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Grant Park Music Festival | Independence Day Salute

Fri, Jul 04

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Millennium Park | Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Christopher Bell conducts the Grant Park Orchestra in this annual Chicago tradition.

Grant Park Music Festival | Independence Day Salute
Grant Park Music Festival | Independence Day Salute

Time & Location

Jul 04, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM

Millennium Park | Jay Pritzker Pavilion, 201 E Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60602, USA

About The Event

FEATURING

Grant Park Orchestra 

Christopher Bell, conductor

Josh Jones, marimba

Imara Miles, mezzo-soprano


PROGRAM

Irving Berlin/Orchd. Sid RaminBerlin Patriotic Overture

Arr. Charles SayreBroadway Showstoppers

George Gershwin/Arr. Bill Holcombe – Someone to Watch Over Me

Claude-Michel Schönberg/Arr. Bob Krogstad – I Dreamed a Dream from Les Misérables

Arr. Robert Wendel – A George M. Cohan Overture (with audience singalong)

Duke Ellington/Arr. Calvin Custer – Duke Ellington!

Traditional/Arr. Robert HansonYankee Doodle Fantasy

Peter BoyerRolling River

Arr. Robert Wendel From Sea to Shining Sea

Arr. Robert LowdenArmed Forces Salute 

Irving Berlin/Arr. Bill HolcombeGod Bless America

Ward, Samuel/Arr. John Morris Russel and Tim BerensAmerica the Beautiful

John Philip SousaStars and Stripes Forever


DESCRIPTION

Christopher Bell conducts the Grant Park Orchestra in this annual Chicago tradition. The family-friendly celebration includes patriotic favorites, Broadway showstoppers, and Yankee Doodle Fantasy, a musical barn-burner featuring the Festival’s own principal percussionist Josh Jones.


OPEN REHEARSAL

Thursday, July 3, 11:00am - 1:30pm


Organizer: Grant Park Music Festival

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