
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.
February 10 – February 14, 2024
February 14, 2025, 12:00 pm
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.
September 2 – September 6, 2024
September 6, 2024
Our featured artists this week are pianist and composer Gerald Rizzer, Fifth House Ensemble, cellist Jared Blajian with pianist Kuang-Hao Huang, and tubist Gene Pokorny of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
August 26 – August 30, 2024
August 30, 2024
Weekdays at noon, hear performances and recordings by the Millar Brass Ensemble, Chicago a cappella, clarinetist Elisha Willinger and pianist Lior Leigh, Music of the Baroque, and the Black Oak Ensemble.
August 19 – August 23, 2024
August 23, 2024
This week's Music in Chicago will feature trumpeter Stephen Burns, the Aznavoorian Duo, a live recital by saxophonist Julian Velasco and pianist Nathan Canfield, Camerata Chicago, and baritone Will Liverman.
August 12 – August 16, 2024
August 16, 2024
Listen this week on Music in Chicago to the Kontras Quartet, a recent performance from the Rush Hour Concerts, cellist Lindsey Sharpe and pianist John Bitoy in a live recital, the Chicago Gargoyle Brass and Organ Ensemble, and soprano Patrice Michaels.
August 5 – August 9, 2024
August 9, 2024
This week's schedule for Music in Chicago features Bella Voce, a performance from the Rush Hour Concerts, oboist Alex Liedtke and pianist Dana Brown in recital, harpsichordist Jory Vinikour, and organist David Schrader.
July 29 – August 2, 2024
August 2, 2024
This week on Music in Chicago, hear engaging performances from flutist Eugenia Moliner, the St. Charles Singers, the Grant Park Music Festival String Fellows, pianist James Giles, and the Lake Effect Clarinet Quartet.
July 22 – July 26, 2024
July 26, 2024
This week's lineup features the DePaul University Wind Symphony, Gaudete Brass, cellist Ezra Escobar and pianist Ryan Senger, guitarist Denis Azabagić, and the Avalon String Quartet.
July 15 – July 19, 2024
July 19, 2024
This week's Music in Chicago features pianist Winston Choi, the Constellation Men's Ensemble, violist Isabella Biscagna and pianist Nadia Azzi, composer Michael R. Oldham, and violist Helen Callus.
July 8 – July 12, 2024
July 12, 2024
This week's artists include pianist Sylvia Wang, the CSO Brass Quintet, cellist Yanyan Lin and pianist Umi Garrett, the Avanti Guitar Trio, and the Chicago Master Singers.
July 1 – July 5, 2024
July 5, 2024
Join WFMT this week to hear these artists: composer James Stephenson, Third Coast Percussion, pianist Yang (Jack) Gao, the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus, and guitarist Chandler Dillingham.
June 24 – June 28, 2024
June 28, 2024
Enjoy performances this week by Chicago Sinfonietta, trumpeter Mary Elizabeth Bowden, baritone Ian Rucker and pianist Michael Banwarth, the Chicago Harp Quartet, and cellist Serge Kalinovsky.
June 17 – June 21, 2024
June 21, 2024
This week we feature music by composers Rami Levin and Easley Blackwood, along with recordings by the KAIA String Quartet and pianist Jorge Federico Osorio and a recent performance from the Rush Hour Concerts.
June 10 – June 14, 2024
June 14, 2024
This week, we share the artistry of duo pianists Georgia and Louise Mangos, the Grant Park Orchestra, violinist Oliver Neubauer and pianist Chelsea Wang, violinist Joshua Bell, and cellist Alexander Hersh.
June 3 – June 7, 2024
June 7, 2024
Our musical lineup this week features the vocal ensemble La Caccina, pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, percussionist Josh Jones, composer Doug Lofstrom, and violinist Hilary Hahn.
May 27 – May 31, 2024
May 31, 2024
This week, hear a wide variety of works and performances by the William Ferris Chorale, Duo Sequenza, pianist In-Ae Ha, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass, and pianist Bruce Liu.
May 20 – May 24, 2024
May 24, 2024
Listen this week to a wide range of artists and ensembles: the Lake Effect Clarinet Quartet, the duo of Ani and Marta Aznavoorian, pianist Mackenzie Melemed, Camerata Chicago, and the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra.
May 13 – May 17, 2024
May 17, 2024
Join us weekdays in the noon hour to hear these artists: violinist Rachel Barton Pine, composer Stacy Garrop, pianists Maxwell Foster and Alex Raineri, the Dover Quartet, and the St. Charles Singers.
May 6 – May 10, 2024
May 10, 2024
The artists you'll enjoy hearing this week are pianist Winston Choi, composer Shawn E. Okpebholo, Lakeshore Rush, Newberry Consort, and a live performance by cellist Olivia Jakyoung Huh and pianist Victor Asunción.
April 29 – May 3, 2024
May 3, 2024
Our features this week include performances by Trio Settecento, Axiom Brass, pianist Avery Gagliano, the Chicago Harp Quartet, and clarinetist John Bruce Yeh.
April 22 – April 26, 2024
April 26, 2024
Join WFMT this week to hear these artists and ensembles: the Millar Brass Ensemble, violinist Caitlin Edwards, pianist Anna Han, pianist David Schrader and the Bach Festival Orchestra, and pianist Gabriela Montero.