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.
February 2, 2026 – February 6, 2026
February 6, 2026
This week's lineup of artists features the Black Oak Ensemble, Chicago Chorale, the Amnis Piano Quartet, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, and pianist Natasha Stojanovska.
January 26, 2026 – January 30, 2026
January 30, 2026
On Music in Chicago this week, you'll hear music by composer Regina Harris Baiocchi, hornist Jonathan Boen, pianist Joshua Mhoon, Quintet Attacca, and the Oriana Singers.
January 19, 2026 – January 23, 2026
January 23, 2026
Enjoy performances this week by guitarist Denis Azabagić, Constellation Men's Ensemble, pianist Stephanie Tang, Camerata Chicago, and Duo F.A.E.
January 12, 2026 – January 16, 2026
January 16, 2026
This week's featured artists are the Kontras Quartet, composer James M. Stephenson, pianist Kacper Żaromski, violinist Karisa Chiu, and the Chicago Gargoyle Brass and Organ Ensemble.
January 5, 2026 – January 9, 2026
January 9, 2026
Our featured artists this week on Music in Chicago include violinist Martin Davids, pianist Jorge Federico Osorio, pianist Motti Fang-Bentov, Trio Settecento, and oboist Alex Klein.
December 29, 2025 – January 2, 2026
January 2, 2026
Join us this week on Music in Chicago for recordings by the Black Moon Trio, harpsichordist Jory Vinikour, the Pacifica Quartet, the EStrella Piano Duo, and saxophonist Julian Velasco.
December 22 – December 26, 2025
December 26, 2025
Join us this week for holiday selections from the St. Charles Singers, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass, Consonance-Chicago Choral Artists, and the Grant Park Chorus, and music of Beethoven with the Dover Quartet.
December 15 – December 19, 2025
December 19, 2025
This week's performances on Music in Chicago feature Music of the Baroque, pianist Gilles Vonsattel, Bella Voce, Northside Brass, and the William Ferris Chorale.
December 8 – December 12, 2025
December 12, 2025
This week's featured artists include trumpeter Mary Elizabeth Bowden, pianist Winston Choi, pianist Chloe Zhang, violinist Esme Arias-Kim, and Chicago a cappella.
December 1 – December 5, 2025
December 5, 2025
Listen this week on Music in Chicago to violinist Rachel Barton Pine, the Lira Ensemble, cellist Eunghee Cho and pianist Tomomi Sato, Gaudete Brass, and Duo Sequenza.
November 24 – November 28, 2025
November 28, 2025
This week's Music in Chicago features violinist Caitlin Edwards, the Newberry Consort, the Avalon String Quartet, Chicago Master Singers, and the Cavatina Duo.
November 17 – November 21, 2025
November 17, 2025
This week's Music in Chicago artists include pianist Daniel Schlosberg, the Millar Brass Ensemble, pianist Umi Garrett, composer Stacy Garrop, and Midsummer's Music.
November 10 – November 14, 2025
November 14, 2025
Coming up this week, hear recordings and performances by Chicago Sinfonietta, the Lincoln Trio, cellist Jan Vargas Nedvetsky and pianist Liang-Yu Wang, cellist Alexander Hersh, and the St. Charles Singers.
November 5 – November 7, 2025
November 7, 2025
This week we'll hear a live recital from the Dame Myra Hess Concert Series, the Chicago Harp Quartet, and the Lake Effect Clarinet Quartet.
October 20 – October 24, 2025
October 24, 2025
This week, Music in Chicago will feature pianist Matthew Hagle, the Kontras Quartet, and a live recital by pianist Linda Lee from the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series.
October 13 – October 17, 2025
October 17, 2025
Join us this week on Music in Chicago for violinist Karisa Chiu, guitarist Brandon Acker, the Katarina String Quartet, His Majesty's Men, and pianist Marta Aznavoorian.
October 6 – October 10, 2025
October 10, 2025
This week, Music in Chicago features duo pianists Claire Aebersold and Ralph Neiweem, Music of the Baroque, a recital by violist Laura Liu and pianist Victor Santiago Asuncion, the Black Oak Ensemble, and the Waller & Maxwell Guitar Duo.
September 29 – October 3, 2025
October 3, 2025
This week on Music in Chicago, we'll hear Axiom Brass, the Orion Ensemble, cellist Lydia Rhea and pianist Amber Scherer, Apollo's Fire, and Third Coast Percussion.
September 22 – September 26, 2025
September 26, 2025
Join WFMT this week as we profile Trio Settecento, the Blue Violet Duo, the Cerus Saxophone Quartet, Lakeshore Rush, and Bella Voce.
September 15 – September 19, 2025
September 19, 2025
Featured artists this week are cellist Andrea Casarrubios, clarinetist John Bruce Yeh, cellist Dilshod Narzillaev and pianist Victor Santiago Asuncion, guitarist Goran Ivanovic, and violinist Martin Davids.
