String Fellowship - Grant Park Music Festival
String Fellowship - Grant Park Music Festival
Deadline: February 14, 2026
Audition: March 23, 2026
The Grant Park Music Festival String Fellowship welcomes violinists, violists, and cellists to audition. The Fellowship program is designed for emerging professional musicians 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.
Participants will rehearse and perform eight programs with the Grant Park Orchestra, perform in high profile recitals and chamber concerts as a string quartet in neighborhoods throughout Chicago, participate in masterclasses and professional development sessions, and receive individual and quartet coaching with Festival artistic leadership and members of the Grant Park Orchestra.
Fellows receive a minimum stipend of $1,000 a week (about $8,000 total).
Applications accepted November 15, 2025 - February 14, 2026
Live auditions held on March 23, 2026
Live audition location: Choral Hall at Millennium Park's Jay Pritzker Pavilion
We provide travel assistance of up to $250 for candidates traveling long-distance.
Fellowship dates: June 9 - August 2, 2026
To apply, please visit https://app.getacceptd.com/gpmf. To learn more about our auditions, visit us at https://gpmf.org/auditions.
If you have any questions, please email Amelia Sie at amelia.sie@gpmf.org.
