Ravinia Festival, summer home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

In addition to " Recovered Voices " at LA Opera, as Music Director of the Ravinia Festival, each summer Conlon presents a different composer from this group with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Conlon received the League's Crystal Globe Award at the Ravinia Festival in Highland Park near Chicago on August 12, 2007.

The Ravinia Festival in Chicago presented a concert version with George Hearn as Tony and Rod Gilfry as Joe on July 20, 2007.