TACF Conference at the Breaking Barriers Festival Ravinia 2022 TACF Conductors Itinerary July 17, 2022 Accommodations: Renaissance North Shore, 933 Skokie Blvd, Northbrook, IL 60062 The TACF will be using the Conference Room in the Pavilion Building on campus. The building is secure, has bathrooms and place to leave change of clothing, personal items in-between events. There will be a small refrigerator and we will have water and snacks in the room throughout the weekend. TACF Conductors will receive security badges for access to Ravinia campus, concert tickets, meals as detailed in the itinerary. TACF participants will show security pass to security guards to access Artist Gate (between park and parking lot for shuttles), Pavilion building for the Conference Room, and bathrooms in the Administrative offices. QR code on back of pass to link to itinerary and park map. If you need to park at Ravinia: Before 4pm: 418 Sheridan Road, Highland Park, IL. After 4pm: 365 Iris lane, Highland Park, IL. Parking for TACF is free. Have your lanyard ready to show guard. Friday, July 29 11:15am Shuttle from Renaissance hotel to Ravinia Campus 11:30am Ravinia Campus Tour for TACF 12:00pm TACF Welcome Lunch – many options will be provided. 12:30pm-1:45pm TACF Session – introductions, workshop professional goals – each conductor be ready to discuss one professional goal. 2:30-5:00pm CSO Rehearsal in Pavilion Montgomery/Daugherty/Prokofiev 5:00pm Women CEO Symposium Dinner – all TACF invited Panel: Marin Alsop, Laura Jackson, Jennifer Scanlon, Dr. Helene D. Gayle / Moderator: Karen Jordan 5:00pm Film: The Conductor in Bennett Gordon Hall 6:30pm Meet & Greet with Reach Teach Play students and teachers Students will watch The Conductor film from 5:00-6:30pm. Following the film, students will have the opportunity to hear from Marin and meet TACF conductors 8:00pm CSO Performance in Pavilion Chicago Symphony Orchestra Marin Alsop, conductor Laura Jackson, conductor Jeri Lynne Johnson, conductor Anna Duczmal-Mroz, conductor JESSIE MONTGOMERY Source Code 8' [conducted by ADM] MICHAEL DAUGHERTY Time Machine (for three conductors) 20' [conducted by MA, LJ, JLJ] –Intermission– SERGEI PROKOFIEV Romeo and Juliet Suite 35' (arr. Alsop) Post-concert Reception in the Freehling Room Celebrating TACF 20th Anniversary! Post-Reception Shuttle to hotel Saturday, July 30 9:30am Shuttle from hotel to Ravinia Campus 10:00-11:30am Women Conductors Symposium in Bennett Gordon Hall Panel: Marin Alsop, Cheryl Frazes Hill, Anna Duczmal-Mróz, Jeri Lynne Johnson 11:45am - 12:30pm TACF Lunch - many options will be provided Samantha Scully, Managing Director & Founding Partner, Arabella Arts, will join for a conversation 12:30-1:45pm TACF Session – Navigating Different Working Cultures Around the World Led by Neeta Helms, Founder and President, Classical Movements 2:00-4:30pm CSO Rehearsal in Pavilion Bernstein/Golijov (Tutti) [Open rehearsal] Optional Activities: Film screenings in Bennett Gordon Hall: 1:00-1:35pm Sylvia Caduff Interview with Marin in Bennett Gordon Hall 2:00-2:35pm A film about Agnieszka Duczmal 3:00-4:30pm The Conductor 2:00pm & 3:00pm Sculpture Tours at Sculpture path 4:00pm - 7:30pm Ravinia Music Box Experience 4:30pm – 5:30pm Free time – many dining options on campus 5:30-7:00pm TACF Session - 21CMedia in Conference Room “Honing Your Story & Developing Your Brand: A Workshop on Establishing a Public Profile.” Will cover a few of the following: social media, websites, written bios, professional dress, and/or media assets. Led by Elizabeth Fildes, 21C Media, PR & Strategic Consulting 7:30pm CSO Performance in Pavilion Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chicago Symphony Chorus Chicago Children’s Choir Marin Alsop, conductor Cristina Pato, gaita Kayhan Kalhor, kamancheh David Krakauer, klezmer clarinet Michael Ward-Bergeman, hyper-accordion Janai Brugger, soprano Jaye Ladymore, narrator OSVALDO GOLIJOV Rose of the Winds 22' –Intermission– LEONARD BERNSTEIN Symphony No. 3 (Kaddish) 43' Post-Concert Shuttle to hotel Sunday, July 31 9am Shuttle from hotel to Ravinia Campus 9:30-10:30am TACF Session - The Symphonic-Opera Divide: why it exists, why it shouldn't, and how it can be breached Led by Lidiya Yankovskaya, Music Director, Chicago Opera Theater 10:30-11:30am TAFC Session - Choral Conducting with Cheryl Frazes Hill Cheryl Frazes Hill - Chorus Director of Milwaukee Symphony Chorus, Associate Choral Director of Chicago Symphony Chorus, Author of “Margaret Hillis: Unsung Pioneer” 12:00-1:00pm Family Concert: Mo Willems’ Because in BGH Chicago Sinfonietta Jeri Lynne Johnson, conductor How can music change a young person’s life? See for yourself when Mo Willems’s story of chance comes to the festival following its world-premiere National Symphony Orchestra concert. The program is composed by Jessie Montgomery, arranged by Jannina Norpoth, and based on the book written by Mo Willems and illustrated by Amber Ren. 1:00pm – 1:30pm TACF Conductors – Passing the Baton After the Family Concert, TACF conductors will interact teach audience members how to use the batons they receive at the concert. 1:30-2:30pm Lunch - many options will be provided – this is free time 2:30-5:00pm TACF Master Class with Marin Alsop & TACF Alumni Chicago Sinfonietta Júlia Cruz Carceller, conductor Irene Delgado-Jiménez, conductor Barbara Dragan, conductor Anna Sułkowska-Migoń, conductor Marie Rosenmir, conductor 5:00pm Dinner in Tree Top - All TACF invited 6:30- 9:30pm Concert in Pavilion esperanza spalding Monsieur Periné 7-8:30pm TACF Session – Marin Alsop 8:30-9:00pm Wrap up of the TACF Conference 2022 9pm Post-Conference TACF party at Marin’s house. House is walking distance from campus. Small TACF gathering with snacks and beverages and no agenda! Post-Gathering Shuttle to hotel Ravinia Park Map