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.
July 13, 2026 – July 17, 2026
July 17, 2026, 12:00 pm
This week on Music in Chicago: Trio Settecento, Camerata Chicago, violist JungAhn Shin and pianist Umi Garrett, La Caccina, and duo pianists Claire Aebersold and Ralph Neiweem.
April 6 – April 10, 2020
April 10, 2020
This week on Music in Chicago, we'll hear encore broadcasts from the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series and WFMT's Impromptu, along with recordings by Music of the Baroque and Camerata Chicago, and a concert performance by Cuban guitarist René Izquierdo.
March 30 – April 3, 2020
April 3, 2020
Join WFMT weekdays at noon for Music in Chicago. This week, we'll hear recordings by the Spektral Quartet, the St. Charles Singers with the Elgin Symphony Orchestra, the Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Jennifer Koh and the Grant Park Orchestra, and an encore broadcast of the Chicago Harp Quartet at the Chicago Cultural Center.
March 23 – March 27, 2020
March 27, 2020
This week on Music in Chicago, we'll hear pianist Mūza Rubackytė in excerpts from her 2011 Impromptu on WFMT, an encore broadcast of the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series, along with performances by guitarist Brad Conroy, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, and the Avalon String Quartet.
March 16 – March 20, 2020
March 20, 2020
This week on Music in Chicago, we'll continue our celebration of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago's centennial with concert performances of music by Mendelssohn and Holst. We'll also hear recordings by the New Black Music Repertory Ensemble and the Millar Brass Ensemble, and an encore presentation of the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert from October 2019.
March 9 – March 13, 2020
March 13, 2020
This week on Music in Chicago, we'll hear Apollo's Fire from the 2017 Ravinia Festival, the Constellation Men's Ensemble, a live piano recital from the Chicago Cultural Center, the Civic Orchestra in concert, and a new recording by the Chicago Horn Consort.
March 2 – March 6, 2020
March 6, 2020
This week on Music in Chicago, we'll hear Liszt played by pianists Georgia and Louise Mangos, the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra in music by Augusta Read Thomas, a live broadcast from the Cultural Center, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago in music by Britten, and a concerto recording by violinist Rachel Barton Pine.
February 24 – February 28, 2020
February 28, 2020
This week on Music in Chicago, we'll hear recordings by the Cavatina Duo and Music of the Baroque, a live cello and piano recital from the Chicago Cultural Center, a recording by Chicago-area guitarist Joseph Ehrenpreis, and a live WFMT Impromptu with Concerto Köln.
February 17 – February 21, 2020
February 21, 2020
This week on Music in Chicago, we'll present a live Impromptu by violinist Michael Barenboim, a celebration of Mexican music with Chicago a cappella, marimba soloist Mitya Nilov, a live piano recital from the Chicago Cultural Center, and a recording by clarinetist John Bruce Yeh with the DePaul University Wind Ensemble.
February 10 – February 14, 2020
February 14, 2020
This week on Music in Chicago, we'll hear guitarist René Izquierdo at the Chicago Latino Music Festival, a recording by violist Matthew Lipman, a live broadcast from the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert with pianist Mayta Liu Lerttamrab, Lakeshore Rush at PianoForte Chicago, and a selection from the Chicago Opera Theater's world premiere of Freedom Ride.
February 3 – February 7, 2020
February 7, 2020
This week on Music in Chicago, we'll hear a concert performance by Unsupervised Chicago, a live Impromptu with guitarist Stephane Wrembel, and recordings by the Chicago Gargoyle Brass and Organ Ensemble, cellist Wendy Warner, and pianist Daniel Schlosberg.
January 27 – January 31, 2020
January 31, 2020
This week on Music in Chicago, we'll hear recordings by the Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Dover Quartet, a live recital from the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series, and performances from the Chicago Latino Music Festival and Annual Liszt Birthday Concert.
January 20 – January 24, 2020
January 24, 2020
This week on Music in Chicago, we'll hear recordings by the Gaudete Brass and Chicago Sinfonietta, the Harlem Quartet in music from Cuba, Mozart played by Chicago Camerata, and a live broadcast from the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series.
January 13 – January 17, 2020
January 17, 2020
This week on WFMT's Music in Chicago, we'll bring you two live Impromptus with the Escher and Aizuri String Quartets. You'll also hear a concert recording by Music of the Baroque, piano music of Chicago composer Leo Sowerby, and a live broadcast from the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series.
January 6 – January 10, 2020
January 10, 2020
This week on Music in Chicago, we'll hear guitarist René Izquierdo in concert, a recording by the Newberry Consort, a live broadcast from the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts, a live Impromptu with the Tal & Groethuysen Piano Duo, and 17-year-old violinist Noelle Naito from WFMT's Introductions.
January 2 – January 3, 2020
January 3, 2020
Join WFMT weekdays at noon for a showcase of the region's rich classical music scene on Music in Chicago. This week, we'll hear music from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass Live as well as a recording by Rachel Barton Pine.
December 16 – December 23, 2019
December 23, 2019
Join WFMT's Music in Chicago for a new Christmas recording by Northside Brass, holiday performances by Chanticleer, the Chicago Symphony Chorus, Music of the Baroque, and the St. Charles Singers, and a live broadcast from the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert.
December 9 – December 13, 2019
December 13, 2019
This week on Music in Chicago, we'll hear pianist Alon Goldstein at this summer's Ravinia Festival, a recording by the Chicago Brass Choir, a live broadcast from the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert, the Chicago Panamerican Ensemble from the Chicago Latino Music Festival, and Chicago a cappella from their recent holiday program.
December 2 – December 6, 2019
December 2, 2019
This week on Music in Chicago, we'll hear music recordings by the Bella Voce and the Chicago Harp Quartet, a live broadcast from the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert with pianist Sheng Cai, a live Impromptu with the California Guitar Trio, and Marc-André Hamelin playing Chopin.
November 25 – November 29, 2019
November 29, 2019
This week on Music in Chicago, we'll hear a recording from 2001 by the Chicago Sinfonietta, Third Coast Percussion in concert at the University of Chicago, a live broadcast from the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series, a new recording by cellist Paul Dwyer, and the Voxman Reed Trio in music by Milhaud.
November 18 – November 22, 2019
November 22, 2019
This week on Music in Chicago, we'll hear recordings by pianist Jorge Federico Osorio and the Black Oak Ensemble, a live flute and piano recital from the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert, a performance from this year's Chicago Duo Piano Festival, and new music by cellist and composer Ian Maksin.
