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June 11 - August 16, 2025

Welcome

The Grant Park Music Festival is a ten-week classical music concert series held annually in Chicago, Illinois’ Millennium Park.

It features the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus, along with guest performers and conductors, and is one of the only free outdoor classical-music concert series in the US.

Festival Fellowship Alumni

  • Matthew Adams
    a young black man holding a violin looks at the camera with a subtle smile

    Matthew Adams

    Violin

  • Taylor Mackenzie Adams
    a young black woman with glasses and long hair smiles at the camera

    Taylor Mackenzie Adams

    Soprano

  • Dario Amador-Lage
    a young man with dark hair and facial hair looks directly into the camera

    Dario Amador-Lage

    Baritone

  • Rita Andrade
    A young woman with long brown hair wearing a patterned red dress holds a viola

    Rita Andrade

    Viola

  • Eric Botto
    A Hispanic man with shoulder length dark hair and facial hair smiles at the camera

    Eric Botto

    Tenor

  • David Caplan
    A close up on a man with dark hair wearing glasses and a red shirt playing the cello

    David Caplan

    Cello

  • Caitlin Edwards
    A black woman in profile with glasses and long braids stands in front of a bright red background holding a violin

    Caitlin Edwards

    Violin

  • Jared V. Esguerra
    A Filipino man wearing a suit sits in front of a dark background and looks into the camera

    Jared V. Esguerra

    Tenor

  • Wilfred Farquharson
    A young black man with glasses and a bright smile holds a viola and looks into the camera

    Wilfred Farquharson

    Viola

  • Diana Flores
    A young woman with long dark curls stands with a cello and smiles subtly

    Diana Flores

    Cello

  • Gabriel Garcia
    A young man with short dark hair & glasses looks at the camera with a serious expression

    Gabriel Garcia

    Bass

  • Miya Higashiyama
    A close up headshot of an Asian woman wearing a red shirt and red lipstick looking directly into the camera

    Miya Higashiyama

    Mezzo-Soprano

  • Gabriela Lara
    A young woman in a strapless red dress stands with her violin

    Gabriela Lara

    Violin

  • Audrey Lee
    A woman with a bright smile and long dark hair looks directly into the camera, holding a violin.

    Audrey Lee

    Violin

  • Jesus Linarez
    a young man with round glasses and dark hair holds a violin

    Jesus Linarez

    Violin

  • Allison Lovera
    A woman with long dark hair and a warm smile holds a violin

    Allison Lovera

    Violin

  • Evangeline Ng
    An Asian woman with long hair in a black dress against a white background

    Evangeline Ng

    Soprano

  • Cole Randolph
    A young black man in a suit smiles at the camera

    Cole Randolph

    Cello

  • Matthew Perez
    A young man with medium tone skin and short dark hair wearing a suit looks over his shoulder and smiles

    Matthew Perez

    Tenor

  • Edwardo Rios
    A man with dark facial hair wearing a dark shirt smiles at the camera

    Edwardo Rios

    Viola

  • Anthony Pilcher
    A headshot of a man with facial hair and mid-toned skin, wearing a green shirt and dark suit and smiling softly at the camera.

    Anthony Pilcher

    Baritone

  • Nicole Rivera
    A headshot of a Puerto Rican woman with long wavy hair, smiling at the camera.

    Nicole Rivera

    Mezzo-Soprano

  • Esther Roestan
    An Asian woman with long dark hair against a bright blue background holds a violin and smiles brightly

    Esther Roestan

    Violin

  • Rafael Gargate Santamaria
    A man with mid-toned skin, wearing a dark suit and holding a viola.

    Rafael Gargate Santamaria

    Viola

  • Lindsey Sharpe
    A Black woman wearing a floral dress, sitting in a park and holding a cello.

    Lindsey Sharpe

    Cello

  • Alexandra Switala
    A headshot of a Mexican-American woman, looking over her shoulder to smile at the camera and holding a violin.

    Alexandra Switala

    Violin

  • Robert Switala
    A man wearing a red shirt and black suit, balancing a violin over his shoulder.

    Robert Switala

    Violin

  • Veronica Mak
    A headshot of a Chinese-American woman with dark red lipstick and a bob haircut, smiling at the camera.

    Veronica Mak

    Soprano

  • Emily Amesquita
    A headshot of a woman with dark hair and a red blouse, smiling warmly at the camera.

    Emily Amesquita

    Mezzo-Soprano

  • Alexi Ortega Chavez
    A headshot of a Mexican-American man, smiling broadly at the camera and wearing a green suit.

    Alexi Ortega Chavez

    Tenor

  • Lifan Deng
    A headshot of a man of Chinese descent, wearing wire-frame glasses and smiling at the camera.

    Lifan Deng

    Baritone

  • Alba Layana Izurieta
    A Latin American woman wearing a red dress and playing the violin in a park.

    Alba Layana Izurieta

    Violin

  • Janani Sivakumar
    A woman with long dark hair, smiling softly at the camea.

    Janani Sivakumar

    Violin

  • Harper Randolph
    A Black woman with long hair holding a viola and smiling.

    Harper Randolph

    Viola

  • Gabriel Hightower
    A man with facial hair and mid-toned skin, wearing a white shirt and holding a cello.

    Gabriel Hightower

    Cello