Press Release: Grand Teton Music Festival Announces 2026-27 Year-Round Concerts
Holiday Concert with Canadian Brass, American Patchwork Quartet, Metropolitan Opera
Live in HD Broadcast Series — All Events Held in Downtown Jackson at the Center for the Arts
Tuesday, September 29 (Jackson, WY) – Enjoy world-class music with the Grand Teton Music Festival (GTMF) all year with GTMF’s 2026/27 year-round concerts and events at the Center for the Arts in downtown Jackson. The “world’s most famous brass group” Canadian Brass returns to Jackson Hole on December 15 for a holiday concert celebrating the sounds of the season. On January 20, don’t miss the GTMF debut of the GRAMMY-nominated American Patchwork Quartet, binding timeless American folk songs with jazz, country and West African & East Indian traditions. The Metropolitan Opera Live in HD Series celebrates 20 years of world-class opera broadcasts with screenings of Mozart’s Così fan tutte (January 10), Verdi’s Macbeth (March 14), Puccini’s The Girl of the Golden West (May 23) and Massenet’s Manon (June 6). New this year, patrons can see more world-class opera for less with the GTMF Met Opera in HD series – see all four operas for only $90 (save 10%).
Tickets go on sale to the public on Thursday, October 1 at 9 AM MT at gtmf.org/events, via phone at 307.733.1128, and in person at the GTMF Administrative Office at 175 S King St. A presale is now open to eligible GTMF donors.
Event Listings
Canadian Brass: Wonderful Time of the Year
Tuesday, December 15 at 7 PM
Center for the Arts, Jackson
Tickets $55-$110; students/children $25-$50
https://gtmf.org/events/canadian-brass
Joe Burgstaller and Mikio Sasaki, trumpets
Jeff Nelsen, horn
Keith Dyrda, trombone
Chuck Daellenbach, tuba
Celebrate the season with “the world’s most famous” brass quintet playing your favorite baroque, classical, jazz and holiday tunes. From Leonard Cohen to Mozart, the Canadian Brass brings their signature sound and festive energy to the Center for the Arts stage in this holiday concert, presented by the Grand Teton Music Festival.
This project is supported in part by Creative West, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Jackson Hole Travel & Tourism Board.
American Patchwork Quartet
Wednesday, January 20 at 7 PM
Center for the Arts, Jackson
Tickets $35-$55; students/children $5
https://gtmf.org/events/american-patchwork-quartet
Clay Ross, guitar & vocals
Falu, vocals
Moto Fukushima, bass
Koleby Royston, drums
American Patchwork Quartet (APQ), led by multi-GRAMMY® award-winning guitarist/vocalist Clay Ross, binds timeless American folk songs with jazz sophistication, country twang, West African hypnotics and East Asian ornamentation. Their debut album recently earned a GRAMMY® nomination for “Best Folk Album.” Making their Grand Teton Music Festival debut, APQ will transform folk classics like Simple Gifts, This Land is Your Land, Wayfaring Stranger and more with original arrangements that dive deep into America’s patchwork soul.
This project is supported in part by Creative West and the National Endowment for the Arts.
The Met: Live in HD Series
The Met: Live in HD is the Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning series of opera performances transmitted live from the stage of the Met into movie theaters worldwide. Celebrating 20 years this season, enjoy world-class performances of Mozart’s witty romantic comedy Così fan tutte, Verdi’s thrilling take on the immortal Shakespearean drama Macbeth, Puccini’s ode to the Wild West The Girl of the Golden West, and Massenet’s passionate French drama Manon presented by the Grand Teton Music Festival on four Sundays at the Center for the Arts. New this year – secure your seats for the full series and save 10%.
Met Opera in HD: Mozart’s Così fan tutte
Sunday, January 10 at 3 PM
Center for the Arts, Jackson
Tickets $25; students/children $5
https://gtmf.org/events/met-cosi-fan-tutte
Overflowing with gorgeous melody, Mozart’s witty romantic comedy follows two sailors who switch places to test their fiancées’ faithfulness, with hilarious results. Hailed as “colorful, inventive” by The New York Times, Phelim McDermott’s production updates the setting to an amusement park inspired by Coney Island in the 1950s, featuring sword swallowers, fire breathers, contortionists and more.
Grand Teton Music Festival (GTMF) fans will recognize Ana María Martínez, who stars as Despina, from her performance as Cio-Cio-San in GTMF’s 2023 production of Madama Butterfly. GTMF presents this live cinema transmission as part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte
Runtime is 4 hours, with one intermission
Met Opera in HD: Verdi’s Macbeth
Sunday, March 14 at 3 PM
Center for the Arts, Jackson
Tickets $25; students/children $5
https://gtmf.org/events/met-macbeth
Verdi’s thrilling take on the immortal Shakespearean drama centers on the doomed Scottish king, haunted by the ghosts of his murderous ascent to the throne, and his power-mad wife, whose ruinous ambition damns them both. Two of opera’s most extraordinary artists, baritone Quinn Kelsey and soprano Lise Davidsen, star as the scheming couple determined to seize power at any cost in a highly anticipated new production by Louisa Proske.
The Grand Teton Music Festival presents this live cinema transmission as part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.
Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave with additions by Andrea Maffei
Runtime is 3 hours and 30 minutes, with one intermission
Met Opera in HD: Puccini’s The Girl of the Golden West
Sunday, May 23 at 3 PM
Center for the Arts, Jackson
Tickets $25; students/children $5
https://gtmf.org/events/met-the-girl-of-the-golden-west
Puccini’s exhilarating drama of the Wild West returns in a new staging by celebrated British director Richard Jones, marking the company’s first new production of The Girl of the Golden West (La Fanciulla del West, in the original Italian) in more than 30 years.
Soprano Vida Miknevičiūtė makes an important Met debut as the larger-than-life Minnie, the tough tavern owner with a heart of gold who finds love when she least expects it. Tenor SeokJong Baek is the dashing bandit who rambles into the remote California mining town to steal her heart, opposite baritone Christopher Maltman as the lawman determined to deliver rough justice — and win Minnie for himself. Maestro Keri-Lynn Wilson takes the podium to conduct one of opera’s most action-packed adventures.
The Grand Teton Music Festival presents this live cinema transmission as part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Guelfo Civinini and Carlo Zangarini
Runtime is 3 hours and 15 minutes, with one intermission
Met Opera in HD: Massenet’s Manon
Sunday, June 6 at 3 PM
Center for the Arts, Jackson
Tickets $25; students/children $5
https://gtmf.org/events/met-manon
A masterpiece of the French repertoire, Massenet’s passionate drama follows the young Manon on her journey from Parisian glamour to tragic downfall. Superstar soprano Nadine Sierra takes on another alluring French heroine, the irresistible title character of Massenet’s passionate drama, in a stylish staging by director Laurent Pelly.
The Grand Teton Music Festival presents this live cinema transmission as part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.
Music by Jules Massenet
Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille
Runtime is 4 hours and 25 minutes, with two intermissions