Community Calendar

In Summer 2026, the Grand Teton Music Festival celebrates its 65th anniversary season led by Music Director Sir Donald Runnicles in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Featuring seven weeks of world-class music – including programs by the Festival Orchestra, three Gateway Series presentations, and five Benoliel Chamber Music Series concerts, plus free family, education, and community engagement presentations – the season celebrates the stunning natural beauty of Jackson Hole as its home, Walk Festival Hall, undergoes a transformative renovation. Season 65 features performances of Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony, Beethoven's Sixth Symphony & Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 and renowned soloists including Maria Ioudenitch, Madeline Adkins, Eleni Calenos, José González Granero and more. Series packages on sale now at gtmf.org; single tickets go on sale April 7.

Free and open to the public! Led by GTMF Stoner Family Education Curator Meaghan Heinrich, these free events are fun, informative and engaging music sessions for young children and their adult caretakers, geared for listeners ages one through five. Join us for a special Musical Adventures session before the Jayne & Al Hilde, Jr. Patriotic Pops concert!

Festival favorite Capathia Jenkins returns to celebrate the Fourth of July with the Festival Orchestra in this festive Jackson Hole tradition. Conductor Donato Cabrera makes his GTMF debut, leading a program of patriotic & American music including Copland, Sousa, John Williams and more.

Donato Cabrera, conductor
Capathia Jenkins, vocalist

In Summer 2026, the Grand Teton Music Festival celebrates its 65th anniversary season led by Music Director Sir Donald Runnicles in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Featuring seven weeks of world-class music – including programs by the Festival Orchestra, three Gateway Series presentations, and five Benoliel Chamber Music Series concerts, plus free family, education, and community engagement presentations – the season celebrates the stunning natural beauty of Jackson Hole as its home, Walk Festival Hall, undergoes a transformative renovation. Season 65 features performances of Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony, Beethoven's Sixth Symphony & Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 and renowned soloists including Maria Ioudenitch, Madeline Adkins, Eleni Calenos, José González Granero and more. Series packages on sale now at gtmf.org; single tickets go on sale April 7.

Free and open to the public! On the Road brings live classical music to audiences in Teton County and surrounding communities through free concerts performed by Festival Orchestra musicians and hosted with our community partners.

Brass Under Blues Skies: Revel in the majestic sounds of the GTMF Brass Quintet while the sun sets behind the mountains at the Murie Ranch. This program will feature classical favorites, nostalgic jazz, and music that celebrates the great outdoors.

In GTMF’s On the Road series, Stoner Family Education Curator Meaghan Heinrich leads programs that are accessible to all ages and bring music to life with explanations and demonstrations. Programming for this free concert is forthcoming. Sponsored in part by Teton Science Schools.

On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence inside the Pennsylvania State House (now Independence Hall) in Philadelphia.
Four days later, on July 8, 1776, after the Declaration was printed and distributed, the citizens of Philadelphia were summoned to the State House Yard by the bells of the city. Then, Colonel John Nixon publicly read the Declaration of Independence.
Americans in all 50 States and 16 Territories of the United States will read the Declaration of Independence ‘together’ on July 8, 2026. Even though the United States is spread across thousands of miles and nine different time zones, all of us in America may read the Declaration of Independence ‘together’, at the ‘same’ time on July 8 at 4:00pm MDT.
We will read the Declaration at the Museum Pavilion, and we will be joined by the Saratoga Community Choir to led us in patriotic song.

This event is sold out. To join the waitlist, please call the Box Office at 307.733.1128.

Tanner and Caroline Jorden demonstrate an unmatched synchronicity that earned them top honors at the MTNA National Chamber Music Competition. This program highlights their partnership, blending Tanner’s fierce technical command with Caroline’s sophisticated, lyrical violin tone. Together, they’ll share their love of the chamber music experience in this first installment of the Teton House Concert Series, presenting world-class music in unforgettable private homes.

Tanner Jorden, piano
Caroline Jorden, violin

This event is sold out. To join the waitlist, please call the Box Office at 307.733.1128.

Tanner and Caroline Jorden demonstrate an unmatched synchronicity that earned them top honors at the MTNA National Chamber Music Competition. This program highlights their partnership, blending Tanner’s fierce technical command with Caroline’s sophisticated, lyrical violin tone. Together, they’ll share their love of the chamber music experience in this first installment of the Teton House Concert Series, presenting world-class music in unforgettable private homes.

Tanner Jorden, piano
Caroline Jorden, violin

Thank you to our hosts for this Teton House Concert, Terri Smith & Ted Burke.

These one-of-a-kind social and musical experiences include a cocktail hour, performance and time to mingle with world-class musicians. The address for this concert’s venue will be shared directly with ticket holders prior to the event.

This pan-European collection of masterworks evokes the rich sonic chiaroscuro of a bygone chamber music salon. Darkness, brightness and the moonlit space in between make this program a treat for every fan of close-enough-to-touch musical experiences. The Benoliel Chamber Music Series, showcasing the virtuosity of Festival musicians, is hosted and curated by Adelle Eslinger Runnicles.

Program
Arnold: Brass Quintet No. 1
Fauré: Nocturne No. 6 in D-flat Major
Weinberg: String Trio
Beethoven: Piano Trio in E-flat Major, No. 2

Festival musicians
Tanner Jorden, piano

Opening night of the Festival Orchestra Series features not one but two popular monuments of the orchestral canon. Montana native and 2021 Donald Runnicles Musical Arts Scholarship Competition winner Tanner Jorden returns to the Grand Teton Music Festival to perform Rachmaninoff’s timeless and melodically rich Second Piano Concerto. Rounding out the program is Tchaikovsky’s dramatic symphonic reckoning with the immensities of fate.

Program
Key: Star Spangled Banner
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5

Sir Donald Runnicles, conductor
Tanner Jorden, piano – 2021 Donald Runnicles Musical Arts Scholarship winner

Join us in the lobby at 6 PM for a Pre-Concert Talk, an inside look into the music led by Stoner Family Education Curator Meaghan Heinrich. Talks are sponsored by the Goodman Family Foundation, in memory of Roy and Barbara Goodman.