It’s simple from the perspective that performing arts groups do what they do already but in a quality outdoor venue designed to bring communities together without charging admission. "Relevancy In Motion" - from the 2009 Take a Friend to the Orchestra event at Chicago's Grant Park Music Festival But the idea is simple (in a complex sort of way): offer free concerts in an inviting public setting that features large performing arts organizations offering the same high quality performances given throughout the regular season. We’ve examined GPMF on a number of occasions and I’ve even worked with them on some dedicated Take A Friend To The Orchestra programs. ![]() If you aren’t already familiar with it, the GPMF serves hundreds of thousands Chicago residents and tourists each summer with a series of free concerts events featuring a traditional, full orchestra and chorus performing a challenging mix of traditional and contemporary programming. The only potentially useful aspect of the NCRP report is it reinforces the need for larger performing arts organizations to reconsider the value in building festival programs based on the Grant Park Music Festival ( GPMF) model. The article is already making the usual social media rounds but it’s surprising to see it get so much traction when the findings are a) obvious and b) not terribly useful beyond misdirected garden variety class warfare. The edition of the Huffington Post published an article by Brett Zongker titled Arts Funding Is Supporting A Wealthy, White Audience: Report that focuses on a recent report from the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP).
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