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.
November 18 – November 22, 2024
November 22, 2024
Listen this week on Music in Chicago to hornist Gail Williams, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Sonic Quartet, harpsichordist David Schrader, and pianist Sebastian Huydts.
November 11 – November 15, 2024
November 15, 2024
Join WFMT this week in the noon hour to hear duo pianists Claire Aebersold and Ralph Neiweem, the Chicago Sinfonietta, pianist Anna Betka, the St. Charles Singers, and violinist Janet Sung.
November 4 – November 8, 2024
November 8, 2024
This week on Music in Chicago: cellist and composer Andrea Casarrubios, hornist Jonathan Boen and pianist Craig Terry, a live recital from the Dame Myra Hess Concerts, violinist Rachel Barton Pine with pianist Matthew Hagle, and the Metropolis Quartet.
October 14 – October 18, 2024
October 18, 2024
On Music in Chicago this week, hear music from a recent concert by the vocal group His Majesty's Men, a recording by Third Coast Percussion, and a live recital by violist SoHui Yun and pianist Sunmi Han.
October 7 – October 11, 2024
October 11, 2024
This week's Music in Chicago lineup features Lakeshore Rush, the Orion Ensemble, Callisto Quartet, Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass, and Waller & Maxwell Guitar Duo.
September 30 – October 4, 2024
October 4, 2024
Join us this week for these exciting artists: guitarist Goran Ivanovic, Axiom Brass, violinist Marian Mayuga and pianist Victor Santiago Asuncion, the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, and Chicago a cappella.
September 23 – September 27, 2024
September 27, 2024
Listen this week to the following artists: trumpeter John Hagstrom, the Northwestern University Cello Ensemble, the LOTUS Saxophone Quartet, cellist and composer Andrea Casarrubios, and a performance from the North Shore Chamber Music Festival.
September 16 – September 20, 2024
September 20, 2024
This week on Music in Chicago, we'll hear violist Matthew Lipman, Chicago Chorale, bassoonist Nanci Belmont and pianist Elena Lacheva, tenor Nicholas Phan, and violinist Rachel Barton Pine.
September 9 – September 13, 2024
September 13, 2024
This week, we feature the Avalon String Quartet, music by composer Gregory Hutter, a piano recital by Rieko Tsuchida, flutist Dionne Jackson, and the vocal group His Majesty's Men.
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.
