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Tix on sale for all GTMF ’26 events – JH News& Guide
Venues are booked, programs are set and tickets are on sale for the Grand Teton Music Festival’s 65th annual season. Jackson Hole’s summertime orchestra gathers July 2 through Aug. 15 for its 20th season under the baton of Music Director Sir Donald Runnicles, with seven...
GTMF in Our Schools: Year-Round Impact
The Grand Teton Music Festival’s programming continues to bring meaningful musical experiences to students across the region, reaching hundreds of young people through performances, collaborations and in-school engagement. This year’s Tony DeSare Holiday Student Concert welcomed 430 students from local elementary schools, along with members of the...
How We’re Giving More for Less with Don Larson, Board Chairman
My Jackson story started long before I was Board Chairman. My wife Lynn and I first came here in 1996. Then we started bringing our kids to Triangle X every year. Now we have a home here. Jackson is special. The land. The pace. The...
Festivals Guide – Musical America
The Grand Teton Music Festival welcomes musicians and audiences to the majestic Teton Mountains to celebrate its 65th-anniversary season with seven weeks of world-class performances. Guest artists include violinist Maria Ioudenitch; vocalist Capathia Jenkins; pianist Tanner Jorden; clarinetist José González Granero; violinist Madeline Adkins; soprano...
Press Release: Grand Teton Music Festival Announces Full Summer Programming for its Landmark 65th Season
Jackson, WY (April 7, 2026) – The Grand Teton Music Festival (GTMF), led by Music Director Sir Donald Runnicles and Executive Director Emma Kail, today announces complete programs for its 2026 Benoliel Chamber Music Series, with five concerts taking place from July 9 to August...
“Chambergrass” and beyond: Kittel & Co crafts a genre-bending acoustic sound – KHOL 89.1 FM
From Aphex Twin to Bach, the sound of Kittel & Co embraces tradition and experimentation. As multi-instrumentalist Jeremy Kittel’s latest project, few bands have the technical prowess and innovative spirit in the realm of acoustic music. Equal parts classical and bluegrass, the quintet moves seamlessly...
GTMF releases live recording of Mahler’s 5th – JH News & Guide
Some call the symphonies of Gustav Mahler “difficult,” but really it just takes repeated listening to come to appreciate their structural arcs, masterful polyphony, soulful introspection and joyous release. Thanks to the Grand Teton Music Festival, there’s a new recording of Mahler’s Symphony No. 5...
GTMF’s partnerships deepen through her work – JH News & Guide
Ashley Hernandez-Salinas, Community Engagement Manager at the Grand Teton Music Festival, was featured in the Jackson Hole News&Guide for her work leading GTMF’s community engagement programming. Ashley Hernandez-Salinas says she did not grow up in a particularly musical family. “My family always loved music,” the...
Violinist presents lifetime of music in one concert – JH News & Guide
In the hands of an able musician, an acoustic instrument like a violin, an inanimate wooden object, can be brought to life. For most of his 41 years, fiddler Jeremy Kittel has been training and practicing to do just that. He’s been exploring and experimenting...
High-wire strings of Kittel & Co. coming Wednesday – Buckrail
Playful and deeply constructed songs with varying moods and modes, Kittel & Co. is aptly described by Bluegrass Situation as having “accomplished a feat of new acoustic, string band-rooted chamber music…whimsical, alluring and magnificent.” Grand Teton Music Festival presents the quintet this Wednesday at the Center...