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Posted July 5, 2022

We’re once again joining with the Ravinia Festival to offer the Words and Music Program in 2022. This program grants free lawn admission tickets to Matteson Library cardholders for 18 classical music concerts this summer at Ravinia. Additionally, with the ticket you will be able to ride the Metra’s Union Pacific North Line to Ravinia for free. 

Visit the Matteson Area Library Public Service desk to pick up tickets. Tickets are limited.

Concerts by Date and number of Tickets

  • Sunday July 10: The Summit of Strings and Peak Piano: Jaakko Kuusisto Music and More (4)
  • Thursday July 14: Amjad Ali Khan Trio: The Sarod Trilogy(4)
  • Saturday July 16: Marcus Roberts Trio Plays His Rhapsody in D with the CSO (2)
  • Friday July 22: German Requiem with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (2)
  • Tuesday July 26: Baritone Matthias Goerne: Schubertiade (4)
  • Thursday July 28: Chanticleer (4)
  • Friday July 29: Marin Alsop and Three Taki Alsop Fellows Conduct the CSO(2)
  • Wednesday August 3: West Side Story, Porgy & Bess Suites with Wayne Marshall and the CSO(2)
  • Thursday August 4: Pianist Alexander Malofeev(4)
  • Friday August 5: Invenciones de México y Vasco with Carlos Miguel Prieto and the CSO (2)
  • Thursday August 11: Mozart’s Don Giovanni with James Conlon and the CSO (2)
  • Friday August 12: Mozart’s Le clemenza di Tito with James Conlon and the CSO(2)
  • Wednesday August 17: Mezzo Emily D’Angelo: enargeia Songs and Late Romantics (4)
  • Thursday August 18: String Masters’ Mendelssohn and Mussorgsky (2)
  • Friday August 19: Once Upon a Time: Alan Menken’s Broadway with the CSO(2)
  • Monday August 29: The Four Seasons with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and Vadim Gluzman(4)
  • Tuesday September 13: The Kreutzer Project with the Knights(4)

 Words & Music passes are only valid on date printed, may only be used on the evening of the performance, may not be exchanged, and cannot be sold.