Classical Voyages: Rome
Travel with us to the Eternal City with this wide-ranging playlist of music dedicated to, inspired by, and hailing from Rome.
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Haymarket Opera Company Announces 2025 season
The 2025 season will run from March to October and feature an oratorio and three operas.
From Bach to Beyoncé, why a church orchestra aims to lift up young musicians of color
“A lot of young people feel like it’s not cool to carry a violin down the street. But, when you play the violin well with other kids who are like you, social acceptance begins to emerge."
8 Musical Side Dishes
Equally satisfying as the main course, these shorter works can round out your musical diet with different textures, flavors, and colors.
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!
