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.
August 3, 2026 – August 7, 2026
August 7, 2026, 12:00 pm
This week on Music in Chicago: CSO trumpeter John Hagstrom, violinist Martin Davids, pianist Michael Davidman, Music of the Baroque, and violinist Caitlin Edwards.
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.
September 8 – September 12, 2025
September 12, 2025
Featured artists this week include Haymarket Opera Company, Chicago Chorale, cellist William Suh and pianist Kyunga Lee, Cavatina Duo, and the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra.
September 1 – September 5, 2025
September 5, 2025
This week features the St. Charles Singers, trumpeter John Hagstrom, pianist Han Chen, and the Chicago Sinfonietta.
August 25 – August 29, 2025
August 29, 2025
Artists this week on Music in Chicago include pianist Jorge Federico Osorio, Duo FAE, violinist Zachary Brandon and pianist Sung Hoon Mo, the Northwestern University Cello Ensemble, and composer James Stephenson.
August 18 – August 22, 2025
August 22, 2025
Listen this week to performances by the Aznavoorian Duo, William Ferris Chorale, soprano Adia Evans and pianist Michael Banwarth, pianist Anthony Molinaro, and flutist Demarre McGill.
August 11 – August 15, 2025
August 15, 2025
Join us each day at noon to hear Apollo's Fire, the Chicago Gargoyle Brass and Organ Ensemble, pianist Robert Brooks Carlson, La Caccina, and the Kontras Quartet.
August 4 – August 8, 2025
August 8, 2025
This week's Music in Chicago lineup features harpsichordist Jory Vinikour, Fifth House Ensemble, pianist Seoyun Baek, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass, and Chicago a cappella.
July 28 – August 1, 2025
August 1, 2025
This week's featured musicians include the Pacifica Quartet, pianists Claire Aebersold and Ralph Neiweem, flutist Tessa Vermeulen and pianist Michael Tan, Axiom Brass, and oboist Alex Klein.
July 21 – July 25, 2025
July 25, 2025
Join WFMT this week when we feature the Avalon String Quartet, the DePaul University Wind Ensemble, cellist Rainer Crosett and pianist Victor Santiago Asuncion, saxophonist Julian Velasco, and the Warner Nuzova Duo.
July 14 – July 18, 2025
July 18, 2025
Listen this week on Music in Chicago to guitarist Denis Azabagić, the Black Moon Trio, cellist Joan Herget and pianist Joseph Liccardo, Music of the Baroque, and violinist Rachel Barton Pine.
July 7 – July 11, 2025
July 11, 2025
This week's Music in Chicago features trumpeter Stephen Burns, the Chicago Harp Quartet, the Galvin Cello Quartet, Camerata Chicago, and pianist Michael R. Oldham.
June 30 – July 4, 2025
July 4, 2025
This week on Music in Chicago, we'll feature the Newberry Consort, the Lincoln Trio, cellist Danielle Akta and pianist Lindsay Garritson, the St. Charles Singers, and the Elgin Symphony Orchestra.
June 23 – June 27, 2025
June 27, 2025
This week's featured artists are trumpeter Mary Elizabeth Bowden, clarinetist Anthony McGill, Trio Tokova, the Kontras Quartet, and violist Helen Callus.
June 16 – June 20, 2025
June 20, 2025
Our artists this week include the KAIA String Quartet, the Chicago Sinfonietta, cellist Aaron Wolff and pianist Victor Santiago Asuncion, the Sapphire Woodwind Quintet, and pianist David Schrader.
June 9 – June 13, 2025
June 13, 2025
This week, we'll hear performances by violinist Robert Chen, the Grant Park Orchestra, pianist Kayoung An, Gaudete Brass, and Bella Voce.
June 2 – June 6, 2025
June 6, 2025
Join WFMT this week when we feature composer Doug Lofstrom, cellist Alexander Hersh, Trio Rai, flutist Eugenia Moliner, and the Constellation Men's Ensemble.
May 26 – May 30, 2025
May 30, 2025
This week on Music in Chicago, we'll hear the William Ferris Chorale, Duo Sequenza, cellist Johannes Gray and pianist Anastasiya Magamedova, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass, and La Caccina.
May 19 – May 23, 2025
May 23, 2025
Featured artists this week on Music in Chicago include the Black Oak Ensemble, the Lake Effect Clarinet Quartet, cellist Leland Ko and pianist Victor Asuncion, Chicago a cappella, and violinist Janet Sung.
