The Grant Park Music Festival brings a whole summer of fun for the whole family, with free concerts, master classes, and more.
Dvořák Cello Concerto
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Alban Gerhardt, cello
Program
Anna Clyne: Masquerade
Antonin Dvořák: Cello Concerto
Benjamin Britten: The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
Tetzlaff Plays Elgar
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Christopher Bell, chorus director
Christian Tetzlaff, violin
Lauren Decker, contralto
Program
Edward Elgar: Violin Concerto
Gustav Holst: The Cloud Messenger
Choral Masterworks
Featuring
Grant Park Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Christopher Bell, chorus director
Program
Caroline Shaw: and the swallow
Felix Mendelssohn: Six Songs (Op. 59)
Ēriks Ešenvalds: In Paradisum
Anton Bruckner: Os justi
Zoltán Kodály: The Aged
Zoltán Kodály: See the Gypsies
Arvo Pärt: Which Was the Son of . . .
Songs of Freedom
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Karen Slack, soprano
Program
Ludwig van Beethoven: Overture to Fidelio
Margaret Bonds: The Montgomery Variations
Jessie Montgomery: Five Freedom Songs
Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3
Schumann Piano Concerto
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Program
Gabriela Lena Frank: Apu
Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto
Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6
Dvořák Serenade for Strings
Featuring
Grant Park String and Vocal Fellowship Alumni
Kyle Dickson, conductor
Program
Jessie Montgomery: Starburst
Béla Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances
Augusta Read Thomas: Of Paradise and Light
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 9
Michael Abels: Delights and Dances
Antonín Dvořák: Serenade for Strings
Haydn London Symphony
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Program
Clarice Assad: Water Nymphs (World Premiere)
Richard Strauss: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 104, London
Stravinsky Petrushka
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus
Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Christopher Bell, chorus director
Martin Bakari, tenor
Program
Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka (1947 Version)
Johannes Brahms: Song of Destiny
Zoltán Kodály: Psalmus Hungaricus
Visiting Masters: Voice
Featuring
Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano
Program
Festival Vocal Fellows will give solo performances.
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
Program
Angélica Negrón: Color Shape Transmission
Arturo Márquez: Fandango
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, Pathétique
Independence Day Salute
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Christopher Bell, conductor
Katelyn Lee, vocalist
David Gordon, trumpet
Program
John Williams: Liberty Fanfare
John Kander and Fred Ebb/arr. Ted Ricketts: Chicago
Frederick Loewe: I Could Have Danced All Night
Leonard Bernstein: Somewhere from West Side Story
Arr. Jeff Tyzik: American Celebration (with audience singalong)
Florence Price: Nimble Feet from Dances in the Canebrakes
Jean-Baptiste Arban/Nakariakov: Carnival of Venice
Leroy Anderson: The Waltzing Cat
Arr. Robert Wendel: From Sea to Shining Sea
Arr. Robert Lowden: Armed Forces Salute
Arr. Carmen Dragon: America the Beautiful
John Philip Sousa: Stars and Stripes Forever
Visiting Masters - Violin
Featuring
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
Program
Local Chicago violin students will give solo performances.
Shostakovich Symphony No. 5
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Program
Joan Tower: 1920/2019
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
Concert at Jefferson Memorial Park
Featuring
Festival String Fellows
Program
William Grant Still: Lyric String Quartette, Musical Portrait of Three Friends
Ahmed Al Abaca: A Small Quartet for AL (World Premiere)
Clarice Assad: Canções da America
Zeqhuina Ambreau: Champs d’Elysees
Billy Eilish: What Was I Made For
Dave Brubeck: Take Five (4)?
Beethoven Emperor Concerto
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Christopher Bell, chorus director
Terrence Wilson, piano
Program
Jim Stephenson: You have reached the city limits (world premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor
Maurice Duruflé: Requiem
Visiting Masters - Piano
Featuring
Terrence Wilson, piano
Program
Piano ClassicsRachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Eric Jacobsen, conductor
Clayton Stephenson, piano
Program
Maurice Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin
Sergei Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Paul Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber
Concert at Olympia Park
Featuring
Festival String Fellows
Community Drum Circle
Program
William Grant Still: Lyric String Quartette (Musical Portrait of Three Friends)
Ahmed Al Abaca: A Small Quartet for AL (commissioned by the Grant Park Music Festival for the 2024 String Fellows)
Clarice Assad: Canções da America
Zeqhuina Ambreau: Champs d’Elysees
Billy Eilish: What Was I Made For
Dave Brubeck: Take Five
Star Wars and More: The Music of John Williams
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Anthony Parnther, conductor
Jeremy Black, violin
Program
Raiders March from Raiders of the Lost Ark
Theme from Jurassic Park
Remembrances from Schindler’s List
The Flight to Neverland from Hook
Nimbus 2000 from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Adventures on Earth from E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
Main Title from Star Wars: A New Hope
Princess Leia’s Theme from Star Wars: A New Hope
Imperial March from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Yoda’s Theme from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Rey’s Theme from Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Across the Stars from Star Wars: Attack of the Clones
The Forest Battle from Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
Throne Room and End Title from Star Wars: A New Hope
Common with the Grant Park Orchestra
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Anthony Parnther, conductor
Common, vocals
Program
Testify/Prince
Go/Chaka Khan
The Light
Glory
(more)
Composer Natalie Joachim
Visiting Masters - Composition
Featuring
Natalie Joachim, composer
Beethoven Symphony No. 5
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Eric Jacobsen, conductor
Program
Edvard Grieg: Holberg Suite
Nathalie Joachim: Cocoon (world premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
Concert at Marquette Park
Featuring
Festival String Fellows
Program
Chamber Music
Scheherazade
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus
Eric Jacobsen, conductor
Christopher Bell, chorus director
Lindsey Reynolds, soprano
Program
Lili Boulanger: Of a Spring Morning
Francis Poulenc: Stabat Mater
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts
Featuring
The Festival String Fellows
Program
William Grant Still: Lyric String Quartette (Musical Portrait of Three Friends)
Ahmed Al Abaca: A Small Quartet for AL (commissioned by the Grant Park Music Festival for the 2024 String Fellows)
Clarice Assad: Canções da America
Zeqhuina Ambreau: Champs d’Elysees
Billy Eilish: What Was I Made For
Dave Brubeck: Take Five
Broadway Rocks!
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Lucas Waldin, conductor
Lakisha Jones, vocals
Chloe Lowery, vocals
Dan Domenech, vocals
Program
Overture/Pinball Wizard (Tommy)
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Lauper)
I Will Survive (Priscilla, Queen of the Desert)
Sweet Caroline (A Beautiful Noise)
Total Eclipse (Dance of the Vampires/Steinman)
Natural Woman (Beautiful/King)
Proud Mary (Tina:The Tina Turner Musical)
Bohemian Rhapsody (Rock of Ages)
Jesus Christ, Superstar
River Deep/Mountain High (Tina:The Tina Turner Musical)
American Pie
I Will Always Love You (The Bodyguard/Parton)
Mamma Mia Medley (Mamma Mia)
Alone (Rocktopia on Broadway)
Man in the Mirror (MJ The Musical)
Don’t Stop Believing (Rock of Ages)
Concert at Lake Shore Park
Featuring
Festival String Fellows
Program
Chamber Music
Bruckner Symphony No. 4
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Program
Jean Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela
Leoš Janáček/arr. Vaclav Talich: Suite from The Cunning Little Vixen
Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 4, Romantic
Mozart Jupiter Symphony
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Program
Luciano Berio/Luigi Boccherini: Withdrawal by Night in Madrid
Aaron Copland: Suite from Appalachian Spring
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 41, Jupiter
Brahms Double Concerto
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar
Vadim Gluzman, violin
Johannes Moser, cello
Program
Elena Kats-Chernin: Mythic
Johannes Brahms: Double Concerto
Claude Debussy: Ibéria
Maurice Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole
Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen Children's Choir from Vienna
Featuring
Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen Children's Choir
Program
Austrian and American folk tunes including favorites from The Sound of Music
Fascinating Rhythm: Gershwin and Friends
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Byron Stripling, conductor and trumpet
Sydney McSweeney, vocalist
Program
George Gershwin: Strike Up The Band
George Gershwin: Fascinating Rhythm
George Gershwin: But Not for Me
George Gershwin: They Can’t Take That Away From Me
Irving Berlin: Alexander’s Ragtime Band
Irving Berlin: Blue Skies
Jerome Kern: Look For The Silver Lining
George Gershwin: I Got Rhythm
George Gershwin: Love Is Here To Stay
Irving Berlin: Always
George Gershwin: S’Wonderful
Vincent Youmans: I Want To Be Happy
George Gershwin: The Man I Love
Isham Jones: It Had To Be You
George Gershwin: Lady Be Good
Mahler Symphony No. 8
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus
Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Christopher Bell, chorus director
Katja Kalmar, children's chorus director
Jane Archibald, soprano
Gemma Nha, soprano
Maeve Höglund, soprano
Kayleigh Decker, mezzo-soprano
Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano
John Matthew Myers, tenor
Rod Gilfry, baritone
Kevin Short, bass-baritone
Program
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 8, Symphony of a Thousand