Thursday at 10:00 pm, Christina Pluhar leads her ensemble, L’Arpeggiata, in a program of vocal and instrumental music of the early Italian Baroque.
QUIZ | Can We Guess What Broadway Show You Should Star In?
Have you ever dreamed of seeing your name in lights on the Great White Way? Take this quiz to see if we can guess what Tony Award-winning Broadway musical YOU should star in.
WFMT and CSO Partner for New Series: From the CSO’s Archives: The First 130 Years
Today, WFMT and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra announce the launch of an exciting new broadcast and streaming series.
Black and Latino Voices On Stage
To coincide with exciting new additions to the WTTW slate, WFMT has compiled a playlist celebrating the pinnacles of Black and Latino artistry in vocal music.
The Thrill of Seeing: Scoring The Earliest Movies
In 1939, New York's Museum of Modern Art acquired a treasure trove: 36 reels of 68mm nitrate prints and negatives made in cinema’s first years.
Music Endures: 50 Years of Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
When a classical music organization has been around for 50 years, it can be easy to take it for granted.
Lyric Returns With Free Star-Studded Virtual Gala
Lyric Opera of Chicago’s season opens this weekend in truly unprecedented fashion: with a virtual gala.
North Carolina home of Nina Simone gets permanent protection
The childhood home of iconic musician and civil rights activist Nina Simone will be indefinitely preserved in North Carolina.
88 Piano Pieces for Piano Month
September is National Piano Month, so WFMT is sharing a supersized playlist – with one selection corresponding to each key on the keyboard.
Andrew Lloyd Webber warns arts ‘at point of no return’
“The Phantom of the Opera” composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has told British lawmakers that the arts are “at the point of no return,” and urged the government to set a date for theaters to be allowed to reopen.
Quiz | What American Composer Are You?
Take this quiz to find out which dean of American music you're most like! Are you sparse and minimal like Philip Glass? Or do you prefer the sis-boom-bah John Philip Sousa? Do you prefer Samuel Barber's sonic landscapes of America, or Scott Joplin's Ragtime portraits of American life?
