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summer camps and other local community organizations, our free
Classical
Campers
program brings more than 1,800 children—as well as adults with
special needs—from more than 40 communities to Millennium Park each
season. Participants enjoy a half-day of music education and immersion
activities including a hands-on curriculum, interactions with musicians, and
opportunities to experience part of a Festival rehearsal.
ENVISIONING THE FUTURE
The Festival is dedicated to nurturing the next generation of classical
musicians. Through our
Young Artists Showcase
, we highlight Chicago’s
wealth of young music talent. Prior to each Friday’s performance, the
Festival presents 30-minute “mini-concerts” by student ensembles from
local music education programs. As part of the City’s 2018 “Year of Creative
Youth,” the Festival will also feature Anima–Young Singers of Greater
Chicago in this season’s finale performances of Orff’s
Carmina Burana
.
We’re also committed to reflecting our community by promoting increased
diversity on our own stage, as well as among orchestras nationwide. In
collaboration with Chicago Sinfonietta’s
Project Inclusion
initiative, we
provide valuable career mentorship and artistic development opportunities
to pre-professional musicians of color. The Festival currently offers paid
summer fellowships to four young string musicians and four aspiring choral
artists, selected annually through competitive auditions. In addition to
receiving one-on-one guidance from members of the Grant Park Orchestra
and Chorus, Artistic Director Carlos Kalmar and Chorus Director Christopher
Bell,
Project Inclusion
fellows rehearse and perform with the Festival during
the season. They also perform independently as chamber ensembles in our
Night Out in the Parks
community concerts and serve as
Classical Campers
teaching artists, providing children of
all backgrounds with vital role models
in the arts.
The Festival is creating a new sense
of neighborhood that welcomes
everyone with the transformative
power of music. Your support is an
investment in Chicago’s quality of life,
affirming that culture has the ability
to connect and strengthen our city in
unexpected ways.
2 0 1 8 G R AN T PA R K MU S I C F E S T I VA L
Festival Connect
is generously
supported by ComEd, the Robert
and Isabelle Bass Foundation, Inc.,
Peter and Lucy Ascoli, Colleen
and Lloyd Fry and the Lloyd A.
Fry Foundation, the Grais Family,
Sondra C. Rabin and Dr. Scholl
Foundation.