Celebrate Chicago’s vibrant classical music scene.
Music in Chicago gives you a front-row seat to some of the best classical music concerts presented throughout the Chicago area. Every day in the noon hour, Lisa Flynn features recent performances from the city’s soloists, orchestras, choirs, bands and chamber ensembles. The Elgin Symphony Orchestra, St. Charles Singers, Rachel Barton Pine, Civic Orchestra, Midwest Mozart Festival, and Chicago Latino Music Festival are among the many artists and organizations that have been heard on this weekday program.
WFMT is always looking for new groups and musicians to feature on Music in Chicago. If you or your ensemble would like to be considered for our program, audition online to let us know more about you and to send us a recording.
April 28 – May 2, 2024
May 2, 2025, 12:00 pm
The artists this week on Music in Chicago are clarinetist John Bruce Yeh, the Chicago Brass Quintet, pianist Angie Zhang, the Aznavoorian Duo, and Music of the Baroque.
April 21 – April 25, 2024
April 25, 2025
This week on Music in Chicago, we'll feature the Millar Brass Ensemble, the Cavatina Duo, violinist Brendon Elliott and pianist Ingrid Bick, the Grant Park Chorus, and pianist Julia Siciliano.
April 14 – April 18, 2024
April 18, 2025
Listen this week to violinist Rachel Barton Pine, pianist Winston Choi, a live recital by violinist Sirena Huang and pianist Chih-Yi Chen, Apollo's Fire, and CSO Young Artists Competition winner Jeremy Liu.
March 24 – March 26, 2024
March 28, 2025
This week we feature bassoonist David McGill, Northwestern University's Symphonic Wind Ensemble, and a live recital by flutist Jungah Yoon and pianist Kay Kim.
March 17 – March 21, 2024
March 21, 2025
This week's Music in Chicago lineup features guitarist Brandon Acker, the Blue Violet Duo, cellist Sydney Lee and pianist Liang-yu Wang at the Hess concert, the Haymarket Opera Company, and Bach in the City.
March 10 – March 14, 2024
March 14, 2025
Join WFMT this week at noon to hear the Newberry Consort, Axiom Brass, pianist Janice Yu, the St. Charles Singers and Elgin Symphony Orchestra, and violinist Caitlin Edwards with pianist Daniel Schlosberg.
March 3 – March 7, 2024
March 7, 2025
Listen this week for music of Chicago composer Stacy Garrop and performances by pianist Jorge Federico Osorio, the Chicago Gargoyle Brass and Organ Ensemble, cellist James Baik with pianist Victor Santiago Asunción, and the Avalon String Quartet.
February 24 – February 28, 2024
February 28, 2025
Music in Chicago features the following artists this week: composer James Stephenson, guitarist Denis Azabagić, pianist Jonathan Senik, the Lincoln Trio, and Chicago Chorale.
February 17 – February 21, 2024
February 21, 2025
This week on Music in Chicago, you'll hear the Chicago Harp Quartet, the Sapphire Quintet, violinist Nathan Amaral with pianist Alice Chenyang Xu, composer Clarice Assad, and duo violinists Jasmine Lin and Mathias Tacke.
February 10 – February 14, 2024
February 14, 2025
Listen this week to performances by violinist Martin Davids, tuba soloist Gene Pokorny, pianist Jet Stephen Chong, the Black Oak Ensemble, and EStrella Piano Duo.
February 3 – February 7, 2024
February 7, 2025
On this week's Music in Chicago features, we'll hear violinist Esme Arias-Kim, hornist Jonathan Boen, a live recital by saxophonist Valentin Kovalev and pianist Nathan Canfield, Gaudete Brass, and the Chicago Sinfonietta.
January 27 – January 31, 2024
January 31, 2025
This week's Music in Chicago schedule features composer Jesse Montgomery, Ensemble Cor et Vox, pianist Ji-Hyang Gwak, clarinetists Larry Combs and Eddie Daniels, and guitarist Fareed Haque with the KAIA String Quartet.
January 20 – January 24, 2024
January 24, 2025
This week's featured artists are Julian Velasco, David Schrader, Anastasiya Magamedova, Jory Vinikour, and Marta Aznavoorian.
January 13 – January 17, 2024
January 17, 2025
Join WFMT this week when we showcase pianist Jorge Federico Osorio, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, pianist Huan Li, flutist Dionne Jackson, and Bella Voce.
January 6 – January 10, 2024
January 10, 2025
We start off this week with the Lake Effect Clarinet Quartet, followed by the brothers Anthony and Demarre McGilll, pianist Kate Liu, trumpeter Michael Hawes with pianist Eugenia Jeong, and cellist/composer Andrea Casarrubios.
December 30 – January 3, 2024
January 3, 2025
This week's schedule features the Kontras Quartet, Lira Ensemble, pianists Claire Aebersold and Ralph Neiweem, tenor Ian Koziara, and Black Moon Trio.
December 23 – December 27, 2024
December 27, 2024
This week on Music in Chicago, you'll hear Consonance (formerly Chicago Choral Artists), St. Charles Singers, Newberry Consort, Cavatina Duo, and Gallwas Twins.
December 16 – December 20, 2024
December 20, 2024
Listen this week to holiday music from the Williams Ferris Chorale, Northside Brass, Music of the Baroque, Millar Brass Ensemble, and Chicago Master Singers.
December 9 – December 13, 2024
December 13, 2024
Pianist Thomas Schwan starts this week of Music in Chicago features. You'll also hear cellist Alexander Hersh, pianist Chaeyoung Park, Chicago a cappella, and soprano Laura Strickling.
December 2 – December 6, 2024
December 6, 2024
This week's Music in Chicago schedule features Chicago a cappella, St. Charles Singers, Black Moon Trio, Lake Effect Clarinet Quartet, and Trio Settecento.
November 25 – November 29, 2024
November 29, 2024
This week, we profile the following artists and ensembles: pianist Daniel Schlosberg, harmonica virtuoso Corky Siegel, violinist Guido Sant’Anna and Camerata Chicago, violinist Caitlin Edwards, and Bella Voce.