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JULY
SEASON AT A GLANCE
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INDEPENDENCE DAY SALUTE
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WILLIAM TELL OVERTURE
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BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY NO. 1
16 & 17 SIBELIUS SYMPHONY NO. 5 21
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PRELUDE TO THE AFTERNOON OF A FAUN
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FROM IRELAND WITH LOVE
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CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS
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2021 GRANT PARK MUSIC FESTIVAL
Welcome back! We are thrilled to once again fill Millennium Park with the glorious sound of music. I know for so many people, there’s nothing quite like this concert series—the music, the architecture, the spectacular scenery, and the wonder of experiencing all these things as a community. And that’s what it’s all about. While many of us were music lovers first, we’ve all come to understand the unmatched power of experiencing music with others. The Grant Park Music Festival is one of a kind in that respect; it’s the only annual festival of orchestral and choral music in the United States that invites the community to come together, free of charge. This is the place for Chicagoans to gather, kick off their shoes, reconnect with people and marvel at this unique city. And I don’t have to remind anyone that it’s been a while since we’ve been able to do that. With Carlos Kalmar, Christopher Bell and the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus, we jumpstart the cultural life in downtown Chicago. And what a lineup! It’s a range of musical offerings from choral masterworks to family programming to classic favorites. Meanwhile the Festival’s gifted young professionals—our Project Inclusion fellows—are bringing an inspired program of string quartet music by women and BIPOC composers to neighborhood parks. That all these concerts are the first live performances that people have been able to share in more than a year makes them especially poignant. Thank you for joining us here on Chicago’s lakefront. If you can, please do some shopping, some dining, visit a museum and join us in helping to further our city’s reawakening. My thanks to our members, donors, staff, musicians, and board of directors who’ve made our return to Millennium Park a reality. Enjoy tonight’s concert. Tell your friends about us. And come again.
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GRANT PARK ORCHESTRA
Carlos Kalmar, Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Violin I Jeremy Black, concertmaster Dayna Hepler, assistant concertmaster* Jennifer Cappelli Injoo Choi Dima Dimitrova Pauli Ewing† Hyewon Kim Matthew Lehmann Jayna Park Rika Seko Karen Sinclair Bonnie Terry Jeanine Wynton Krzysztof Zimowski Violin II Liba Shacht, principal Laura Miller, assistant principal Alexander Belavsky Ying Chai Ran Cheng† Karl Davies Ann Lehmann Cristina Muresan Kjersti Nostbakken Irene Radetzky Michael Shelton Thomas Yang
Double Bass Colin Corner, principal Jon McCullough-Benner, assistant principal Andrew Anderson John Floeter Timothy Shaffer Chris White Flute Mary Stolper, principal Alyce Johnson Jennifer Lawson, assistant principal Piccolo Jennifer Lawson Oboe Nathan Mills, principal* Anne Bach, acting principal Kevin Pearl† Lindsay Flowers† English Horn Margaret Butler, acting assistant principal†
Clarinet Dario Brignoli, principal Trevor O’Riordan Gene Collerd, assistant Viola principal Terri Van Valkinburgh, principal Yoshihiko Nakano, Bass Clarinet assistant principal Gene Collerd Elizabeth Breslin Patrick Brennan Bassoon Amy Hess Eric Hall, principal* Marlea Simpson Carin Miller Packwood, Rebecca Swan acting principal† Catherine Chen, Cello acting principal† Walter Haman, principal Nicole Haywood, Peter Szczepanek, assistant principal assistant principal Calum Cook Contrabassoon Larry Glazier Michael Davis* Steven Houser Martin Gordon† Eric Kutz Mark Romatz† Eran Meir Linc Smelser
French Horn Jonathan Boen, principal Stephanie Blaha, assistant principal Neil Kimel Brett Hodge Robert Johnson Trumpet David Gordon, principal Channing Philbrick* William Denton, assistant principal Michael Myers* Michael Brozick† Billy Hunter, Jr.† Trombone Daniel Cloutier, principal Jeremy Moeller, assistant principal Bass Trombone Graeme Mutchler Tuba Andrew Smith, principal Timpani Daniel Karas, principal Percussion Joel Cohen, acting principal Doug Waddell, acting assistant principal Harp Kayo Ishimaru-Fleisher, principal Keyboards Andrea Swan, principal* Orchestra Librarian Michael Shelton, principal Project Inclusion Fellows Allison Lovera, violin Pablo Sanchez, violin Edwardo Rios, viola Cole Randolph, cello * denotes leave-of-absence † denotes seasonal substitute
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CARLOS KALMAR
Artistic Director & Principal Conductor Carlos Kalmar has been Principal Conductor of the Grant Park Music Festival since 2000, and was named Artistic Director in 2011. Under Kalmar’s leadership, the Grant Park Music Festival has become one of the world’s preeminent classical music festivals, and his role has been essential in shaping its artistic vision. In May 2021, Kalmar was named Director of Orchestral and Conducting Programs and Principal Conductor of the Cleveland Institute of Music. He previously served as music director of the Oregon Symphony for nearly 20 years, and served as the Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Spanish Radio/Television Orchestra and Choir in Madrid as well as the Music Director for the Hamburg Symphony, the Stuttgart Philharmonic, Vienna’s Tonkünstler Orchestra, and the Anhaltisches Theater in Dessau, Germany. Kalmar The position of Artistic keeps an active schedule conducting in concert Director and Principal Conductor is partially halls and opera houses around the world. Carlos underwritten by a generous Kalmar is Uruguayan-Austrian and lives in the gift from Sage Foundation. United States.
CHRISTOPHER BELL Chorus Director
Christopher Bell has served as Chorus Director of the Grant Park Chorus since 2002 and conducts the orchestra and chorus for several concerts each summer. During his tenure, he and the chorus have been recipients of the coveted Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence given by Chorus America, as well as glowing reviews from both critics and audiences alike. In 2013, Bell won the Michael Korn Founders Award for Development of the Professional Choral Art. Largely responsible for the formation of the National Youth Choir of Scotland in 1996, he has been its Artistic Director ever since. Between 2007 and 2018 Bell was chorus director of the Edinburgh Festival Chorus, and between 2018 and 2020 he was Artistic Director of the Washington The position of Chorus. Bell was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Chorus Director is Music from the Royal Conservatoire in Scotland in partially underwritten 2012 in recognition of his contribution to performing by a generous gift from Joyce Saxon. arts in Scotland. In 2015, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Aberdeen.
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GRANT PARK CHORUS
Christopher Bell, Chorus Director Soprano Laura Lynch Anderson Alyssa Bennett Bethany Clearfield Nathalie Colas Kaitlin Foley Saira Frank Katherine Gray-Noon Katelyn Lee Rosalind Lee Hannah Dixon McConnell Susan Nelson Angela Presutti Korbitz Alexia Rivera Emily Sinclair Catherine Spitzer* Sarah van der Ploeg Sherry Watkins Alto Lindsey Adams Melissa Arning Rebekah Kirsten Askeland Hannah Busch Julie DeBoer Stacy Eckert Margaret Fox Ilana Goldstein Carla Janzen Chelsea Lyons Amy Pickering* Sarah Ponder Emily Price Suzanne A. Shields Cassidy Smith Corinne Wallace-Crane
Tenor Madison Bolt Hoss Brock Erich Buchholz John J. Concepcion Ace Gangoso Klaus Georg Tyler Lee Stephen D. Noon Peder Reiff Matthew W. Schlesinger Joe Shadday Aaron Short Peter J. Sovitzky Alan Taylor Eric West Bass Derek Boemler* Ryan J. Cox Dominic German Robert Heitzinger Jan Jarvis Woo Chan Lee* Eric Miranda John E. Orduña Wilbur Pauley Martin Lowen Poock Dan Richardson Stephen Richardson Benjamin D. Rivera Scott Uddenberg Ronald Watkins Accompanist Paul Nicholson * denotes leave of absence
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PROJECT INCLUSION STRING QUARTET We’re thrilled to welcome a new class of Project Inclusion fellows this summer. In partnership with the Chicago Sinfonietta, Project Inclusion is a unique artist development opportunity for string players of color aimed at increasing diversity and guiding young professionals toward successful careers in music. Each year outstanding young musicians are selected by the Festival to rehearse and perform with the Grant Park Orchestra, and receive one-on-one mentoring from seasoned professionals. Performing in parks around the city, the Project Inclusion fellows serve as an integral part of the Festival’s summer line-up.
MEET THE FELLOWS
Allison Lovera Violin
Pablo Sanchez Violin
Edwardo Rios Viola
Cole Randolph Cello
Coming to a Park Near You! Project Inclusion String Quartet concerts at six parks this summer Thursdays at 6:30, July 15 -August 19 gpmf.org 2021 Grant Park Music Festival |
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2021 GRANT PARK ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS Adam Grais, Board Chair Kate Donaldson, Vice Chair LaRue Robinson, Secretary Jerry Goldstone, Treasurer Paul Winberg, President and CEO
DIRECTORS Peter M. Ascoli
Michael S. Ferrell
Sheli Z. Rosenberg
Amy Lee Boonstra
Chantal E. Forster
Brian Sedlak
Vern Broders
Paul E. Freehling
Stephen Smith
Penny Brown
Eileen Friestad
Jason Spigner
Cari Bucci Hulings
Freddi L. Greenberg
Curtis J. Tarver, II
Robert J. Buford
Tom Hanson
Maureen Sullivan Taylor
Michaelle Burstin
Ann Hickey
Beatrice Mensah Tayui
Margaret M. Cameron
Sandra Kamin
Lisa Tesarik
Michael W. Cusick
Tim King
Andria van der Merwe
Nancy Dehmlow
Jill Mueller
David Whitney
Rhoda Sweeney Drucker
Julian Oettinger
Virginia Willcox
James B. Fadim
Thomas B. Orlando
Karen Zupko
PAST CHAIRS Stephen Smith, 2016-2020 Chuck Kierscht, 2013-2016 Beth Rodriguez, 2010-2012 Fred Brandstrader, 2008-2009 Melinda McMullen, 2001-2007
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STAFF PRESIDENT AND CEO
Paul Winberg
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AND PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR
Carlos Kalmar
CHORUS DIRECTOR
Christopher Bell
DEVELOPMENT CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
Emily Canham
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT
Jennifer Nahn
SPECIAL EVENTS ASSISTANTS
ARTISTIC GENERAL MANAGER
Chris Collins
ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGER
Linda Oper
CHORUS PERSONNEL MANAGER
Melissa Hilker
ARTISTIC ASSISTANTS
Jesse Bruer Osiris Ramos
SCORE READER
Jordan Thomas
EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MANAGER
Hilary Mercer
ARTISTIC/EDUCATION ASSISTANT
Kate McDuffie LIBRARIAN
Michael Shelton MUSIC LIBRARY ASSISTANTS
Laura Adkins Allie Chambers
COVER LIBRARIAN
Eliza Bangert
Tisha Grudzien Tammy Owins
FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Hannah Lehman
PRODUCTION KOBOTECH, INC.: PRESIDENT
Dan Kobayashi MANAGING DIRECTOR
MARKETING AND PATRON SERVICES
Leigh Levine
CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER
Ellen Willett
Jill Hurwitz
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF PATRON SERVICES
Alexis Lacey
PATRON SERVICES ASSISTANTS
Andrea Kennard Tab Mocherman
PATRON SERVICES VOLUNTEER
Hazel Lewis
PRODUCTION MANAGER
STAGE MANAGERS
Lorianne Trephibio Amalie Vega TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
Skye Fort
ASSISTANT PRODUCTION MANAGER
Jenna Thiel
STAGE CREW
MARKETING MANAGER
David Dragovich Spencer Batho
FRONT OF HOUSE MANAGER
PROJECT INCLUSION AUDIO SUPERVISOR
Noel Morris
Alaina Bartkowiak
Giselle Castro
DEPUTY FRONT OF HOUSE MANAGER
PROJECT INCLUSION STAGE MANAGER
GROUP SALES
SOUND SYSTEM TECHNICIANS
Matt Willer
Tami Manton Group Theater Tix
Tyia Morgan
Jonathan Laney John Lisiecki Alexander McIntire Jessica O’Neal Chris Willis Jim Frazier
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THURS, JULY 22, 6:30 PM
CHICAGO WOMEN’S PARK, 1801 S. Indiana Avenue
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INDIAN BOUNDARY PARK, 2500 W. Lunt Street
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V I S I T I N G M AST E R S Watch our guest artists at work virtually as they hold master classes with young professionals and students from around the city. Featuring: JOYCE YANG, piano
PREMIERING ONLINE JULY 13
MASUMI PER ROSTAD, viola
PREMIERING ONLINE JULY 20
ANTHONY TRIONFO, flute
PREMIERING ONLINE AUGUST 3
AUGUSTIN HADELICH, violin
PREMIERING ONLINE AUGUST 11
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GRANT PARK ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS Carlos Kalmar Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Christopher Bell Chorus Director Friday, July 2, 2021 at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, July 3, 2021 at 6:30 p.m. Jay Pritzker Pavilion
INDEPENDENCE DAY SALUTE Grant Park Orchestra Carlos Kalmar Conductor Christopher Bell Conductor Eleanor Kahn Stage Design John Williams Summon the Heroes Scott Joplin Overture to Treemonisha arr. Robert Lowden Armed Forces Salute Florence Price/arr. William Grant Still Dances in the Canebrakes Leonard Bernstein/arr. Jack Mason Selections from West Side Story Kenneth Alford Colonel Bogey March STEVE SMITH, GUEST CONDUCTOR George Walker Lyric for Strings Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture, op.49 John Philip Sousa Stars and Stripes Forever
This concert is supported by Jim and Ginger Meyer and presented with generous support from American Accents Series Sponsor AbelsonTaylor
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WE HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL SUMMER LONG Next Up Wednesday, July 7 Bizet Suite from L'Arlésienne Grieg Piano Concerto featuring Joyce Yang Rossini Overture to William Tell Friday, July 9 and Saturday, July 10 Vivaldi Gloria with the Grant Park Chorus Barber Adagio for Strings Brahms Symphony No. 3
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JOHN WILLIAMS (B. 1932) SUMMON THE HEROES (1996) Scored for: pairs of woodwinds, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp, and strings. Performance time: 6 minutes. First Grant Park Orchestra performance: July 3, 2003, with Christopher Bell conducting Try muting your television and watching the opening of any Star Wars film—absent the peal of brass instruments—you instantly grasp the primacy of John Williams’s music. He doesn’t just compose to complement storytelling, he makes you feel it. He put terror into an empty seascape (Jaws). He made you believe that children could fly (ET and Harry Potter) and transformed a nerdy archeology professor into a swashbuckler (Indiana Jones). Winner of 25 Grammy Awards, 5 Academy Awards and an astonishing 52 Academy Award nominations, Williams is among the most recognizable composers ever. He wrote Summon the Heroes for the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta Georgia. John Williams was born in Flushing, Queens, New York City and attended North Hollywood High School in Los Angeles. He went on to study at UCLA and at the Juilliard School. He has worked as a conductor, jazz pianist and trombone player. As a classical composer, he continues to write new works for a variety of ensembles. 2
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SCOTT JOPLIN (C. 1868-1917) OVERTURE TO TREEMONISHA (1946) Scored for: is scored for single woodwinds and brass, one percussionist, piano, and strings Performance time: 8 minutes First Grant Park Orchestra performance: This is the first Festival performance of the Overture to Treemonisha Scott Joplin is known as the King of Ragtime, an early 20th-century musical genre that combined the harmonies of European art music with the syncopated and accented rhythms and aesthetics of African-American music. Performed primarily on piano and through song, ragtime is a distinctly American music, born in the generation after slavery and evolved and popularized by Black musicians with Scott Joplin at the forefront. Scott Joplin was born in 1867 or 1868 in what is now known as Texarkana. As one of six children, Joplin was among the first generation of Black people born in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War and the abolition of slavery. Both of his parents were musical; while enslaved, his father, Giles Joplin, played violin during parties in the “Big House”. His mother, Florence, sang and played banjo while encouraging her son’s musical study. Working as a domestic, she would labor for free in exchange for Joplin’s use of the piano in the homes of her employers. By the time he was a teenager, Joplin decided to take his music on the road and support himself playing ragtime tunes in cities such as St. Louis, Chicago, and eventually New York. In 1899, Scott Joplin received his big break after his “Maple Leaf Rag” was published, which remains to this day one of his most popular compositions along with “The Entertainer”. (If you’re unsure if you’ve ever heard the music of Scott Joplin, it’s possible that you’ve heard it as one of the infamous ice cream truck songs.) The publishing industry was eager to capitalize on the popularity of ragtime, which spread throughout the US and eventually Europe. As popular as ragtime was, there was a widespread opinion that it was a low class, vulgar music—entertainment for saloons and cabarets. It was important to Joplin to be understood as a more serious composer, and so he set out to write Treemonisha, one of America’s early operas. Completed in 1911, it received one showing in 1915, and would not be performed again for another sixty years. The Overture to Treemonisha sits firmly in the tradition of the opera overture, a musical introduction to the opera that is filled with lyrical sections and drama that ends with a grand finale in preparation for the curtain to rise. While Joplin desired to expand his identity as a composer, the Overture to Treemonisha, as well as the opera, is firmly rooted in the ragtime style. ©2021 Danielle Taylor
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FLORENCE B. PRICE (1887-1953) DANCES IN THE CANEBRAKES (1953) Scored for: pairs of woodwinds plus piccolo and bass clarinet, three horns, three trumpets, two trombones, timpani, percussion, harp and strings Performance time: 9 minutes First Grant Park Orchestra performance: July 11, 2014, Mei Ann Chen, conductor Florence B. Price was a Black woman. She was a pianist, organist, and educator. She was also one of America’s earliest symphonic composers. Price’s significance comes not only from her catalogue of sublime compositions (totaling over three hundred), ranging from art songs and piano sonatas to symphonies. Her significance is both rooted in and amplified by the fact that she, along with William Grant Still, Scott Joplin, and other Black composers, were the pioneers of American classical music—birthing new sound worlds where European art music traditions were infused with the rich culture of African-American musical expression, mainly Negro Spirituals. Florence Beatrice Price was born to a prominent family in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1887 two decades after the end of the Civil War and the written abolition of slavery. Price’s family, like millions of others, dreamed and worked for better opportunities for their children. Her mother taught her piano. By age 5, Florence had given her first recital, and by age 11, had published the first of what would be many piano works. At only 15 years old, Florence B. Price packed her bags and moved to Boston to pursue her musical studies at the New England Conservatory—one of few colleges that allowed Black students to enroll at the time. Though her degrees were in Organ Performance and Piano Pedagogy, it was during her years at NEC that Florence also began her formal studies in composition. After graduating in 1907, Price spent several years teaching music in various colleges and eventually settled in Little Rock where she married and gave birth to two children. In 1927, during what is now referred to as the Great Migration, Florence B. Price’s family, like millions of others in the previous and following decades, fled the increasing violence of the Jim Crow south to create a new life in a big city that was experiencing its own Black Renaissance—the city of Chicago. During her years in Chicago, Florence B. Price composed many works including art songs, string quartets, violin concertos, piano works and symphonies, as well as arrangements of Spirituals. In 1933, her Symphony in E minor was premiered by the Chicago Symphony, making her the first Black woman to have a symphony performed by a major American orchestra. She was deeply embedded and celebrated in this cultural Renaissance that included Black classical music, growing friendships with her former student, pianist and composer Margaret Bonds, composer and fellow Arkansas-native William Grant Still, singer Marian Anderson, and more.
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In 1953, the year of her sudden passing, Florence Price composed “Dances in the Canebrakes”, a three-movement suite for piano, posthumously arranged for orchestra by William Grant Still. (Canebrakes were areas overgrown with one species of plant. In the South, canebrakes were associated with fertile lands, and were cleared to allow for the planting of cotton fields.) The first movement, Nimble Feet, is written with a melody and rhythmic motion reminiscent of ragtime, while the Silk Hat and Walking Cane may refer to the cakewalk—an elaborate pre-civil war dance created by enslaved people on plantations. For Cakewalks, the participants usually wore formal attire, demonstrating elaborate dances that often mimicked the mannerisms and attitudes of white people. Cakewalks also served as entertainment and were judged by plantation owners (enslavers). At the end of the contest, the winner received a cake. Tropical Noon is the final movement, a sweet and nostalgic conclusion to the short suite. ©2021 Danielle Taylor | gpmf.org
LEONARD BERNSTEIN (1918-1990) WEST SIDE STORY (SELECTIONS ARR. BY JACK MASON) (1957) Scored for: pairs of woodwinds plus piccolo and English horn, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, harp and strings Performance time: 8 minutes Performance history: this is the first Festival performance of Jack Mason’s arrangement of selections from West Side Story In 1957, Leonard Bernstein, renowned composer, conductor, and pianist, completed West Side Story, a musical retelling of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The musical was set in the 1950s with the conflict and (doomed love story) hinging upon two rival gangs on the Upper West Side of New York: the Sharks (a Puerto Rican gang) and the Jets (an “American” gang). The musical was a Broadway sensation, and in 1961, was released as a full feature film. West Side Story remains a musical and cultural landmark.
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GEORGE WALKER (1922-2018) LYRIC FOR STRINGS (1946) Scored for: string orchestra Performance time: 6 minutes First Grant Park Orchestra performance: This is the first Festival performance of Lyric for Strings George Theophilus Walker was one of the great American composers of the 20th century with a career that spanned almost seven decades and more than 90 published compositions, including concertos, sonatas, quartets, vocal, and orchestral works. One of Walker’s later compositions, Lilacs, earned the composer the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1996, making him the first African American to receive the award. As an undeniable trailblazer, he was a man of many firsts: The first Black student to graduate from the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music, the first Black instrumentalist to perform with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the first Black person to graduate with a Doctorate from the Eastman School of Music, and so on. Yet these firsts did not guarantee that George Walker’s breadth of exquisite artistic contributions to the Classical music canon would be duly acknowledged and celebrated, and most importantly performed on stages in the US and beyond with any consistency. This begs the question, what does it mean to break a barrier? Can artists, in any field at any time, truly break a barrier that they did not create? Or can they only crack its surface? Regardless of any answer, one place of no barriers was the artistry and imagination of George T. Walker. Walker began studying the piano at five years old in his hometown of Washington, D.C. By the time he graduated high school at 14, he had decided to become a concert pianist—a steadfast dream during an era when opportunities and access for Black musicians in the broader classical field and society were severely restricted, regardless of quality, talent, or artistry. Determined to become a solo pianist, Walker went on to study piano at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Decades later, his equally gifted younger sister, pianist Frances Walker-Slocum, would hold a position on the piano faculty at Oberlin Conservatory. After graduating with honors from there, George Walker enrolled at the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music in 1945. Despite Walker’s education at the finest conservatories in the country, and a European tour in 1954, he found that growing a career as an African American concert pianist difficult. In an 1982 interview with The New York Times, he said “those successes were meaningless because without the sustained effect of follow-up concerts my career had no momentum. And because I was black, I couldn’t get either major or minor dates.” But there remained another outlet for Walker’s musical prowess. “I had so much energy,” he recalled, “that I wanted to do something else after spending hours practicing at the keyboard!” And so, Walker also studied composition at Curtis. In 1946, he began composing his first string quartet. As he was working on the second movement, he received news of his grandmother’s passing. The second movement was completed with the title “Lament”, and was revised for string orchestra in 1990 under the title Lyric for Strings. In this piece, Walker creates an experience of intimate tenderness. The emotional arc of the piece is reverent and expansive with moments of hope in the midst of mourning.
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
1812 OVERTURE (1880) Scored for: piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, four trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, and strings Performance time: 16 minutes First Grant Park Orchestra performance: July 4, 1935, Eric De Lamarter, conductor Tchaikovsky is one of the most celebrated Russian composers of the 19th century. As the prolific composer of works ranging from songs and concertos to symphonies, his two ballets, Swan Lake and The Nutcracker are among his most recognizable and performed works. The central love theme from his Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture is frequently quoted in romantic scenes in films. Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture was commissioned to celebrate the completion of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, built in commemoration of Russia’s victory over Napoleon’s army in 1812. Composed in the span of a week in October 1880, the overture is a musical, grandiose depiction of the 1812 battle between French and Russian forces, and ultimately Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow. The piece is an all out spectacle. The conflict is written into the music with the tension between Russian hymns and folksongs and the melody of “La Marseillaise” (the French National Anthem), written between Tchaikovsky’s dramatic thematic material, growing in intensity throughout the piece. At the climax, the original score features live cannon blasts followed by the ecstatic ringing of bells to the tune of the Imperial National Anthem, leading toward a thrilling, victorious ending. This action packed piece and the victorious finale makes it an Independence Day favorite. ©2021 Danielle Taylor
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2021 Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park Reception 6pm Dinner 7pm
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COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS SPONSOR
FESTIVAL SPONSOR
DIVERSE AMERICAN VOICES SERIES SPONSOR
Season Support Paul M. Angell Family Foundation Julius N. Frankel Foundation Walter E. Heller Foundation MacArthur Foundation Smart Family Foundation and Joan and Robert Feitler
Guest Artists and Orchestra Chairs Amy and Brian Boonstra Marlea Simpson, viola Jerry and Jeannette Goldstone Joyce Yang, piano Jim Goodridge and Joan Riley Eric Kutz, cello
Concert Sponsors Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Colleen and Lloyd Fry and the Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Lori Julian Mazza Foundation Ginger and Jim Meyer
Project Inclusion Peter and Lucy Ascoli Colleen and Lloyd Fry and the Lloyd A. Fry Foundation The Grais Family Barbara Dana Klein Caroline Robinson, MD, FAAD on behalf of Tone Dermatology Dr. Scholl Foundation
Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Chair Sage Foundation Chorus Director Chair Joyce Saxon
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Classical Campers Robert and Isabelle Bass Foundation, Inc. ComEd
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CORPORATE, FOUNDATION AND GOVERNMENT SUPPORT Chicago Park District Board of Commissioners Michael P. Kelly General Superintendent & CEO
$250,000+ Chicago Park District Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events $100,000-$249,999 Paul M. Angell Family Foundation Walter E. Heller Foundation Sage Foundation Smart Family Foundation and Joan and Robert Feitler $50,000-$99,999 AbelsonTaylor Julius N. Frankel Foundation MacArthur Foundation William Blair $25,000-$49,999 BMO Harris Bank Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation ComEd Colleen and Lloyd Fry and the Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Mazza Foundation National Endowment for the Arts
City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events
$10,000-$24,999 Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. Robert and Isabelle Bass Foundation, Inc. CIBC Hattie A. and Marie V. Fatz Foundation Illinois Arts Council Agency Periscope Pritzker Traubert Foundation Dr. Scholl Foundation $5,000-$9,999 Amsted Industries Foundation Henry Crown and Company Jones Day Caroline Robinson, MD, FAAD on behalf of Tone Dermatology Tawani Foundation
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IMPRESARIO SOCIETY The generosity of the Grant Park Music Festival’s Impresario Society provides annual support for the Festival’s ambitious programming, bringing world-class conductors and soloists to the stage. The Grant Park Music Festival is proud to acknowledge this distinguished group of individuals for their extraordinary support between June 1, 2020, and May 31, 2021.
IMPRESARIO TITANIUM $25,000+ Anonymous Peter and Lucy Ascoli Robert J. Buford Nancy Dehmlow Sally and Michael Feder
Sheli Z. and Burton X. Rosenberg Joyce Ruth Saxon Linda and Steve Smith Andrew and Kimberly Stephens
IMPRESARIO PLATINUM $15,000-$24,999 Anonymous Amy and Brian Boonstra Henry and Gilda Buchbinder Kate Donaldson and Ryan Whitacre James Fadim and Melissa Sage Fadim Paul and Sue Freehling Jeannette and Jerry Goldstone
IMPRESARIO GOLD $10,000-$14,999 Anonymous Vern Broders and Francia Harrington Penny Brown and Jeffrey Rappin Cari Bucci-Hulings and Sims Hulings Margaret M. Cameron and John Gibson Ann and Richard Carr Michael W. Cusick Mike and Kara Ferrell Chantal E. Forster and Michael Duff James and Eileen Friestad Nancy Garfien Stephanie and Adam Grais Nancy and Tom Hanson Kay and Malcolm Kamin Sandra Kamin
IMPRESARIO SILVER $5,000-$9,999 Julie and Roger Baskes Susan D. Bowey Michaelle Burstin and Doug Smith Joyce Chelberg Pamela Crutchfield The AMD Family Fund Janet and Craig Duchossois Sondra Berman Epstein Lewis and Mary Flint Ginny and Peter Foreman Christopher Foster and Pauline Merrill 23 | gpmf.org
Lori Julian Peggy and Yung Bong Lim Jim and Ginger Meyer Julian Oettinger Freddi Greenberg and Dan Pinkert Bryan Traubert and Penny Pritzker David H. Whitney and Juliana Y. Chyu Barbara Dana Klein Elise and Ron Magers Jill and Jeff Mueller Thomas B. Orlando LaRue Robinson Caroline Robinson, MD, FAAD on behalf of Tone Dermatology Brian L. Sedlak Fred Drucker and Hon. Rhoda Sweeney Drucker Angela Lustig and Dale Taylor Terry Taylor and Maureen Sullivan Taylor Lisa Tesarik Andria van der Merwe Karen Zupko and Associates
Colleen and Lloyd Fry Jim Goodridge and Joan Riley The Grainger Foundation William R. Jentes Gera-Lind Kolarik Sung Ja Lee Stephen A. MacLean Barbara and Jim MacGinnitie Greg and Alice Melchor Sandra Allen and Jim Perlow
Col. (IL) J. N. Pritzker, IL ARNG (Retired) Maridee Quanbeck Luba Romantseva and Benjamin Blander Doris Roskin Margaret Silliker and John Ryan Cecelia Samans Lisa Skolnik Paul Winberg and Bruce Czuchna Susan and Robert Wislow Helen Zell
2 02 1 G R A N T PA R K M U S I C F E S T I VA L IMPRESARIO BRONZE $2,500-$4,999 Anonymous Anne Barlow Johnston Helaine A. Billings Shaun and Andy Block Philip D. Block III Family Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation Lauren Streicher and Jason Brett Bryce and Anne Carmine Marilyn and Terry Diamond Barbara Duffy and Anthony Capps Jeffrey Dykstra and Michelle Harrington Robert Edger and Gunnbjorg Lavoll Jean and Harry Eisenman John and Geraldine Fiedler Amanda C. Fox Arthur L. Frank Raymond A. Frick Jr. Allan R. Glass and Sheila M. Glass Howard Gottlieb and Barbara Greis
Marilynn and Ronald Grais Ken and Paula Herbart David Hiller Clifford Hollander and Sharon Flynn Hollander Howard Isenberg Paula R. Kahn Marion Kierscht Judy Marth Susanna McColley and Russell Brown Dorothy Meyers Nancy Meyerson Craig and Judi Miller Dave Miller Rick Nichols and Jerry Case Bill and Jean O’Neill Allen Pavia and Janice Tomlinson Caryle and Robert Perlman Sandra and Michael Perlow Avi and Joan Porat Cynthia Stone Raskin Anita Rogers Carolyn O. Rusnak
Sandra and Earl J. Rusnak, Jr. John Sabl and Alice Young Sabl Michael and Judith Sawyier Michael Schneiderman and Jane Buckwalter Susan H. Schwartz Stephen and Susan Seder Mark and Robin Seigle Carol S. Sonnenschein Ira and Sheila Stone David J. Varnerin Elizabeth K. Ware Donna and Phillip Zarcone Barbara Zenner
DONOR SPOTLIGHT: STEVE SMITH Steve Smith grew up in a musical family and sang in “the occasional church choir,” he said, but had taken a decidedly non-musical career path. Earning his J.D. degree from The University of Chicago Law School, he eventually landed at AMSTED Industries, Inc. where he now serves as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. It wasn’t until he was invited to join the board of the Grant Park Music Festival that certain aspects of his past began to surface in unexpected ways. Steve Smith with his wife, Linda As it happens, his father, Virgil Smith, had been a professor of music with a tidy piano-tuning business on the side. Once upon a time, Virgil Smith actually tuned instruments for the Grant Park Music Festival. Fast-forward to 2013, Steve Smith joined the Festival board and became board chair (2017-2020). “It was a natural circle,” he said. “I went deeper into the music once I joined the board. And now it’s a passion.” 2021 Grant Park Music Festival | 24
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INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS
The Grant Park Music Festival gratefully acknowledges those who have contributed to the annual fund, special events and memberships. Listings include contributors’ total giving of $500 or more received between June 1, 2020 and May 31, 2021.
BENEFACTOR $1,000-$2,499 Anonymous (6) Beverly and Ron Adilman Susan Adler Howard Adolph Karim Ahamed Doug and Mary Claire Allvine Tom and Sudy Altholz Marcia Lazar Sarah and Vincent Anderson Anthony Barash and Terri Hanson Robin and Peter Baugher Carlos Bekerman Milt and Heide Bentley Sandra and Howard Binder Nancy and Howard Blum David and Roberta Blumenfeld Patricia Bronte Edward and Barbara Burnes Dennis Jay Carlin Rowland Chang Melinda Cheung Shevlin and Diane Ciral Shirlee and Eugene Cohen Chris Collins Harold and Marilyn Collins Cathy and Ted Davis Lynn Straus Rebecca Deaton William DeWoskin and Wendy S. Gross Leon Diamond John and Pat Dietzen Sharon Dooley and Ralph Tamura Mary and Richard Dowd Shelia Dulin Bernard and Nancy Dunkel Patrick E. and Carol J. Dwyer Win Eggers Pierre and Charlene Elian Larry and Marlene Elowe 25 | gpmf.org
Esther and Ron Emmerman James and Virginia Ertle Judy Feldman Roger and Eleanor Feldman Joseph Fernicola, III Gene and Honor Ferretti Elaine Fishman James and Sylvia Franklin Elizabeth Frye and Howard Sankary Stephen Gabelnick Jane Gately William Gauger Harriet Gershman Roger and Donna Godel Susan Goldman Susan and Sheldon Good Ken and Margie Granat Mark and Carolyn Grenchik Anthony and Susan Grosch Danielle and Robert Hamada Joan W. Harris Marty Hauselman Susanne Henning John and Linda Hillman James and Margot Hinchliff Larry and Sue Hochberg Sig Hoffman George Honig and Olga Weiss Thomas Hunter Tony and Myra Jeskey Sherry and Peter John Robert Kallman Arnold Kanter Jane Keane Regina Keifer Harry and Sharon Kenny William Kirchmeyer Robert Kleinschmidt James and Carol Klenk Norman Kohn Ann Kowalsky
Karen Z. Gray-Krehbiel and John H. Krehbiel, Jr. Arthur Kroft Bruce J. Nelson and Axel Kunzmann Carol and Marvin Lader Greg and Denise Landis Kathryn Lange Stephen M. and Maria Lans Leah Laurie James Lava Carol and Wally Lennox Bernice and Edmund J. Leracz Claire Levenberg Stanley and Judith Lipnick Jo Lisowski Leslie Logsdon and Duncan Bourne Ann Lousin Ling Z. and Michael C. Markovitz Doretta and Robert Marwin Robert and Marilyn McClean John and Etta McKenna Harold D. McRae Sherry and Mel Lopata Ronald and Pauline Milnarik Jacqueline Miranda Leona and David Mirza Thomas L. and Rosemarie Mitchell David Moscow Elaine and Allan Muchin Peter Kachergis and Amy Munice Ted and Angie Naron John Neal John Newlin Martha Nussbaum Kyu and Cynthia Oh Thomas O’Keefe Bruce Ottley Judith Paice and John Jendras
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INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS
Alan Paige Geun S. and Yoo Ja Paik Mel and Lynn Pearl Howard Alport and Sherry Peller Marilyn Perno James Perry and Robert Horton Joel and Judith Perzov Phil Lumpkin and William Tedford Thomas and Betty Philipsborn Richard Pincus and Janice Linn Stewart and Evelyn Pinsof Jeanie Pollack and Fred Lane Richard and Joyce Prince Jeaneane and John Quinn Larry Rassin Hedy Ratner Patricia Rink and John Dreiske Beth and Gabriel Rodriguez Jadwiga Roguska-Kyts Raymond and Antoinette Roos Irwin and Harriet Ross Joseph O. Rubinelli, Jr.
SUSTAINER $500-999 Anonymous (7) Shelley Torres and Bill Aldeen Barry Alpern Abby Anderegg Janet Murphy Anixter Naomi Aronson and David Youngerman L. Claude Aschinberg Donald and Diane Atkinson Marc Baranchik Alan Bath Donna and Robert Bauer Bill Bein Jonathon Bell Daniel Bender
Noreen and James Ryan Dr. Timothy Sanborn and Hon. Julia Nowicki (Ret.) Harold and Deloris Sanders Lynn Gilfillan and Harry Sangerman Jane and John Santogrossi Raymond and Inez Saunders Lewis and Barbara Schneider Edward and Trudy Schwartz Michael Schwartz Surendra Shah Mary Beth Shea Tom and Pam Sheffield Larry Simpson Fritz Skeen and Helen Morse Richard Skolly and Kate Feinstein Sabine Sobek Marc Stackler Lee and Norma Stern Marjorie Stinespring Brenda Bock Sussna Ana Tannebaum
George F. and Karen S. Bergstrom Barbara Blair Frances and Neal Block Pamela J. Block John and Claudia Boatright Fern Bomchill Craig Bomgaars Evelyn Bosenberg Patrick Bova and James Darby Dale Boyer and Scot O’Hara Marshall K. Brown and Louise Nora Marty Brown Alice Brunner Pedro Bukata
Charles Tausche Kimberly Taylor Susan C. Taylor Michele Thompson Peter M. Vale Henry and Ramona Valiulis Nancy Vincent John and Joan von Leesen Leonard and Mary Anne Wall Ann Wasoff Gene and Peggy Wedoff Robert and Ellen Wehofer Peter and Tina Tabachnick Weil Robert Williams and Johanna Wingelaar Joan Winstein Tom and Molly Witten Hak Wong and Mike Hess Susan Schaalman Youdovin and Charlie Shulkin Herb and Linda Young Helene Zimmer-Loew Dr. Judith R. Zito Eileen and Larry Zoll Charles and Gail Zugerman
Friedrich and Susan Burian Edward and Sandra Burkhardt Kathleen Capodice Robert and Gayle Chedister John Cipriano Mitchell Cobey and Janet Reali Jan Costenbader Angela D’Aversa Ute & Todd Doersch Christopher and Krista Dorgan Donald W. B. Drapeau Grace Drease and Chris Kleihege
Anne Egger Patricia and Robert Erickson Patrick and Nicole Fisher Geoffrey A Flick Sarah Flosi George Foster Paul Francis Hilary Freeman Dietrich Freigang Frida Freudman Malcom and Judy Gaynor Stephen and Elizabeth Geer Sandy and Frank Gelber Noel Gewarges Carl and Rosemary Gilmore
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INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS
Lenore Glanz Joseph Glaser and Jessica Schneider Bill and Maureen Glass David Glickstein Lionel and Mary Go Barbra Goering Ms. Ellen Gorney Mark C. Gossett Rosemarie Guadnolo and John F. Horbath Deborah J. Gubin Karl and Barbara Gwiasda Stephen C. and Jo Ellen Ham Charles Hanusin Keith Harley Robert Heitsch Dawn E. Helwig Billy N. Hensley Bill Hinchliff Mr. Matthew Hinerfeld Avelene M. Hollins Elizabeth Ireland Joan Istrate Judy Jayne Soo Jong Daniel Justus Gilbert & Elaine Kanter Steven and Nancy Karas Judi Katz and Dan Kelly Judith L. Kaufman Robert Kohl Brian and Kelly Krob Jeffrey and Sandra Kroin Susan Kurland Dianne Larkin Robin Lavin Gloria and Don LeBoyer Peter and Judith Lederer Richard Levy 27 | gpmf.org
Hazel J. Lewis Levinthal Gabrielle and Knox Long Paula and Albert Madansky Lisa Manley and Christina Mitchell Marci Eisenstein and John Treece Ira Marcus Michael Markman Donna and Larry Mayer Janet McDermott James E. McPherson Marilu Meyer Britt Miller Loren R. Miller III Michael Miller and Sheila Naughten Ronald Miller Priscilla Mims Lee and Barbara Mitchell Robert and Lois Moeller Charles Moore Bryan and Kim Murphy Michael W. Myers Jen Nahn Stephen Nightingale and Elizabeth Wiley Susan Noel Elizabeth Parker and Keith Crow Todd Patterson Diane Pero Jean and Bill Peterman Janie Petkus Nick Petros Edward and Elaine Pierson Robert and Rosita Pildes Donald and Elaine Pizza Frederick and Diana Prince
Ruth Ramsey Terry and Sally Ransford Deborah Raymer Raymond and Jane Leuthold Sara Rosenbluth Harry and Mia Rubinstein Bobbie Rudnick Ray and Ann Rusnak David W. Ruttenberg Jill Sadler Ronald Schankin Nancy Schmitt Jorge and Martha Schneider Leon Schrauben Thomas and Judy Scorza Richard and Betty Seid Mridu Sekhar Mary Setnicar Jeffrey S. and Elizabeth Sharp Lynn Singer Patricia Skigen Maureen Slavin Janet Carl Smith and Mel Smith Terrence Smith Richard and Rosemary Snow Diane Snyder Alice Solomon Sondra and Charles Sonneborn Laraine and David Spector Amy and Todd Steenson Naomi Stonehill Barbara A. Strassberg Alan and Barbara Sturges Roz Supera Anthony and Mona Taylor
Larry and Alison Thomas Ron Tonn Jude & Susan Troppoli Liat and Tali Tzur Christine and Harald Uhlig Peter M Vale Saundra Van Dyke Susan Van Der Meulen Donna Vos James Wagner Jay and Jane Ward April Ware Howard Wax Joe Weintraub Maxine Weintraub Gary and Modena Wilson Jan Wiltsie Laura Woll Christopher and Julie Wood JoAnne Yashar Lolli Zarlin Agnes Zellner Frank and Cindy Zimmerman
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TRIBUTE GIFTS
Gifts in the name of a friend, loved one or colleague are a unique expression of thoughtfulness. Listed below are gifts of $500 and above, received between June 1, 2020 and May 31, 2021. In memory of Jayne Alofs Jon Bell Sally and Michael Feder Lionel and Mary Go James E. McPherson Thomas Orlando In memory of Sondra Berman Epstein Jason Brett and Lauren Streicher David Joel Chizewer Kate Donaldson and Ryan Whitacre Rhoda Sweeney Drucker and Fred Drucker In memory of Dorthe J. Flick Geoffrey A. Flick In memory of Morton H. Kaplan Hedy M. Ratner In memory of Burton Schultze Amy and Todd Steenson
In memory of Deborah Sobol Rowland Chang In memory of Richard and Vanya Wang Anonymous In honor of Amy Boonstra Elizabeth Parker and Keith Crow In honor of Paul and Sue Freehling Marjorie Stinespring In honor of Adam Grais Anthony Barash and Terri Hanson Mark and Robin Seigle In honor of Tristan, Rocky, Alexander and Diego Lopez Alan and Sandra Paige In honor of Emily Canham and Jen Nahn Paul and Sue Freehling
NIKOLAI MALKO SOCIETY
The Grant Park Music Festival is honored to acknowledge members of the Nikolai Malko Society, representing individuals who have generously included the Festival in their planned giving arrangements. Their gifts ensure the legacy of free classical music in Chicago for generations to come. Anonymous Peter M. Ascoli Pamela J. Block Don and Chris Casey Nelson D. Cornelius* Sondra Berman Epstein* Gene and Honor Ferretti Raymond A. Frick Jr. Michael Goldberger James Goodridge and Joan Riley Marcia Lazar
Hazel J. Lewis Levinthal Sheldon Marcus Ginger Meyer Alice Mills* Julian Oettinger Michael and Susan “”Holly”” Reiter Joyce Ruth Saxon David Shayne Mette Shayne* Claude M. Weil Matt S. Zwicky
In Memoriam *Denotes estates of individuals who were Nikolai Malko Society members and whom the Grant Park Music Festival remembers with gratitude for their generosity and visionary support. 2021 Grant Park Music Festival | 28
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The Grant Park Music Festival reaches beyond the stage to touch as many lives as possible, wherever they live.
Classical Campers Night Out in the Parks Project Inclusion Young Artists Showcase are a few of the ways that we are creating a new sense of neighborhood that welcomes everyone with the power of music.
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Our city reunited through music
This city comes to life when we’re all together. A free outdoor summer concert series where we can reconnect sounds like music to our ears. AbelsonTaylor is proud to sponsor the 2021 Grant Park Music Festival.
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