Students from the Ravinia Lawndale Family Music School will open for Kitt Lyles’ Arabic Jazz Project at Douglass Park on October 2, part of the Chicago Park District’s Night Out in the Parks series, chicagoclassicmag.com reported.
The free, all-ages event runs from 6 to 8 p.m. and features music drawing on Middle Eastern, North African, Afro-Latin jazz, South American folkloric and contemporary jazz influences. Ravinia students, including children and adults at various stages of musical education, will perform first.
The Ravinia Lawndale Family Music School provides tuition-free music education to students as young as 6, offering piano, violin, guitar, trumpet, children’s and adult choirs, and a preparatory program for ages 6 to 9, according to the report. The school works with the Chicago Park District at Holman Square Park, Douglass Park, Piotrowski Park and Franklin Park.
A second student showcase is scheduled for October 16 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Douglass Park, where the adult choir and violin intermediate ensemble will open for the Hearing in Color Choir Ensemble. That event features Chicago vocal composers Ayanna Woods and Jaylen Scott performing music about justice and community.
The school is accepting students of any age for its Fall-Winter 2026 semester, the report said.
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