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2023 Grant Park Music Festival Season Announcement
The Grant Park Music Festival steps to the vanguard of classical music with a season inspired by the bounty of America’s diversity. Celebrating a range of conductors, composers and guest artists, the series reflects the bustling metropolis of Chicago and the greater American tapestry.
Artists-in-Residence
New this season, the Festival offers a deeper musical experience with some of the most interesting artists working in the field today. Access is a hallmark of the Grant Park Music Festival.
Music for Older Adults Makes Waves
Grant Park chorister Hannah McConnell brings together older adults and people with dementia for music and well-being.
2022 Awards Benefit Energizes Festival Fans
On Thursday, October 27, the Grant Park Orchestral Association hosted its Advocate for the Arts Awards Benefit, an event that supports the Festival's free programming in Millennium Park and beyond. With proceeds exceeding $800,000 dollars, Festival fans reaffirmed their love for one of Chicago’s best ideas.
Seasonal Fun in Millennium Park
From the annual Chicago Christmas Tree lighting to the McCormick Tribune Ice Rink to an Art Market featuring works by local artists—there's a load of fun coming your way in Millennium Park.
A Family Secret and a Hidden Talent
For more than three decades, Norman Malone distinguished himself as an educator in the Chicago Public Schools, conducting award-winning choruses and serving as a much-loved mentor to two generations of high school students.
Festival 2022—the (Un)Official Tally
What looks like lazy summer evenings under the stars belies the efforts of an enormous staff—stagehands, musicians, sound engineers, ushers, music librarians, music educators, and more—to pull off 300 live events in ten weeks.
More than a Concert Series, the Grant Park Music Festival Supports Lifelong Learning
Each year, hundreds of thousands of people file into Millennium Park for state-of-the-art sound, breathtaking vistas, and world-class concerts. Yet many would be surprised to learn of the depth and breadth of the Grant Park Music Festival's education programs.
Flute Fighters: Piccinini and Haefliger Bring 3 Premieres, 35 Years of Marriage and a Kung Fu Background to Grant Park Concerts
August 2, 2022 | Hannah Edgar [Reprinted from the Chicago Tribune]
Reflections on Dona nobis pacem
How an interwar plea for peace became a defining work for a member of the Grant Park Chorus.