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MAKING THEIR LONG-AWAITED RAVINIA FESTIVAL DEBUT, MAROON 5 PERFORMS TWO SOLD-OUT SHOWS

JUNE 30 AND JULY 1

June 22, 2011

MAKING THEIR LONG-AWAITED RAVINIA FESTIVAL DEBUT, MAROON 5 PERFORMS TWO SOLD-OUT SHOWS JUNE 30 AND JULY 1

Superstar violinist Joshua Bell joins his alma mater to celebrate the centennial of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music

Rock band Maroon 5 makes its highly anticipated Ravinia debut at 8 p.m. on Thursday, June 30, with a second show on Friday, July 1. With popular hits including She Will Be Loved, Makes Me Wonder and This Love, the band has garnered numerous awards, from Billboard Music Award for Digital Artist of the Year to three Grammys®, including Best New Artist. Both shows are completely sold out. R & B singer and Grammy Award-winning writer and producer PJ Morton will open for Maroon 5 both nights. Superstar violinist Joshua Bell, who earned his artist diploma from Indiana University, takes the stage for the Ravinia premiere of Bruchs Scottish Fantasy, a lyrical celebration of Scottish folktunes and violin virtuosity, along with the IU Jacobs School of Music Summer Festival Orchestra led by Michael Stern. This performance at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 2, also features Dukas's L'apprenti sorcier (The Sorcerer's Apprentice), Stravinsky's Suite from The Firebird and Schumann's arrangement of Ives's Variations on America and celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Jacobs School of Music. This concert also features a ticket and dining package for a special price of $60. Arrival from Sweden, a tribute band that performs The Music of ABBA, returns at 8 p.m. on Sunday, July 3. As Sweden's most acclaimed cover band, Arrival is the largest touring ABBA show in the world, having visited more than 20 countries.

Ravinia's summer music conservatory, the Steans Music Institute, brings together talented young musicians from around the world to make music coached by an internationally renowned faculty. At 2 p.m. on Friday, July 1, piano and strings artists will present a free concert in Bennett Gordon Hall. Prior to the Joshua Bell concert on Saturday, July 2, Steans musicians will appear in a preview concert at 5:15 p.m. in Bennett Gordon Hall. This concert is free with a paid entry for the mainstage show. Ravinia's Kraft Great Kids Concert series continues at 11 a.m. on Saturday, July 2, with Tom Chapin & Friends. Named one of the greatest personalities in contemporary folk music by the New York Times and the best family artist around by Billboard magazine, Chapin has the ability to engage and entertain children and adults alike. Five of his family recordings have received Grammy Award nominations for Best Musical Album for Children, including the release Some Assembly Required. Ralph's World is a real rock'n'roll concert for the whole family featuring a musical foursome led by creator Ralph Covert. This Grammy-nominee has eight albums on Disney, the newest All Around Ralph's World on BarNone, over a dozen music videos, four books for kids, and several successful children's musicals since the creation of Ralph's World's at Chicago's The Old Town School of Folk Music a decade ago. They appear at 1 p.m. on Sunday, July 3, as part of Ravinia's Kraft Great Kids Concert series. Ravinia Festival is located at Lake Cook and Green Bay roads in Highland Park, IL. For more information or to purchase tickets visit Ravinia.org or call the Ravinia Box Office at 847-266-5100. All summer long, Ravinia will accept donations of non-perishable food and toiletry items for local food depositories; donations can be dropped off in the plaza of the main entrance of the park. Ravinia welcomes all festival fans to follow, connect and interact online at backstage.ravinia.org, facebook.com (search Ravinia Festival) and twitter.com/raviniafestival. Ravinia Festival is a not-for-profit organization.

Thursday, June 30, 8 p.m. - Pavilion Maroon 5 + With special guest PJ Morton + Featured Sponsor: Discover Media Support: WTMX Tickets: SOLD OUT/Lawn SOLD OUT/Park opens at 5 p.m. Friday, July 1, 2 p.m. - Bennett Gordon Hall Piano and Strings Concert Artists from Ravinia's Steans Music Institute Admission: FREE

Friday, July 1, 8 p.m. - Pavilion Maroon 5 With special guest PJ Morton Featured Sponsor: United Airlines Media Support: WTMX Tickets: SOLD OUT/Lawn SOLD OUT/Park opens at 5 p.m.

Saturday, July 2, 11 a.m. - Pavilion Kraft Great Kids Concert Tom Chapin & Friends Featured Sponsor: Kraft Foods Foundation Media Support: WTMX Tickets: $10/Lawn $5/Park opens at 10 a.m.

Saturday, July 2, 5:15 p.m. - Bennett Gordon Hall Piano and Strings Preview Concert Artists from Ravinia's Steans Music Institute Admission: FREE with paid ticket for evening concert

Saturday, July 2, 7:30 p.m. - Pavilion 100th Anniversary Celebration of Jacobs School of Music IU Jacobs School of Music Summer Festival Orchestra Michael Stern, Conductor, Joshua Bell, Violin

Dukas: L'apprenti sorcier (The Sorcerer's Apprentice) Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird (1919) Ives/arr. Schuman: Variations on America Bruch: Fantasie unter freier Benutzung schottischer Volksmelodien (Scottish Fantasy) Op. 46 * Program Sponsor: Annette and David Dezelan and the Edward and Lucy R. Minor Family Foundation Tickets: $35/Lawn $10/Ticket & dining package $50/Park opens at 5 p.m.

Sunday, July 3, 1 p.m. - Pavilion Kraft Great Kids Concert Ralph's World Featured Sponsor: Kraft Foods Foundation Media Support: WTMX Tickets: $15/Lawn $5/Park opens at 11 a.m.

Sunday, July 3, 8 p.m. - Pavilion The Music of ABBA as performed by Arrival from Sweden Program Sponsor: Associated Agencies, Inc. Media Support: WILV Tickets: $50/Lawn $22**/Park opens at 5 p.m.

Repertoire being performed at Ravinia for the first time is marked with an asterisk (*). Artists making their Ravinia debut are marked with a plus sign (+). Lawn ticket prices are increased by $5 on the day of the show when marked by a double asterisk (**).

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