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Grant Park Music Festival
Location(s) Jay Pritzker Pavilion,
Millennium Park,
Chicago, IL, Flag of the United States United States
Years active 1931-present
Date(s) Wed - Sun, June - August
Genre classical music festival
Website www.grantparkmusicfestival.com

Grant Park Music Festival is an annual classical music concert series held in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Millennium Park is a public Park located in the Chicago Loop community area of Chicago within, United States. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Classical music is a broad term that usually refers to mainstream music produced in or rooted in the traditions of Western liturgical and Secular music Classical music is a broad term that usually refers to mainstream music produced in or rooted in the traditions of Western liturgical and Secular music Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the It is claimed to be the nation's only free, outdoor classical music series. [1] It is currently housed in the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park in the Loop community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Millennium Park is a public Park located in the Chicago Loop community area of Chicago within, United States. Population According to the 2000 Census, 16388 people live in the Loop The City of Chicago is divided into seventy-seven community areas. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Cook County is a county in the US state of Illinois. It is the second most populous county in the United States after Los Angeles The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The 2004 season in which the festival moved to the Pritzker Pavilion was the 70th season for the festival. [2] Formerly, the Grant Park Music Festival was held at the Petrillo Bandshell in Grant Park. Grant Park (originally named Lake Park is a large Park (319 acres or 1 [3]

The Grant Park Music Festival has been a Chicago tradition since 1931 when Anton Cermak suggested free concerts to lift spirits of Chicagoans during the Great Depression. Anton (Tony Joseph Cermak, in Czech Antonín Josef Čermák, (ˈantɔɲiːn ˈjɔzɛf ˈtʃ͡ɛrmaːk ( May 9, 1873 &ndash March [4] The festival features the Grammy-Nominated Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus and is sponsored by the Chicago Park District, the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and the Grant Park Orchestral Association. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences The Chicago Park District is the oldest and (financially largest Park district in the U [1] The performance schedule includes ten consecutive weeks of performances on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from mid June to mid August. [5] Performances usually begin at 7:30 with band shell seats reserved for subscribers. A bandstand is a circular or semicircular structure set in a Park, Garden, or Pier, designed to accommodate Musical bands performing outdoor Unclaimed seats are released to the public 15 minutes before each performance. The lawn seating is free and commonly adorned with blankets and families.

The principal conductor is Carlos Kalmar. Carlos Kalmar (born 1958 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan conductor. Guests in the 2007 season included Marc-André Hamelin, Russell Braun, Erin Wall, Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus and many more performing the works of composers such as Brahms, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Leo Brouwer, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Tan Dun, and Ferruccio Busoni. Marc-André Hamelin, OC, CQ, (born September 5, 1961) is a French-Canadian Pianist and Composer. Russell Braun (born 19 July 1965) is a Canadian Operatic lyric Baritone. Erin Wall (born 4 November, 1975 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada of American parents is a Canadian- American Operatic Anima Young Singers of Greater Chicago is a chorus based in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Johannes Brahms ( pronounced ˈbʁaːms (May 7 1833 &ndash April 3 1897 was a German Composer Ludwig van Beethoven ( English ˈlʊdvɪg væn ˈbeɪtoʊvən, 16 December 1770 &ndash 26 March 1827 was a German Composer and Pianist. Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, born and generally known as Felix Mendelssohn (February 3 1809 &ndash November 4 1847 was a German Composer Juan Leovigildo Brouwer Mezquida (born March 1, 1939) in Havana, is a Cuban Composer, guitarist and conductor Heitor Villa-Lobos (March 5 1887 &ndash November 17 1959 was a Brazilian Composer, possibly the best-known classical composer born in South America WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Tan Dun (pinyin Tán Dùn 譚盾 谭盾 born August 18 in Changsha Ferruccio Dante Michelangiolo Benvenuto Busoni (April 1 1866 &ndash July 27 1924 was an Italian Composer, Pianist, musical educator and conductor. [5]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Grant Park Music Festival. City of Chicago. Retrieved on 2007-09-20. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 451 - The Battle of Chalons takes place in North Eastern France.
  2. ^ Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park. Metormix Chicago. metromix. com. Retrieved on 2007-09-20. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 451 - The Battle of Chalons takes place in North Eastern France.
  3. ^ Delacoma, Wynne. The Jay Pritzker Music Pavilion Sounds as Good as it Looks. Retrieved on 2007-09-20. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 451 - The Battle of Chalons takes place in North Eastern France.
  4. ^ Tiebert, Laura, Frommer's Chicago with Kids (3rd edition), 2007, Wiley Publishing, Inc. , ISBN 978-0470-12481-9, p. 263.
  5. ^ a b Grant Park Music Festival 2007. grantparkmusicfestival. com. Retrieved on 2007-09-20. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 451 - The Battle of Chalons takes place in North Eastern France.


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