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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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CenterStage

CenterStage: Beyond the Years

Sun, Jul 26 · 2:00pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
1h 10m

Featuring

Karen Slack, soprano
Michelle Cann, piano

Karen Slack and Michelle Cann present a free, intimate showcase of their GRAMMY Award-winning album, Beyond the Years: Unpublished Songs of Florence Price.

Beyond the Years is an opportunity to connect historically excluded musical legacies with present-day artistic excellence, motivated by the woman who first inspired this initiative: Florence Beatrice Price.

Karen Slack and Michelle Cann are 2026 Festival Artists-in-Residence.

How to Attend

CenterStage is the Festival's intimate concert series indoors. Concerts take place on the stage at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion. The big glass doors will be closed as we bring artist and audience together. Admission is free but a reservation is required.

Program

Maurice Ravel Deux mélodies hébraïques
Florence Price The Dawn’s Awake
Florence Price Bright be the Place
Florence Price Ships that Pass in the Night
Florence Price I Remember
Florence Price Sacrament
Florence Price Winter Idyl
Felix Mendelssohn Fantasie in F-sharp minor
Florence Price Who Grope with Love for Hands
Florence Price The Sum
Florence Price Beyond the Years
Florence Price There be None
Florence Price Youth
Florence Price Spring
Florence Price Pittance
Florence Price What Do I Care for Morning

Performances

Featuring

  • Karen Slack
    Karen Slack

    Karen Slack

    Soprano

  • Michelle Cann
    Michelle Cann headshot

    Michelle Cann

    Piano

Composers

  • Maurice Ravel
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    Maurice Ravel

    Composer

  • Florence Price
    Florence Price

    Florence Price

    Composer

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Composer

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Jay Pritzker Pavilion

201 E Randolph St, Chicago

The centerpiece for Millennium Park and home of the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus.

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