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.
September 28, 2026 – October 2, 2026
October 2, 2026, 12:00 pm
This week's Music in Chicago lineup features the Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Newberry Consort, pianist Ariel Lanyi, Civitas Ensemble, and pianist Daniel Schlosberg.
February 3 – February 7, 2024
February 7, 2025
On this week's Music in Chicago features, we'll hear violinist Esme Arias-Kim, hornist Jonathan Boen, a live recital by saxophonist Valentin Kovalev and pianist Nathan Canfield, Gaudete Brass, and the Chicago Sinfonietta.
January 27 – January 31, 2024
January 31, 2025
This week's Music in Chicago schedule features composer Jesse Montgomery, Ensemble Cor et Vox, pianist Ji-Hyang Gwak, clarinetists Larry Combs and Eddie Daniels, and guitarist Fareed Haque with the KAIA String Quartet.
January 20 – January 24, 2024
January 24, 2025
This week's featured artists are Julian Velasco, David Schrader, Anastasiya Magamedova, Jory Vinikour, and Marta Aznavoorian.
January 13 – January 17, 2024
January 17, 2025
Join WFMT this week when we showcase pianist Jorge Federico Osorio, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, pianist Huan Li, flutist Dionne Jackson, and Bella Voce.
January 6 – January 10, 2024
January 10, 2025
We start off this week with the Lake Effect Clarinet Quartet, followed by the brothers Anthony and Demarre McGilll, pianist Kate Liu, trumpeter Michael Hawes with pianist Eugenia Jeong, and cellist/composer Andrea Casarrubios.
December 30 – January 3, 2024
January 3, 2025
This week's schedule features the Kontras Quartet, Lira Ensemble, pianists Claire Aebersold and Ralph Neiweem, tenor Ian Koziara, and Black Moon Trio.
December 23 – December 27, 2024
December 27, 2024
This week on Music in Chicago, you'll hear Consonance (formerly Chicago Choral Artists), St. Charles Singers, Newberry Consort, Cavatina Duo, and Gallwas Twins.
December 16 – December 20, 2024
December 20, 2024
Listen this week to holiday music from the Williams Ferris Chorale, Northside Brass, Music of the Baroque, Millar Brass Ensemble, and Chicago Master Singers.
December 9 – December 13, 2024
December 13, 2024
Pianist Thomas Schwan starts this week of Music in Chicago features. You'll also hear cellist Alexander Hersh, pianist Chaeyoung Park, Chicago a cappella, and soprano Laura Strickling.
December 2 – December 6, 2024
December 6, 2024
This week's Music in Chicago schedule features Chicago a cappella, St. Charles Singers, Black Moon Trio, Lake Effect Clarinet Quartet, and Trio Settecento.
November 25 – November 29, 2024
November 29, 2024
This week, we profile the following artists and ensembles: pianist Daniel Schlosberg, harmonica virtuoso Corky Siegel, violinist Guido Sant’Anna and Camerata Chicago, violinist Caitlin Edwards, and Bella Voce.
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.