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Festival Welcomes a New Crop of Young Artists
In 1935, the Grant Park Music Festival began presenting free concerts to the people of Chicago along the city's lakefront. Since then, the Festival has expanded its reach, training young artists while reaching audiences in their own neighborhoods.
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Why Chicago Is One of the Best Places for Singers
In the United States, more people sing in choirs than play baseball. “Choir” can be the focal point of a person’s social life. But for all the community singers, few have the training or the instrument to stand within the ranks of the Grant Park Chorus.
Project Inclusion Fellow Allison Lovera in Recital
Like most performing artists, violinist Allison Lovera watched an entire ecosystem of creativity move underground during the past year and a half.
When Millennium Park Re-emerges
Some things changed. Some things stayed the same. Millennium Park Foundation Executive Director Scott Stewart opens up about the rewards and challenges of steering Chicago's top attraction through a pandemic.
Sarah Martin: a Violinist with a Camera
Project Inclusion alum Sarah Martin has always been an artist; a dancer from the age of two and a musician soon after, she travels the world with a violin and a camera in hand.
Returning to Millennium Park
There is a playbook for launching an annual music festival—but not this year. Grant Park Music Festival CEO Paul Winberg talks about the path back to Millennium Park.
Soprano Tiana Sorenson: Keeping it Real
It takes a village to produce a professional musician—years of music lessons, concerts, rehearsals, equipment needs and endless hours of practicing in the home. For soprano and Project Inclusion alum Tiana Sorenson, it couldn't have happened without three key women.
Ten Courageous Women in Music
Read about these indomitable personalities who defied convention to live their dreams.
Christopher Bell at Home in Scotland
For Christopher Bell, the cancellation of the 2020 season was a bitter pill to swallow. Yet out of that work stoppage came some perspective, and some valuable lessons, too.
Project Inclusion Alum Kyle Dickson Talks about Race and Social Activism
Violinist and conductor Kyle Dickson aspires to "tell the whole truth" about classical music with a greater emphasis on artists and composers of color.