Grant Park Music Festival Names New President & CEO
Anwar Nasir follows in the footsteps of previous CEO Paul Winberg, who retired on April 30, 2026 after 14 years with the organization.
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Chicago Holiday Performances Guide 2024: Concerts, Nutcrackers, Jazz, and more
From all corners of the city and beyond, take part in holiday cheer with a wide range of merriment.
Holiday Programming on WFMT 2024
The winter holidays are right around the corner, and WFMT has a feast of musical offerings to make the season bright!
Right Place, Wrong Time: Connie Converse 100 Years Later
Revisiting the songwriter who disappeared soon after her 50th birthday.
Unraveling Genius: Capturing Leonardo in Film and Music
Who was the man behind history's most famous "Renaissance Man?"
Ella Jenkins Dies, Age 100
Jenkins, the "First Lady of Children’s Music," died November 9 at a senior facility in Chicago.
Beyond Ourselves: Kirill Gerstein on Music of Wartime
“We, as members of society and also as artists, feel both the need to do something and the helplessness in not being able to influence something.”
6 Infamous, Disastrous Classical Premieres
Some of today's most beloved works of classical music weren't well received when they made their debuts!
Judith Jamison, transcendent dancer and artistic director of Alvin Ailey company, dies at 81
As a dancer, choreographer, director and speaker, Judith Jamison's distinguished career leaped over barriers of race and gender.
Grammy Nominees 2025
Dive in to the classical, jazz, contemporary, folk, screen, and stage nominees!
Chicago Sinfonietta Names Viral Historian Shermann “Dilla” Thomas Artist-in-Residence
"Dilla" has made a name for himself with his engaging content about his hometown — exemplified by his unofficial motto: “everything dope about America comes from Chicago.”
