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The Grant Park Music Festival’s comprehensive music education and
engagement initiative,
Festival Connect
, continues to expand for the 2015
season.
Festival Connect
aims to foster diverse participation in the arts for
audiences of all ages.
This summer, music lovers will have a chance to hear the Grant Park Orchestra and
Chorus, the Festival’s
Project Inclusion
string quartet, and
Apprentice
Chorale at a
variety of unique and historic settings this summer, as part of a partnership with the
Chicago Park District and Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s
Night Out in the Parks
program.
CLASSICS IN THE PARKS WITH THE
GRANT PARK ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS
Led by Christopher Bell, the Grant Park
Orchestra performs the
Independence Day
Salute
at the South Shore Cultural Center
on Wednesday, July 1 at 6:30 p.m. Bell and
the Grant Park Chorus bring a program of
a
cappella
music to two Chicago Park District
facilities: the South Shore Cultural Center on
Tuesday, July 21 at 7:00 p.m. and the Columbus Park Refectory on Thursday,
July 23 at 7:00 p.m.
PROJECT INCLUSION STRING QUARTET
Promising young career professionals are
selected to perform with the Grant Park
Orchestra, receive one-on-one mentoring, and
play chamber concerts in community venues.
As part of the Chicago Park District’s
Night Out
in the Parks
concert series,
Project Inclusion
will
present family-friendly and interactive string
concerts at Jefferson Memorial, Harrison,
Humboldt, Revere, Marquette, Mozart, Hamilton, Tuley, Austin Town Hall, and
Indian Boundary Parks.
APPRENTICE CHORALE
Founded by Chorus Director Christopher
Bell, this advanced training program provides
pre-professional vocal students from DePaul
University and the Chicago College of
Performing Arts at Roosevelt University the
opportunity to perform with the Grant Park
Chorus in Millennium Park and in several
community venues.
Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series will feature the
Apprentice Chorale
on Wednesday, June 24, 2015 at 12:15 p.m. at Preston Bradley Hall in the
Chicago Cultural Center and will be broadcast live on 98.7WFMT.
FESTIVAL CONNECT EXPANDS
