Underrated Classical Music for Weddings (from a gigging musician)
Tired of Pachelbel's Canon in D and Mendelssohn's Wedding March? Here are other romantic selections to consider!
Don't Miss a Beat
Holiday Programming on WFMT 2025
The winter holidays are right around the corner, and WFMT has a feast of musical offerings to make the season bright!
New Releases Nov. 18: With Voices Raised
Configurations that shine a spotlight on the human voice: from Mahler's "Symphony of a Thousand", to new arragements of spirituals.
Recreating Music of the American Revolution
“Music is central to filmmaking,” Burns told WFMT. Rather than squeezing the music in after the film has been edited and reached a near-final form, they incorporate the soundtrack early on in the editing process.
New Releases Nov. 11: Cello Celebration
Cellists are featured on four of this week's new releases, which includes a brand new compilation by Gautier Capuçon.
Live Results: Grammy Awards 2026
Chicago artists Mavis Staples, Third Coast Percussion, and Shawn E. Okpebholo are counted among this year's nominees.
Fiesta! Host Elbio Barilari to be Honored by the International Latino Cultural Center
WFMT’s Elbio Barilari, longtime host of the station’s Sunday evening series Fiesta!, will be among the Community Champions honored at the International Latino Cultural Center’s 25th anniversary gala.
New Releases Nov. 4: Women’s Voices
Karina Canellakis continues her collaboration with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ensemble Altera's arranges Christmas music for women's voices, and more.
Music could help ease pain from surgery or illness. Scientists are listening.
The healing power of song may sound intuitive given music’s deep roots in human culture. But the science of whether and how music dulls acute and chronic pain — technically called music-induced analgesia — is just catching up.
Jack DeJohnette, acclaimed jazz drummer who worked with Miles Davis, dies at 83
A winner of two Grammy awards, the Chicago-born DeJohnette began his musical life as a classical pianist before pivoting to the drums.
New Releases Oct. 28: A Potpourri of Folk and Classical
Big names across the classical and folk music worlds have released a number of entertaining albums to lighten up the shorter, fall days.
