Grant Park Music Festival

JOIN US FOR THE 2025 SUMMER SEASON

GRANT PARK MUSIC FESTIVAL (CHICAGO, IL)
SUMMER STRING AND VOCAL FELLOWSHIPS

The Grant Park Music Festival's String and Vocal Fellowships provide opportunities for emerging professional musicians to perform with the Grant Park Music Festival Orchestra and Chorus at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park, perform chamber music concerts in neighborhoods throughout Chicago, take weekly lessons from musicians of the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus, participate in master classes with world renowned artists, and participate in numerous professional and career development sessions.  Fellows will have access to the Festival's artistic leadership, including artistic director Giancarlo Guerrero and chorus director Christopher Bell.  Fellows will also have invaluable networking opportunities with Festival guest artists and musicians of the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus, who perform with such orchestras as the Detroit, North Carolina, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, Seattle, and Utah Symphonies, the Lyric Opera Orchestra, and the choruses of the Chicago Symphony and Lyric Opera.

STRING FELLOWSHIP DETAILS
June 9 - August 2, 2025

• ELIGIBLE MUSICIANS: emerging professional string players from populations historically underrepresented in American symphony orchestras, including but not limited to underrepresented racial, ethnic, socioeconomic and geographic groups, who are attending or have graduated from a college, university or conservatory level music program
• AVAILABLE: Violin (2), Viola, Cello
• FELLOWSHIP SALARY: Minimum of $1,000 per week (approximately $8,000 total)
• String Video Application Deadline: Friday, February 14, 2025
• Live Audition for Finalists: Friday, March 21, 2025
  • Applicants traveling over 50 miles are eligible for travel support, up to $250.
• Perform with conductors Giancarlo Guerrero, Courtney Lewis, Lee Mills, Anthony Parnther, and Osmo Vänskä
• Perform with guest artists J'Nai Bridges, Janai Brugger, Pacho Flores, Sankara Harouna, Paul Huang, Inbal Segev, the Imani Winds, and Joyce Yang
• Perform a world premiere string quartet by Stacy Garrop, which will be aired on PBS's Songs About Buildings and Moods
• Perform in master classes for violinist Augustin Hadelich, woodwind quintet Imani Winds, and cellist Inbal Segev
• Perform as solo quartet in Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis with Grant Park Orchestra
• Required repertoire is listed in fellowship detail pages (choose your instrument from the drop-down menu on the top left side of this page)

*For more information on each individual fellowship program, select the program from the drop-down menu on the top left of your screen*

VOCAL FELLOWSHIP DETAILS
July 21 - August 16, 2025

• ELIGIBLE MUSICIANS: emerging professional vocalists from populations historically underrepresented in American symphonic choruses, including but not limited to underrepresented racial, ethnic, socioeconomic and geographic groups, who are attending or have graduated from a college, university or conservatory level music program
• AVAILABLE: Soprano, Alto/Mezzo, Tenor, Baritone/Bass 
• FELLOWSHIP STIPEND: Minimum of $1,000 per week (approximately $4,000 total)
• Vocal Video Application Deadline: Wednesday, January 15, 2025
• Live Audition for Finalists: Tuesday, February 18, 2025
  • Applicants traveling over 50 miles are eligible for travel support, up to $250.
• Perform with conductors Christopher Bell, Giancarlo Guerrero, and Larry Loh
• Perform with guest artists Jennifer Koh, Jana McIntyre, John Holiday, and Troy Cook
• Perform in master classes for J'Nai Bridges and John Holiday
• Required repertoire listed in fellowship detail pages (click on the program and voice type in the drop-down menus on the top left side of page) 

For more information on the Grant Park Music Festival and the Orchestral String and Vocal Fellowships, please visit our website: www.gpmf.org or e-mail Chris Collins at chris.collins@gpmf.org