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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.

Joshua Thaver

Joshua Thaver

Viola

Violist Joshua Thaver is currently a Viola Fellow with the New World Symphony Orchestra. He has performed as the Principal Violist in multiple orchestras, including the Jackson Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Symphony Orchestra, and University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Thaver received his Bachelor of Music Education from Baylor University and his Master of Music in Viola Performance from the University of Michigan.