Our Team — Grant Park Music Festival

Grant Park Music Festival

June 10 - August 15, 2026

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.

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2026 Season

2026 Season

Giancarlo Guerrero

Giancarlo Guerrero

Conductor

Giancarlo Guerrero

Conductor

Six-time GRAMMY® Award-winning conductor Giancarlo Guerrero named artistic leader of Chicago’s Grant Park Music Festival.
The internationally renowned conductor and longtime music director of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra and music director …
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Christopher Bell

Christopher Bell

Chorus Director

Christopher Bell

Chorus Director

Chorus Director of the Grant Park Music Festival since 2002, Scottish conductor Christopher Bell has been Artistic Director of the Washington Chorus since 2017. He serves as Chorusmaster for the Edinburgh …
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Hannah Lehman

Interim President and CEO

Board Member

Board of Directors

Meet the community leaders who volunteer their time and resources to ensure free access to world-class music for all Chicagoans.

Board of Directors

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Staff

Meet the professionals who work behind the scenes to bring the Festival magic each year.

Staff