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.
October 5, 2026 – October 9, 2026
October 9, 2026, 12:00 pm
Listen this week to pianist David Schrader, the Chicago Sinfonietta, Trio Caspar, the Millar Brass Ensemble, and Apollo's Fire.
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.
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.